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Zacheus Burnham

Field	Value
name	Zacheus Burnham
office	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Northumberland and Durham
term_start	1816
term_end	1820
office2	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Northumberland
term_start2	1825
term_end2	1828
office3	Member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada
term_start3	1831
term_end3	1841
birth_date
birth_place	Dunbarton, New Hampshire
death_date
death_place	Cobourg, Upper Canada

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = Zacheus Burnham (February 20, 1777 – February 25, 1857) was a farmer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.

He was born in 1777 in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. He arrived in Upper Canada in 1797 and settled in Hamilton Township near the current site of Cobourg. He was able to acquire large land holdings, thousands of acres, in the region, some as compensation for survey work. He also helped in the economic development of the Newcastle District, building sawmills and grist mills on his property. He was also involved in the development of transportation links in the region and operated a large and productive farm. He served as a captain in the local militia during the War of 1812 and, in 1813, became a justice of the peace. He was elected to the 7th Parliament of Upper Canada representing Northumberland and Durham. In 1831, he was appointed to the Legislative Council for the province and, in 1839, he was appointed a judge in the Newcastle District court.

He died in Cobourg in 1857.

References

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

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