Aaron Burr, 1756-1836

The story goes that the Austin's are descendants of the family of Aaron Burr. I decided to try to confirm that today.

Michael David Austin's great grandmother was Lillian Burr. I have followed her direct line back to 1625 in Fairfield, Connecticut, to a man named Jehu Burr, with details as follow:

• Jehu is Michael David Austin's 8X great grandfather.
• Jehu was the father of Daniel Burr (Mike's 7X great grandfather). 
• Daniel was the father of Rev. Aaron Burr, whose son Aaron is the infamous man who killed Alexander Hamilton.

That makes Mike a 1st cousin 7X removed from Aaron Burr.