Early Life and Family
Burton was probably born in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. He first married Eliza Sorden and had one child, Rhoda. After Eliza's death in 1829, he married Ann C. Hill and they had no children. They lived in the Parson Thorne Mansion at 501 NW Front Street in Milford, and were members of Christ Episcopal Church.
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