Background
Burnet, William was born in March 1688 in The Hague, Holland. Son of Gilbert and Mary (Scott) Burnet.
Burnet, William was born in March 1688 in The Hague, Holland. Son of Gilbert and Mary (Scott) Burnet.
Attended Trinity College, Cambridge (England) University, 1701.
Came to American, 1720. Provincial governor New York and New Jersey, 1720-1728. Governor Massachusetts, 1725-1729.
Married Anna Van Horne.