References in Burdge history:
Documentary History of N.Y. Vol 2, pg 823
1698 Census of Hempstead, N.Y. Gen. and Biog. Res. Vol 45, pg 54-65.
"The Refugees from Long Island to Conn. 1776" by Mathers, pg 653
"Annals of Hempstead" by Onderdanks, pg 56

The first recorded Burdge in America was Jonathan Burdge, a carpenter, and his wife Hannah. He was at Madman's Neck (Cows Neck), Long Island as early as 1673 and as late as 1698.