Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

John Burke

Male 1720 - 1790  (69 years)


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  • Name John Burke 
    Birth 27 Feb 1720  Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Feb 1790  Caroline County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I127551  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father Henry Burke,   b. Abt 1690, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1777, Caroline County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Judith Clarke,   b. 11 Mar 1687, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1720, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 34 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Aug 1719  Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F51616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Thomas Burke,   b. Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1807, Caroline County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F57003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      1727-1852 Caroline Co VA lost Wills
      Burk[e], John 25 May 1787 /February 1790
      [son of Henry Burke, 5 April 1777/10 July 1777]
      ... of Caroline County & Parish of Saint Margarets ...
      son Henry Burke all my land in Albermarle County, twelve negroes: Daniel, Will, Harry, Suckey
      & her four children, Elick & Dicas, Lucy & her young child & Phillis ... negro Dinah I have lent to Caty [Troulk] and after her decease to son Henry . ..
      son Thomas Burke all my lands in Caroline County and fourteen negroes: Jeane, Miney, Grace & Charles, Giles, Juda, Rubin, Gilburt, Sebeny, Prosper, Beck & her three children viz: Milly & co ... my son Thomas or Tommy Burke ..
      lend to Betty Gatewood twelve negroes and after her decease to be divided between all her children: Joe, Ben,
      Jolley, Pal, James, Fildy, Chaney, Blanch, Robinson, old Lucy and her daughter Lucy, Amey ...
      Executors: my sons Henry Burke, Thomas Burke .. .
      Signed by J. Burke ... witnesses: Elizabeth Sutton, Caty Faulkner,
      Rosanna Pentvin, James Sutton.

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      1727-1852 Caroline Co VA lost Wills
      Burke, Henry 5 April 1777; 10 July 1777
      ... of Caroline County ...
      son John Burke two hundred acres I purchased of Fisher, four Negroes: Ben and Lucy his wife, young Lucy and Suckey ...
      son Thomas Burke negro Anaba and Ambrose with Gilbert and Rose ...
      to my son Henry Burke's children viz: John Burke seventy pounds, Ann Burke two negroes: Sarah and Fanny ... my daughter Judith Hundley four Negroes: Phillis, Esther, Young Jack and Mary during her natural life and
      after her death to her children she had by George Priddie, equally divided ...
      daughter Ann Burton four negroes: Old Jack, Charlotte, Glocester & Rachael. ..
      daughter Elizabeth Cross four Negroes: Hannah, Milley,Edmund & Amy ...
      daughter Jane Southworth four Negroes: Daphmy, Mingo, James and Peg ...
      all my children: John Burke, Thomas Burke, Judith Hundley, Ann Burton, Elizabeth Cross and Jane Southworth and my son Henry Burke's children John Burke and Ann Burke ...
      Executors: son John Burke, son in law Joseph Cross ...
      Signed by Henry Burke ...
      witnesses: William Brown, James Mayo, George Humphrey Hailey, William Southworth Jr.
      Ann (Burke) Burton, daughter of Henry Burke of the Will above, died without issue.
      Ann Burke, daughter of Henry Burke and granddaughter of Henry Burke of the Will above, became Ann Burton.
      Joseph & Elizabeth (Burke) Cross lived in Hanover Co.
      Joseph Cross, Executor and son-in-law of Henry Burke of the Will above died and named John Cross his Executor.
      John Burke, Executor and son of Henry Burke of the Will above died and named his son Thomas Burke executor of his Will.

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