Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
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On 21 December 1801, John Jones and Erasmus Jones were bound $1,000 for John Jones’s guardianship of Elizabeth, Nancy and James Burke, orphans of James Burke. [Essex County, Virginia, Guardian Book 3, pages 111–112.]
On 21 December 1801, “John Jones is appointed guardian to Elizabeth, Nancy, and James Burke orphans of James Burke decd. who thereupon qualified as such by entering into & acknowledging a bond with Erasmus Jones his security in the penalty of one thousand dollars as required by Law; which said bond is ordered to be recorded; and the said Guardian authorized to keep twelve pounds of the estate in his hands for the immediate support of the said orphans four pounds to be appropriated to each—” [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 36, page 282.]
John Jones, the guardian of Nancy, Betsey and James Burke, submitted their accounts for 1801 and 1802 on 21 February 1803. Includes payments for sole leather and uper Leather, cash paid Richd. Meader for beef, do paid Graves Burke for pork, cash furnished to buy salt &c, 4 Barrells & 4 Bushels of Corn, and 1 Bushell of Wheat. [Essex County, Virginia, Guardian Book 3, page 131.]
On 21 February 1803, “Ordered that the administrator of James Burke deceased pay to the guardian of Nancy Betsey and James Burke orphans of said James Burke decd. the sum of Twelve pounds out of the said Estate of James Burke decd. and ordered that the same be Certified”. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 37, page 281.]
On 21 December 1803, an account of John Jones’s guardianship of Nancy, Betsey, and James Burke, orphans of James Burke, deceased, was returned to court and ordered to be recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 37, page 282.]
In 1808, Nancy Burke, the widow of James Burke, and Betsey and James Burke the only children of James Burke, decd., infants by Nancy Burke their next friend, complained against John Jones, the administrator of James Burke’s estate. That James Burke died intestate about 1801 in the County of Essex, that James had another daughter named Nancy who died intestate and an infant in 1807. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 12, Item 12-I-31.]
An undated bill of complaint in Essex County states that Rickard Burke died in March 1801, leaving a widow Ann (still alive at the writing of the bill); son John Burke, who died about February 1803, testate, who appointed Thomas Barton executor; son Thomas Burke, who died about February 1802, testate, never married; son Martin Burke, died 1806 intestate, estate administered by Ben H. Munday; son Lewis Burke; daughter Barbara Burke, who married John Chenault and died in 1807; daughter Mary Burke, who married Richard Meador; daughter Nancy Burke, who married Caleb Gatewood and had an only child named Lucy Gatewood, who married William Howard; son William Burke, who died during his father’s lifetime leaving a daughter Polly Burke; and son James Burke, who died in his father’s lifetime leaving children Betsey, Nancy and James Burke. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, Item 32-G-38.] The bill was answered by John Jones, Ann Burke, and Richard and Mary Meador and sworn to on 22 September 1807, confirming by and large the facts in the bill of complaint. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, Item 32-G-32.] A decree settling the case was issued by Essex County court the same day. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, Item 32-G-36.] The decree settled the estate by giving one-eighth portions each to: Richard Meador and Mary his wife; Thomas Barton executor of John Burke; Ben H. Munday, administrator of Martin Burke; Lewis Burke; William Howard and Lucy his wife; Polly Burke; Betsy, Nancy and James Burke; John Chenault. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, item 32-G-33.]
On 21 December 1801, “John Jones is appointed guardian to Elizabeth, Nancy, and James Burke orphans of James Burke decd. who thereupon qualified as such by entering into & acknowledging a bond with Erasmus Jones his security in the penalty of one thousand dollars as required by Law; which said bond is ordered to be recorded; and the said Guardian authorized to keep twelve pounds of the estate in his hands for the immediate support of the said orphans four pounds to be appropriated to each—” [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 36, page 282.]
John Jones, the guardian of Nancy, Betsey and James Burke, submitted their accounts for 1801 and 1802 on 21 February 1803. Includes payments for sole leather and uper Leather, cash paid Richd. Meader for beef, do paid Graves Burke for pork, cash furnished to buy salt &c, 4 Barrells & 4 Bushels of Corn, and 1 Bushell of Wheat. [Essex County, Virginia, Guardian Book 3, page 131.]
On 21 February 1803, “Ordered that the administrator of James Burke deceased pay to the guardian of Nancy Betsey and James Burke orphans of said James Burke decd. the sum of Twelve pounds out of the said Estate of James Burke decd. and ordered that the same be Certified”. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 37, page 281.]
On 21 December 1803, an account of John Jones’s guardianship of Nancy, Betsey, and James Burke, orphans of James Burke, deceased, was returned to court and ordered to be recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 37, page 282.]
In 1808, Nancy Burke, the widow of James Burke, and Betsey and James Burke the only children of James Burke, decd., infants by Nancy Burke their next friend, complained against John Jones, the administrator of James Burke’s estate. That James Burke died intestate about 1801 in the County of Essex, that James had another daughter named Nancy who died intestate and an infant in 1807. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 12, Item 12-I-31.]
An undated bill of complaint in Essex County states that Rickard Burke died in March 1801, leaving a widow Ann (still alive at the writing of the bill); son John Burke, who died about February 1803, testate, who appointed Thomas Barton executor; son Thomas Burke, who died about February 1802, testate, never married; son Martin Burke, died 1806 intestate, estate administered by Ben H. Munday; son Lewis Burke; daughter Barbara Burke, who married John Chenault and died in 1807; daughter Mary Burke, who married Richard Meador; daughter Nancy Burke, who married Caleb Gatewood and had an only child named Lucy Gatewood, who married William Howard; son William Burke, who died during his father’s lifetime leaving a daughter Polly Burke; and son James Burke, who died in his father’s lifetime leaving children Betsey, Nancy and James Burke. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, Item 32-G-38.] The bill was answered by John Jones, Ann Burke, and Richard and Mary Meador and sworn to on 22 September 1807, confirming by and large the facts in the bill of complaint. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, Item 32-G-32.] A decree settling the case was issued by Essex County court the same day. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, Item 32-G-36.] The decree settled the estate by giving one-eighth portions each to: Richard Meador and Mary his wife; Thomas Barton executor of John Burke; Ben H. Munday, administrator of Martin Burke; Lewis Burke; William Howard and Lucy his wife; Polly Burke; Betsy, Nancy and James Burke; John Chenault. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 32, 1823, item 32-G-33.]