Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameJohn Burke 
Documentation
John Burke was mentioned in the 1780 will of his father-in-law Henry Purkins. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 13, pages 311–313.]
On 3 January 1786, a John Burke witnessed the will of Dolly Kerchevall of the Parish of South Farnham and County of Essex. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 49–50.]
On 18 June 1811, a final decree in the cases of William Snodgrass vs. Henry Purkins’s exor and Purkins and other vs. Henry Purkins’s exor was handed down. The decree stated that William Snodgrass was to reimbursed £731 and other amounts plus interest, and that after his satisfaction, the plaintiffs Gabriel Purkins, John Purkins, Major Boughan who had intermarried with and survived Caty Purkins, Thomas Purkins, John Armstrong and Sally his wife, Philemon Purkins, Gideon Purkins, Young Dimake Purkins and Thomas L. Dunn and Cary his wife were to obtain satisfaction. The defendant in the case was William Purkins as administrator of the estate of Henry Purkins. That Mary “Polly” Purkins and John Burke are not listed suggests that they both may have died before 18 June 1811. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 27, item 27-G-40.]
On 3 January 1786, a John Burke witnessed the will of Dolly Kerchevall of the Parish of South Farnham and County of Essex. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, pages 49–50.]
On 18 June 1811, a final decree in the cases of William Snodgrass vs. Henry Purkins’s exor and Purkins and other vs. Henry Purkins’s exor was handed down. The decree stated that William Snodgrass was to reimbursed £731 and other amounts plus interest, and that after his satisfaction, the plaintiffs Gabriel Purkins, John Purkins, Major Boughan who had intermarried with and survived Caty Purkins, Thomas Purkins, John Armstrong and Sally his wife, Philemon Purkins, Gideon Purkins, Young Dimake Purkins and Thomas L. Dunn and Cary his wife were to obtain satisfaction. The defendant in the case was William Purkins as administrator of the estate of Henry Purkins. That Mary “Polly” Purkins and John Burke are not listed suggests that they both may have died before 18 June 1811. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 27, item 27-G-40.]