William Burke was born in 1752, in Galway, County Galway, Ireland. He married Lettice Minard Or Maynard on 11 April 1778, in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 May 1836, in Millington, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Millington, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun
Battle of Antrim.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Siobhan, Aileen, Brennan, Brigid, Donovan, Liam, Murphy, Ulick, Aidan, Dermot.
English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk, England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg, Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see Burgh ).
German: variant of Burk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names"Mr. Burke was born January 11, 1841, in the Millington Society, East Haddam, Conn., and comes of a stalwart Scotch-Irish stock, William Burke, his grandfather, having been a native of the North of I …
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