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John Burks 1655–1721 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1655

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 1721

Death Location: Virginia, Colony of Virginia

Father: John *)

Mother: Elizabeth Burks)

Spouse(s): Mary Peartree

Children(s): Samuel Burk

John Burks was born in 1655 in Ireland, the child of John Firth Birke Burks And Elizabeth Tarrant M Birke Burks. John Burks married Mary Partree Peartree, and had children including Samuel King Burk. John Burks passed away in 1721 in Virginia, Colony of Virginia.

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Biography

  • John Burks was born in 1655 in Ireland, the child of John Firth Birke Burks And Elizabeth Tarrant M Birke Burks.
  • John Burks married Mary Partree Peartree, and had children including Samuel King Burk.
  • John Burks passed away in 1721 in Virginia, Colony of Virginia.

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Children(s)

John Burks's Ancestors

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John Burks
1655–1721
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
John Firth Birke (BURKS *)
1635–1735
County, Mayo, Ireland
Elizabeth (Tarrant ' (m. Birke) Burks)
1639–1684
County, Mayo, Ireland
Grandparents
Jacob (Bourke) Burks
1618–1635
Galway, County Galway, Connacht Province, Ireland
Benjamin (Leonard Tarrant) '
1619–1718
Middlesex,,Virginia,USA
Mary (Katherine Brooke ' (m.) Tarrant)
1619–1649
East Farleigh, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Sarah Tarrant)
1570–1639
Charles '
1564–1640
Robert '
1561–1644
Catherine Orson
1585–1619
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Burks's Descendants

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John Burks (1655–1721) m. Mary (Partree) Peartree (1657–8 September 1721)
  1. 1. Samuel (King) Burk 1680–1756 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Davis 1685–1756
    1. 1. Elizabeth Burk 1736–1835 m. William Shoemaker 1733–1783
      1. 1. Zedekiah Shoemaker 1750–1839 m. Elizabeth (Hogg) *** 1761–1817
        1. 1. William Shoemaker 1756–1827
    2. 2. Richard Burks 1698–1813
    3. 3. Elizabeth Minns 1702–1811
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Minns) Birkes 1702–1811

John Burks's Timeline

2 Records

1655
1655
Birth of John Burks in Ireland
Ireland
1721
1721
Age 66
Death of John Burks in Virginia, Colony of Virginia
Virginia, Colony of Virginia

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1655
    Event Place: Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1721
    Event Place: Virginia, Colony of Virginia

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