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This book traces the ancestry, origins, and history of the families of Burke/Bourke/De Burgo/De Burgh in Ireland from the year 689 to the year 1750. It was written by Chevalier Thomas O'Gorman, and it consists of 165 long handwritten pages, and includes 1,197 individuals. My brother had heard of the existence of this book in the Museum in Dublin. He was able to go there and view a microfilm of the book. He subsequently obtained a photocopy of it. Because of the complexity of the data presented, I decided to put the families in the book into a genealogy program. These pages are a result of that work. While only two of the families are specifically listed as having connections with Jamaica, there is no doubt that other Jamaicans can trace their ancestry back to them.
Spelling in the early 18th century was not yet fixed, so there may be some variations from modern spelling. During a certain period there were no surnames. In order to maintain continuity I would default the surname to De Burgo when no surnames were provided in the text.
These pages are in genealogy report format. If they had all been included in one single report it would have consisted of 147 pages of hard copy. It was therefore divided in the following manner:
(Please note that these are all in the Members' directory. Each of these pages has a link in the bottom section that will bring you back to this Index.)
I. Charles Martel, 14 generations.
....A. William Vesey de Burgo, 4 generations.
....B. Hubert de Burgo, 3 generations.
....C. William FitzAdelm, 20 generations, split as follows:
..........William FitzAdelm first 7 generations.
.......1. Elizabeth de Burgh, 11 generations.
.......2. Walter Duffe de Burgo, 10 generations.
.......3. Hubert de Burgh, 17 generations
.......4. Thibot de Burgo, 6 generations
.......5. Thibot Bourke, 9 generations
.......6. William (Ulick) de Burgh, 16 generations, split as follows:
............William (Ulick) de Burgh, first 6 generations
.........(a) Rickard Courskey MacWilliam, 9 generations
.........(b) William Duffe de Burgo, 9 generations
.........(c) Walter de Burgo, 11generations
.........(d) Edmund Bourke of Castlebar, 8 generations
.........(e) Rickard ÔCourskey Bourke, 10 generations
.........(f) Ulick MacWilliam Bourke, 10generations
.........(g) Ulick Bourke, 8 generations
.........(h) Ulick Roe de Burgh, 11 generations, split as follows:
................Ulick Roe de Burgh, first 7 generations
............(i) Rickard Bourke of Kingsale, 3 generations
............(ii) William Burke, 5 generations
............(iii) John Burke of Dunsandel, 2 generations
............(iv) Edmund Burke of Kilcornan, 4 generations
............(v) Theobald Bourke, 4 generations
............(vi) Rickard Burke, 4 generations
............(vii) Margaret Burke/Theobald Bourke, 4 generations
....D. Theobald Bourke of Bonnecrower
The author, Chevalier Thomas O'Gorman, also provides a summary of how some royal families were descended from the Burkes, notably the kings of England, Roman Emperors, Kings of France, Spain and Sardinia.
The Bourkes in Jamaica who have been linked to some of the families in the book can be found at the following pages:
John Bourke/Aylmer, page 312 #7
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