John Burke

Of Tuam Galway, pursued the compensation claimed by the Burke family, or for an estate called Content, in St Anns, neither of which the Commissioners could identify: he also appears to have tried and failed to pursue the compensation on a small award in St Andrew after it had already been paid to another John Burke.

T71/865 St Andrew no. 11. T71/1593 p 147 22/03/1836 John Burke, Tuam, Galway: too late, we awarded it to John Burke executor of Edward Burke decd. T71/1607 letters from John Burke Tuam Galway: he was owed £900 from estate of uncle Re[d]mond Burke [d. 1797], had not received one penny since 1802. T71/1593 p. 107 15/2/1836 John Burke of Tuam having enquired after claim by Burkes in St Ann's, he was told there were none, and that 'Content' is a popular name.