Aedanus Burke (1743 - 1802)

Born 16 Jun 1743 in Tiaquin, County Galway, Ireland

Died 30 Mar 1802 at age 58 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Aedanus Burke has Irish ancestors.

Biography

Captain Aedanus Burke served with Charles Town District Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

US Congressman. Born in Born in Galway, Ireland, he attended the theological college at Saint-Omer, France, then immigrated to the American Colonies and settled in Charles Town, South Carolina. He was appointed a Judge of the State Circuit Court in 1778, served in the Revolutionary Army (1780-82) and was member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, (1779-88). In 1789, he was elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First Congress, serving until 1791. He declined to be a candidate for reelection and again served as a Judge of the State Circuit Court and as a chancellor of the courts of equity, until his death at age 58 in Charleston, South Carolina. Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

Aedanus (aka Edanus, AEdanus, Edarus Aedanus) was born in 1743.

attended the theological college at St. Omer, France

1776? Served in the militia forces of South Carolina during the Revolutionary War ^[1]

1778 appointed a judge of the State circuit court

Member of the convention of 1788

Elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791)

1790 census resided St Phillips and St Michaels, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.^[2]

Burke never married. ^[3]

Immigration

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Aedanus Burke Arrival Year: 1775 Arrival Place: Charleston, South Carolina Source Publication Code: 1640.7.36 Household Members Aedanus Burke

Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889

Name: Edanus Burke Birth Date: 16 Jun 1743 Birth Place: Galway, Ireland Death Date: 30 Mar 1802 Death Place: Charleston, South Carolina Occupation: Jurist

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005

Name: Aedanus Burke Birth Date: 16 Jun 1743 Residence Place: South Carolina, USA Elected Office(s): Representative Biography: a Representative from South Carolina; born in Galway, Ireland, June 16, 1743; attended the theological college at St. Omer, France; visited the West Indies; immigrated to the American Colonies and settled in Charles Town (now Charleston), S.C.; served in the militia forces of South Carolina during the Revolutionary War; appointed a judge of the State circuit court in 1778 and served until the enemy overran the State; member of the South Carolina house of representatives 1779-1788; again served in the Revolutionary Army 1780-1782; when the courts were reestablished resumed his seat on the bench, and in 1785 was appointed one of three commissioners to prepare a digest of the State laws; member of the convention in 1788 called to consider ratification of the Constitution of the United States, which he opposed; elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1790 to the Second Congress, the legislature having passed a law prohibiting a State judge from leaving the State; elected a chancellor of the courts of equity in 1799 and served until his death in Charleston, S.C., March 30, 1802; interment in the cemetery of the Chapel of Ease of St. Bartholomew's Parish, near Jacksonboro, Colleton County, S.C.|Bibliography: Meleney, John C. The Public Life of Aedanus Burke: Revolutionary Republican in Post-Revolutionary South Carolina. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1989.

Census

1790 United States Federal Census Name: Adenus Burk Home in 1790 (City, County, State): St Phillips and St Michaels, Charleston, South Carolina Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 Number of Slaves: 1 Number of Household Members: 2

Will

South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 Name: Aedanus Burke Residence Place: Charleston Probate Date: 13 Jan 1802 Probate Place: Charleston, South Carolina, USA Inferred Death Year: 1802 Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA Case Number: 19 Item Description: Wills, Vol 27, 1793-1800; Wills, Vol 28-29, 1800-1807 Others Listed Aedanus Burke

Burial

Pon Pon Chapel of Ease Cemetery Jacksonboro, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.statehousereport.com/2016/07/08/history-aedanus-burke/
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBZ-CFF?cc=1803959&wc=3XT9-MYB%3A1584070604%2C1584070603%2C1584070602 : 21 May 2015), South Carolina > Charleston > St Phillips and St Michaels > image 32 of 45; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ http://www.statehousereport.com/2016/07/08/history-aedanus-burke/

See also:

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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedanus_Burke

• Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878 by Alfred Webb
• Find A Grave: Memorial #6915542 Pon Pon Chapel of Ease Cemetery Jacksonboro, Colleton County, South Carolina,
• Edanus Burke in the Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
• Aedanus Burke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
• Edarus Aedanus Burke in the Encyclopedia of American Biography, 1800-1902
• Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 8 Feb 2022)