Burke's Colonial Gentry A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry (2 Volumes in 1)

by Bernard Burke

In 1891, John Bernard Burke published a single volume covering the lineages of many of the leading colonial families of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, South Africa, and other parts of the British Empire. Researchers should note that among the Canadian families covered are a number of American Loyalist families, including the Stocktons of New Jersey, Macnab and Robinson of Virginia, Bayard of New York, and Coffin and Jones of Massachusetts. In 1895, the Burkes published a second volume of colonial lineages prepared by John Bernard Burke and edited by Ashworth P. Burke. The two volumes are reprinted here as one, complete with 120 coats of arms and an index of names and addresses of all persons referred to in the pedigrees.

916 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Sir John Bernard Burke, CB was a British genealogist and Ulster King of Arms, who helped publish Burke's Peerage.

Son of John Burke

Reviews

[Michael Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Many a noble lord, paramount in his own county, would be astonished to find that his less distinguished neighbour was of a nobility as ancient as his own." Because of what Sir Anthony Wagner called England’s "extreme social fluidity," some families have risen in prominence while others have sunk; many of the gentry are cadet lines of more noble families, in which the daughters and younger sons have "married down," while the offspring of the middle class have "married up".

[Ange Ange · Rating 5 out of 5]

My families history & why we moved to shyte-hole new zealand