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Sir David Kirke

Male Abt 1597 - 1654  (~ 57 years)


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  • Name Sir David Kirke  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Born Abt 1597  Dieppe, archev. Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 5 Jul 1628 
    Leader of the expedition that captured the ship carrying Claude de Saint-Étienne de La Tour in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 
    Military 18 Jul 1628 
    Leader of the expedition that captured the fleet of Admiral Claude de Roquemont de Brison at Tadoussac 
    Military 13 Mar 1629 
    Letters of Marque issued for the expedition against Canada and Acadia (600 men aboard 5 vessels) 
    Military 19 Jul 1629 
    Leader of the expedition that captured Québec (war had however ended on 24 April without his knowledge) 
    Occupation 14 Sep 1629 
    Left Tadoussac for England with 6 685 pelts belonging to Émery de Caën (6 253 beaver and 432 elk skins) 
    Occupation 20 Oct 1629 
    Arrived at Plymouth (Émery de Caën would later be awarded £14.300 in damages by the Admiralty Court) 
    Occupation 27 Oct 1629 
    Arrived at Dover where the French (including the Jésuite and Récollet priests) were released 
    Occupation 29 Oct 1629 
    Disembarked at Gravesend, arriving in London by way of the Thames with Samuel de Champlain and Claude de Saint-Étienne de La Tour 
    Occupation 17 Nov 1629 
    Deposition (with his associates John Love and Thomas Wade) before Sir Henry Marten, Judge of the Admiralty 
    Occupation 1 Dec 1631 
    The coat armour of Admiral Roquemont de Brison is granted to him in London for valour in vanquishing the French fleet and subsequent taking of Canada 
    Occupation 29 Mar 1632 
    King Charles consented "to give up and restore all the places occupied in New France, Acadia, and Canada" 
    Occupation 1633 
    Knighted by King Charles I 
    Occupation 13 Nov 1637 
    Co-proprietor of Newfoundland with James Marquis of Hamilton, Philip Earl of Pembroke, and Henry Earl of Holland 
    Occupation 13 Nov 1637 
    Granted patent for all lands between 46° and 53° North latitude 
    Occupation 1638 
    First governor of Newfoundland (took possession of Sir George Calvert's (Lord Baltimore) Mansion House and other properties at Ferryland 
    Occupation 15 May 1639 
    French Ambassador Pomponne de Bellièvre complained of an imposition laid on strangers for fishing at Newfoundland by Sir David 
    Occupation 29 Sep 1639 
    Came into conflict with the Western Charter merchants of Devon and Dorset in England 
    Occupation 25 Jul 1645 
    Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour left Boston to visit him in Newfoundland after being defeated in Acadia by Charles de Menou d'Aulnay 
    Occupation 8 Apr 1651 
    John Treworgye is named with seven other commissioners to arrest Governor David Kirke in Newfoundland who was recalled to London 
    Occupation 8 Jan 1652 
    Sir David Kirke to be summoned forthwith to attend the Council of State 
    Occupation 29 Jan 1652 
    Ordered to enter into a bond not to depart out of the Commonwealth, and to be in readiness to attend the Committee appointed for that business 
    Occupation 27 May 1653 
    Newfoundland placed under Treworgye's care and protection (Governor) 
    Occupation 3 Jun 1653 
    His security being approved, the sequestration or former seizure upon his estate in Newfoundland, to be taken off 
    Occupation 3 Jun 1653 
    John Treworgye is instructed to deliver to such persons as he may appoint all that remains except the ordnance belonging to the Commonwealth 
    Died 1654  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: In a London jail at the suit of Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore 
    Will 28 Jan 1654  Left his estate to his brother James requesting he take care of his wife and children Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 14 Feb 1654  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6790  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Gervase Kirke,   b. 1568, Norton, North Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1629, Basin Lane, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Élizabeth Gaudin,   b. Abt 1575, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1638  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Married 1596  Dieppe, archev. Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Sara Andrews,   d. Aft 1683, Ferryland, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1630  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F3844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S115] Voyages du sieur de Champlain, ou Journal Ès Découvertes de la Nouvelle France, Samuel de Champlain, (Tome Second, Paris, imprimé aux frais du gouvernement, août, 1830), 190-196; 227-228; 244-246 & 259-326.

    2. [S37] Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Gouverneur, Lieutenant-Général en Acadie, et son temps, 1593-1666, L'abbé Azarie Couillard-Després, (L'Imprimerie d'Arthabaska Incorporée, Arthabaska, Québec, 1930), 154-158.

    3. [S186] Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Gouverneur en Acadie, 1593-1666, au tribunal de l'histoire, L'abbé Azarie Couillard-Després et Louis Riboulet, (Le Courrier de St-Hyacinthe, Saint-Hyacinthe, 1932), 30.
      In 1627, a war arising, Sir David Kirke, his brethrens and relations, by his Majesty's Commission sent nine ships to expel all the French from the river Canada, and seized 18 French ships, with 135 pieces of ordinance, designed for the relief of Royal Fort (Port Royal, sic) and Quebec, under command of M. de Rochmond and the La Tour, father of the Governor of Royal Fort, whom with said ships and guns they brought to England. (Representation of Sir Lewis Kirke and John Kirke, concerning Acadia and Nova Scotia, Calendar State Papers, vol. XVI, N° 1, British Museum, London).

    4. [S762] The History of Canada, William Kingsford, (Rowsell & Hutchison, Toronto, Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill, London, 1887-1888), Volume I, pp. 142-143.

    5. [S644] Dictionnaire général du Canada, Louis Le Jeune, (Université d'Ottawa, Canada; Imprimé en France, Firmin-Didot et Cie., Mesnil, Eure, 1931), Tome 1, pp. 356-357 & 859-860.
      Dictionnaire général de biographie, histoire, littérature, agriculture, commerce, industrie et des arts, sciences, moeurs, coutumes, institutions politiques et religieuses du Canada.

    6. [S643] Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB/DBC), (University of Toronto Press & Les Presses de l'université Laval, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1979 & 1982), Volume I, pp. 404-406.

    7. [S615] Capt. John Mason, the founder of New Hampshire, John Ward Dean, A.M., (The Prince Society, Boston, 1887), 22-23 & 53-55.
      The Council authorized Capt. Walter Neale, the about to proceed to New England, to give (Captain John) Mason possession of the tract called New Hampshire. This grant (7 November 1629) had hardly been made when Champlain was brought to London, a prisoner, from Canada, by Kirke. The French had been driven from that region. (Ferdinando) Gorges and Mason procured immediately a grant from the Council of a vast tract of land in the region of Lake Champlain, supposed to be not only a fine country for peltry, but to contain vast mineral wealth. The Province was called Laconia on account of the numerous lakes supposed or known to be there, and was the most northern grant hitherto made by the Council. The patent bears date Nov. 17, 1629, only ten days later than Mason's New Hampshire grant. The treaty with France in 1632, however, restored all Canada to the French.

    8. [S742] France and England in North America, Francis Parkman, (The Library of America, Library Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, 1983), Volume I, pp. 317-324.
      Before me is a copy of the original agreement for the restitution of Quebec and Port Royal, together with ships and goods taken after the peace. It is indorsed, Articles arrestés entre les Députés des Deux Couronnes pour la Restitution des Choses qui ont été prises depuis le Traité de Paix fait entre elles; 24 avril, 1629 (à Suze, pp. 323-324).

    9. [S253] Pages d'histoire du Canada, Benjamin Sulte, (Granger Frères, 1699 rue Notre-Dame, Montréal, 1891), 119-123.

    10. [S619] Winthrop's journal: "History of New England", 1630-1649, John Winthrop; Edited by James Kendall Hosmer, (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1908), Volume II, pp. 248 & 255.
      1645: But in the spring he (Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour) went to Newfoundland, and there was courteously entertained by Sir David Kirke, the governor, who promised him assistance, etc. But he returned to Boston again by the vessel which carried him, and all the next winter was entertained by Mr. Samuel Maverick at Nottles Island (Noddle's Island, East Boston). 25 July 1645: Monsieur La Tour having stayed here all the winter and thus far of the summer, and having petitioned the court for aid against Monsieur d'Aulnay, and finding no hope to obtain help that way, took shipping in one of our vessels which went on fishing to Newfoundland, hoping by means of Sir David Kirke, governor there, and some friends he might procure in England to obtain aid from thence, intending for that end to go from thence to England. Sir David entertained him courteously, and promised to do much for him; but no means of help appearing to answer his ends, he returned hither before winter, Sir David giving him passage in a vessel of his which came hither.

    11. [S606] Histoire du Canada, huitième édition, revue et augmentée par Hector Garneau, François-Xavier Garneau, (Éditions de l'Arbre, Montréal, 1944), Tome I, Livre I, chap. 3, pp. 183-188 & Tome II, Livre III, chap. 2, p. 100.
      De ce moment (1645) Charles de La Tour erra en différentes parties de l'Amérique tantôt cherchant à renouer ses relations avec les dirigeants du Massachusetts et se targuant de son titre de baronnet écossais, tantôt poussant jusqu'à Terre-neuve pour gagner à ses projets le gouverneur, sir David Kirke.

    12. [S740] Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, 1574-1660, Volume 1, Preserved in the Public Record Office. Edited by W. Noël Sainsbury, Esq., (Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London, 1860), 96, 98-99, 102-103, 106-107, 114, 117, 128-131, 137, 260, 306, 315 & 403.
      8 April 1651: Warrant for a commission to John Littlebury, John Treworgie, Walter Sikes, Nicholas Redwood, Thomas Griggs, Miles Pile, Alexander Clotworthy, and William Hendy, to examine upon certain interrogatories, witnesses on the part of the Commonwealth and the Adventurers to Newfoundland, and to receive informations concerning any miscarriages committed by Sir David Kirke since the time of his living there. Annexed, The Interrogatories above mentioned. Benefits made by adventurers' goods carried over by Sir David Kirke. Money received of planters for fishing boats, licensing taverns, granting leases for land, and selling wines. Sale of beaver and other skins. Profits by fishing and buying and selling. - Warrant to John Littlebury, Walter Sykes, Capt. Thomas Thoroughgood, commander of the Crescent, Capt. Thomas Jones, commander of the Ann and Joyce, and Capt. William Haddock, commander of the America, or any two of them, to take into their possession, for the use of the Adventurers to Newfoundland, Sir David Kirke having been ordered to repair to England, all ordinance, ammunition, houses, boats, and other appurtenances belonging to the fishing trade in Ferryland, or any other part of Newfoundland, and to collect the impositions upon fish paid by strangers, until Parliament declare their further pleasure. (Interregnum)

    13. [S196] NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts), Volume 40 (1886), p. 176.

    14. [S658] The original lists of persons of quality; who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, John Camden Hotten, (Chatto and Windus, London, England, 1874, reprinted: Empire State Book Co., New York), 160.

    15. [S586] A History of Nova Scotia, or Acadie, Beamish Murdoch, Esq., Q. C., (James Barnes, Halifax, N. S., 1865-1866), Volume I, pp. 70-72.


  

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