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James Kirke

Male Aft 1605 - 1656  (~ 50 years)


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  • Name James Kirke  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born Aft 1605  Dieppe, archev. Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 1628 
    Took part in the expedition with his brother John that captured Port Royal and Pentagouët on the Penobscot River 
    Military 19 Jul 1629 
    Took part in the expedition with his brothers 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 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 
    Will 24 Mar 1651 
    Occupation 14 Mar 1653 
    Committee for Foreign Affairs minute: His petition to be referred to the sub-committee who have Sir David's business under consideration 
    Occupation 1654 
    Had John Treworgye arrested for allegedly owing £1.100 to Sir David's estate 
    Occupation 1654 
    Left the management of David's entire estate and requested to take care of Kirke's wife and children 
    Occupation 1654 
    Petition to Oliver Cromwell concerning £48.383 claimed from the French for the restitution of Canada 
    Died 1656  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1656  Eastham Church, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 25 Nov 1656 
    Person ID I6793  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

  • Sources 
    1. [S606] Histoire du Canada, huitième édition, revue et augmentée par Hector Garneau, François-Xavier Garneau, (Éditions de l'Arbre, Montréal, 1944), Tome I, Livre premier, chapitre 3, pp. 183-188.
      David Kirke [s'empara de l'établissement de Miscou (1628) ; il captura un navire appartenant à la nouvelle Compagnie qui conduisait Claude de La Tour et un Jésuite, le P. Noyrot, en Acadie ainsi que] plusieurs bâtiments occupés à la traite et à la pêche. [Pendant ce temps ses frères (John et James) se rendaient maîtres de Port-Royal et du fort (Pentagouët) que La Tour avait construit à l'entrée de la rivière Penobscot (1614)]. (p. 184).

    2. [S644] Dictionnaire général du Canada, Louis Le Jeune, (Université d'Ottawa, Canada; Imprimé en France, Firmin-Didot et Cie., Mesnil, Eure, 1931), Tome 1, p. 859.
      Dictionnaire général de biographie, histoire, littérature, agriculture, commerce, industrie et des arts, sciences, moeurs, coutumes, institutions politiques et religieuses du Canada. Pendant ce temps (1628), les frères (John et James) Kirke s'emparaient de Port Royal et du fort que Claude de La Tour avait bâti à l'entrée de la rivière Pentagouët en 1613-1614.

    3. [S586] A History of Nova Scotia, or Acadie, Beamish Murdoch, Esq., Q. C., (James Barnes, Halifax, N. S., 1865-1866), Volume I, p. 72.
      Pentagoët and Sainte Croix appear to have been captured by the English in 1628.

    4. [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. 323-324.
      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).

    5. [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), 137; 401 & 415-416.


  

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