Excerpt from A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Richard Burke of Sudbury, MassMany years since, my father, Benjamin Burke, Esq, began to collect and record some genealogical account of his ancestors and relatives. What he had thus collected was quite brief and imperfect, his opportunity for examining such records as would have assisted him being very limited.Before his decease he placed in my hands what he had gath ered, and was very desirous that I should complete what I well knew, from my earliest recollection, had been a favorite object with him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.