3. PHIL. BURKLOE, also Jan.28,1786, is appointed patroller in Fayetteville District, along with Alexr. Campbell, John McKoy and Thomas Burnsides.(Ibid.,p.116).

4. ISAAC BURKLOE, Oct.28,1786, along with Flora Burkloe, widow of Philander, are appointed administrators on the estate of Philander Burkloe.(Ibid.,p.144).

5. ISAAC BURKLOE, Jan.27,1787, with Flora Burkloe, widow, delivered inventory of estate of Philander Burkloe. (Ibid.,p.153.)

6. FLORA BURKLOE, Apr.27,1787, widow of Phil'r Burkloe, to be released from maintenance of a base born child now with Nancy Dudley.(Ibid.,p.160).

7. FLORA BURKLOE, and Isaac Burkloe, Jul.27,1787, administrators of P. Burkloe, are granted leave to sell perishable property of Phil'n's estate.(Ibid.,p.176)

8. ISAAC BURKLOE, Jan.31,1789, along with John Willson, are named securities when Robert Mitchell is appointed guardian to Daniel and Philander Burkloe, orphans.(Ibid,p.236)

EVALUATING ANCESTRY PROBABILITIES:

Philander Burkloe, like Isaac Burkloe, had boys apprenticed to him by the courts to learn the trade of house carpenter and joiner. Some of them may also have been orphans and were billoted with Philander.

As one could ascertain from the given data, Philander Burkloe and Isaac Burkloe(by age proximity), were likely brothers. Philander Burkloe died in Oct.1786, leaving a widow, Flora, and two sons, Daniel and Philander,Jr. By Jan.1789, Flora may have died too, leaving the boys orphans to be raised by their appointed guardian, Robert Mitchell, who may have been an uncle, perhaps Flora's brother.

Philander,Jr. seems to be the same who returned to Newark,NJ and died there 10 Jun 1824, in his 39th year. Daniel Burkloe(b.c1782,NC), may be the same who married Rebecca Reynolds, 28 Oct 1801, in Campbell Co.,KY, and left an orphan line in the Cincinnati area.

It is possible that Isaac Burklow's sudden arrival about 1778/79 in North Carolina might be connected to the Philadelphia Co.,PA taxes being assessed in 1779 on an estate of another Isaac Burkelow, assumed to be recently deceased. The Burklow/Burkelow's of Philadelphia are descendants of Reynier Van Burkelow(1659-1713), who settled near Philadelphia at Germantown for a few years before moving to Kent Co.,Delaware. Numerous Burkelows of this line appear in Philadelphia tax records from 1740-1820 and all seem to have professions from tinsmiths and silversmiths to jewelers, clockmakers and carpenters.

But, before we can even draw assumptions about the coincidence of the time of arrival of either Isaac or Philander Burklow in North Carolina, we have one very interesting name appearing in Vol.I of the Abstracts from Cumberland Co.,NC.,Court of Pleas, which covers the period Oct.1755 to Jan.1779. On p.139, there is a reference to "a road to be laid off from John Martin's heirs ford on the Cape Fear River, to Archibald McNeill's on Lower Little River, John Stewart to be appointed overseer. The following to be a jury to lay out said road: (among others), Richard Burkloe."

The only references to a Richard Burkloe I've seen(not to discount the fact that Richard is also "Derrick" among Dutch given names) are a marriage and a baptism in New York City's Trinity Church betw.1754-1759. The marriage: Richard Burkloe to Aletta(Letty) Covenover,13 Aug 1754,(NYGBR,Vol.69,1938,p.277,"Records of Trinity Church Parish."). The baptism: "24 Jun 1759,Mary Burkloe Parents- Richard and Letty Burkloe. (NYGBR,Vol.68,p.71,"Records of Trinity Church Parish.")

Because Isaac Burkloe was 45+ yrs. in 1800(b. bef.1755), I assumed he and Philander might be older children of Richard and Aletta(Covenover) Burkloe. Unfortunately, I can't account for the gap between Richard and Aletta's marriage in 1754 and the first recorded baptism of a child in the same church 5 years later. They may have moved into New Jersey in 1754 and returned to the old neighborhood by 1759. As it stands, we can't even find a Richard or Derrick among the sons of Philander or Isaac of Cumberland Co.,NC.

But, the appearance of Richard Burkloe in Cumberland Co.,NC just before the appearances of Isaac and Philander Burkloe in the same place, cannot be easily ignored.