Jane (Ludwell) Parke (abt. 1670 - 1708)

Born about 1670 in Virginia Colony

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Descendants

Died Sep 1708 at about age 38 in Virginia Colony

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Biography

Jane (Ludwell) Parke was a Virginia colonist.

Jane Ludwell was a daughter of Phillip Ludwell and Lucy Higginson.^[1] Her exact birth date is unknown, but her parents married about November 25, 1667. Also, Jane was about 15 years old when she married in about 1685. Therefore, her birth date has been guessed as 1670. She was probably born in the Virginia Colony.

This profile previously reported she was born in England on 1672 (without evidence or citation).^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

Jane married about 1685 to Daniel Parke, Jr., b 1669^[1][2] According to the Encyclopedia Virginia, both Jane and Daniel were about fifteen years old when they married.^[2] Their marriage was generally an unhappy one, and they later became estranged.^[2]

Children

Jane and Daniel had three daughters, two of whom survived to adulthood:^[2]

1. Frances Parke
2. Lucy Park

Death and Legacy

Jane died in September of 1708 in the Virginia Colony.^[2]

This profile previously reported that Jane died on 1746 in Green Spring, Virginia, USA.^[3]Note: This is probably a reference to a different Jane Ludwell. Philip Ludwell II inherited Green Spring Plantation in 1710.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Greenfield, Edward W., (Oct., 1946) "Some New Aspects of the Life of Daniel Parke." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed 6 June 2016 (Vol. 54, No. 4 , pp. 306-315).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Knight, T. D. Daniel Parke (1669–1710). (2014, February 18). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from Daniel Park
3. ↑ Ancestry.com: Jane Ludwell