Thomas
Parke
Born about in Ballean Contra, County Cavan, Ireland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rebecca (Warr) Parke
— married
27 Dec 1692 in Newgarden, County Carlow, Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Parke) Valentine, Robert Parke, Susannah Parke, Rebecca (Parke) Stalker, Rachel (Parke) Robinson, Jane Parke, Thomas Parke Jr., Abel Parke, Jonathan Parke and Elizabeth (Parke) Jackson
Died
at about age 78
in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Mar 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Thomas was a Friend (Quaker)
Thomas Parke was born in Ireland about 1660, and married Rebecca Warr (or Warde) in Newgarden, County Carlow, in 1692.[1][2] He appears to have been a farmer, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Balileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah.[1] Thomas and Rebecca had 10 children:
- Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1693, m. Thomas Valentine
- Robert, b. March 23, 1694/5, d. Feb. 9, 1737/7
- Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696
- Rebecca, b. Jan 22, 1698/9 m. Hugh Stalker
- Rachel, b. Dec. 26, 1700 m. William Robinson
- Jean, b. April 6, 1703, d. April 12, 1705
- Thomas, b. March 13, 1704/5, d. Oct. 17, 1758
- Abel, b. Feb 22, 1706/7, d. July 21, 1757
- Jonathan, b. April 18, 1709, d. April 5, 1767
- Elizabeth, b. Oct 5, 1711, d. April 16, 1746, m. John Jackson
The family emigrated in 1724 on the ship "Sizargh" of Whitehaven.[1][3] Thomas purchased 500 acres in the Great Valley, near present-day Downington, Pennsylvania. He was an elder of Caln Meeting, and well esteemed by friends. He died on 31 Mar 1739.[1]
Research Notes
No birth or death record located in Irish Quaker records.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Futhey, J. Smith, and Gilbert Cope History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches. (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1881), page 673
- ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F8326G : accessed 02 April 2021), marriage of Thomas Parke of Batteau co Carlow and Rebecca Warr of Ballyredmond in Newgarden on 21d 10mo (Dec) 1692; citing Register of marriages, CARLOW, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
- ↑ David Dobson, Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850, Vol.2. Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009. p.120.[1]
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Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Scott Smith for creating WikiTree profile Parke-455 through the import of Family_2013-03-01.ged on Mar 1, 2013.
- This person was created through the import of VOELKER.ged on 11 March 2011.
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