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     Jacob Parke was born on 26 April 1754 at Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Quaker record reads "1754 4th mo 26th N.S."
Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Jacob Parke
     Birth Date:     26 Apr 1754
     Birth Date on Image:     26 Fourth 1754
     Birth Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Father:     Thomas Parke
     Mother:     Jane Parke
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Hicksite, Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Records of the Births; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/B71 3.8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.²
Jacob Parke died on 10 March 1777 at age 22; Jordan [1911:I:174] says "d. unm. March 10, 1877", but this would be a century too late.³

     Deborah Taylor was born in 1712 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² She married Jonathan Parke, son of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper, on 28 February 1731.¹

Deborah Taylor died in 1793 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
Deborah Taylor was buried in 1793 at Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find a Grave website:
     Birth:      1712, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      1793, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Family links: Spouse: Jonathan Parke (1709 - 1767)*
     Family links: Children: Alice Parke Hannum (1744 - 1830)*
     Burial: Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Chester County, ennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Timothy Gallagher
     Record added: May 17, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 110705431.²
     She was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.³

     Abiah Taylor married Deborah Gearing.¹

     Abiah Taylor was also known as Abiah Taylor.

Abiah Taylor and Deborah Gearing lived at Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²

     Deborah Gearing married Abiah Taylor.¹

     Deborah Gearing and Abiah Taylor lived at Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²

     Joseph Parke Sr. was born before 1739 at Pennsylvania, USA; Based on assumption that he was atleast 18 when he married in or before March 1757.⁴ He married an unknown person before 17 March 1757 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; [Spouse unknown at this time, but marriage documented by Bradford Monthly Meeting record of 17 March 1757]
Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Joseph Parke
     Residence Date:     17 Mar 1757
     Residence Date on Image:     17 Third 1757
     Residence Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Event Type:     Miscellaneous
     Text:     "Bradford preparitive meeting complains of Joseph Parke for accomplishing his marriage by a priest with a woman not of our society. Ehimehas Lewis and Thomas Tisher is appointed to treat with him on that account & make a report to next meeting and desire him to be there."
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1755-1764; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 34
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.⁴
      ; Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "Joseph Parke remained at the homestead, and lived almost a century. He was twice married, and by his first wife had one son, Abiah, who took sides with the British during the Revolutionary war, and for one of his exploits piloted a party of the enemy by night to capture his uncle, Col. Hannum, then keeping the " Centre House," in Marshallton. The final turn of events making it unsafe for him to remain in the neighborhood, he " left the parts" and went to Canada, but was never heard of after alive. Several years ago Edward Townsend, son of John Townsend, of West Chester, being in the West, fell in company with a half-breed Indian named Joseph Parke, as he was descending the Missouri in a steamboat. From their mutual inquiries, with subsequent developments, it appeared that Abiah Parke had married a woman of the Shawnee tribe of Indians, then near Maiden, in Canada, and had left two sons, Joseph and William. The tribe had removed to the waters of the Maumee, in Ohio, and from, thence to Kansas. Joseph Parke, being a person of energy and ability, became the chief of the tribe, but lived in a style of civilization. In 1852 he visited Chester County and made some effort to obtain a share of his grandfather's estate, but did not succeed. His death occurred about 1857, and that of his brother William three years previously." He was was mentioned in a land transaction by Jonathan Parke on 11 November 1747 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Pennypacker [1909:161-2]: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to sur: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred [sic], and Deborah his wife, a daughter of the said Jonathan Parke, conve1757yed three sevenths of the intestate property to Abiah Parke and Jonathan Parke, sons of Jonathan Parke, deceased, which conveyance is recorded in Deed Book Y, Page 14, in the Recorder's Office of Chester County.
     "Proceedins for the settlement of Jonathan Parke's estate were had in the Orphan's Court of chester County in the year 1769. Abiah Parke, one of the sons of Janathan Parke deceased, was not satisfied with the decisions and actions of the Orphans' court of Cheter County, and he appealed to the Supreme Court, but like many others who delight "in the joy of battle," his appeal met with little success.
     "In 1782 John Hannum, the hero of the Revolutonary battlefield, and the man of business affairs throughout the Bradfords, the Calns, and the Goshens, was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Parke, and in connection with the other Parke heirs, asked the court for a writ of inquisition for the purpose of settling the estate. Other proceedins were had and the business was concluded.
     "Abiah Parke's will, dated March 31, 1800, gave and decised to his son, Thomas A. Parke, some of the land on which the present "Swan Hotel" stands, thus described: "'Beginning at a corner of John Edge's land by the turpike road, then by said land southeasterly and notheasterly to line of wm. Parke's land and by the same southerly to chester road and by the same in the line of John Hoopes' land westerly to the line of John Edge's land, and by the same up the wet side of Brandywine Creek, then crossing the creek easterly to line of Downing's sawmill, and by the same until it meets the turnpike road, and along it to place of beginning. Supposed to contain 33 acres more or less."⁵

Joseph Parke Sr. appeared in the census of 1770 at East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
     Name:     Joseph Parke
     Gender:     M (Male)
     State:     Pennsylvania
     County:     Chester County
     Town:     East Bradford
     Residence Year:     1770
     Household Remarks:     Acres: 200; Horses: 4; Cattle: 4; Sheep: 8; Servants: 0.
     Source Citation: Document: Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Proprietary Tax Lists, Chester County Rates - 1771; Volume Number: Vol 11; Page Number: 669; Family Number: 7
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.⁶

Joseph Parke Sr. appeared in the census of 1790 at U. S. Census, East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 27, column 2, line 8
     Name:     Joseph Park
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     3
     Free White Persons - Females:     4
     Number of Household Members:     9.⁷

Joseph Parke Sr. appeared in the census of 1800 at PA Septennial Census, East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863
     Name:     Joseph Parke Senior
     Residence Year:     1800
     Residence Place:     East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.³

Joseph Parke Sr. appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 804, line 3
     Name:     Joseph Parke
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:     1
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     3
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     4
     Number of Household Members:     10.⁸

Joseph Parke Sr. appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 329, line 17
     1810 United States Federal Census
     Name:     Joseph Parks
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     4.⁹

Joseph Parke Sr. appeared in the census of 1820 at U. S. Census, East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [It seems that his wife may have died by this date.]
p. 278, line 1
     Name:     Joseph Park
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     2
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     4
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     4.

     Deborah Parke married Samuel Cope.¹

     Deborah Parke was was mentioned in a land transaction by Jonathan Parke on 11 November 1747 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Pennypacker [1909:161-2]: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to sur: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred [sic], and Deborah his wife, a daughter of the said Jonathan Parke, conve1757yed three sevenths of the intestate property to Abiah Parke and Jonathan Parke, sons of Jonathan Parke, deceased, which conveyance is recorded in Deed Book Y, Page 14, in the Recorder's Office of Chester County.
     "Proceedins for the settlement of Jonathan Parke's estate were had in the Orphan's Court of chester County in the year 1769. Abiah Parke, one of the sons of Janathan Parke deceased, was not satisfied with the decisions and actions of the Orphans' court of Cheter County, and he appealed to the Supreme Court, but like many others who delight "in the joy of battle," his appeal met with little success.
     "In 1782 John Hannum, the hero of the Revolutonary battlefield, and the man of business affairs throughout the Bradfords, the Calns, and the Goshens, was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Parke, and in connection with the other Parke heirs, asked the court for a writ of inquisition for the purpose of settling the estate. Other proceedins were had and the business was concluded.
     "Abiah Parke's will, dated March 31, 1800, gave and decised to his son, Thomas A. Parke, some of the land on which the present "Swan Hotel" stands, thus described: "'Beginning at a corner of John Edge's land by the turpike road, then by said land southeasterly and notheasterly to line of wm. Parke's land and by the same southerly to chester road and by the same in the line of John Hoopes' land westerly to the line of John Edge's land, and by the same up the wet side of Brandywine Creek, then crossing the creek easterly to line of Downing's sawmill, and by the same until it meets the turnpike road, and along it to place of beginning. Supposed to contain 33 acres more or less."²

     Samuel Cope married Deborah Parke, daughter of Jonathan Parke and Deborah Taylor.¹

     Samuel Cope is mentioned in the Land Transaction of Jonathan Parke on 11 November 1747 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Pennypacker [1909:161-2]: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to sur: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred [sic], and Deborah his wife, a daughter of the said Jonathan Parke, conve1757yed three sevenths of the intestate property to Abiah Parke and Jonathan Parke, sons of Jonathan Parke, deceased, which conveyance is recorded in Deed Book Y, Page 14, in the Recorder's Office of Chester County.
     "Proceedins for the settlement of Jonathan Parke's estate were had in the Orphan's Court of chester County in the year 1769. Abiah Parke, one of the sons of Janathan Parke deceased, was not satisfied with the decisions and actions of the Orphans' court of Cheter County, and he appealed to the Supreme Court, but like many others who delight "in the joy of battle," his appeal met with little success.
     "In 1782 John Hannum, the hero of the Revolutonary battlefield, and the man of business affairs throughout the Bradfords, the Calns, and the Goshens, was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Parke, and in connection with the other Parke heirs, asked the court for a writ of inquisition for the purpose of settling the estate. Other proceedins were had and the business was concluded.
     "Abiah Parke's will, dated March 31, 1800, gave and decised to his son, Thomas A. Parke, some of the land on which the present "Swan Hotel" stands, thus described: "'Beginning at a corner of John Edge's land by the turpike road, then by said land southeasterly and notheasterly to line of wm. Parke's land and by the same southerly to chester road and by the same in the line of John Hoopes' land westerly to the line of John Edge's land, and by the same up the wet side of Brandywine Creek, then crossing the creek easterly to line of Downing's sawmill, and by the same until it meets the turnpike road, and along it to place of beginning. Supposed to contain 33 acres more or less."²

     Abiah Parke married Ruth Jones, daughter of Malachi Jones and Mary Parry, before 12 December 1760 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Abiah Parke
     Marriage Date:     12 Dec 1760
     Marriage Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Residence Date on Image:     12 Twelfth 1760
     Event Type:     Marriage
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Extract:     "Bradford Preparative Meeting complains of Abiah Parke for accomplishing his marriage by the assitance of a priest with a woman not of our Society and he being here hath offered a paper of acknoledgement which being read here & considered is returned to him and Samuel Cope & James Mendenhall is appointed to inspect his future conducts & make report to next meeting."
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1755-1764; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 34
     Source Information; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.^1,2
     Abiah Parke and Ruth Jones lived at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³ Abiah Parke was was mentioned in a land transaction by Jonathan Parke on 11 November 1747 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Pennypacker [1909:161-2]: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to sur: "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred and seventy-three (273) acres of this land to Jonathan Parke. Jonathan Parke died intestate, leaving to survive him a widow, three sons and three daughters. On the 27th of March 1769, Joseph Parke and Samuel Coope : "...John Jackson and wife, in connection with John Taylor and wife, on November 11th, 1747, by indenture of lease and release, conveyed two hundred [sic], and Deborah his wife, a daughter of the said Jonathan Parke, conve1757yed three sevenths of the intestate property to Abiah Parke and Jonathan Parke, sons of Jonathan Parke, deceased, which conveyance is recorded in Deed Book Y, Page 14, in the Recorder's Office of Chester County.
     "Proceedins for the settlement of Jonathan Parke's estate were had in the Orphan's Court of chester County in the year 1769. Abiah Parke, one of the sons of Janathan Parke deceased, was not satisfied with the decisions and actions of the Orphans' court of Cheter County, and he appealed to the Supreme Court, but like many others who delight "in the joy of battle," his appeal met with little success.
     "In 1782 John Hannum, the hero of the Revolutonary battlefield, and the man of business affairs throughout the Bradfords, the Calns, and the Goshens, was appointed guardian of Elizabeth Parke, and in connection with the other Parke heirs, asked the court for a writ of inquisition for the purpose of settling the estate. Other proceedins were had and the business was concluded.
     "Abiah Parke's will, dated March 31, 1800, gave and decised to his son, Thomas A. Parke, some of the land on which the present "Swan Hotel" stands, thus described: "'Beginning at a corner of John Edge's land by the turpike road, then by said land southeasterly and notheasterly to line of wm. Parke's land and by the same southerly to chester road and by the same in the line of John Hoopes' land westerly to the line of John Edge's land, and by the same up the wet side of Brandywine Creek, then crossing the creek easterly to line of Downing's sawmill, and by the same until it meets the turnpike road, and along it to place of beginning. Supposed to contain 33 acres more or less."⁴

Reference: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Malachi Parke
     Residence Date:     7 Mar 1782
     Residence Date on Image:     07 Third 1782
     Residence Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Mother:     Abiah Parke
     Page:     118
     Event Type:     Miscellaneous
     Text:     "Uwchlan Preparative Meeting informs that abiah Parke requests on Behalf of his children, namely deborah, Jonathan, Malachi, Thomas, abiah, william, Esther, and robert, that they may be received under the care of Friends; which being considered here, and they havinb been visited by a Committee of that Meeting, and no objection appearing, they are received accordingly; except the two oldest, Jonathan and Deborah, who being nearly arrived at mature Age, it is thought best to appoint Cadwallader Jones, Joshua Baldwin, William Lightboot, and John Butler junr to take an Opportunity with them, and endeavour to know their Minds therein & report to next Meeting."
     Monthly Meeting:     Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation
     Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1776-1795; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:626
     Source Information
     Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data:
     Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. on 7 March 1782 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁵

Reference: Pennypacker [1909:12]: Subscription to School Fund, 1793:
     4th 2mo 1795 Abiah Parke 7 pounds 10 shillings
     17th 1mo., 1797 Abiah Parke, Jr. 1 pound 10 shillings, paid 10th, 12th mo. 1828 in 1793 at Citation, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Abiah Parke left a will on 31 March 1800 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Pennypacker [1909:161-2]: "Abiah Parke's will, dated March 31, 1800, gave and decised to his son, Thomas A. Parke, some of the land on which the present "Swan Hotel" stands, thus described: ''Beginning at a corner of John Edge's land by the turnpike road, then by said land southeasterly and notheasterly to line of Wm. Parke's land and by the same southerly to Chester Road and by the same in the line of John Hoopes' land westerly to the line of John Edge's land, and by the same up the wet side of Brandywine Creek, then crossing the creek easterly to line of Downing's sawmill, and by the same until it meets the turnpike road, and along it to place of beginning. Supposed to contain 33 acres more or less.⁴'"

     Ruth Jones was born in 1745.² She married Abiah Parke, son of Jonathan Parke and Deborah Taylor, before 12 December 1760 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Abiah Parke
     Marriage Date:     12 Dec 1760
     Marriage Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania
     Residence Date on Image:     12 Twelfth 1760
     Event Type:     Marriage
     Monthly Meeting:     Bradford Monthly Meeting
     Extract:     "Bradford Preparative Meeting complains of Abiah Parke for accomplishing his marriage by the assitance of a priest with a woman not of our Society and he being here hath offered a paper of acknoledgement which being read here & considered is returned to him and Samuel Cope & James Mendenhall is appointed to inspect his future conducts & make report to next meeting."
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1755-1764; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 34
     Source Information; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.^1,3
Ruth Jones died on 1 June 1817.²
Ruth Jones was buried on 2 June 1817 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Quaker burial record attached.]
from Find a Grave website:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      1817
     American Republican, June 3, 1817 - Near this village, on Sunday morning, Mrs. Ruth Parke, relict of the late Abiah Parke, at an advanced age. Her remains were yesterday interred in Friend's burying ground near this place, attended by a large concourse of relatives and neighbors.
     Inscription: Comments field is Burial Date Note: 6/2
     Burial:Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Dan Oh
     Record added: Jul 29, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 40025525.⁴
     Ruth Jones and Abiah Parke lived at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²

Ruth Jones and Malachi Parke appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [The older woman living with Malachi in this listing may be his mother, Ruth (Jones) Parke, who died in 1817.]
p. 220, line 20
     Name:     Malaci Park
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     2.⁵

     Rebecca Parke married James Webb Jr.¹

     Alice Parke was born on 12 July 1744 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² She married Col. John Hannum III, son of John Hannum and Jane Neild, on 9 February 1768 at St. James Church, Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,3,4,5

Alice Parke died on 17 March 1830 at West Chester Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 85.²
Alice Parke was buried after 17 March 1830 at Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find a Grave website:
     Birth:      Jul. 12, 1744, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Mar. 17, 1830, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Family links:
     Parents:
      Jonathan Parke (1709 - 1767)
      Deborah Taylor Parke (1712 - 1793)
     Spouse:
      John Hannum (1740 - 1799)
     Children:
      John Hannum (1768 - 1822)*
      Jane Hannum Douglass (1769 - 1829)*
      Richard Montgomery Hannum (1776 - 1850)*
     Burial: Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Timothy Gallagher
     Record added: May 17, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 110703346.²
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁶

     Col. John Hannum III was born in 1740 at Pennsylvania, USA.^2,3,4 He married Alice Parke, daughter of Jonathan Parke and Deborah Taylor, on 9 February 1768 at St. James Church, Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2,3,4

Col. John Hannum III died on 7 February 1799 at Marshallton Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,5
Col. John Hannum III was buried on 7 February 1799 at Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find a Grave website:
     Birth:      1740, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Feb. 7, 1799, Marshallton (Chester County), Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Colonel of the First Battalion of Associate Battalions of Chester County. Delegate to the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Present at the Battle of Brandywine, and travelled with his friend General Anthony Wayne, to Malvern, where he was present at the Paoli Massacre. Later captured by British Light-horse in Marshallton and taken to Philadelphia, but later escaped.
     Family links: Spouse: Alice Parke Hannum (1744 - 1830)*
     Children:
      John Hannum (1768 - 1822)*
      Jane Hannum Douglass (1769 - 1829)*
      Richard Montgomery Hannum (1776 - 1850)*
      Deborah Hannum (1784 - 1842)*
     Burial: Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: John Schoenherr
     Record added: Apr 08, 2008
     Find A Grave Memorial# 25835319.²
Col. John Hannum III was buried after 1 July 1799 at Bradford Monthly Meeting, Marshallton, West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁴
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁶ He was a mentioned with John Hannum.³

     Jonathan Parke married Jane Buchanan.¹

     Jonathan Parke appeared in the census of 1800 at PA Septennial Census, East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863
     Name:     Jonathan Parke
     Residence Year:     1800
     Residence Place:     East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.²

Jonathan Parke appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 329, line 18
     1810 United States Federal Census
     Name:     Jonathan Parks
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     8
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     11.³

     James Pemberton married Hannah (?)²

     Thomas Valentine was born on 28 March 1748 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3,4
Thomas Valentine died on 27 March 1752 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 3; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3
     Thomas Valentine and Hannah Terrell lived at Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA.⁵

     Mary Valentine was born on 26 July 1750 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3,4
Mary Valentine died on 24 March 1752 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 1; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3,4

     Rachel Valentine was born on 14 October 1754 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,2,4 She married Joseph Malin Jr., son of Joseph Malin Sr. and Alice Pratt, on 22 February 1799 at Goshen Monthly Meeting, Goshen Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; his 1st wife.^1,2
Rachel Valentine died on 2 June 1834 at age 79.²

     Joseph Malin Jr. was born on 21 June 1753.³ He married Lydia Ashbridge, daughter of George Ashbridge and Rebecca Garrett, on 31 October 1776 at Goshen Monthly Meeting, Goshen Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; his 1st wife.^3,2 Joseph Malin Jr. married Rachel Valentine, daughter of Robert Valentine Sr. and Rachel Edge, on 22 February 1799 at Goshen Monthly Meeting, Goshen Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; his 1st wife.^1,3
Joseph Malin Jr. died on 17 February 1826 at age 72.³

     Jane Valentine was born on 28 October 1756 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Futhey & Cope [1881] p. 750 says b 14 Nov 1757.^1,3
Jane Valentine died on 7 February 1757 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,3

     Sarah Valentine was born on 14 November 1757 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3
Sarah Valentine died on 7 April 1758 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3

     Phebe Valentine was born on 5 June 1759 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,2,4 She married Abraham Sharpless, son of William Sharpless and Abigail Sharp, on 23 June 1785 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2

Phebe Valentine died on 18 May 1792 at Delaware Co. (Chester Co. bef 1789), Pennsylvania, USA, at age 32.^2,5

     Abraham Sharpless was born in 1748.² He married Phebe Valentine, daughter of Robert Valentine Sr. and Rachel Edge, on 23 June 1785 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2
Abraham Sharpless married Catharine Franklin Wistar, daughter of Caspar Wistar and Mary Franklin, on 16 December 1802
; his 2nd wife.²
Abraham Sharpless died on 21 September 1835; Cope [1901:186] says d. 22 Sep 1835; FindAGrave says d. Nov. 22 1835. Quaker record says d. 21st of 9mo 1835. Difference may be due to reading of Quaker dates.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Abram Sharpless
     Birth Date:     abt 1748
     Death Age:     87
     Death Date:     21 Sep 1835
     Death Date on Image:     21 Ninth 1835
     Death Place:     Delaware, Pennsylvania
     Residence Place:     Aston Township
     Event Type:     Death
     Monthly Meeting:     Concord Monthly Meeting
     Historical Meeting Data:     Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Separation/Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Delaware
     Source Citation: Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1816-1898; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.^2,3,4
Abraham Sharpless was buried on 29 September 1835 at Concord Friends Cemetery, Concordville, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      1748, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Nov. 22, 1835, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Son of William and Abigail Sharp Sharples.
     Burial: Concord Friends Cemetery, Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Plot: 278
     Created by: Tom Donahue
     Record added: Dec 15, 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial# 102195218.³
     Abraham Sharpless appeared in the census of 1793 at PA Septennial Census, Aston Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863
     Name:     Abraham Sharples
     Occupation:     Iron Master
     Residence Year:     1793
     Residence Place:     Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
     Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.⁵ He was Ancestry.com - U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995
     Name:     Abraham Sharpless
     Birth Year:     1748
     Residence Date:     1800
     Residence Place:     Chester Cty, Pennsylvania, USA
     Reference:     "windsor armchair inscribed "From Abm Sharples/ to Isaac Massey (?)/1800/ Take good care of this"
     Death Year:     1833
     Occupation:     Turner
     Source:     Wm C. Ketchum Jr., "American Cabmkers", p. 307; Nancy G. Evans, American Windsor Chairs", p. 710
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Delaware, Craftperson Files, 1600-1995. Card File of American Craftspeople, 1600-1995. The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. Winterthur, Delaware. in 1800.⁶

Abraham Sharpless appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, Aston Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [His wife, Phebe (Valentine) diedin 1792. Abraham must have had some of his siblings and possibly his mother, Abigail, living in his household in 1800.]
p. 407, line 12
     1800 United States Federal Census
     Name:     Abraham Sharpless
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     3 [1785-90]
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1775-84]
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     3 [1756-74]
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     3 [bef 1755]
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:     2 [bef 1755]
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     3
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     8
     Number of Household Members:     14.⁷

Abraham Sharpless appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, Aston Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 483, line 5
     Name:     Abraham Sharpless
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     6
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     4
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     18.⁸

Abraham Sharpless lived between 1810 and 1830; Abraham Sharples has a large number of young adults living in his household in the 1810, 1820 and 1830 censuses. His son, Robert, does not appear in separate listings in any of these years. It is likely that he and his wife Elizabeth (Downing) - married in May 1810, were living in his father's household during those years.

Abraham Sharpless appeared in the census of 1820 at U. S. Census, Aston Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 50, line 6
     Name:     Abraham Sharpless
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     6
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Foreigners not Naturalized:     3
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     12
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:     5
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     3
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     11
     Total Free White Persons:     18
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     18.⁹

Abraham Sharpless appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, Aston Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 243, line 3
     Name:     Abram Sharpless
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Aston, Delaware, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     4
     Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 10 thru 23:     2
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 10 thru 23:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     6
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total Free Colored Persons:     4
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     13.¹⁰

     George Valentine was born on 16 April 1761 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,5,6 He married Phebe Ashbridge, daughter of George Ashbridge and Rebecca Garrett, on 20 November 1788 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Phebe Ashbridge
     Marriage Date:     20 Nov 1788
     Marriage Date on Image:     20 Eleventh 1788
     Marriage Place:     Uwchlan
     Father:     George Ashbridge
     Mother:     Rebekah Ashbridge
     Spouse:     George Valentine
     Spouse Father:     Robert Valentine
     Spouse Mother:     Rachel Valentine
     Event Type:     Marriage
     Monthly Meeting:     Chester Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1782-1928; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 99
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.^1,2,7,4
George Valentine died on 11 July 1801 at age 40; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,2,5,6
George Valentine was buried after 11 July 1801 at Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Apr. 16, 1761, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Jul. 11, 1801, Pennsylvania, USA
     Son of Robert & Rachel Valentine
     Family links:
     Parents:
      Robert Valentine (1717 - 1786)
      Rachel Edge Valentine (1725 - 1779)
     Spouse: Phebe Valentine (____ - 1805)*
     Siblings:
      Thomas Valentine (1748 - 1748)*
      Mary Valentine (1750 - 1752)*
      Jane Valentine (1756 - 1757)*
      Sarah Valentine (1757 - 1758)*
      George Valentine (1761 - 1801)
     Note: Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Burial: Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: L Evans
     Record added: Oct 16, 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial# 153803472.⁶
     He was Cope [1901] p. 187: "He was for some time a storekeeper at Downingtown, and in 1799 was assessed in East Caln with a stone house and stone barn, 100 acres of valley land and 30 acres of hill land, 4 horses, 8 cattle."⁸ He was from Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994
Item 9th "George Valentine Produced from Ewchland mo Meeting a Certificate Dated the 7th of last mo Recommending him to the Care of this meeting which was read & accepted."
Name: George Valentine
Residence Date: 7 Feb
Residence Date on Image: 07 Second [month]
Residence Place: Chester, Pennsylvania
Event Type: Admittance from "Ewchlan"
Monthly Meeting: Bradford Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Title: Minutes, 1781-1788
Meeting State: Pennsylvania
Meeting County: Chester
Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 34.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: •Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
•North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
•Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
•Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.⁹

George Valentine appeared in the census of 1786 at PA Sept. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1786
     Name:     117 George Valentine
     Residence Year:     1786
     Residence Place:     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania - p. 2.¹⁰

George Valentine appeared in the census of 1786 at Tax List, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801
     Name: Geore Valentine
     Year: 1786
     Town or Ward: East Caln
     County: Chester
     Archive Rollname: 324
     Source Citation: Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 324.
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.¹¹

George Valentine and Phebe Ashbridge appeared in the census of 1790 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
p. 56, column 1, line 23
     Name:     George Vallentine
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     5
     Free White Persons - Females:     4
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members:     11.¹²

George Valentine and Phebe Ashbridge appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
1800 United States Federal Census
     Name:     41 George Valentine
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     2 [1756-1774] George 1761
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-1774] Phebe 1767
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     6.¹³

     Phebe Ashbridge was born on 8 September 1767 at Goshen Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,4 She married George Valentine, son of Robert Valentine Sr. and Rachel Edge, on 20 November 1788 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Phebe Ashbridge
     Marriage Date:     20 Nov 1788
     Marriage Date on Image:     20 Eleventh 1788
     Marriage Place:     Uwchlan
     Father:     George Ashbridge
     Mother:     Rebekah Ashbridge
     Spouse:     George Valentine
     Spouse Father:     Robert Valentine
     Spouse Mother:     Rachel Valentine
     Event Type:     Marriage
     Monthly Meeting:     Chester Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Chester
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1782-1928; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 99
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.^1,2,5,4
Phebe Ashbridge died on 28 August 1805 at age 37; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,6,7
Phebe Ashbridge was buried after 28 August 1805 at Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Aug. 28, 1805, Pennsylvania, USA
     Wife of George Valentine
     Family links: Spouse: George Valentine (1761 - 1801)
     Note: Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Burial: Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: L Evans
     Record added: Oct 16, 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial# 153803512.⁷
     Phebe Ashbridge and George Valentine appeared in the census of 1790 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
p. 56, column 1, line 23
     Name:     George Vallentine
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     5
     Free White Persons - Females:     4
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members:     11.⁸

Phebe Ashbridge and George Valentine appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
1800 United States Federal Census
     Name:     41 George Valentine
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     2 [1756-1774] George 1761
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-1774] Phebe 1767
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     6.⁹

     Jacob Valentine was born on 7 October 1763 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3,2
Jacob Valentine died on 26 May 1777 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 13.²

     Susanna Valentine was born on 22 March 1766 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^1,3,4 She married George Massey, son of Isaac Massey and Phebe Ashbridge, on 19 April 1792 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,3

Susanna Valentine died on 7 October 1821 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 55.^3,5
Susanna Valentine was buried after 7 October 1821 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Oct. 7, 1821, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     The American Republican, West Chester, Chester County, Pa. - October 17, 1821
     On the 7th inst. Susan Massey, a respectable member of the society of Friends.
     Family links: Spouse: George Massey (1767 - 1848)
     Children:
      Robert Valentine Massey (1794 - 1863)*
      Isaac Massey (1797 - 1806)*
      George V Massey (1801 - 1833)*
      Rachel Valentine Massey (1806 - 1885)*
     Note: Burial Date 2/12
     Burial: Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Maintained by: L Evans
     Originally Created by: Dan Oh
     Record added: Jul 29, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 40025479.⁵

     George Massey was born on 9 December 1767 at Pennsylvania, USA.^2,3 He married Susanna Valentine, daughter of Robert Valentine Sr. and Rachel Edge, on 19 April 1792 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2

George Massey died on 10 February 1848 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 80.^2,3
George Massey was buried on 12 February 1848 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      Dec. 9, 1767, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Feb. 10, 1848, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     George is the son of Isaac & Phebe Massey. Issac was born Feb 5, 1732 in PA. Mother's maiden name MAY be "Ashbridge". The attached record for birth is from Goshen MM in Chester Co., PA.
     VILLAGE RECORD - February 15, 1848
     Death Notice
     In West Whiteland, on the 10th inst., GEORGE MASSEY, a highly respectable member of the society of Friends, in the 81st year of his age. Friend Massey was beloved for his intelligence and exemplary moral character by every one who knew him; and therefore, to name was but to praise. He died as he had lived, with as few of the frailties of this world as flesh is heir to. His remains were followed to their last resting place, near Downingtown, on the 13th inst., by a large number of his neighbors.
     Family links: Parents:
      Isaac Massey (____ - 1792)
      Phebe Massey (____ - 1774)
     Spouse: Susanna Valentine Massey (____ - 1821)*
     Children:
      Robert Valentine Massey (1794 - 1863)*
      Isaac Massey (1797 - 1806)*
      George V Massey (1801 - 1833)*
      Rachel Valentine Massey (1806 - 1885)*
     Note: Burial Date 2/12
     Burial: Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Maintained by: L Evans
     Originally Created by: Dan Oh
     Record added: Jul 29, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 40025477.³
     Reference: For children lof George and Susanna (Valentine) MASSEY, see their Find A Grave memorials.^3,4