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     James Miller married Rebecca Kirk
; his 2nd wife.¹ James Miller married Rachel Fredd after 1732
; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "James, m. to Rachel (Fred) Miller and Rebecca Kirk". Date is date of death to her 1st husband, James Miller.¹

     Mary Miller married Isaac Jackson on 11 April 1730.¹

     Isaac Jackson married Mary Miller, daughter of James Miller and Catherine Lightfoot, on 11 April 1730.¹

     Katherine Miller married William Jackson on 9 September 1733.¹

     William Jackson married Katherine Miller, daughter of James Miller and Catherine Lightfoot, on 9 September 1733.¹

     Ann Miller married William Farquhar on 19 February 1733.¹

     William Farquhar married Ann Miller, daughter of James Miller and Catherine Lightfoot, on 19 February 1733.¹

     Hannah Miller married James Jackson.¹

     Robert Parke was born on 23 March 1694 at Ireland.¹
Robert Parke died on 9 February 1736 at age 41.¹
     ; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ He was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.²

; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "Of his children, Robert followed conveyancing and clerking at Chester, and acted as recorder of deeds under Joseph Parker for some years. He died unmarried."³ Robert Parke witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
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from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^3,4,5

     Susanna Parke was born on 22 December 1696 at Ireland.¹
     She was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.²
; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹

     Rebecca Parke married Hugh Stalker.¹
Rebecca Parke was born on 22 January 1698 at Ireland.¹
     ; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ She witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
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from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^2,3,4

     Rachel Parke married William Robinson.¹
Rachel Parke was born on 26 December 1700 at Ireland.¹
     She was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.²
; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ Rachel Parke witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
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from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^3,4,5

     Jean Parke was born on 6 April 1703 at Ireland.¹
Jean Parke died on 12 April 1705 at age 2.¹
     She was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.²
; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ Jean Parke witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
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from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^3,4,5

     Thomas Parke Jr. was born on 3 March 1704 at Ireland.¹ He married Jane Edge, daughter of Jacob Edge and Sarah Jones, on 26 February 1737
; her 1st husband.^2,3,4
Thomas Parke Jr. died on 17 October 1758 at age 54.¹
     ; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ He was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.⁵

; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "Thomas, Jr., married Jane Edge, 2, 26, 1739, and became the owner of all the original tract, including the " Ship" tavern, which was first opened by his brother Abel. His children were Robert, m. to Ann Edge ; Sarah, m. to Owen Biddle ; Rebecca, m. to William Webb ; Hannah, m. to Benjamin Poultney ; Thomas, m. to Rachel Pemberton ; Jane, and Jacob."⁴ Thomas Parke Jr. and Jane Edge were Quaker. Thomas Parke Jr. witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
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from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^4,6,7

     Abel Parke married Deborah (?)²
Abel Parke was born on 22 February 1706 at Ireland.¹
Abel Parke died on 21 July 1757 at age 51.¹
     He was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.³
; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ Abel Parke witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
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from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^4,5,6

     Jonathan Parke was born on 18 April 1709 at Ireland.¹ He married Deborah Taylor, daughter of Abiah Taylor and Deborah Gearing, on 28 February 1731.²

Jonathan Parke died on 5 April 1767 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 57.^1,3
Jonathan Parke was buried after 5 April 1767 at Bradford Friends Burying Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find a Grave website:
     Birth:      Apr. 18, 1709, Ireland
     Death:      Apr. 5, 1767, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Family links: Spouse: Deborah Taylor Parke (1712 - 1793)
     Family links: Children: Alice Parke Hannum (1744 - 1830)*
     Burial: Bradford Friends Burying Ground, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Timothy Gallagher
     Record added: May 17, 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial# 110705155.³
     ; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ He was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.⁴

; Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "Jonathan Parke married, 2, 29, 1731, Deborah, daughter of Abiah and Deborah Taylor, of East Bradford, and settled on 200 acres of land which her father conveyed to them. He also owned land in the southeast part of the borough of Downingtown, and is said to have built a substantial stone house, now near the toll-gate. His son Abiah lived on this last property, and may have built the house. The children of Jonathan and Deborah were Joseph, Deborah, m. to Samuel Cope ; Abiah, m. to Ruth Jones
;
Rebecca, m. to James Webb, Jr; Alice, m. to Col. John Hannum ; Jonathan, m. to Jane Buchanan ; and Mary."² Jonathan Parke witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
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from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^2,5,6
Jonathan Parke was mentioned in a land transaction on 11 November 1747 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
Memo: 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."⁷

     Elizabeth Parke married John Jackson.¹
Elizabeth Parke was born on 5 October 1711 at Ireland.¹
Elizabeth Parke died on 16 April 1746 at age 34.¹
Elizabeth Parke was buried after 16 April 1746 at Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find a Grave website:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Feb. 16, 1746, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Daughter of Thomas Parke, date of passing is "old style" and not converted by me.
     Family links:
     Parents:
      Thomas Parke (1661 - 1738)
     Sibling:
      Elizabeth Parke Jackson (____ - 1746)
      Jane Parke (1747 - 1753)*
     Note: Bradford MM Records
     Burial: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: L Evans
     Record added: Aug 10, 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial# 150467901.²
     She was Quaker with Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper.³
; According to Futhey & Cope [1881:600]: "PARKE, Thomas, born about 1660, married Rebecca Hooper (?), who was born about 1672. They had the following children, all born in Ireland: Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1 693, m. Thomas Valentine ; Robert, b. March 23, 1694-5, d. Feb. 9, 1736-7 ; Susanna, b. Dec. 22, 1696 ; Rebecca, b. Jan. 22, 1698-9, m. Hugh Stalker; Rachel, b. Deo. 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. Thomas Parke appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, and in the year 1720 owned some land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore, and Coolisnactah. On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay. Thomas Parke leased a property from Mary Head, near Chester, as a temporary home, but on December 2d purchased 500 acres from Thomas Lindley in the Great Valley, on the west side of what is now Downingtown. Of this land he gave to his son Abel 100 acres, to Robert 124, on which was a very large spring, and to Thomas, Jr., 276 acres, retaining a life-estate therein. He died 1, 31, 1738, and his widow 6, 21, 1749. He was an elder of Cain Meeting, and well esteemed by Friends."¹ Elizabeth Parke witnessed the immigration of Thomas Parke and Rebecca Hooper between 21 May 1724 and 21 August 1724 at Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania, USA; According to Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "On May 21, 1724, with all of his family except Mary and Susanna, he went on board, at Dublin, the ship "Sizarghs," of Whitehaven, Jeremiah Cowman commander, and on August 21st they arrived in Delaware Bay."
* * * * * * * * * *
from Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Thomas Parke
Arrival Year: 1724
Arrival Place: Delaware Bay or River
Family Members: Son Thomas; Son Jonathan; Son Robert; Wife Rebecca Warr; Daughter Rebecca; Daughter Rachel; Son Abel; Daughter Elizabeth
Source Publication Code: 5917
Primary Immigrant: Parke, Thomas
Annotation: Date reflects the date the certicate of removal arrived in Pennsylvania or, in a few cases, date and port of arrival or date and location of first mention of residence in the New World. All children born prior to the date cited were assumed to have emigra
Source Bibliography: MYERS, ALBERT COOK. "List of Certificates of Removal from Ireland Received at the Monthly Meetings of Friends in Pennsylvania, 1682-1750; with Genealogical Notes from Friends' Records of Ireland and Pennsylvania, Genealogies, County Histories, and Other Books and Manuscripts." In Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. Swarthmore, [PA]: Myers, 1902, pp. 277-390. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
Page: 305.^4,5,6

     Sarah Parke was born on 29 March 1742 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Quaker record reads "1742 1st mo 29th"
Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Sarah Parke
     Birth Date:     29 Mar 1742
     Birth Date on Image:     29 First 1742
     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.^2,3 She married Owen Biddle on 29 September 1760.^1,2

Sarah Parke died on 16 August 1794 at age 52; Jordan [1911:I:174]: "His wife failingin health, removed to the place of her nativity at Downington [sic], Chester county, where she died 1794."
From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     29 Mar 1742
     DEATH     16 Aug 1794 (aged 52)
     Married Owen Biddle, September 29, 1760. They had 10 children.
     1). Jane Biddle (July 29, 1761-September 28, 1793)
     2). John Biddle (October 2, 1763-August 16, 1815). Married Elizabeth Canby, September 15, 1796.
     3). Rebecca Owen Biddle (January 26, 1766-1801). Married Peter Thompson, 1796.
     4). Sarah Biddle (November 19, 1767-September 27, 1795)
     5). Tacy Biddle (November 8, 1770-March 3, 1778)
     6). Thomas Biddle (November 13, 1772-December 17, 1773)
     7). Owen Biddle Jr. (April 28, 1774-May 25, 1806). Married Elizabeth Rowan, May 2, 1798.
     8). Robert Biddle (March 3, 1776-July 15, 1777)
     9). Clement Biddle (August 6, 1778-February 10, 1856). Married Mary Canby, November 2, 1810. Married Sarah Saunders Morris Tyson, December 26, 1850.
     10). Anne Biddle (July 23, 1780- ). Married John Tatum, June 26, 1822.
     Family Members Spouse Owen Biddle 1737–1779
     Children
      Jane Biddle 1761–1793
      John Biddle 1763–1815
      Rebecca Owen Biddle Thompson 1766–1801
      Sarah Biddle 1767–1795
      Tacy Biddle 1770–1778
      Thomas Biddle 1772–1773
      Owen Biddle 1774–1806
      Robert Biddle 1776–1777
      Clement Biddle 1778–1856
      Ann Biddle Tatum 1780 – unknown
     BURIAL     Unknown
     Created by: Russ Dodge
     Added: 21 Apr 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 51450757.^4,5
     Reference: See Jordan [1911:I:172-3] for more information Owen Biddle and his ancestry.⁶

     Owen Biddle was born in 1737 at "old Biddle residence", Old Market Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³ He married Sarah Parke, daughter of Thomas Parke Jr. and Jane Edge, on 29 September 1760.^1,4

Owen Biddle died on 10 March 1799 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     11 Apr 1737, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH     19 Mar 1779 (aged 41), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
     "Owen Biddle, (1737-99), was a delegate to the Provincial Congress and a member of the Committee of Safety, 1775; a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1776, and President of the Board of War, 1777. He was a "Fighting Quaker" and one of the eighty merchants of the city, who, headed by Robert Morris, became responsible for army supplies when the soldiers were suffering. His house was destroyed when the enemy occupied the city and on the site now stands Girard College. He was born in Philadelphia, where he died.
     Owen was a partner with his brother Clement in the shipping and importing business and one of the most ardent patriots of the Revolution, member of the provincial Committee and Council of Safety, delegate to the several provincial conventions and conferences, member of the Board of War, and constantly one of the most prominent members of special committee of these several organizations, and a man of high scholastic and scientific attainments, one of the prominent men and officers of the American Philosophical Society."
     Married Sarah Parke, September 29, 1760. They had 10 children.
     1). Jane Biddle (July 29, 1761-September 28, 1793)
     2). John Biddle (October 2, 1763-August 16, 1815). Married Elizabeth Canby, September 15, 1796.
     3). Rebecca Owen Biddle (January 26, 1766-1801). Married Peter Thompson, 1796.
     4). Sarah Biddle (November 19, 1767-September 27, 1795)
     5). Tacy Biddle (November 8, 1770-March 3, 1778)
     6). Thomas Biddle (November 13, 1772-December 17, 1773)
     7). Owen Biddle Jr. (April 28, 1774-May 25, 1806). Married Elizabeth Rowan, May 2, 1798.
     8). Robert Biddle (March 3, 1776-July 15, 1777)
     9). Clement Biddle (August 6, 1778-February 10, 1856). Married Mary Canby, November 2, 1810. Married Sarah Saunders Morris Tyson, December 26, 1850.
     10). Anne Biddle (July 23, 1780- ). Married John Tatum, June 26, 1822.
     Family Members Parents
      John Biddle 1707–1789
      Sarah Owen Biddle 1711–1773
     Spouse Sarah Parke Biddle 1742–1794
     Siblings
      Ann Biddle Wilkinson 1742–1807
      Sarah Biddle Tellier 1748–1794
      Lydia Biddle Hutchinson 1752–1785
     Children
      Jane Biddle 1761–1793
      John Biddle 1763–1815
      Rebecca Owen Biddle Thompson 1766–1801
      Sarah Biddle 1767–1795
      Tacy Biddle 1770–1778
      Thomas Biddle 1772–1773
      Owen Biddle 1774–1806
      Robert Biddle 1776–1777
      Clement Biddle 1778–1856
      Ann Biddle Tatum 1780 – unknown
     BURIAL     Unknown
     Created by: Russ Dodge
     Added: 21 Apr 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial 51445620.^4,5
     Reference: See Jordan [1911:I:172-3] for more information Owen Biddle and his ancestry.²

     Rebecca Parke married William Webb.¹
Rebecca Parke was born on 19 July 1744 at Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Quaker record reads "1744 5th mo 19th"
Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Rebecca Parke
     Birth Date:     19 Jul 1744
     Birth Date on Image:     19 Fifth 1744
     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.^2,3

     Dr. Thomas Parke MD was born on 6 August 1749 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Quaker record reads "1749 6th mo 5th"
Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Thomas Parke
     Birth Date:     6 Aug 1749
     Birth Date on Image:     06 Sixth 1749
     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.¹ He married Rachel Pemberton, daughter of James Pemberton and Hannah (?), on 31 May 1775 at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943
     Name:     Joseph Parke
     Residence Date on Image:     28 Ninth 1809
     Translated Residence Date:     28 Sep 1809
     Residence Place:     Pennsylvania
     Monthly Meeting:     Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
     Summary:     "1775, 4, 13. thomas, s thomas & Jane Phila., Pa., m Rachel Pemberton, dr James & Hannah, Phila., Pa., at Phila. Mtg
     Volume:     Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. II
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994.
     Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948.^1,2
Dr. Thomas Parke MD died on 9 January 1835 at Philadelphia, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 85.³
      ; Futhey & Cope (p. 600): "Thomas Parke, son of Thomas and Jane, was born in the township of East Cain, Chester Co., Aug. 6, 1749. Having a desire to engage in the study of medicine, he went to Philadelphia at the age of sixteen years, to acquire a preliminary education, and there became a pupil of Robert Proud, the Quaker historian. In 1767 he began his medical studies under Dr. Cadwalader Evans, of Philadelphia, and took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine at the college and academy in the same city on June 5, 1770. In the year 1771 he crossed the Atlantic to avail himself of the advantages of medical instruction in Great Britain. He first visited London, where he enjoyed the friendship and kind offices of the justly distinguished Dr. John Fothergill. He next proceeded to the school at Edinburgh, then in the zenith of its strength, where he attended the lectures of Cullen, Black, and Monro.
     Returning to London, he attended the clinical practice of Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, and finally set his foot on his native shore in the year 1773.
     In 1775 he was married to Rachel, eldest daughter of James Pemberton, and immediately established himself in the practice of physic at No. 20 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, where he remained upwards of forty years, well known as a skillful, kind, and attentive physician. In 1816 he removed to Locust Street, where he resided during the remainder of his life.
     He lost his wife, to whom he was most affectionately devoted, in the year 1786, and never again married. He was a member of the principal scientific, literary, and benevolent institutions of the city. In 1774 he was chosen a member of the American Philosophical Society. In 1776 he became a contributor to the Pennsylvania Hospital, and in May, 1777, was unanimously appointed one of the physicians of that institution,—a station which he held uninterruptedly for more than forty-five years. In 1778 he was elected a director of the Philadelphia Library Company, in which situation he was continued until his death, —a period of nearly fifty-seven years. In 1787 the College of Physicians was established, of which he was one, and continued a member until his death. At the decease of Dr. Adam Kuhn he succeeded that gentleman as president of the college, in July, 1818. Dr. Parke died on Jan. 9, 1835, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, being at that time the oldest physician in Philadelphia.
     He was not only an excellent physician, but also a public-spirited citizen and an excellent man,—at all times the intimate, the constant, and highly-valued friend of Humphry Marshall."³

Reference: per Jordan [1911:I:174]: "a distinguished physician of Phila. Was one of the founders of the Phila. College of Physicians.."⁴

Dr. Thomas Parke MD lived between 1775 and 1835 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³

Dr. Thomas Parke MD and Rachel Pemberton appeared in the census of 1790 at Water St. West Side, U. S. Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 103, line 13
     Name:     Thomas (Doctor P.) Parke [Thomas Parke]
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     Water Street East Side, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females:     2
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members:     6.⁵

Dr. Thomas Parke MD appeared in the census of 1793 at Middle Ward, PA Septennial Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863
     Name:     Thomas Park
     Number:     408
     Occupation:     Physician
     Residence Year:     1793
     Residence Place:     Philadelphia Middle Ward, Philadelphia, 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.⁶

Dr. Thomas Parke MD appeared in the census of 1800 at Middle Ward, U. S. Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 232, line 22
     Name:     Thos Park
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Philadelphia Middle Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     5.⁷

Dr. Thomas Parke MD appeared in the census of 1800 at Middle Ward, PA Septennial Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863
     Name:     Thomas Park
     Number:     320
     Occupation:     Doctor
     Residence Year:     1800
     Residence Place:     Philadelphia Middle Ward, Philadelphia, 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.⁸

Dr. Thomas Parke MD appeared in the census of 1810 at Middle Ward, U. S. Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 522, line 7
     Name:     Thos Park
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     Philadelphia Middle Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     1
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     1
     Number of Household Members:     6.⁹

Dr. Thomas Parke MD appeared in the census of 1830 at Locust Ward, U. S. Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 159, line 4
     Name:     Thomas Parke
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     Philadelphia Locust Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 24 thru 35:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     1
     Total Free White Persons:     3
     Total Free Colored Persons:     2
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     5.¹⁰

     Rachel Pemberton married Dr. Thomas Parke MD, son of Thomas Parke Jr. and Jane Edge, on 31 May 1775 at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Ancestry.com - U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943
     Name:     Joseph Parke
     Residence Date on Image:     28 Ninth 1809
     Translated Residence Date:     28 Sep 1809
     Residence Place:     Pennsylvania
     Monthly Meeting:     Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
     Summary:     "1775, 4, 13. thomas, s thomas & Jane Phila., Pa., m Rachel Pemberton, dr James & Hannah, Phila., Pa., at Phila. Mtg
     Volume:     Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. II
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
     Original data: Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994.
     Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948.^1,3
     Rachel Pemberton and Dr. Thomas Parke MD appeared in the census of 1790 at Water St. West Side, U. S. Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 103, line 13
     Name:     Thomas (Doctor P.) Parke [Thomas Parke]
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     Water Street East Side, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     2
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females:     2
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members:     6.⁴

     Jane Parke was born on 31 August 1752 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Quaker record reads "1752 6th mo 31st"
Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Jane Parke
     Birth Date:     Jun 1752
     Birth Date on Image:     Sixth 1752
     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
Jane Parke died on 6 March 1753 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Data from U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Jane Parke, Pennsylvania Chester Bradford Monthly Meeting Records of the Deaths as posted on FindAGrave.com.³
Jane Parke was buried after 6 March 1753 at Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      1752
     Death:      Mar. 6, 1753, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Daughter of Thomas & Jane Parke, aged 6 months. Top record MAY be original and bottom record a transcription.
     Note: Bradford MM
     Burial: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: L Evans
     Record added: Jan 11, 2016
     Find A Grave Memorial# 156966687.²