Capt. Thomas Askey and Elizabeth [Unk]

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Husband Capt. Thomas Askey ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Thomas Erskine
           Born:  - England
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           Died: Summer, 1807 1 2
         Buried:  - Jacksonville, Marion Twp, Centre Co, PA

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Wife Elizabeth [Unk] ¹

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1 M James Askey ¹

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2 M Robert Askey ¹

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3 M William Askey ¹

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4 M John Askey ¹

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5 M Samuel Askey ¹

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6 M Capt. David Askey ²

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           Born: Cir 25 Jul 1783
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         Buried:  - Pine Hill Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Jane Harrison (Cir 1797-1873) 2

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7 F Catharine Askey ¹

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         Spouse: William Taylor (      -      ) 1

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8 F Rebecca Askey ¹

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         Spouse: Joseph Lucas (      -      ) 1

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9 F Margaret Askey ¹

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         Spouse: David Lipton (      -      ) 1

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10 F Anne Askey ¹

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         Spouse: Baptist Lucas (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Thomas Askey

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He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and on coming to America at an early date located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an officer in the French and English wars. He and his wife had six sons and four daughters.

The original name was the old English name "Erskine," but in transcribing the records during the French and Indian wars it was changed to "Askey."

Among the earliest settlers in Howard township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, after the Revolutionary war was Capt. Thomas Askey. He resided on his officer's survey near where Pifer's house later stood. His grandson, Nelson Askey, later owned and resided on the southeast end of the tract.
Thomas Askey was commissioned, July 15, 1763, ensign in Capt. James Piper's company, Second Battalion, Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Hon. John Penn; Turbutt Francis, lieutenant-colonel, commandant.
For services in the French and Indian war, Ensign Askey received a tract of land in what later became Northumberland County, one in what later became Union County (the town of Mifflinburg was erected on the Askey tract in Union County), and the tract north of Bald Eagle Creek, opposite the village of Howard, in what later became Centre County-the most westerly of the "officers' tracts." On the latter tract he settled subsequent to the Revolution, at least as early as 1784, and died there in the summer of 1807.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 326.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1405.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 41.