Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Thomas Parke and Mary Hooper




Husband Thomas Parke 1

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           Died: 31 Jan 1738 1
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Wife Mary Hooper 1

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           Died: 21 Jun 1749 1
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Children
1 F Mary Parke 1

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         Spouse: Thomas Valentine (1693-1747) 2
           Marr: 1715 1



General Notes: Husband - Thomas Parke

Battytean, County Carlow, Ireland

He appears to have been a farmer in Ireland, owning in 1720 land in Ballileau, Ballaghmore and Coolissnactah. In 1724 he came to America bringing with him his family, and located in the great valley on the west side of what is now Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he had purchased 500 acres of land.
He was an elder in Caln Meeting, and esteemed by Friends.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 69.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 69, 78.


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