Arthur PARKE

Bef 1700 - 1739  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Arthur PARKE
  Birth	Bef 1700	Of Ballybegley, Donegal, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CA5B9CF0C50643D688567645E98FE2AC34C7
  Death	Jan 1739	Fallowfield Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania
  Burial	Octoraro Cemeter, Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I13091	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	PARKE,   b. Of Ballybegley, Donegal, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary,   b. Of Ballybegley, Donegal, Ireland d. Abt 1760, Fallowfield Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. John PARKE,   b. Abt 1706, Ballybegley, Donegal, Ireland d. 28 Jul 1787, Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania (Age ~ 81 years)   2. Joseph PARKE,   b. Bef 1720, Of Ballybegley, Donegal, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaret PARKE,   b. Bef 1720, Of Ballybegley, Donegal, Ireland d. Georgia   4. Samuel PARKE,   b. Bef 1720, Of Ballybegley, Donegal, Ireland d. Bef 1740 (Age ~ 20 years)
  Family ID	F6627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: The Parke Family are not Irish but of Saxon-Scotch origin. In 1611 James I began the experiment of sending from Scotland a Presbyterian company of picked men and women of the best sort, of a far higher level of intelligence and training than the native peasantry of Ireland, in order that they might outnumber and control the Catholics. About the 1720 the decendents of these immigrants began coming in great numbers to America, being dissatisfied with their Irish home on account of excessive taxes and rents. In 1720 our branch of the Parke family consisted of brothers William, Arthur, Samuel, David and sister Jane Parke. Jane Parke was not married and lived with her brother Arthur Parke. Arthur and wife Mary Parke, sons, Joseph, John, Samuel and daughter Margaret and Arthur's sister Jane and brothers David and Samuel with their families removed to Fallowfield Township, Chester Co. PA. BIOGRAPHY: The Parke name was originally spelled Park. BIOGRAPHY: It is said that Arthur Parke was an elder in a Presbyterian Church in Ireland and with his kindred who came over with him formed the nucleus for the Upper Octoraro Ch urch. BIOGRAPHY: Will:Arthur Parke in his will devised his land to his two sons, Joseph and John Parke, subject to payment of legacies to the other heirs. The two sons divided the land between them, Joseph taking the southern part, (250 Acres), with the improvements, entailed by a lifetime residence there of his mother and Aunt Jane. John took the northern part (300 acres) without improvements of much value.