Elizabeth (Fox) Park (1647 - 1735)

Born 1647 in Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Wife of Nathaniel Park — married 12 Oct 1688 in Darby Township, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1735 at about age 88 in Darby, Delaware, Colony of Pennsylvania

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Biography

Elizabeth was a Friend (Quaker)

Witnesses to daughter Grace's marriage to Thomas Hollingsworth on March 31, 1692 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Concord MM) included "Elizabeth Parks (X her mark)" and her second husband Nathanial Parke.^[1]

Name

Name: Elizabeth /Fox/^[2]

Birth

• 1647, Darby, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States^[3][4]

NOTE about Elizabeth Fox's being born in Darby, Chester, PA in 1647:

SOURCE: Darby township

"Settlement of Darby Township," pg. 8 gives a list of the earliest English settlers of Darby, starting in 1682 (the territory was Swedish from 1638 to 1653, then Dutch to 1664 and English only after 1664). The list includes the following:

"...Thomas Fox from Sutton upon Trent in the county of Nottingham.

The above came in the year 1684."^[5]

see also: From Adam to me Tree

Marriages

Husband: William Cook
Wife: Elizabeth Fox

• Child: Elizabeth Cooke
• Child: Grace Cook
• Child: William Cooke
• Child: Hannah Cooke

Marriage: ^[6][7]

Elizabeth's first husband died at sea. She remarried his best friend, fellow Quaker, Nathaniel Parke, in 1688. Her four children were present at the marriage.^[8]

October 12, 1688, Darby Monthly Meeting^[9]
Husband: Nathaniel Park
Wife: Elizabeth Fox

Residence

• Darby or Concord MM, Pennsylvania^[10]

Event

• SEPTEMBER 1699: inherited brother's plantation^[11]

• Note: When Elizabeth's brother, Thomas Fox, died he divided his plantation in Darby Creek between William Cook^[12] and Elizabeth Parke with her daughters.

Death

2 Apr 1735, Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ see research notes from Farmer book, which had "A copy of this marriage ... taken from a microfilm of the original record."
2. ↑ Source: #S-1761195704, Ancestry Family Trees
3. ↑ Source: #S-1761195704, Ancestry Family Trees
4. ↑ The evidence points to her being born in Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. Pennsylvania did not exist in 1647; the area was under Swedish, then Dutch control until after 1664. Her father was most-likely Thomas Fox a very-early settler in Darby, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, who arrived in 1684, no doubt with his family, including daughter, Elizabeth Fox.
5. ↑ Researched & added by Chet Snow, April 22, 2014
6. ↑ Source: #S381 Data: Text: Marriage 1 (1): Elizabeth /Fox/, m.
7. ↑ Source: #S176 Data: Text: Marriage: (1): Unknown COOKE
8. ↑ #S176
9. ↑ Source: #S176 Marriage: (2): Nathanial PARKE 12 Oct 1688, Darby M.M. Elizabeth's first husband died at sea. She remarried his best friend, Nathaniel Parke in 1688. Her four children were present at the marriage.
10. ↑ Source: #S390 Data: Text: William and Elizabeth Cooke of Darby or Concord, Pennsylvania
11. ↑ Source: #S176 Data: Text: Elizabeth's first husband died at sea. She remarried his best friend, Nathaniel Parke in 1688. Her four children were present at the marriage. When her brother, Thomas Fox, died he divided his plantation in Darby Creek between William Cook and Elizabeth Parke with her daughters. (C-956)
12. ↑ Note: this must be the son William Cook & Elizabeth (Fox) Cooke Parke
13. ↑ Source: #S-1761195704, Ancestry Family Trees

• Walter I. Farmer, In America Since 1607: the Hollingsworth, Farmer and Judkins Families; their Ancestors, Descendants and many Related Families (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. , 1987).
• Source: S176 Author: Linda Coate Dudick Title: Coate Dudick "Ancestrees" Abbreviation: Coate Dudick "Ancestrees" Publication: Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: Elizabeth FOX. Marriage: (1): Unknown COOKE Marriage: (2): Nathanial PARKE 12 Oct 1688, Darby M.M. Elizabeth's first husband died at sea. She remarried his best friend, Nathaniel Parke in 1688. Her four children were present at the marriage. When her brother, Thomas Fox, died he divided his plantation in Darby Creek between William Cook and Elizabeth Parke with her daughters. (C-956). Elizabeth married Unknown COOKE. Elizabeth next married Nathanial PARKE on 12 Oct 1688 in Darby M.M. (Nathanial PARKE died in 1713.) Note: 1 Walter I. Farmer, In America Since 1607 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. , 1987).

• Source: S381 Author: Earl L. Darrah Title: Holged07.ged, http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/a/r/Earl-L-Darrah/index.html Abbreviation: Holged07.ged Publication: Earl L. Darrah Tampa, FL, January 12, 1999 Note: Earl Darrah published a book in 1995 called Hollingsworth: Westward Migration and Settlement of the Valentine Hollingsworth Family. It's available at the Library of Congress (call number CS74.H74 1995), at the National Genealogical Society, and the Mormon Library in Salt Lake City, UT. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: REF / AFN / Custom: 3838 / / , ref: 243. Name: Elizabeth /Fox/ Sex: Female Marriage 1 (1): William /Cook/, Daughter: 1673, Grace /Cook/ [153], (b. 1673, Concord,PA.), (d. May 1741, ), Died after 2 May 1741, exact date not known. ref: 250, shows birth date as 1691 (seems too late!) ref: 241, p. 238 / ref: 243 / ref: 298, p. 7 Gives birthyear as 1658. / ref: 327, p. 2 / ref: 330, p. 6

• Source: S383 Author: Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Title: Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Ancestrial File Abbreviation: Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Ancestrial File Publication: http://www.earljones.net/pafx.htm#TOC Note: Lelah Nina Fudge is the 6th cousin of Earl Lee Jones Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: Elizabeth FOX-17786.Elizabeth married William COOK-17785.

• Source: S390 Author: Mary Belle Lontz Title: Our German, Pilgrim, and Quaker Ancestors Abbreviation: Our German, Pilgrim, and Quaker Ancestors Publication: October, 1968, http://www.heritagepursuit.com/ Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: William, b. 1695, d. 1760; m. February 1718, Hannah Hollingsworth, b. 17 January 16S7' d. 1777, dau. of Thomas Hollingsworth, b. March 1661, at Belleniskcrannell, d. 1732/3, Winchester, Va., and his wife, Grace Cooke, dau. of William and Elizabeth Cooke of Darby or Concord, Pennsylvania. Grace Cooke Ma sister to to Elizabeth Cooke' who married John Gregg' 1668-1738, oldest son of immigrant William Gregg' and brother of Ann Gregg.

• S-1761195704: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Fox-1730 was created by Michael Lechner on Jan 11, 2012 through the import of 60a.GED (prior to import, this record was last changed 5 FEB 2005). Source citations: #S176, S381, S383, #S390
• WikiTree profile Unknown-119284 was created through the import of DIXON.GED on Oct 11, 2011 by Glenn Dixon.
• WikiTree profile Fox-3174 was created by David Black through the import of David_s Family Tree_Ancestry_26Jun2013.ged on Jul 23, 2013.
• A WikiTree profile for Elizabeth Fox (1642-1735) was created by Ron Gragg, Monday, January 20, 2014.
• Liz Shifflett, editing