Some years back we had correspondence with a Charles Courtney William Parke, who resided in Zimbabwe, Africa.  His inquiry concerned a certain Thomas Parke, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy who died in 1777 and is buried  in Dibden, Hampshire, England who is his 4th Great-Grandfather.  He was looking for help in trying to trace the line further back, and perhaps to locate other descendants of his forebear.

As a Society we work almost exclusively with Park/e/s individuals who came to North America from the British Isles.  While I explained that his particular line was really out of our scope, he did join the Society and we did run a notice in our Newsletter.  Nothing came of the inquiry.  We did catalogue the line for future reference, but have done nothing more with it.  It is shown here for information purposes only:

Thomas (01VT1) Parke (c1720, Eng – 1777, Eng) (Represented) m. Mary  (?) who survived him and was the executor of his estate.  Other than their names from the Will, little is known about them.  The names are given here just for reference.

Children:

• Henry (c1754-1824); Richard, d. c1830; Edward, d. 1835; Thomas, d. c1805; and Mary who married in 1795, nothing else is known

 (PS#1032R, [no active members on this line])