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Date | Event |
abt 3 Apr 1698 | Edward Foulke Family left Coed Y Foel and traveled to Liverpool |
5 Apr 1698 | Arrived at Liverpool |
17 Apr 1698 | Boarded the ship Robert & Elizabeth and sailed to Dublin, Ireland |
1 May 1698 | Left Dublin on the long voyage to America |
17 July 1698 | Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Nov 1698 | The Foulke family moved into their new home on 700 acres in Gwynedd Township, Bucks (present-day Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania |
Purpose of Emigration: " . . . it is said, was formed from his conviction of at the hardships and injustice inflicted upon those subject to a monarchial government. He had attended, the tradition says, at a military muster or drill, required by law, when a person in his company, a kinsman, engaged in exercise with a broad-sword or other weapon, had the cap of his knee stdruck off by his antagonist. The bystanders, with the one who had inflicted the inury, showed no regret at the occurrence, but rather exulted over it, while Edward, distressed at the suffering of his kinsman, was shocked to consider that the barbarous occurrence was a natural outgrowth of the system under which they lived. His mind turned to Pennsyulvanbia as a place of escape but he felt extreme reluctance to undertake the difficulties and perils of the long voyage with his large family. He 'opened' the matter, however, to his wife, and she, as the tradition says, regarded the impression that had been made upon his mind as having a Divine origin, and while he hesitated and argued the pecuniary disadvantage a removal might be, she earnestly declared to him that 'He that revealed this to thee can bless a very little in America to us, and can blast a great deal in our native land." S10 page 37-39, |
The Edward Foulke family lived at
a beautiful farm by the name of
Coed Y Foel
which belonged to Roger Price, Esq. of Rhiwalas, at
Merionethshiere.
The Welsh Friends (also known by the then derogatory name
as "Quakers") were being persecuted in their own homeland for
their religious principles. By act of British Parliament (the
Quaker Act of 1662) their public worship was forbidden on
penalty of heavy fines and imprisonment. Because they would
neither swear the Oath of Allegiance or pay tithes to the Church
of England they were beaten, stoned, arrested and left to rot
for years in filthy and overcrowded prisons. Their property was
confiscated and their cattle, horses, and crops were seized. |
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S1 | Google Earth - | |
S2 | Posting to the RootsWeb mailing list Frongoch-Wales-L, 14 Oct
2002. Acc001146/Doc0301.txt http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FRONGOCH-WALES/2002-10/1034619716 (URL OK 13 Aug 2016)
"ROBERT AND ELIZABETH" PASSENGER LIST 1698 [Foulke Family] |
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S3 | Web Page - "Edward's Account of His
Voyage" -
http://www.foulke.org/history/docs/voyage.html "... We lived at a place called Coed-y-foel, a beautiful farm belonging to Roger Price, Esq. of Rhiwalas, at Merionethshire, aforesaid. But in process of time, I had an inclination to remove my family to the Province of Pennsylvania; and in order there, to we set out on the 3d day of the 2d month, A.D. 1698, and came in two days time to Liverpool where, with divers others who intended to go on the voyage, we took shipping the 17th of the same month on board the Robert and Elizabeth, and the next day set sail for Ireland, where we arrived and stayed until the first of the third month, May, and then sailed again for Pennsylvania, and were about eleven weeks at sea. And the sore distemper of the bloody flux broke out in the vessel, of which died in our passage, five and fourty persons. The distemper was so mortal that two or three corpses were cast overboard each day while it lasted. But through the favor of Mercy and of Divine Providence, I with my wife and nine children escaped that sore mortality, and arrived safe in Philadelphia, the 17th of the 5th month, July, where were kindly received and hospitably entertained by our friends and old acquaintances." |
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S4 | Book - Roberts, Clarence F and
Warren S Ely. Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks with some
account of their Descendants. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Clarence V Roberts, 1925. Bk2905, page 120. "But in process of time i had an inclination to remove thence with my family to the Province of Pennsylvania, and in order thereto we set out on the 3rd day of the Second Month (April) 1698, and came in two days to Liverpool, where with divers others who intended to go the voyage, we took shipping the 17th of the same month on Board the Robert and Elizabeth and the next day set sail for Ireland, where we arrived and stayed until the first of third month (May) and then sailed again for Pennsylvania. We were about eleven weeks at sea and the sore distemper of the Bloody Flux broke out in the vessel, of which died forty-five persons in our passage. The distemper was so mortal that two or three Corps were cast overboard every day while it continued. But through the favor of Divine Providence, I, with my wife and nine children escaped that sore mortality and arrived safe at Philadelphia about the 17th of 5th Month (July) where we were kindly received and entertained by our friends and old acquaintances until I purchased a tract of about 700 acres of Land about 16 miles from Philadelphia, on a part of which I settled, and divers others of our company who came over sea together settled near me about the same time, which was the beginning of November, 1698, aforesaid, and the township was named Gwynedd or North Wales. This account was written the 14th of the 11th Month (January) 1702, in British (or Welsh) by Edward Foulke [ID0168] and translated (in 1810) by Samuel Foulke." ID0147 Note: About an 11 week journey - many people suffered from distemper of bloody flux - 45 died, but none of the Foulke family
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S5 | Book - Haines, John
F. History of Hamilton County, Indiana...... Indianapolis,
Indiana: B. F. Bowen, 1915 Bk2922, page 703. "He came to America, arriving here on July 17, 1698, after spending eleven weeks on the ocean. During the voyage across, two or three died each day, but Mr. Foulke and his wife and nine children were all spared." |
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S6 | Book - Davis W W H, Warren S
Ely and John W Jordan. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol
3: From the discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time.
Second. New York: Lewis Publishing Co, 1905. Digital images.
Bk3104, page 89. "...Edward Foulke, who emigrated from Wales in 1698 and settled in Gwynedd, now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania... in progress of time I had an inclination to remove with my family to the Province of Pennsylvania: and in order thereto we set out on the 3d day of the 32d-month, A.D. 1698, and came in two days to Liverpool, where with divers others, who intended to go the voyage, we took shipping, the 17th of the same month on board the 'Robert and Elizabeth,' and the next day set sail for Ireland, where we arrived, and stayed until the 1st of the 3d month, May, and then sailed again for Pennsylvania, and were about eleven weeks at sea....arrived safe at Philadelphia, the 17th day of the 5th-month, July, where we were kindly received and hospitably entertained by our friends and old acquaintances." |
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S7 | Database Online - "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index,
1500s-1900s". Edward Foulke. 1698.
www.ancestry.com , accessed 2 Nov 2007. Acc000970 1. Edward Foulke - 1698 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 9 children - Publication Code: 9448 Source: VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986, page 31. (Bk3448 - S11,) 2. Edward Foulke - 1698 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Publication Code: 2606.12 3. Edward Foulke - 1698 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Publication Code: 983 |
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S8 | Book: Glenn, Thomas Allen. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania.
Fox, Jones & Co, 1911-1913 - Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 2000 Bk2909, Vol. 1 pages 8, 142, 168, Vol. 2 page 39 |
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S9 | File on USGenWeb web site - "THE HISTORY OF
BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER XXVIII, RICHLAND, 1734" -
Doc0300.odt
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/bucks/history/local/davis/davis28.txt
Edward Foulke, the first of the name in Pennsylvania, and among the earliest settlers in Richland, was born in North Wales, Great Britain, July 13, 1651. He was the son of Thomas Foulke, who descended through twelve generation from Lord Penllyn, married Eleanor, daughter of Hugh Cadwallader, and had nine children, Thomas, Hugh, Cadwallader, Evan, Gwently, Grace, Jane, Catharine and Margaret. He came to America with his family in 1698, landing at Philadelphia July 17th. He bought 700 acres in Gwynedd township, Montgomery county, where he settled the following November, with a number of other immigrants who came about the same time. [His second son, Hugh, born 1685, on his marriage in 1713] removed to Richland and settled in the neighborhood of Quakertown. Numerous descendants of Edward Foulke are living in this and adjoining counties and states, among which is [the late Benjamin G.*] Foulke, of Quakertown. The family has always been one of consideration and influence, and several of its members have occupied responsible positions of public trust. Thomas Foulke, son of the first Edward, died in 1786, at the age of 63, and his daughter Jane [the widow of Thomas, died June*] 1822, at the age of 93. The Foulkes are members of the society of Friends. [See Foulke Family, vol. iii*] |
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S10 | Book - Jenkins, Howard M. Historical Collections Relating to Gwynedd. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania: Howard M Jenkins, 1897 - Bk2910 Page 29-31: Arrival of the Welsh Settlers Page 33: Edward Foulke's Narrative of his Removal
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S11 | Book: Virkus, Frederick Adams. Immigrant
ancestors: a list of 2,500 immigrants to America before 1750.
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub Co, 1963, reprint 1986 - Bk3448
(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986) Page 31 |
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S12 | Book - Browning, Charles H. Welsh Settlement of Pensylvania. Philadelphia: William J Campbell, 1912 - Bk2912 - Repository: Google Books | |
S13 | Web Page: "West Point, PA: Early History"
http://www.westpointpa.com/History/History.html - Accessed, 7
Feb 2012. Includes information about the formation of Gwynedd
Township in present-day Montgomery County.
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S14 | Book, Colonial Families of the United States of America, 1607-1775. 7 volumes, 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Foulke Family, Vol. 7, page 303-306. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line], www.ancestry.com, accessed 6 Dec 2016. Doc3886.pdf. |
Doc3886.pdf Ancestry.com Link |
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