Thomas Edward Foulke, of Burlington

Do not confuse with the Thomas Foulke family

See his profile (with 102 sources!) at "Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy" website. Through daughter Hannah President Richard Milhous Nixon descends. According to Family Search genealogies, ancestor of many Mormon pioneers. Was arrested and jailed with George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends in England. Came with family on the "Kent" to settle what became Burlington County, NJ, in 1677. Appointed by William Penn as a Commissioner of Lands for the Province of West New Jersey, 1677.

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Thomas arrived with his family on the ship Kent in Nov 1677.

A member Wingfield, Meeting England. Very wealthy, intelligent, & religious.

Jan 29, 1677, Mahlon Stacy deeded a tract of land to Thomas Foulkes of Holinegate Derbyshire , England.

1677 Commissioner of lands in Chesterfield, NJ.

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One of the Commissioner of Lands for the Province of West New Jersey in 1677, appointed by William Penn. Came to what later became Burlington County, NJ, with his family on the "Kent", carrying the first Quaker English settlers of Burlington County. Persecuted for his faith in England. He and wife Mary were excommunicated from the Church of England in 1668 for nonattendance. The founder of the Society of Friends, George Fox, mentions that Thomas was arrested and jailed with him for attending a Quaker meeting. Through his daughter Hannah, who married Anthony Woodward, descends President Richard Milhous Nixon. FamilySearch website has genealogical tables showing him as the ancestor of many Mormon pioneers of the mid-1800's.

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Through his only son Thomas Foulke Jr. (1665-1739) I descend in the male line - Barry Foulks