Dover / Boston / New York / Philadelphia / Odessa / /
Company
Olympus / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United Kingdom / /
Event
Person Travel / Person Communication and Meetings / Employment Change / /
Facility
VIII° Delaware College / American Union Lodge / Waterman’s Tavern / Grand Lodge of Massachusetts / Lodge No. / University of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia College / /
NaturalFeature
Delaware / /
Organization
Continental Army / University of Pennsylvania / Newark Academy / Philadelphia College / Freemasonry / Connecticut brigade / Ridgely House on the Dover Green / American Union / /
Person
Thomas Parke / Joel Clark / JOHN PARKE / George North / John Haslet / David French / Caesar Rodney / Mason / Charles Ridgely / Smith / Thomas McKean / Thomas Chase / /
Position
Captain / leading poet / General / Prince / Colonel / Thou’rt / colonial poet / later elected sheriff / Quartermaster General / leading poet of Delaware / /
ProvinceOrState
Connecticut / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Kent County / Massachusetts / /
“JOHN PARKE, COLONIAL POET, SOLDIER AND MASON” John Parke was born in Dover, Delaware on April 7, 1754, the son of Thomas Parke, possibly in what is now known as the Ridgely House on the Dover Green as Dr. Charles Ri