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- m. Jane Parker 14 Feb 1666 and together were parents to:
- Jennet (1667 - ?)
- John (1672 - 1739)
Son John, who m. Agnes Powley d/o Edmund Powley of Whinfell, Westmorland, was the noted Quaker minister and progenitor of most American Salkeld's.
Thomas died a younger man, shortly after starting his family. At this point in time, research has not yielded much information on his widow and children between the time of his death, and his son's documented appearances in Quaker accounts [ie: ~1688]. When Thomas died, his son was for a short time in the care of his grandfather, Thomas Salkeld. This is believed by researchers to be either of two reasons; 1. BOTH Thomas & Jane were deceased around the same time [before ~1688] OR 2. Jane had remarried. At present, no documented evidence has come to light to prove a remarriage of the widow, but as is the case with genealogy, time always yields more information.
What IS known is that around the time of Thomas' father's [also named Thomas] death in 1698, his son John was well into his Quaker ministry. It is entirely plausible he was introduced to Quakerism by his cousins, known Quakers from Pardshaw and later Westmorland County, England. Current research also suggests Thomas was most likely descended from the branch of Salkeld's known as the 'Whitehall Salkeld's', who were of the same area in England where Thomas was from. Paper documentation is bringing this theory into the forefront more by the day (or should I say by the document?). Currently the most definitive brickwall-busting of Thomas' ancestry has been through DNA.
Of note, current YDNA has proven Thomas, the subject of this biography, was indeed related to the main Salkeld line of Little Salkeld, England [**Please check back, more info will be added to this point!!]. The lack of male YDNA participants in the surname project has hampered the narrowing down of exactly WHICH branch this Thomas descends from. This is the reason why it's so very critical to add more YDNA Salkeld's to the pool. The more participants who contribute, the more narrowing down can be done of specific lines of Salkeld's.
I personally highly encourage anyone, especially males!!!, who are or even MIGHT BE descendants of a Salkeld to PLEASE consider joining the surname project and contributing DNA. Every addition helps, and it will eventually, one day, give us the definitive proof of the ancestry of this Thomas, and all his later descendants.
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Source(s):
- https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/salkeld
- http://one-name.org/profiles/Salkeld.html
- Rev F B Swift. (1978). Transcript of Caldbeck parish registers, 17th c, Vol. 1
- C.W.A.A.S. o.s. ix. pp. 10-3.
- Parker, A. G. (1911). Parker in America 1630-1910: What the historians say of them; what a large number say of themselves; geneaogical and biographical; interesting historical incidents. Buffalo, N.Y: Niagara Frontier Publishing Company.
- Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
- Painter, Jacob. The Salkeld family of Pennsylvania : from John, who emigrated in 1705, to the fourth generation so far as known. Pa.: unknown, 1887.
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** If you have a Salkeld in your family tree, please consider participating in the Salkeld DNA project. For more info:
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/salkeld
http://one-name.org/profiles/Salkeld.html
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