Individual Details

Theophilus Foulke

(26 Aug 1761 - 1798)

Events

Birth26 Aug 1761
Event1794Pennsylvania
Death1798
MarriageHannah Lester

Families

SpouseHannah Lester ( - )
FatherTheophilus Foulke (1726 - 1785)
MotherMargaret Thomas (1734 - 1802)
SiblingHugh Foulke (1758 - 1846)
SiblingJane Foulke (1759 - 1816)
SiblingBenjamin Foulke (1763 - 1765)
SiblingSarah Foulke (1764 - 1828)
SiblingBenjamin Foulke (1766 - 1821)
SiblingMargaret Foulke (1771 - 1845)
SiblingCharles Foulke (1773 - )
SiblingRachel Foulke (1773 - )
SiblingCharles Foulke (1777 - )

Notes

Birth

born in Richland in 1761, on the property conveyed to his father from his grandfather. This property was about
            half of the tract that Hugh purchased upon his 'removal to the Great Swamp.' The property is located on the west
            side of the 'Road to Durham,' now known as California Road."

Event

Theophilus Foulke served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1794 through 1797. A great-grandson of Edward and Eleanor Foulke through Hugh and then Theophilus, Theophilus Foulke, Jr., had served as a Justice of the Peace in Pennsylvania before being elected to Congress. Theophilus, Jr., was once invited to dine with George Washington while he was president.

Death

killed by falling from a tree he had climbed to disentangle a fishing line." 1798