WILLIAM THOMAS DARKE

Was a "glover" from Chipping, Camden, England.
On the marriage certificate of Samuel Darke and Ann Kinght, William is listed as a relative. (He is Samuel's brother).
According to Rush genealogy, he was referred to as "Thomas" and not William as we have it.
Arrived on the ship "Content" in the 8th month of 1680 with Samuel Darke from London.
First permanent English Quakers to arrive in the river and settle in the Falls.
It is reported that William and Samuel also owned land in Burlington, New Jersey.
"Meetings for worship were very early established about the Falls even before the land bore the name "Pennsylvania". Their meetings for worship were held in the homes of some of the inhabitants, namely William Darke.
In 1690, William was appointed tax collector in the area known as the "Middle Lots." It covered an area now forming part of the townships of Falls, Bristol and Lower Makefield, including the site of the village of Fallsington. William's tract of 235 acres was in what is now Lower Makefield Township. There he practiced his trade as a "skinner and glover", as indicated by the fact that the Bucks County Orphans Court appointed Peter Hall, the orphaned son of James Hall, to him in March of 1684 to learn the trade.
Records state that William was about 58 years old in 1680 and was from Chipping, Camden in the county of Gloster. His wife Allis, was about 63 when she and their son, John Darke, arrived on the ship "Charles from London, the latter end of the 6th month 1684.

Source: The Kith and Kin of the Darke-Dark Clan in America 1680-1973 by Mary Eugenia DeGroat.