Solomon Parke, Clockmaker
Solomon Parke maintained a clockmaker’s trade in Newtown, Pennsylvania, circa 1780, before he moved to Philadelphia, circa 1790. At the time of this move Parke signed his clocks “Solomon Parke, Philad”, five years later his clocks were marked Solomon Parke & Company, and circa 1805 his clocks began being marked Solomon Parke and Son, or Parke and Son.