Person:Joseph Darke (1)

Joseph, the second son of John and Jane Darke, was born in Bucks County in 1702, married, and removed to Frederick County, Virginia about 1741. He settled on a modest grant of land along a small branch of the Opequon Creek. Their children were Jane, William, John, Joseph, Martha and Mary (who married Philip Engle, a noted pioneer of the valley from Lancaster County, Penna).

Melchior Engle died in 1760 and was buried in the graveyard at Duffields near the resting place of Catanna Biern. He left 100 acres adjacent to John Wright and Nicholas Parker to Philip Engle, Sr. [3], 100 acres adjacent to Joseph Darke and John Humphreys to Michael Engle [4], and the rest to his wife Mary to be divided equally between sons John [5], George [7], and William [6] at her death. His sons John, George, Michael, William, and Philip remained on their father's property until shortly before the Revolution.

https://www.shannondale.org/sca/jefferson-county-history/History%20of%20Eastern%20Jefferson%20County%202009.pdf