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Thomas Tertius OKEY 1674-1712?

Okey's bookplate/trade card (British Museum Franks Collection 22256)

Biographical Note

Eldest son of Thomas Okey, a London apothecary, and a member of a west country dissenting family. In his 1697 bookplate/trade card he described himself as a professor of physick, living in London, and he claimed a similar title ("medicinae professor") in an engraved portrait by Michael van der Gucht which he apparently commissioned in 1703. The extent of his qualifications, and his subsequent career, are uncertain; his references to himself as Thomas Tertius Okey, and to other members of the family as Thomas Secundus, Thomas Quartus, etc, suggest a degree of self-aggrandisement. In his will, made in 1704 and proved in February 1711/12, he described himself as a surgeon in an army regiment of foot, and a portrait of 1708, apparently made in Connecticut and referring to Thomas Octavius Okey, is apparently this man.

Books

The Franks Collection preserves a titlepage and flyleaf from a copy of The Athenian oracle, 1703, with an elaborate engraved plate which may have been intended for use as a trade card as much as a bookplate; it has Okey's many-quartered arms, a lengthy inscription, and the date 1697 (Franks 22256). This fragment also preserves the inscription "Thomas Tertius Okey medicinae professor" on the verso, dated 1703/4. In his will, Okey bequeathed "all my bookes and household stuff" to his wife and two children, Thomas and Jane. The extent of his library is not known.

Sources

Will of Thomas Okey, the National Archives PROB 11/519/258.
Chris West Ancestry Blog, Samuel Okey.
Portrait of Okey, Royal College of Physicians.
Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
Hamilton, Walter, Dated Book-plates (Ex Libris) with a Treatise on Their Origin and Development. England, 1895. p. 75
Hardy, William John. Book-plates. London, 1893.
Information from Anthony Pincott.

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+===[[name::Thomas Tertius]] [[name::OKEY]] [[date of birth::1674]]-[[date of death::1712]]?===
-===[[name::Thomas Tertius]] [[name::OKEY]] b.[[date of birth::1674]]===
+[[file:ThomasOkey.JPG|thumb|Okey's bookplate/trade card (British Museum Franks Collection 22256)]]
 ====Biographical Note====
+Eldest son of [[family::Thomas Okey]], a [[location::London]] [[occupation::apothecary]], and a member of a west country dissenting family. In his 1697 bookplate/trade card he described himself as a professor of physick, living in London, and he claimed a similar title ("medicinae professor") in an engraved portrait by Michael van der Gucht which he apparently commissioned in 1703. The extent of his qualifications, and his subsequent career, are uncertain; his references to himself as Thomas Tertius Okey, and to other members of the family as Thomas Secundus, Thomas Quartus, etc, suggest a degree of self-aggrandisement. In his will, made in 1704 and proved in February 1711/12, he described himself as a [[occupation::surgeon]] in an army regiment of foot, and a portrait of 1708, apparently made in [[location::Connecticut]] and referring to Thomas Octavius Okey, is apparently this man.
-Eldest son of Thomas Secundus Okey of Devizes and London (Professor of Physick). From a dissenting family. By 1697 he was "medicinae Professor" in London and father to Thomas Quartus Okey of London.
-His medical dissertation was published in the Netherlands in 1704.
-Franks suggests that by 1708 he was living in Connecticut, where he called himself Thomas Octavius Okey. Franks also posits that he may be TO, ship’s surgeon, referenced in will PCC 1710.
 ====Books====
+The Franks Collection preserves a titlepage and flyleaf from a copy of ''The Athenian oracle'', 1703, with an elaborate engraved plate which may have been intended for use as a trade card as much as a bookplate; it has Okey's many-quartered arms, a lengthy inscription, and the date 1697 (Franks 22256). This fragment also preserves the inscription "Thomas Tertius Okey medicinae professor" on the verso, dated 1703/4. In his will, Okey bequeathed "all my bookes and household stuff" to his wife and two children, [[family::Thomas Okey|Thomas]] and [[family::Jane Okey|Jane]]. The extent of his library is not known.
-Used an engraved armorial bookplate, Franks 22256, which is the main source of his biographical information.
-The extent and disposition of his library are not known.
-====Characteristic Markings====
 ====Sources====
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+*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D698487 Will of Thomas Okey, the National Archives PROB 11/519/258].
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+*[https://chriswestancestryblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/20/samuel-okey-c1713-1768/ Chris West Ancestry Blog, Samuel Okey].
+*[http://rcp.adlibhosting.com/Details/collect/3174 Portrait of Okey, Royal College of Physicians].
+*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
+*Hamilton, Walter, ''Dated Book-plates (Ex Libris) with a Treatise on Their Origin and Development''. England, 1895. p. 75
+*Hardy, William John. ''Book-plates''. London, 1893.
+*Information from Anthony Pincott.
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Okey, Thomas Tertius}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Okey, Thomas}}
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+[[Category:Surgeons]]
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