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| − | Eldest son of [[family::Thomas Okey]], a [[location::London]] [[occupation::apothecary]] | + | 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. |
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Latest revision as of 00:18, 23 September 2022
Thomas Tertius OKEY 1674-1712?
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.