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Hannah Whitney

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24 May 2020

Marriage*	Hannah Whitney married John Houston.
Birth*	Hannah Whitney was born on 21 August 1814.
Death*	She died on 18 April 1885.

Child of Hannah Whitney and John Houston

Laura Houston+ b. 30 Apr 1850, d. 13 Jul 1932

Robert H. Wallingford

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Father	Henry Joy Wallingford b. 30 Dec 1842, d. 2 Dec 1924
Mother	Laura Houston b. 30 Apr 1850, d. 13 Jul 1932

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24 May 2020

Birth*	Robert H. Wallingford was born in 1874.1
Burial*	He was buried in Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Calhoun County, MichiganG.2
Death*	He died in 1891.1

Infant Wallingford

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Father	Henry Joy Wallingford b. 30 Dec 1842, d. 2 Dec 1924
Mother	Laura Houston b. 30 Apr 1850, d. 13 Jul 1932

Last Edited

24 May 2020

Death*	Infant Wallingford died on 13 February 1878.1
Birth*	He was born on 13 February 1878.1
Burial*	He was buried in Oakridge Cemetery in Marshall, Calhoun County, MichiganG.2

Mary Wallingford

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Father	Henry Joy Wallingford b. 30 Dec 1842, d. 2 Dec 1924
Mother	Laura Houston b. 30 Apr 1850, d. 13 Jul 1932

Last Edited

24 May 2020

Birth*	Mary Wallingford was born circa 1879.1
Marriage*	She married Stewart Waring on 27 November 1906 in Evanston, Cook County, IllinoisG.2
Death*	Mary Wallingford died on 26 October 1966 in Southport, ConnecticutG.3
	Her obituary appeared in the 28 October 1966 Chicago Tribune and read as follows: Mary Walfinsford Waring, age 86, In Southport, Conn., Oct. 26, 1966, of 254 Main street, Southport, widow of Stewart Waring; mother of Robert Wallingford Waring of Fairfield, Conn., and Stewart Waring of New York City. Services and burial will be private at the convenience of the family in Darlington, Md. Kindly omit flowers.3

Children of Mary Wallingford and Stewart Waring

Robert Wallingford Waring b. 7 Aug 1908, d. 1980 Stewart W. Waring b. 18 Jun 1914

Stewart Waring

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24 May 2020

Birth*	Stewart Waring was born circa 1874.1
Marriage*	He married Mary Wallingford, daughter of Henry Joy Wallingford and Laura Houston, on 27 November 1906 in Evanston, Cook County, IllinoisG.2
Death*	Stewart Waring died on 17 February 1953 in Southport, ConnecticutG.3
	His obituary appeared in the 18 February 1953 Chicago Tribune and read as follows: Stewart Waring. In Southport, Conn., Feb. 17, 1953, husband of Mary Walllngford Waring and father of Robert W. and Stewart Waring Jr. Funeral private, at Darlington, Md. Please omit flowers.3

Children of Stewart Waring and Mary Wallingford

Robert Wallingford Waring b. 7 Aug 1908, d. 1980 Stewart W. Waring b. 18 Jun 1914

Robert Wallingford Waring

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Father	Stewart Waring b. c 1874, d. 17 Feb 1953
Mother	Mary Wallingford b. c 1879, d. 26 Oct 1966

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24 May 2020

Birth*	Robert Wallingford Waring was born on 7 August 1908 in Evanston, Cook County, IllinoisG.1
Burial*	He was buried in Darlington Community Cemetery in Darlington, Harford County, MarylandG.2
Death*	He died in 1980.2

Stewart W. Waring

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Father	Stewart Waring b. c 1874, d. 17 Feb 1953
Mother	Mary Wallingford b. c 1879, d. 26 Oct 1966

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24 May 2020

Birth*

Stewart W. Waring was born on 18 June 1914 in Evanston, Cook County, IllinoisG.1

Frances A. (?)

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24 May 2020

Margaret Clarke

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27 Jul 2020

Birth*	Margaret Clarke was born circa 1589 in EnglandG.
Marriage*	She married Thomas Smith, son of Simon Smith and Martha Oldfield, on 22 February 1611 at Marys Lee Shand in London, EnglandG.1
Death*	Margaret Clarke died circa 1680 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.
	Clarke-802.

Child of Margaret Clarke and Thomas Smith

Judith Smith+ b. c 1630, d. b 18 Jun 1683

Martha Oldfield

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25 May 2020

Birth*	Martha Oldfield was born circa 1585 in London, EnglandG.
Marriage*	She married Simon Smith circa 1609 in EnglandG.
Death*	Martha Oldfield died circa 1640 in EnglandG.

Child of Martha Oldfield and Simon Smith

Thomas Smith+ b. s 1591, d. c 1653

Dorothy (?)

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Last Edited

25 May 2020

Marriage*

Dorothy (?) married John Tuttle.

Child of Dorothy (?) and John Tuttle

John Tuttle+ b. 1646, d. Jun 1720

Thomas Dummer

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25 May 2020

Birth*	Thomas Dummer was born circa 1588 in EnglandG.
Death*	He died before 12 April 1650 at Chicknell in North Stoneham, Hampshire, EnglandG.1
	Dummer-26.

Child of Thomas Dummer

Margaret Dummer+ d. 1653

Richard Goodwin

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Father

Richard Goodwin

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1 Jun 2020

Birth*	Richard Goodwin was born circa 1640 in EnglandG. Place of birth is uncertain.1
Marriage*	He married Hannah Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones and Ann Linney, on 20 November 1666.1
Death*	Richard Goodwin died on 5 March 1708/9 in Gloucester, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1

Child of Richard Goodwin and Hannah Jones

Richard Goodwin+ b. 22 Feb 1669/70

Hannah Jones

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Father	Thomas Jones
Mother	Ann Linney b. 26 Dec 1603

Last Edited

4 Jan 2024

Birth*	Hannah Jones was born circa 1633, possibly in Caversham, Oxfordshire, EnglandG. Her other siblings were baptised in Caversham in 1630 and 1635 but there is a gap in the registers there between June 1631 and April 1635 so Hannah was probably born during that time period.1
Marriage*	She married Richard Goodwin, son of Richard Goodwin, on 20 November 1666.2
Death*	Hannah Jones died on 4 February 1724/25 in Gloucester, Essex County, MassachusettsG.2
	Https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jones-3282.

Child of Hannah Jones and Richard Goodwin

Richard Goodwin+ b. 22 Feb 1669/70

Thomas Jones

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Last Edited

29 May 2020

Marriage*

Thomas Jones married Ann Linney, daughter of Floris Linney and Helen Benson.

Child of Thomas Jones and Ann Linney

Hannah Jones+ b. c 1633, d. 4 Feb 1724/25

Richard Goodwin

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29 May 2020

Child of Richard Goodwin

Richard Goodwin+ b. c 1640, d. 5 Mar 1708/9

Ann Linney

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Father	Floris Linney b. s 1572
Mother	Helen Benson b. s 1577

Last Edited

4 Jan 2024

Marriage*	Ann Linney married Thomas Jones.
Baptism*	Ann Linney was baptized on 26 December 1603 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, EnglandG.1
	Https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Linney-232.

Child of Ann Linney and Thomas Jones

Hannah Jones+ b. c 1633, d. 4 Feb 1724/25

Ephraim Folsom

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Father	John Folsom b. c 1615, d. 27 Dec 1681
Mother	Mary Gilman b. 6 Aug 1615, d. a 1681

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3 Feb 2023

Birth*	Ephraim Folsom was born on 23 February 1654.
Marriage*	He married Phaltiel Hall before 1678.
Death*	Ephraim Folsom died on 11 June 1709.

Child of Ephraim Folsom and Phaltiel Hall

Phaltiel Folsom+

Phaltiel Hall

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3 Feb 2023

Marriage*

Phaltiel Hall married Ephraim Folsom, son of John Folsom and Mary Gilman, before 1678.

Child of Phaltiel Hall and Ephraim Folsom

Phaltiel Folsom+

Rachel York

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Father	Benjamin York b. c 1654, d. b 1727
Mother	Abigail Footman d. a 1736

Last Edited

17 Jan 2023

Marriage*

Rachel York married William Jones before May 1714. William and Rachel Jones of Amesbury, Mass., with her brother Richard York and sister Elizabeth (York) Judkins quitclaimed land to their brother John on 14 May 1714.1,2

William Jones

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Last Edited

17 Jan 2023

Marriage*

William Jones married Rachel York, daughter of Benjamin York and Abigail Footman, before May 1714. William and Rachel Jones of Amesbury, Mass., with her brother Richard York and sister Elizabeth (York) Judkins quitclaimed land to their brother John on 14 May 1714.1,2

Benjamin York

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Father	Benjamin York b. c 1654, d. b 1727
Mother	Abigail Footman d. a 1736

Last Edited

11 Dec 2024

Birth*	Benjamin York was born circa 1677. He was age 81 in June 1759.1
Marriage*	He married Sarah Pinder, daughter of John Pinder and Sarah Merrow, say 1705.2,3
Death*	Benjamin York died by 1760. Administration of his estate was granted to Thomas York on 30 Jan 1760. He was of Durham at the time.4,3
	On 1 Dec 1701 Benjamin York was given a nearly two year old steer in the will of Thomas Morris. Thomas, who apparently did not have family, bequethed all of his goods to a variety of people, including some who were likely related to the Yorks including John and Sarah Pinder, John Footman, Elizabeth Pinder, Debra Merrow, and James and William Durgin. [NH Provincial and State Papers, v.31, Probate Records, 1:487-8] This may apply to his father Benjamin. Richard and Benjamin York both appear on the Exeter town and provincial tax lists between 1714 and 1718. [FamilySearch.org, Exeter Town Records, 1718 list at , p.2,6,10,20,31,34,40,45,53 & 56, images 28-29 of 327.] This source doesn't provide tax lists for the years before 1714 or following 1718. Newmarket was a part of Exeter during these years so it's probable he was living in the area that later became Newmarket even then. His wife Sarah York was granted 5 pounds in the 12 Jun 1724 will of her father John Pinder of Durham, will proved 31 Mar 1742. [NH Provincial and State Papers, v.32, Probate Records 2:227-8] On 20 May 1727 Benjamin York and John York were both listed among dozens of names on a record of the original proprietors of the new town of Canterbury, NH. [NH Provincial and State Papers, 24:526] On 2 Dec 1731 Benjamin York "of Newmarket in Exeter," yeoman, granted to John Foster of Andover, Mass. his right to this charter land in Canterbury. Witnesses were John Perkins and Thomas Young. Benjamin appeared on 19 Jan 1731/32 and was referred to as Benjamin Sr. at this time, though not in the body of the deed. [Rockingham Deeds, 18:482-3] On 12 Feb 1731 he was said to be from Newmarket when he quitclaimed his rights to 100 acres of land given by the town of Dover to his father in 1656, the land now going to his brother John of Dover. Witnesses were Joseph Duda and Thomas Young. Benjamin made his mark and appeared on 15 Feb 1731/32 to acknowledge the deed. [Rockingham Deeds, 17:438] Four of his other siblings quitclaimed their rights to this land back in May 1714, although both were recorded at the same time. He was taxed in Newmarket along with Benjamin York Jr. and Thomas York in 1732. This was found in a document titled Newmarket Invoice of Polls & Estates 1732, that says "an inventory of all the taxable heads and astates in the Parish of Newmarket." He is listed as having a house, 8 acres of tillage land, 2 oxen, 1 cow, and 1 swine. [Document amongst loose papers at the NH State Archives, filed in a box with miscellaneous town Warning Out documents. Also included in the Jay Mack Holbrook book "New Hampshire 1732 Census"] On 14 Jun 1732 Col. John Gilman of Exeter, Gentleman, sold land to Benjamin York of Newmarket in Exeter “for and in Consideration of a valuable sum of money to me in hand well and truly paid before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents.” It was for 35 acres along the Lamprey River to the mouth of Gleden Brook, also bordering York's Corner on the south side of his field, "excepting five acres which I give to your son John York to be his own forever. " No town stated. Witnessed by Joseph Smith and Thomas Young, who appeared years later on 14 Mar 1748 to testify that the deed was valid and that John Gilman had since died. [Rockingham Deeds, 39:2-3] The mention of the land to his son John is curious and makes it sound like there is some kind of relationship there. Perhaps young John York was apprenticed to Col. Gilman, or this was a kind of payment for services. We do know that there is a distant family relationship here. Col. John Gilman's aunt Mary Gilman married John Folsom and they were the grandparents of Phaltiel Folsom who married Benjamin York's brother John. Benjamin York received 50 acres of common land in an Oct 1732 distribution of Exeter lands in the western part of town in current day Epping or Brentwood. his brother Richard received 40 acres. Both of their names appear on a 1725 list of individuals who would eventually receive these landswhen the town finalized the grant. [Bell's History of Exeter, 144], and in the final 1732 distribution list. [FamilySearch.org, Exeter Town Records, , p.106, image 59] His lot was in Range 1 between lands of Nicholas Dudley and John Lougee. It is not known whether or not he ever took possession of this land, but as we so far have no other record of him until the 1746 petition below it's possible he lived there for a time. In August of 1738 the town voted a committee to lay out more of the common lands of Exeter. They did this over the following two years. Benjamin's grant is as follows: "To Benjamin York we have allowed and laid out him seven acres of land between the head of his sixty acre lot in the first range and chapter line…, also ten acres more at the head of Thomas Rawlins land to Wadleighs Way to bound fromWadleighs Way on the head of Rawlins land to Hiltons Grant & thence to bound on said way and on Hiltons Grant till it makes ten acres." [Exeter Town Records on FamilySearch.org, 2:355.] Benjamin was also mentioned in an Exeter land grant to Capt. John Gilman at this time. "“And whereas we have allowed Jeremiah Foulsham, Benjamin York, John Smart, Israel Foulsham, Christopher Kennison and John Fox each to hold their ten acre rights where taken up on Capt. John Gilman’s Division land, which was laid out as his proportion in the Commons 1732. We have therefore in lieu thereof laid out to Capt. John Gilman sixty acres of land and is bounded…” The rest is a lengthy description of the 60 acres of land he is getting. Part of this land bounds land of Col. John Gilman. This Col. John is likely the same one who deeded 35 acres of land to Benjamin in 1732 reserving five acres for his son John. This seems to be a link to explain a connection between Col. Gilman and Benjamin. Apparently Benjamin and those five others were allowed to hold ten acres of Capt. Gilman’s 60 for their own use and rather than take it away from them they kept it and Gilman got other land. Exeter Town Records on FamilySearch.org, 2:362, ] On the next page it adds more: "And we have allowed to Jeremiah Foulsham & to Benjamin York, and to John Smart and to Israel Foulsham and to Christopher Kennison and to John Fox each to hold their ten acre rights where taken up by Jeremiah Foulsham’s land, above Simons’s Grant, and we have laid them and bounded them together in one piece as follows. Beginning at the northerly corner of Jeremiah Foulsham’s aforesaid grant of land where his son Nathan lives, at Simon’s Grant, and front sd corner to run, and bounding on the northerly end of said Foulsham’s grant, the same point of compass, said grant[ runs one [torn] and forty eight rods, and thence to extend that breadth northwest and [torn] till it makes the sixty acres as aforesaid, which we have laid out [torn] ten acre rights.” A Benjamin York was one of the many signatories, along with a Thomas York and Benjamin York Jr., who signed a petition dated 21 Nov 1746 to have a bridge built over the river dividing Newmarket and Stratham. [New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, 9:572-3] On 10 Mar 1749/50 Benjamin York, husbandman, of Newmarket, sold ten acres of land in Exeter in the parish of Newmarket that he had been granted by the town to Ebenezer Smith of Dover, yeoman, for 37 pounds, 10 shillings. The land borders "Rollingis Corner tree by Wadglyes Rode then to Hilttons grant" as well as "land that my son Benjamin York partly Improveth." Witnesses were Benjamin and Sarah Glidden. Benjamin appeared and acknowledged the deed on 21 May 1750. [Rockingham Deeds, 40:14-5] On the same day that Benjamin appeared his son Benjmain Jr. also deeded ten acres to the same Ebenezer Smith. It sounds like the exact same land. Both men signed with a mark. [Rockingham Deeds, 40-13-4] Benjamin York of Newmarket, yeoman, sold a "certain message of land" in Newmarket to Christopher Huntriss of Newmarket, bricklayer, on 14 Apr 1752 for 130 pounds. [A 'messuage' is a dwelling with lands and buildings.] This land was said to border one acre of land that Benjamin previously sold to one Thomas Young, Esq, but that deed cannot be found in the Rockingham Deeds online index, even though this Thomas is likely the same Thomas Young who was recording most Rockingham deeds at the time. Other lands bordering this property were Joseph Smith's orchard and a creek running into the Lamprey River. The deed included "Liberty of Passing and Transporting from said Messuage of Land to the road Leading to Newmarket Ferry." Witnesses were Elias Critchet and Darling Huntriss. Benjamin made his mark, then appeared and acknowledged the deed on 18 Mar 1756. The assumption here is that this deed was not from his son Benjamin, as he was usually styled "Jr." while his father was still alive. [Rockingham Deeds, 47:175] On 6 Jun 1755 Benjamin York and Edward Fox, both of Newmarket, gave bond in the sum of 1000 pounds as sureties for Samuel Chapman of Newmarket, administrator of the estate of Robert Hinkson of Exeter. Samuel was the brother of Robert Hinkson's widow Ruth. Elizabeth Boardman and Anna Freese were witnesses. [NH Provincial and State Papers, v. 35, Probate Records 5:273] In 1756 a Benjamin York Sr. appeared on a list of men who joined Col. Nathaniel Meserve's regiment for an expedition against Crown Point during the French and Indian War. Robert York, Benjamin York, and Benjamin York Sr. were all members of the 4th Company under the command of Captain Nathaniel Doe. They seemed to be all or mostly men from the Durham/Newmarket area. Benjamin Sr. served from May 12 to October 21. [Potter's Military History of NH, 164-5] As our Benjamin would have been nearly 80 years old at this point it seems unlikely that it would be him. On 23 Jun 1759 Benjamin York made the following deposition regarding the property of Capt. Richard Hilton of Exeter. "The Deposition of Benjamin York aged about Eighty one Years Testifieth and Saith that he well knows and for a long time ago have been knowing of the Land commonly called Mr. Hilton’s Mill Grant and Remembers that Capt. Richard Hilton late of Exeter deceas’d had a Saw Mill standing near to or on the same Place where Edward Hilton’s Saw Mill now stands for upwards of forty three Year ago and well Remembers that Several People halled off of said Land Commonly called Hilton’s Mill Grant to the aforesaid Mill and to the best of my Remembrance the said Capt. Hilton called the Southerly side of the said Mill Grant his for more than fifty three Years ago and the Deponant never heard of any other owner to said Grant but the Smiths Wigginses and the Hiltons and the Deponant well knows one John Andros late of Exeter deceas’d to live on said Grant I believe upwards of Sixty three Year ago and he lived there until he died. And also Remembers that John Barber hath lived on said Grant for more than Sixty three Years and lately is deceas’d and the Deponant was well acquainted with Samuel Hilton late of Exeter deceas’d, and well know that Capt. Hilton aforesaid Supported him for Several Years and took him home into his own House in his Sickness and when he the said Samuel died the said Capt. Hilton Buried him. And your Deponant Remembers that about Eight or Nine and Forty Years ago Capt. Thomas Phips with Mr. Oulton came to Capt. Hilton’s aforesaid, & told me that I must go and Pilot them to Mr. William Ardals Mill. I told them I had no Horse he the said Phips said that he would get me a Horse (and so he did) and I went with them and when we came to the House where Mr. Ardal lived which stood on the East side of the River, Mr. Oulton in my hearing Promised a pair of Gloves to the Maid of the House to go out. And then Mr. Phips gave him Possession of the said House and Barn which stood on the same side of the River and also of the Saw Mill which stood near by and they went no further to the Northward but returned back to the aforesaid Capt. Hilton’s and the said Phips after I had my pay for going with them went over the Ferry towards Portsmouth and the Deponant never heard that Mr. Oulton claimed any Land in the a aforesaid Mill Grant." Benjamin made his mark. The deposition was recorded by Justices of the Peace Joseph Smith and Thomas Young on 5 May 1773. [Rockingham Deeds, 104:223-5] Administration of the estate of a Benjamin York, yeoman, of Durham, who died intestate, was granted to Thomas York, yeoman, of Durham on 30 Jan 1760. Bond in the amount of 500 pounds was given by him and his sureties William Drew of Durham, yeoman, and Samuel Doe of Newmarket, gentleman. Witnesses William Parker and John Langdon. Thomas York made his mark on 30 Jan 1760. Thomas Young and Robert Smart, yeomen, both of Newmarket, appraised the estate and brought in an inventory on 30 Apr 1760 in the amount of £1578-4-3. In the account of the administrator he mentions expenditures in the amount of £200 for "Two Years looking after & Tending the decd and his wife." This expense was allowed by the court on 25 Nov 1761. [NH Provincial Probate File #2564, also NH Provincial and State Papers, v. 36, Probate Records 6:512-3] There is no record as to when his widow died.
	York-1970.

Children of Benjamin York and Sarah Pinder

Hannah York b. s 1707 Abigail York b. s 1708 Benjamin York+ b. b 1712, d. b 6 May 1803 Thomas York+ b. b 1712, d. bt 1795 - 1796 Josiah York b. a 1711 John York b. a 1715

Sarah Pinder

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Father	John Pinder b. c 1649
Mother	Sarah Merrow

Last Edited

7 May 2024

Birth*	Sarah Pinder was born say 1685 in Oyster River, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married Benjamin York, son of Benjamin York and Abigail Footman, say 1705.2,3
	The parentage of Sarah Pinder is uncertain. Her mother's maiden name may be Meserve according to the history of Durham, NH. Other sources say she was from the Reading, Mass. Merrow family.

Children of Sarah Pinder and Benjamin York

Hannah York b. s 1707 Abigail York b. s 1708 Benjamin York+ b. b 1712, d. b 6 May 1803 Thomas York+ b. b 1712, d. bt 1795 - 1796 Josiah York b. a 1711 John York b. a 1715

Johann Heinrich Plucker

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Father	Johann Heinrich Plucker b. 28 Apr 1700, d. 7 Apr 1775
Mother	Anna Lucia Urbana Gobbel d. 1 May 1763

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4 Jan 2023

Birth*	Johann Heinrich Plucker was born on 29 May 1730 in Rhoden, WaldeckG.1
Marriage*	He married Marie Elisabeth Lippe on 13 February 1761 in Rhoden, WaldeckG. She was Anna Elisabeth Stocker, widow of Christian Stocker, and was from Ammenhausen when they married.1
Death*	Johann Heinrich Plucker died on 8 June 1796 in Rhoden, WaldeckG.1

Child of Johann Heinrich Plucker and Marie Elisabeth Lippe

Johannes Plucker+ b. 3 Nov 1768, d. 15 Jun 1846

Josiah York

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Father	Benjamin York b. c 1677, d. by 1760
Mother	Sarah Pinder b. s 1685

Last Edited

27 Jan 2024

Birth*

Josiah York was born after 1711. His parents were likely living in either Oyster River or Newmarket at the time.1

Nothing is yet known about the early life of Josiah. His probable parents lived in Newmarket at the time he was born. He might have participated in the New England invasion of Louisbourg in 1745. The first dated document we have of him is from 1760. The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and NH [p.774] states that the probate papers of his father in 1760 say that Josiah was paid for taking care of the deceased and his wife for two years, but this is a misreading of the document. His brother Thomas, as administrator, was paid for that duty, and below that it mentions 2 pounds paid to Josiah York for an unspecified reason. [NH Provincial Probate File #2564, also NH Provincial and State Papers, v. 36, Probate Records 6:512-3] On 10 Nov 1766 a Josiah York was listed as one of the many grantees of the new towns of Burton and Eaton, NH. [NH Provincial and State Papers, 24:392, 716] Both towns were of the many 'soldiers grants' made at this time to reward the men who fought the French at Louisbourg in 1745. Burton was renamed to Albany in 1833. [Hunt, Elmer Munson, New Hampshire Town Names and Whence They Came. Peterborough, NH: Noone House, 1970, p.51, 195] He appears on another Eaton proprietor's list on 21 Oct 1768. [NH Provincial and State Papers, 27:222] The town of Middleton, NH was incorporated in Mar 1778 and at the first town meeting held the following month a Josiah York was voted one of two 'commissioners' for the town, as well as a surveyor of highways. The following year's town meeting voted him a tythingman. [Middleton Town Records in possession of Brookfield, 1:6, 8] A Josiah York was voted a Selectman of the town of Middleton at the town meetings of 1782 and 1783. He was not re-elected in 1784 but did sign the call to town meeting dated 13 Mar 1784. [Middleton Town Records in possession of Brookfield, 1:24,30, 33, 34] It is not known for sure whether these town meeting minutes apply to this Josiah or whether they might apply to his nephew, son of his brother Benjamin, who also seems to have lived in Middleton. That Josiah probably wasn't born until around 1763 so is unlikely to have been voted a Selectman in 1782. [Note that this 1763 date is a very broad estimate and could be very wrong.] No record has yet been found during this early time period in Middleton that names both a Josiah and Josiah Jr. in town at the same time. Does this mean one died before the other made an appearance in the records, or that there was just one Josiah who ever moved to Middleton? Maybe this older one never moved there and all the records pertain to the younger, assuming he was actually born well before 1763. For example, on 28 May 1785 a Josiah York, as well as three other Yorks - Benjamin, Benjamin Jr., and John - all were of Middleton, NH when they signed a petition opposing setting off the northern section of the town to a new town. The Town of Brookfield was eventually set off from Middleton in 1794. [NH Provincial and State Papers, 12:599] Benjamin, Josiah and John York all signed other Middleton town petitions to the NH Legislature in Dec 1786 and Feb 1790. Benjamin Jr. did not sign this one. [NH Provincial and State Papers, 12: 600, 602] Again, only one Josiah. The next time a Josiah appears in the Middletown records is at the 1786 town meeting when he and Thomas Garland were voted as a committee to take care of the school lots. [Town records 1:50] After that it was a seven year gap before Josiah's name again appears in 1793. In the 1790 census of Middleton there is only one Josiah York mentioned (as well as Benjamin and John.) That Josiah has a large family so while it would seem to be more likely that it was the younger Josiah than one born around 1711. But the age range of the household doesn't look like it would be headed by someone born around 1763, either. Also in the 1790 census is an Elizabeth York with four females in the household. This is likely a widow so a reasonable conclusion would be that the elder Josiah died at some point in the 1780s and Elizabeth was his widow. No other record has yet been located naming a wife for Josiah. There were however two Josiahs, one called Jr., listed in the 1798 Direct Tax of Middleton. That "Jr." could be a member of the next generation of Yorks if the elder Josiah did indeed die in the 1780s. On 29 Jun 1789 a Josiah York of Middleton, husbandman, deeded land to Nicholas Austin of Middleton, yeoman, for 90 pounds. This land was described as being lot number 36 in the second division of Middleton. The acreage was not mentioned. His wife Hannah gave up her right to her dower thirds. Witnesses were Thomas and Charles Baker. Josiah signed and Hannah made her mark and they acknowledged their deed on 22 Dec 1789. [Strafford Deeds, 12:52-3] Which Josiah this pertains to is uncertain, but the fact that one year earlier the younger Josiah was described as being "of legal age" argues for it being the older Josiah who deeded land one year later. Unless, of course, it was inherited land. Nothing is yet known about possible children. It may be the case that the Josiah York currently assigned as the youngest child of his brother Benjamin could actually be this Josiah's child. The name of Josiah's wife, if he had one, is uncertain, although if he is the Josiah of the 1789 deed mentioned above then his wife was Hannah. The 1790 census of Middleton has a widow Elizabeth York who is otherwise unaccounted for. If Josiah did indeed die in the 1780s this Elizabeth could well be his widow. Other Middleton Yorks in the census are John, Benjamin and the one Josiah mentioned above, so all of the older generation of Yorks are accounted for with no other obvious person to be the deceased former husband of Elizabeth. They did have a brother David who disappears from the records much earlier, however, so she might be his widow. The census enumerated her household as having no males and four females. On 15 Mar 1790 the widow Elizabeth York of Middleton was promised a delivery of 15 bushels of Indian corn by Francis Mathes of Rochester, gentleman. The delivery was never made so she sued Mathes for 10 pounds early the following year. [Strafford County Superior Court case #1791-51]2

Abigail York

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Father	Benjamin York b. c 1677, d. by 1760
Mother	Sarah Pinder b. s 1685

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27 Jan 2024

Birth*	Abigail York was born say 1708. Her parents were likely living in either Oyster River or Newmarket at the time.1
Marriage*	She married Hezekiah Marsh, son of Henry Marsh and Elizabeth Jackson, on 12 May 1729 in Oyster River, New HampshireG. She was called daughter of Benjamin York and he the son of the Widow Mash in the Rev. Adams' account of the marriage.2
	Stackpole's History of Durham calls her a probable child of Benjamin and Abigail (Footman) York [History of Durham, 401], but her marriage date combined with the demographics of her family members make it more likely that she was a daughter of his son who married Sarah Pinder. Also she did not join the family release of property to her uncle John York by his other siblings in 1714. [Rockingham Deeds, 17:437-8] We know she was a daughter of a Benjamin York because her marriage record called her such.

Hezekiah Marsh

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Father	Henry Marsh
Mother	Elizabeth Jackson

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9 Jan 2024

Birth*	Hezekiah Marsh was born circa 1704.1
Marriage*	He married Abigail York, daughter of Benjamin York and Sarah Pinder, on 12 May 1729 in Oyster River, New HampshireG. She was called daughter of Benjamin York and he the son of the Widow Mash in the Rev. Adams' account of the marriage.2
Death*	Hezekiah Marsh died after 26 March 1757. He was of Durham when he petitioned on that date.3

John York

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Father	Richard York b. s 1613, d. 23 Apr 1672
Mother	Elizabeth (?) b. c 1618

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9 Dec 2024

Marriage*	John York married Ruth Graves, daughter of William Graves.
Birth*	John York was born circa 1642. He was age 38 in 1680.1
Death*	He died in May 1690 in Norridgewock. He was captured in the Battle of Fort Loyal in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine in which his two sons Richard and Benjamin were killed. He was taken prisoner and carried north to the Indian village of Norridgewock where, useless from weakness, he was killed not long after the battle. This village was located in present day Marison, Maine.1
	On 26 Jul 1665 John and his father signed a petition to the King to be freed from the jurisiction of Massachusetts and instead joined to Maine. [NH Provincial and State Papers, 17:512-3] He took the oath of fidelity in Dover on 21 Jun 1669. [GDMNH, p.50] On 1 Jul 1669 Thomas Roberts, Sr. of Dover sold a tract of land to John York of Dover beginning at the little point of land at Cliff Cove adjoining land of Thomas Morris, then over the neck to a pine tree by the path going to Lubberland. Witnesses were Charles [Allen?] and Richard Stileman Sr. Cosigned by Rebecca Roberts, who made her mark. [Rockingham Deeds, 3:129-30] Cliff Cove, aka Cleft Cove, was the name once used for the little cove between Crummit's Creek and Pinder's Point. Lubberland was the name once used for the eastern shore of Durham along Great Bay and Durham Point Road. The cove is likely the one in the area of present day Colony Cove Road. John York of Oyster River sold 4 acres of land to Robert Wadley of Exeter on 18 Jul 1670. This land adjoined a brook running by Charles Glidden's house, down to the Lamprey River by the landing place, then by York's own home and along Great Bay. John originally purchased the land from John Rand. Witnesses were Jona Thing Sr. and Richard Morgan. York acknowledged the deed in person on 30 Mar 1675. [Rockingham Deeds, 20:425-6] In 1673 John York went to county court to confess a judgment of 1500 white oak pipe staves due to Nicholas Fryer. [NH State Papers series, v. 40, NH Court Records 1640-1692, p.293] On 28 Jun 1676 John York of Oyster River, yeoman and hs wife Ruth, mortgaged their farm in Lubberland along Great Bay to John Cutt of Portsmouth, a local merchant. It was land he inherited from his father Richard that had originally been granted to the family by the town of Dover in 1656. Six acres of this planation had already been sold to Michael French on the 1st of June, and though that sale is mentioned in the mortgage the original deed hasn't been located. The description of the property mentions multiple buildings, an orchard, meadow, marshes, timber woods and common lands. Witnesses were Michael French, Henry Crowne, Joseph Hammond and Benjamin Starr. [Rockingham Deeds, 3:124-5] He was taxed in Dover in 1677, living at Oyster River. [GDMNH, p.51] In March 1679 he appeared in a Dover court as a defendant in a case brought by Nicholas Doe regarding not giving Doe "sufficient security" regarding a court order. The jury found for York. [NH State Papers series, v. 40, NH Court Records 1640-1692, p.352] On 21 Jun 1680 he was residing in York, Maine when he bought property in North Yarmouth, Maine. [Old Times in North Yarmouth, Maine, 7:1170-1.] Also in 1680, On 14 Oct, John York, said to be of Dover, planter, and his wife Ruth, sold 80 acres of Lubberland property to Roger Rose of Boston. This is the family land earlier mortgaged to John Cutt and this time it mentions islands and islets, which are likely Chesley's Islands at the mouth of Goddard's Creek. Again it excepts some land previously sold to Michael French, but also reserves one third part of the estate for the use of John's mother Elizabeth Graves for the remainder of her natural life. John and Ruth York made their marks and acknowledged the deed the next day. Witnessed by William Martyn, Henry Shorbourn, and John Barsham. A year later, on 29 Oct 1681, Ruth appeared and acknowledged the deed in person. [Rockingham Deeds, 3:161-2] On 16 May 1681 John York, yeoman of Lubberland, sells the property at Cliff Cove in Lubberland to John Pinder, also of Lubberland, brick maker. Witnesses were Thomas Morris (who owned neighboring property) and Stephen Robinson. Signed by John York, and Ruth York made her mark. John appeared and acknowledged the deed on 7 Jun. [Rockingham Deeds, 12:121-2] The next day John, his mother, and his mother's second husband William Graves signed an agreement that Elizabeth and William could remain on his other Lubberland property as long as Elizabeth lived, with the property reverting to John after her death. [NH Provincial and State Papers, v. 31, Probate Records 1:135-6] John was made one of four Trustees of the town of North Yarmouth, Maine by Thomas Danforth, President of the District of Maine, on 26 Jul 1684. [GDMNH, p.6] These four became the town administrators. In 1688 he petitioned for confirmation of title to 300 acres on which he was living. Taking refuge at Casco Fort in 1690 he was taken prisoner and his two eldest sons were killed, when it fell 17 May. He, useless from weakness, was killed soon after at Norridgewock.

Children of John York and Ruth Graves

Richard York d. 17 May 1690 Benjamin York d. 17 May 1690 Joseph York+ d. 13 Oct 1728 Ruth York b. s 1682, d. 16 Jun 1749

Elizabeth York

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Father	Richard York b. s 1613, d. 23 Apr 1672
Mother	Elizabeth (?) b. c 1618

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8 Dec 2022

Birth*	Elizabeth York was born say 1647.
Marriage*	She married Philip Cartee on 23 September 1668 in Exeter, New HampshireG.1,2

Philip Cartee

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8 Dec 2022

Marriage*

Philip Cartee married Elizabeth York, daughter of Richard York and Elizabeth (?), on 23 September 1668 in Exeter, New HampshireG.1,2