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Benjamin George

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Father	Benjamin George b. 11 Oct 1704, d. 22 Oct 1754
Mother	Margaret Wallingford b. 13 Jul 1706, d. Apr 1793

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2 Sep 2022

Birth*

Benjamin George was born on 2 October 1739 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1

Kathryn Ling

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31 Mar 2024

Lorenzo G. Baca

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22 Oct 2022

Birth*	Lorenzo G. Baca was born on 14 July 1930 in San Ysidro, Sandoval County, New MexicoG.
Death*	He died on 29 October 2014 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New MexicoG.

Child of Lorenzo G. Baca and Tina Gonzalez

Janet Constance Baca

Tina Gonzalez

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22 Oct 2022

Child of Tina Gonzalez and Lorenzo G. Baca

Janet Constance Baca

James Palmer

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Father	John Palmer b. 1694, d. ca. 1753-56
Mother	Rachel (?)

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14 Nov 2022

Birth*	James Palmer was born circa 1720 in Exeter, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Susanna Goodwin, daughter of James Goodwin and Susanna Durgin, circa 1743.1,2

Unknown Goodwin

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Father	James Goodwin
Mother	Susanna Durgin

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11 Aug 2023

Marriage*	Unknown Goodwin married first Benjamin York, son of Benjamin York and Sarah Pinder, say 1745.1
Death*	Unknown Goodwin died by 1757.2

Children of Unknown Goodwin and Benjamin York

John York+ b. c 1746, d. 2 Jan 1837 Susanna York b. s 1748

Minnie J. (?)

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Father	Israel G. York b. 24 Feb 1841, d. 24 Apr 1882
Mother	Elizabeth A. Dow

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*	Minnie J. (?) was born circa 6 September 1865 in Lee, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married David Stevens Glidden, son of David Stevens Glidden and Charlotte M. Dearborn, on 23 August 1884 in Durham, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Death*	Minnie J. (?) died of phthisis pulmonalis on 19 September 1892 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3
	The Glidden genealogy calls her Mary J., but both her own death record and the 1880 census call her Minnie J. The 1880 census also shows a sister Mary A. David and Minnie had two daughters born before she died. David remarried after her death and had four more children.2

David Stevens Glidden

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Father	David Stevens Glidden b. 1821, d. 1892
Mother	Charlotte M. Dearborn b. 1821, d. 1912

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*	David Stevens Glidden was born on 18 February 1860 in Durham, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Minnie J. (?), daughter of Israel G. York and Elizabeth A. Dow, on 23 August 1884 in Durham, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Death*	David Stevens Glidden died in May 1921.2

David Stevens Glidden

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*	David Stevens Glidden was born in 1821.
Marriage*	He married Charlotte M. Dearborn in 1845.
Death*	David Stevens Glidden died in 1892.

Child of David Stevens Glidden and Charlotte M. Dearborn

David Stevens Glidden b. 18 Feb 1860, d. May 1921

Charlotte M. Dearborn

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*	Charlotte M. Dearborn was born in 1821.
Marriage*	She married David Stevens Glidden in 1845.
Death*	Charlotte M. Dearborn died in 1912.

Child of Charlotte M. Dearborn and David Stevens Glidden

David Stevens Glidden b. 18 Feb 1860, d. May 1921

Elizabeth A. Dow

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25 Jan 2023

Children of Elizabeth A. Dow and Israel G. York

Emma E. York b. c 1864 Minnie J. (?) b. c 6 Sep 1865, d. 19 Sep 1892 Mabel York b. 1870 Georgianna York b. c 1873 Mary A. York b. c 1875 Walter H. York b. c 1879

Emma E. York

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Father	Israel G. York b. 24 Feb 1841, d. 24 Apr 1882
Mother	Elizabeth A. Dow

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*

Emma E. York was born circa 1864 in New HampshireG.1

Mabel York

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Father	Israel G. York b. 24 Feb 1841, d. 24 Apr 1882
Mother	Elizabeth A. Dow

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25 Jan 2023

Birth*

Mabel York was born in 1870 in New HampshireG.1,2

Georgianna York

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Father	Israel G. York b. 24 Feb 1841, d. 24 Apr 1882
Mother	Elizabeth A. Dow

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*

Georgianna York was born circa 1873 in New HampshireG.1

Mary A. York

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Father	Israel G. York b. 24 Feb 1841, d. 24 Apr 1882
Mother	Elizabeth A. Dow

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*

Mary A. York was born circa 1875 in New HampshireG.1

Walter H. York

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Father	Israel G. York b. 24 Feb 1841, d. 24 Apr 1882
Mother	Elizabeth A. Dow

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*

Walter H. York was born circa 1879 in New HampshireG.1

John Turner York

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Father	Ezekiel York b. Nov 1784, d. 14 Aug 1856
Mother	Elizabeth Mary Coombs b. 18 Nov 1787, d. 7 Oct 1875

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13 Nov 2022

Birth*	John Turner York was born circa 10 August 1826 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, MaineG.1
Death*	He died of multiple carcinoma on 13 April 1906 on Carpenter Street in Foxborough, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Burial*	He was buried on 16 April 1906 in Winthrop, Kennebec County, MaineG.2
	His death record said he was married, and his wife was the informant, but she wasn't named.

Tiberius Hunter Wallingford

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Father	Hunter Dean Wallingford b. 30 Apr 1987, d. 4 Nov 2022
Mother	Mary Catherine Johansson

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22 Feb 2023

Persephone Jean Wallingford

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Father	Hunter Dean Wallingford b. 30 Apr 1987, d. 4 Nov 2022
Mother	Mary Catherine Johansson

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22 Feb 2023

Michael Sheridan

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14 Nov 2022

Child of Michael Sheridan

Mary Jane Sheridan b. 22 Jul 1853, d. 26 Jul 1932

John Palmer

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14 Nov 2022

Death*	John Palmer died ca. 1753-56.
Birth*	He was born in 1694.

Child of John Palmer and Rachel (?)

James Palmer b. c 1720

Rachel (?)

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14 Nov 2022

Child of Rachel (?) and John Palmer

James Palmer b. c 1720

Samuel York

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Father

Unconnected York

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10 Dec 2024

Birth*

Samuel York was born say 1763.1

Child of Samuel York and Ester Davis

Solomon York+ b. 1788, d. 1877

John York

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

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21 Nov 2024

Birth*

John York was born after 1715. His parents were likely living in either Oyster River or Newmarket at the time.1

On 14 Jun 1732 Col. John Gilman of Exeter, Gentleman, sold 35 acres of land along the Lamprey River near the mouth of Gleden's Brook to John's father Benjamin York of Newmarket, "excepting five acres which I give to your son John York to be his own forever. " No town stated. [Rockingham Deeds, 39:2-3] Nothing else is known about him and there is no other evidence yet found showing that Benjamin York had a son John. If not for the fact that the first Benjamin York's wife Abigail (Footman) was already a widow to her second husband in 1727, meaning Benjamin was dead by then, we might consider that the 1732 Gilman deed to Benjmain York and son John was referring to that first Benjamin instead of his son who married Sarah Pinder. One possibility is that he was the York who married a daughter of James Goodwin of Newmarket and then died before Goodwin's 1757 will was written naming grandchildren John and Susannah York. At present John's brother Benjamin is attached to this Goodwin daughter but that is only speculation. It is also entirely possible that some of the events associated in this genealogy with his first cousin John York, son of Richard and Sarah, are in reality referring to him. There is another first cousin John in Oyster River baptized in 1722 to John and Phaltiel (Folsom) York about whom nothing is known for certain after his baptism. So there are three first cousins, contemporaries, with only scattered references in a variety of records to go on. Most of the information found comes out of the Epping or Exeter, NH areas where the son of Richard and Sarah is known to have been, so it is being assumed that they all pertain to him. But if either of of these other Johns moved to that area it would confuse things in a way that might be impossible to straighten out. Records are so sparse on these three individuals that separating them may be an impossible task. No researcher should assume definitive answers to much about these three Johns unless more evidence is found. He shouldn't be confused with the John who moved to Middleton, NH and was buried there, dying in 1837. That John was born ca. 1746, based on his age at death, so couldn't be the John mentioned in the Gilman deed of 1732.

Ephraim Clough

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Father	Thomas Clough b. 1681, d. 1749
Mother	Mary Gile b. 1687, d. 1759

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22 Nov 2024

Death*	Ephraim Clough died probably before 1790 possibly in Durham, Strafford County, New HampshireG. He doesn't seem to appear in the 1790 census.1,2
Birth*	He was born on 9 May 1713 in Salisbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.3,4
Marriage*	He married Mary York, daughter of John York and Phaltiel Folsom, say 1735.5
	The identify of this Ephraim Clough is uncertain. One online secondary source has an Ephraim Clough, son of Thomas and Mary (Gile) Clough, who was born in Salisbury, Mass. on 9 May 1713, and it says this Ephraim moved to Durham. . A 1952 Clough Genealogy has an Ephraim, son of Ephraim, born around 1730, probably in Durham, marrying Hannah York, born around 1737 and dying 1 Oct 1824. This younger Ephraim died in Durham 1 Apr 1812. It seems likely that the Ephraim Clough who was the son-in-law of John York in 1752 would be the older Ephraim born in 1713, as John York's daughters were born a few years after that.

William Learned

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3 Dec 2022

Birth*	William Learned was born say 1581.
Marriage*	He married Goodith Gilman on 22 April 1606 at St. Olave's Church in Southwark, Surrey, EnglandG.1
Death*	William Learned died on 1 March 1645/46 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1

Child of William Learned and Goodith Gilman

Elizabeth Learned+ b. 25 Mar 1621

Goodith Gilman

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3 Dec 2022

Birth*	Goodith Gilman was born say 1586.
Marriage*	She married William Learned on 22 April 1606 at St. Olave's Church in Southwark, Surrey, EnglandG.1
Death*	Goodith Gilman died after 1632 in MassachusettsG.

Child of Goodith Gilman and William Learned

Elizabeth Learned+ b. 25 Mar 1621

Henry Marsh

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5 Jan 2023

Child of Henry Marsh and Elizabeth Jackson

Hezekiah Marsh b. c 1704, d. a 26 Mar 1757

John York

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John York and Sarah Foulsham marriage record from the Kingston Church books

Father	Richard York b. s 1685, d. b 1766
Mother	Sarah (?) d. a Oct 1773

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29 Jan 2024

Birth*	John York was born say 1720.1
Marriage*	He married second Sarah Folsom, daughter of Nathaniel Folsom and Susanna Jackson, on 7 November 1748 in Kingston, New HampshireG.2,3,4
Marriage*	John York probably married third Alice Gilman, daughter of Jonathan Gilman and Elizabeth Leavitt, by 1774.5
	This John York is barely ever found in secondary sources, yet we know of his existence from a variety of primary records, as described below. But while this genealogy attributes the following to him, there is not absolute certainty that most of these events pertain to him instead of some other John. His marriage to Sarah Folsom, for example, is always assumed in secondary sources to have been the John York baptized in Oyster River in 1722, son of John and Phaltiel (Folsom) York. To this author's knowledge this is the first time it has been suggested that it was a different John York who married Sarah Folsom. Due to John of Epping's almost complete absence from not only secondary sources, but vital records sources, it surely seemed to most authors that the only John available who could be the husband of Sarah Folsom was the one from Oyster River. But now that we know that there was a John in the Epping area of roughly the same age (John's birth date is a complete unknown) it is much more logical that Sarah Folsom, whose family lived in the Stratham, Epping and Brentwood area themselves, would have married a local man than one from Oyster River. Epping Congregational Church records show a number of children of a John York baptized in Epping during the years immediately following their marriage, one of whom was Nathaniel Folsom York, obviously named after Sarah's father. This shows that Sarah Folsom's John York was a member of the Epping church during this period, at the same time we know that John York son of Richard was living there. To postulate that the John of Oyster River was also living in Epping and having children would require some kind of evidence that shows two Johns being in the area at the same time. But a close examination of church records, town records, land records and probate records show no evidence of such a thing. There is no record of a John "Junior" which would surely be the case if there were two men by the same name in town at the same time. Unfortunately there seems to be no proof of this, but neither is there proof that it was the Oyster River John, despite secondary source connections claiming it to be true. Given the lack of proof it seems prudent to go with the most logical connection, so unless it can be disproven by some future evidence that is how it will be stated here. No record has been found after their marriage that names Sarah in any document. It isn't until 1774 that a deed names the wife of John York who lives in this area, and that wife was at that time Alice Gilman. Since we are assuming that he was previously married to Sarah Folsom we have attached Alice Gilman as another wife, though again, this is just supposition based on the preponderence of evidence. What became of Sarah is unknown, and likely will never be known. Alice Gilman is unlikely to be the wife of John's son John, baptized in 1751, as she herself was born in 1731. On the other hand the name of John York is common enough that Alice could be the wife to an entirely different John. But attaching her as a second wife of our John seems to make the most sense. It should also be noted here that some secondary sources, such as the Folsom Genealogy by Elizabeth Knowles Folsom (1938), 1:86, state that John and Sarah (Folsom) York removed to Standish, Maine. But this is certainly an error confusing them with another, unrelated, John and Sarah York couple who were already well-established in Standish and had a large family. See Early Families of Standish, Maine by Albert J.J. Sears, published by Heritage Books in 2019, p.322-333. The children that have been attached to his family here might not all belong to him. Most are included mainly because he is the most logical York to be their father. Including Capt. Richard York as a son of John means that John must have had a wife before he married Sarah Folsom in 1748, as we know that Richard was born around 1743. BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS He is probably the John York of Epping who signed a petition in 1747 opposing the construction of a bridge between Stratham and Newmarket. [New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, 9:585] In a deed between his father Richard and brother Richard Jr. dated 1 Mar 1748/9, the land being conveyed borders ten acres in Epping that Richard sold to his son John bordering the Watchick River [now the Piscassic River]. Richard Jr. sold the land 1 Feb 1763 and it again mentioned land that his father had sold to his brother John. [Rockingham Deeds, 71:177-80] This deed of sale between Richard Sr. and John does not appear in the records. On 6 Aug 1749 a John York owned the covenant as a member of the First Congregational Church in Epping. It did not state that his wife did so as well, even though many other member records did. [Epping Congregational Church Records, 1748-1922, at the NH Historical Soc.] Records go on to include baptisms of several Yorks, some specifically stated as children of John York, but others with no father named, such as Nathaniel Folsom York and three that follow on subsequent pages. They will all be assumed to be children of this John for now, although they might be children of his brother Richard who was also in town and having children at this time. Richard is named as the father of two children on other pages. So some of their children listed below might be in the wrong family, and should be attached to John's brother Richard. Also the addition of Capt. Richard York, John Carr York, and Jonathan Young York as members of his family is based on very tentative evidence that is discussed under each of their records. Between 1749 and 1754 he was living in Epping when he and his father and brother Richard were involved in a court case with their neighbor Mary Gilman. Much of the litigation was directed against all three of them, in which John was called a husbandman of Epping. See his father's record for further details of the joint suits. But one of the suits was directed only against him. In that suit, On 17 Nov 1749, Mary Gilman claimed that John had entered her property and pulled down a lot of fencing back on November 8th. The case went to trial in Inferior Court on 7 Dec 1749 and the jury found for John York costs of court. Mary once again appealed, but there is no more information in the case files about it. John York of Epping, labourer, sued Thomas Mudget of Exeter husbandman on 31 Oct 1750 for non-payment of a sixteen pound debt he owed since the previous December. Court papers don't include a judgment or verdict. [NH Provincial Court case #19653] At the Brentwood Town Meeting held on 18 Mar 1765 John York was one of five men chosen to be haywards for the ensuing year. [Brentwood Town Records, 1742-1841, 1:190] He was not given the same position the following year. This is his only appearance in the early Brentwood town records. On 5 Jan 1766 administration of the estate of his father Richard of Epping was granted to him. On 25 Jan the widow Sarah York renounced administration of the estate in favor or "her son" John York. He was called yeoman, of Brentwood, when he gave bond on 5 Feb 1766 with Josiah Gilman of Exeter and Peter Folsom of Newmarket. Witnesses were Jonathan Lovewell and William Vaughan. [NH Provincial and State Papers, v.38, Probate Records, 8:240] On 17 Aug 1772 John York of Exeter, yeoman sold land in Exeter to Richard York of Exeter, mariner, through two deeds involving Zebulon Giddinge of Exeter. Giddinge was a prosperous and well-known Exeter merchant who apparently purchased the property from John, for 260 pounds, then sold it immediately to Richard for 250 pounds. The missing ten dollars would likely be made up in the interest payments that Richard would make up over time. This land was at a place called Piscassic and contained 49 acres bordering the road leading from Exeter to Pawtuckaway Mills, land formerly beloning to Jeremiah Bean, the Pissack River [now Piscassic], land Richard York sold to Col John Phillips, Esq., land formerly belonging to Bartholomew Thing, land of Nicholas Smith, and land formerly of Jacob Gales. Both deeds state that the land was in Exeter, not Epping, but this sounds like the Epping land that had been in the family for a few generators - John's share of the York family land that was first deeded to him by his father around 1749, and where they lived during the court cases in the early 1750s. Witnesses to the first deed between John and Giddinge were John Carthy and James Creighton. John York signed the deed. The second deed between Giddinge and Richard was witnessed by John York and John Gilman 5th. [Rockingham Deeds, 103:237-9] John was likely transferring the land to his son through these two deeds, but couldn't afford to just give it to him so he sold it first to Giddinge in order to get the full amount in cash, then it was immediately sold to Richard with a mortgage. There is no stated relationship between John and Richard in either deed but it is one more piece of circumstantial evidence suggestive of the fact that they were father and son. His son Nathaniel Folsom York and three of his probable sons - Capt. Richard York, John Carr York, and Jonathan Young York - all appear on the Exeter tax lists around the time they became of age to be taxed between 1768 and 1773. But John himself doesn't show up on the Exeter tax rolls until 1773. We can guess that the John York that appears on the list is an older, more established individual because his tax rate is higher than that of his sons. While it wasn't the tax rate of a wealthy man it does appear to be about middle income. That argues for it being an older man who had a bit more real estate and money to his name. Before 1773 he was likely still living on the Epping family land that he sold to Richard as stated in the paragraph above. His 1773 highway tax district is described as "“Beginning at John Hains’s house from thence up the road leading by Winthrop Thing’s house to Newmarket line and the road leading from Russels corner to Newmarket line by Winthrop Watson’s house also the road leading from John Connors to James Pickering’s.” The following year it was "“Beginning at John Hains’s house so called up the road leading to Winthrop Things to Newmarket line, and the road leading from Russels corner by Winthrop Watson’s house to Newmarket line also the road leading to James Pickerings also the road lately laid from said Pickerings house to the road leading by the aforesaid Winthrop Watson’s house.” The tax rolls past 1774 have not been checked yet. [Exeter Town Records, 1: 557, 581, 622, 636, online at ] On 24 Jun 1774 he was said to be a yeoman of Brentwood when he and his wife Alice York, sold for three pounds to Nathaniel Tibbets of Madbury, yeoman, one tenth part of the whole right or share of Capt. John Gilman in the town of Barnstead, said Gilman being one of the original proprietors of the land in Barnstead. Witnesses were Nathaniel and William Parker. Signed by John York and Alice York made her mark. They both appeared and acknowledged the deed on 28 Apr 1778 and it was recorded 13 Feb 1779. [Strafford Deeds, 2:266-7] Capt. John Gilman is likely Alice's grandfather. He was one of 27 men charged a highway tax in Exeter in 1774 for road improvements to a road described as "Beginning at the corner of the lane by Benjamin Smith's from thence the road by the water side to Newmarket line also the road leading over the parsonage to Eliphalet Giddinge's from thence the road called the Lanes and to the water side." His rate was about average at 5-5. [FamilySearch, Exeter Town Records, v.1, 1636-1774, p.352, image 317 of 327, ] The following deed proves the parentage of his second (or third?) wife Alice. On 30 Mar 1775 John York of Exeter, yeoman, and Alice his wife, heretofore Alice Gilman daughter of Jonathan Gilman late of Exeter deceased, sold about 30 acres of land in Exeter to Noah Emery Jr. of Exeter, shopkeeper for 12 pounds. This land was part of the estate of Alice's late father Jonathan and lay on the north side of the road from Exeter to Epping, bordered by property of Benjamin Rundlet, Charles Rundlet, and John Phillips, Esq. Alice's right was a one fifth share of her inheritance being in common and undivided with her siblings. Witnesses were Peter Coffin and Noah Emery. John and Alice appeared and acknowledged the deed on the same day. John signed and Alice made a mark. [Rockingham Deeds, 140:446] In three deeds recorded just before this one three of Alice's siblings convey their rights in the property as well. Coffin Thing of Exeter, blacksmith, and his wife Elizabeth (Gilman), as well as Alice and Elizabeth's brother John Gilman of Epping, cabinetmaker, made their deeds to their sister Hannah Connor, wife of Jeremiah Connor of Exeter, wheelwright. Then in another deed Jeremiah and Hannah Connor convey all of their rights in the property to the same Noah Emery Jr. It does not seem like Noah was a relative, but that is only through a cursory examination of online trees. These deeds seem to convey 4/5 of the inherited rights to the property. The remaining fifth hasn't been identified by this author. Exeter tax records after 1774, if they exist, haven't been examined yet. When the Association Test was taken in all New Hampshire towns in 1776 John was likely still living in Exeter, but most of the Exeter Association Test signatures have been lost to time so he is not recorded on that list. There is the possibility that he moved up to the Wakefield, N.H. / Shapleigh, Maine area around this time as there is evidence of two John Yorks in that area. One was likely the younger John who was probably son of his brother Richard, but the second John is unidentified. It's a common enough name that it could be a somewhat distant cousin as well. The names of John York and John York Jr. appear over the border in neighboring Shapleigh, Maine in a local census of the town's first settlers that was taken in July 1778. [Loring, Amasa. A History of Shapleigh (Portland: B. Thurston, 1854), p.19] Also, Wakefield Town Records [1:48] include a reference to "Mr. John York's land" in the description of the bounds of a roadway on 3 Nov 1779. And at the Wakefield Town Meeting on 16 Mar 1781 the previous year's taxes for John York Jr. in the amount of 10 pounds, 10 shillings and 10 pence were abated. [Wakefield Town Records [1:60]. They were the only two references to a John York in the early Wakefield town records as indexed in the "Sargent" index to these records. Unfortunately no deeds in his name are to be found in the Wakefield/Shapleigh area during this period, nor any mention of his wife, so absolute proof that he one of the John Yorks who lived there is lacking. However the presence of other Exeter area Yorks, including his brother Richard and his own son Nathaniel Folsom York, certainly make it possible. If he did spend time in the Wakefield or Shapleigh area he was likely back living in Exeter by 1789. On 28 Jul 1789 Jeremiah Leavitt of Exeter, hatter, sold land in Exeter to Alice York, wife of John York of Exeter, for 50 pounds. This land consisting of a little more than 20 acres was on the northeasterly side of the highway leading to Epping, and bordering land belonging to Capt. Randlet and Joseph Clark, and land formerly belonging to Thomas Lyford. Witnesses were Dennet Gilman and Jonathan Rawlings. It was recorded on 23 Sep 1797. [Rockingham Deeds, 146:110-1] There doesn't appear to be a 1790 census record for him in the Exeter area. The only Johns in the area were his son John Carr York and another John York who lived in Brentwood that is probably his nephew. That family, which was listed as the final entry in the enumeration, had 2 males over 16, 2 under 16, and 3 females. This sounds like a relatively young family so it's unlikely to be the elder John and his wife Alice. Our John was likely living with a relative. On 22 Sep 1797 both John York of Exeter, yeoman, and his wife Alice conveyed the land Alice purchased from Jeremiah Leavitt in 1789 (above) to Henry Ranlet of Exeter, painter, for $247. Witnesses were Jeremiah Leavitt and Josiah Gilman. John signed and Alice made her mark and they acknowledged the deed on the same day. [Rockingham Deeds, 147:224] There is no John York in the 1800 census in the Exeter area that could be him. The list of their children below is likely fairly complete, but there may be others. And as stated above, some of them might not be his at all. This list of children should be considered to be very tentative and unproven.

Child of John York

Capt. Richard York+ b. c 1743, d. 14 Dec 1821

Children of John York and Sarah Folsom

Nathaniel Folsom York+ b. c 1749, d. 23 Aug 1824 John Carr York+ b. c 1751, d. b 9 Apr 1814 Jonathan Young York+ b. c 1752 Susanna York b. c 1753 Elizabeth York b. c 1755 Sarah York b. c 1757 Judith York b. 22 Apr 1759 Miriam York b. 28 Mar 1762, d. 17 Feb 1846 Charlotte York b. 9 Jun 1765

Ebenezer Sherman

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18 Dec 2022