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Sybil Grover

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Father	Phineas Grover d. 22 Nov 1787
Mother	Joanna Lane b. 24 May 1721, d. 23 Dec 1803

Last Edited

20 Jan 2024

Birth*	Sybil Grover was born on 30 September 1756 in Norton, Bristol County, MassachusettsG.
Marriage*	She married Joseph Fairbanks, son of Joseph Fairbanks and Frances Esty, on 16 October 1776.
Death*	Sybil died on 11 May 1807.1
Burial*	She was buried in the Glenside Cemetery in Winthrop, Kennebec County, MaineG.1

Children of Sybil Grover and Joseph Fairbanks

Pamela Fairbanks d. 22 Dec 1810 David Fairbanks+ b. 17 Jul 1777, d. 16 Sep 1852 Levi Fairbanks b. 12 Aug 1778, d. 15 Dec 1844 Joseph Fairbanks+ b. 17 Dec 1790, d. 2 May 1862

Joseph York

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	Joseph York's signature from his brother Benjamin's pension papers

Father	Richard York b. s 1726, d. b Apr 1811
Mother	Rachel Wadleigh b. c 1737

Last Edited

14 Sep 2024

Baptism*	Joseph York was baptized on 25 November 1758 in Epping, New HampshireG.1,2
Marriage*	He married Joanna (?) circa 1778.3
Marriage intention*	Joseph York filed an intention of marriage with Susanna Howe, daughter of Ichabod Howe and Sarah (?), on 28 August 1813 in Monmouth, Kennebec County, MaineG. They were granted a certificate of intention on 11 Sep 1813. No actual marriage date is in the records. He was from Monmouth and she was from Winthrop. She was called "Miss Susanna How". If the Joseph who died in 1830 is the same one who married Susanna Howe then he was 52 years old at the time and she was 39.4
Death*	Joseph York died on 27 March 1830, probably in Monmouth. Since this information comes from a gravestone, it's not certain that he actually died in Monmouth.5
Burial*	He was buried in Center Cemetery in Monmouth.5
	IDENTITY OF JOSEPH YORK OF MONMOUTH, MAINE In a study of the York families of New England there can be found many Joseph Yorks who are about the correct age to be our Joseph, but one stands out as being the most likely candidate. There are several clues. The best clue we have is the fact that his daughter Lydia is said to have been born in New Hampshire in some of her census records. Looking more specifically at Josephs from New Hampshire the most likely candidate was living in Brentwood, N.H. in the 1790 census. This Brentwood Joseph does not appear in subsequent Brentwood censuses. The only other Joseph in the 1790 census of New Hampshire lived in Northwood, N.H., and he appears there in later records. Another clue is that Joseph of Brentwood sells land in 1794 and doesn't appear again in any land transactions in Rockingham County, N.H. When he sold this land his wife Joanna released her right of dower. This is presently the only record we have naming an earlier wife for Joseph. There is also the fact that Monmouth was settled by a great number of individuals from Epping and environs. There is even a chapter in the two volume history of the town of Monmouth titled "The Epping Exodus." The Epping Historical Society has a folder compiled specifically with information on many of these Epping to Monmouth families. One of those was the family of Caleb Fogg who moved to Monmouth in 1782. His son Newell Fogg married a Rachel York in Monmouth that very likely is a daughter of Joseph. According to the 1894 death record of one of Rachel's daughters she (Rachel) was born in Brentwood, N.H. And the last clue is the 1818 deposition of a Joseph York, likely living in Kennebec Co., Maine, in the pension case of Benjamin York. His deposition states that Benjamin was his brother, and elsewhere in the probate files Benjamin states that he was born in 1761 in Brentwood. A note written on 14 Aug 1832 at the end of Joseph's deposition begins: "The deponent, now dead, was a credible witness." Our Joseph of Monmouth died in 1830. See below for further details of this deposition. With these numerous clues it seems safe to assume that Joseph of Monmouth was from the Brentwood/Epping branch of the York family, and was the same as the individual enumerated there in the 1790 census and who sold land there in 1794. JOSEPH YORK OF BRENTWOOD, N.H. AND MONMOUTH, MAINE There is no clear and unambiguous evidence as to who Joseph's father was but he has been attached here as son of Richard and Rachel (Wadleigh) York based largely on a baptismal record in the Epping Congregational Church, for Joseph Judkins York, son of Richard. The middle name of Judkins appears nowhere else in any of his records, unfortunately. While this might not be him, the baptismal date is only one year off of what we would expect based on his age at death. And no records of any other Joseph in the Epping/Brentwood area has been found other than those mentioned below for this Joseph. There are other circumstantial ties as well. His mother's name was Rachel, and one of Joseph's likely daughters is also named Rachel. They are also from a similar socio-economic status. As described below he was warned out of Epping in 1786, and his purported parents were warned out of Exeter in 1796. Unfortunately no baptismal record can be located for his purported brother Benjamin who as born in 1761. When Joseph Judkins York was baptized it was at the same time as Anna York, another child of Richard. Based on the date of his parents' marriage in either 1757 or 58 there is not time for them to have had two children unless they were twins and the baptismal record does not call them twins while other sets of twins in the records are so noted. So we will assume that Anna was his child by a previous wife who died before he remarried to Rachel. Although we have no good idea when Richard was born he was very possibly of an age to be on a second wife at that point. Joseph's brother Benjamin stated that during the war he was living in Dover, N.H., so it's possible that Joseph was living there with him at the time. On 14 April 1818 Joseph deposed about his brother's Revolutionary War service with the following: "I Joseph York of lawful age and sound mind do testify and say That in the Month of April Anno Domini 1779 I was at Portsmouth Newhampshire. In the latter part of said month the Ship of War Ranger of 18 Guns arrived then from a Cruise (in the American Revolutionary Service) of three months. That my Brother Benjamin York was on Board said Ship in the service & Cruise aforesaid - at which time the said Benjamin York was discharged from the said ship. And your Deponent further saieth that about the last of June following the aforesaid Benjamin York & myself enlisted into the American Revolutionary Service into a Regiment of infantry Commanded by Col. Archelaus Mooney for six months which term of Service expired when we were in Providence, Rhode Island - the Company to which we belonged was Commanded by Capt. Saml Runnells - And your Deponent further saieth that the said Benjamin York in the beginning of June 1780 or thereabout [illeg. word] into the Service aforesd at Dover Newhampshire for the Term of six months. And further saieth not. [Signed] Joseph York." The six month Rhode Island service in the latter half of 1779 in which Joseph participated was commanded by Col. Hercules (not Archelaus) Mooney, and they were sent to Rhode Island to help keep watch on the British who were occupying Newport. They first occupied the city in Dec 1776, and despite the Battle of Rhode Island taking place in the summer of 1778 they held onto it until abandoning it in Oct 1779, at which time Joseph and Benjmain York were apparently nearby. History records no battles being fought there at the time. On 13 Jul 1779 Benjamin York and Joseph York were two of the five signers of a receipt to the Selectmen of Dover for payment of 11 pounds 13 shillings each for travel to Providence, RI at two shillings per mile. [NH Provincial and State Papers, 11:542] At some point in 1780 Joseph and Joanna were apparently in Wakefield, N.H. as their names were witnesses to a deed between Nicholas York of Wakefield and Jonathan Quimby, also of Wakefield. The copy of the deed online at familysearch.org, which is the copy entered into the probate books and not an original deed, has for a date "...this Anno Domini 1780" with the number 12 superscripted between Domini and 1780. No month is given. Nicholas acknowledged the deed on 16 Mar 1795, fifteen years later, when he may have been living across the border in Shapleigh, Maine. At present Nicholas is assumed to be his brother, for reasons stated under his record in this genealogy. But with the uncertainties around both of their placements here they could just as easily end up being cousins. On 28 Aug 1786 the Selectmen of Epping ordered Capt. Noah Robinson, Constable of Epping, to warn Joseph and family out of town because "Joseph York of Brintwood and family hath within twelve months last past moved into this Town & is liable to become a charge to the same unless removed." They were ordered to leave town within fourteen days. [Rockingham Co. Superior Court case #9466]Ten years later his probable parents Richard and Rachel York were similarly warned out of Exeter. [Case #15359] That is more evidence that he may be their child as they were of a similar socio-econoomic status, and as we'll see below Joseph sold his Brentwood land in 1794 and likely moved out of the area so that he was no longer able to support his parents, assuming he had been doing so up to that point. Joseph next appears in the records when Sarah Ward of Brentwood, widow, and executrix of the the last will and testament of her late husband Daniel Ward of Brentwood, given the right to sell some of the land to pay debts, sold for seven pounds to Joseph York of Brentwood, yeoman, six acres of land in Brentwood lying on the west side of the highway that went by her house, bordering land of Richard York. The deed was dated 17 Sep 1790 and was witnessed by Stephen Leavitt and Dudley Robinson. It was recorded on 1 Mar 1797. [Rockingham Deeds, 145:58-9] Sarah Ward was the widow of Daniel Ward, who died in 1787, and his will does not mention any Yorks so there appears to be no relationship. They were probably just neighbors. Joseph and family appear in the 1790 census of Brentwood with one male over 16, 2 males under 16, and 3 females. Sarah Ward is a few doors down, and not far away are two Richard Yorks and John York, one of whom is likely his father. From this census record we can surmise that at that time he and his wife were the parents of two boys under the age of 16, and two girls. If true then one of his sons is currently unaccounted for. There could be other explanations, such as servants or a young relative living with them, but that cannot be known. Four years later, on 18 Oct 1794, Joseph York of Brentwood, yeoman, sold land and buildlings in Brentwood to John March, shoemaker for 12 pounds. The deed was witnessed by Thomas and Hannah Ranney. Joseph York signed the deed and appeared before Justice of the Peace Thomas Ranney to acknowledge it. His wife Joanna relinquished her right of dower. This is the only record we have naming his wife and probable mother of hsi children. The deed was recorded 27 Jul 1797, which is when John March himself sold the land to another party. This is the land he purchased from the Widow Ward in 1790. The land consisted of six acres and bordered land of the Widow Ward as well as Richard York, no relation stated. Also said the land was "the same piece of land that I had of the said Widow and runs northerly carrying the whole width of the Widow's Land as mentioned in her deed to me so far as shall contain six acres with all the buildings standing on the same." [Rockingham Deeds, 144:391] It seems likely that after selling this land he moved his family north into Maine, eventually ending up in the town of Monmouth. This was during a time period when many families were moving from this area of New Hampshire up to Monmouth, and Joseph apparently felt that his prospects would be better starting fresh somewhere where he could acquire more land at a cheaper cost. He can't be located in the 1800 census, although there is a John York in Monmouth in 1800 that could be his father or uncle. On 5 Jan 1801 he signed a petition in Monmouth to get the General Court to give land for a local school. [History of Monmouth and Wales, 1:335] He is not to be found in a line by line search of the 1800 censuses of either Winthrop or Monmouth, Maine. The only likely candidate for our Joseph in the 1810 census was in nearby Winthrop, Maine, which is where his second wife was from. In this family were one male 16-25, one male 45+, one female 16-25 and one female 45+. It appears that Joseph and his wife were joined by an older son and daughter. Since Joseph remarried in 1813 we can surmise that Joanna, if that is who his wife was in 1810, died between 1810 and 1813. On 23 Apr 1818 Rufus Briggs of Monmouth, yeoman, sold for $20 to Joseph York of Monmouth, yeoman, half an acre of land in Monmouth bordering County Road leading to Winthrop, land that Briggs purchased from Benjamin Sinclair of Monmouth, and Newell Prescott’s land. Witnesses were Joseph and Hannah Chandler. Elizabeth Briggs also signed. [Kennebec County Deeds, 55:442-4] In 1820 the census found them in Monmouth with one male 10-15, one male 45+, two females under 10, and one female 26-44. Also one person was engaged in commerce. This sounds like he had two younger daughters from his second wife. Since their marriage was in 1813 the young male 10-15 was either a final child from his first wife, or a grandchild, or perhaps a servant or boarder. By the time the 1830 census was taken on 1 Jun Joseph was deceased and the entry is under the name of his widow Susan. There was one male aged 20-30, two females 15-20, and one female 40-50. This sounds like the exact same family group as ten years earlier, minus Joseph.

Children of Joseph York and Joanna (?)

Joanna York b. s 1778, d. 12 Sep 1859 Lydia York+ b. 30 Apr 1780, d. 30 May 1873 Rachel York b. c 1782, d. 7 Mar 1825 Ezekiel York+ b. Nov 1784, d. 14 Aug 1856 Benjamin York b. s 1793

Joanna (?)

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Last Edited

14 Sep 2024

Birth*	Joanna (?) was born say 1761.1
Marriage*	She married Joseph York, son of Richard York and Rachel Wadleigh, circa 1778.2
Death*	Joanna (?) died between 1810 and 1813.3
	Joanna's name first appears on a 1780 deed in Wakefield, N.H. of Nicholas York, who is probably Joseph's brother. [Strafford Deeds, 22:171] She and Joseph witnessed the deed. The only other place her name has been found is on the 1794 deed where Joseph sells land in Brentwood before he apparently moved to Maine. She released her right of dower. Nothing else is known about her. One might theorize that her parents' names might be Ezekiel and Lydia given that they gave two of their children those names, and their other two named children are names from Joseph's side of the family.

Children of Joanna (?) and Joseph York

Joanna York b. s 1778, d. 12 Sep 1859 Lydia York+ b. 30 Apr 1780, d. 30 May 1873 Rachel York b. c 1782, d. 7 Mar 1825 Ezekiel York+ b. Nov 1784, d. 14 Aug 1856 Benjamin York b. s 1793

David Ricker

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Father	Meturin Ricker Jr. b. s 1693, d. b 12 Nov 1783
Mother	Lucy Wallingford b. s 1705, d. probably before November 1783

Last Edited

31 Oct 2011

Birth*	David Ricker was born circa 1751, probably in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Lydia Noble, daughter of Thomas Noble and Lydia Berry, on 7 June 1772, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Death*	David died circa 1818.
	Somersworth schoolmaster Joseph Tate's diary has the following: "Monday April ye 27th. 1772 Mr. David Ricker Son of Mr. Meturen Ricker of Somersworth taken by Mr. Paul Wentworth Constable by Warrant from 2. Girls. one Deliverd of a Child which she swore on him Viz. Mary Ricker, ye other Lydia Noble then being big with Child by him". This is followed a few entries later by the following: "Sunday Night June ye 7th. 1772 Mr. David Ricker Married to Mrs. Lydia Noble who Swore herself to be with Child by him as above."Tate records the birth of their first four children in his diary as well.3 Their first child, Amos Ricker, was born 15 September 1772, three months after the wedding. It is through this child Amos that the author of this Wallingford genealogy traces one of his two Wallingford descents. In all they had seven children.4      The fate of David's illegitimate child through Mary Ricker is also covered by Master Tate: "Lucy Ricker Daughter of Molly Ricker which she swore on David Ricker, Dy'd on Saturday February ye 12th. 1774. Bury'd on Tuesday the 15th."5      The 1790 census finds David living in Somersworth with two males over 16, including himself, three boys under 16, and six females.6 He is still there in 1800 with one boy and one girl under 10, one of each aged 10-15, two of each aged 16-25, one male 26-44, one male over 44 (presumably David himself), and one female over 44 (presumably his wife Lydia).7

Child of David Ricker and Lydia Noble

Amos Ricker+ b. 15 Sep 1772, d. 4 Aug 1849

Lydia Noble

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Father	Thomas Noble b. c 1704, d. after about 1760
Mother	Lydia Berry d. before about 1760

Last Edited

27 Jun 2020

Birth*	Lydia Noble was born.
Marriage*	She married David Ricker, son of Meturin Ricker Jr. and Lucy Wallingford, on 7 June 1772, probably in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
	There is no information as to when she may have been born or died.

Child of Lydia Noble and David Ricker

Amos Ricker+ b. 15 Sep 1772, d. 4 Aug 1849

Richard Whitehouse

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Father	Thomas Whitehouse b. 8 Apr 1713, d. 1786
Mother	Elizabeth Goodwin b. 25 Aug 1722

Last Edited

4 Jan 2024

Birth*	Richard Whitehouse was born on 28 February 1743 in Dover, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	He married Hannah Goodwin, daughter of Taylor Goodwin and Elizabeth Nason, circa 1767.2
Death*	Richard died on 18 July 1818 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.3,4
Burial*	He was buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Rollinsford, Strafford County, New HampshireG.3
	Https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitehouse-83.

Children of Richard Whitehouse and Hannah Goodwin

Andrew Whitehouse b. 31 Mar 1768 Elisha Whitehouse b. 27 Feb 1770 Elizabeth Whitehouse b. 25 Jul 1772 Sarah Whitehouse+ b. c Oct 1774, d. 13 Jun 1848 Lydia Whitehouse b. 1 Apr 1777

Hannah Goodwin

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Father	Taylor Goodwin b. s 1703, d. c 1773
Mother	Elizabeth Nason

Last Edited

19 Dec 2022

Birth*	Hannah Goodwin was born on 27 March 1748.
Marriage*	She married Richard Whitehouse, son of Thomas Whitehouse and Elizabeth Goodwin, circa 1767.1
Death*	Hannah died on 5 May 1815 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2,3
Burial*	She was buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Rollinsford, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2

Children of Hannah Goodwin and Richard Whitehouse

Andrew Whitehouse b. 31 Mar 1768 Elisha Whitehouse b. 27 Feb 1770 Elizabeth Whitehouse b. 25 Jul 1772 Sarah Whitehouse+ b. c Oct 1774, d. 13 Jun 1848 Lydia Whitehouse b. 1 Apr 1777

James Clements

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Father	Abner Clements b. probably about 1721, d. 4 Jul 1773
Mother	Elizabeth Randall b. c 1720, d. a 18 Apr 1774

Last Edited

22 Nov 1998

Birth*	James Clements was born circa 1747 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.
Marriage*	He married Sarah Ricker, daughter of Ephraim Ricker and Sarah Wentworth, on 13 September 1770 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.1
Death*	James died on 22 May 1821 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.

Child of James Clements and Sarah Ricker

James Clement(s)+ b. 25 Feb 1782, d. 21 Jun 1861

Sarah Ricker

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Father	Ephraim Ricker b. 15 Feb 1695/96, d. 20 Dec 1773
Mother	Sarah Wentworth

Last Edited

2 Oct 1998

Birth*	Sarah Ricker was born on 19 April 1744 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.1
Marriage*	She married James Clements, son of Abner Clements and Elizabeth Randall, on 13 September 1770 in Berwick, York County, MaineG.2
Death*	Sarah died on 12 December 1806 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.

Child of Sarah Ricker and James Clements

James Clement(s)+ b. 25 Feb 1782, d. 21 Jun 1861

Samuel Hussey

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Father	Joseph Hussey b. 23 Jun 1699, d. 8 Feb 1762
Mother	Elizabeth Robinson b. 30 Jul 1712, d. 3 May 1773

Last Edited

16 Dec 2006

Birth*	Samuel Hussey was born on 12 December 1742.
Marriage*	He married, Mercy Evans, on 3 May 1769, in Dover, New HampshireG. Date of marriage recorded in Master Tate's Diary, History of Rollinsford, p.185..
Death*	Samuel died on 17 April 1814.

Child of Samuel Hussey and Mercy Evans

Hannah Hussey+ b. 3 May 1790, d. 7 Nov 1855

Mercy Evans

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Father	Joseph Evans b. 28 Mar 1708, d. c 1786
Mother	Elizabeth Hanson b. 12 Nov 1707, d. 24 Dec 1796

Last Edited

16 Dec 2006

Christening*	She was christened in 1742 in Dover, New HampshireG.
Marriage*	She married Samuel Hussey, son of Joseph Hussey and Elizabeth Robinson, on 3 May 1769 in Dover, New HampshireG. Date of marriage recorded in Master Tate's Diary, History of Rollinsford, p.185.
Death*	Mercy died on 25 January 1828 in Somersworth, Strafford County, New HampshireG.

Child of Mercy Evans and Samuel Hussey

Hannah Hussey+ b. 3 May 1790, d. 7 Nov 1855