Johan Yocum (1689 - 1760)

Born Feb 1689 in Aronameck Plantation, Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Enochson) Enoch — married 26 Aug 1715 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1760 at age 71 in Manatawney, Amity Township, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Vitals

Jonas Yocum^[1] or J. Jonas Yocum^[2]

Birth: 1689 or Feb 1689 Douglas, Berks, PA

d. 27 DEC 1760 Douglas, Berks, PA^[3]

Early Life

Parents: Peter Petersson Yocum and Judith Jonasdotter married 1675, Pennsylvania^[4]

Jonas is not mentioned in his father's will.^[5]

Family

Hannah Enochson married James Yoakham on 26 Aug 1715 at Christ Church, Philadelphia.^[6] Her first name is given as Julianna in an entry for this marriage in the unreliable U.S. and International Marriages database on Ancestry.com.^[7]

There is some doubt about the dates of birth of the children. Jonas, in particular, if born in 1744, was almost too late, given his mother's age.^[5]

Child: Ingaborn Yocum

Child: John Yocum

Child: Peter Yocum

Child: Margaret Yocum

Child: Hannah Yocom

Child: Jonas Yocum

Child: Mary Yocum

Child: Bertha Yocum

Child: Bridgett Yocom

Child: Margaret Yocom

Child: Asariah Yocum

Property

Dr. Charles A. Yocom of Reading, a great, great, great grandson of Jonas Yocum, presented the date-stone of Jonas' house to the Historical Society of Berks County, in October 1920. He states thate Jonas came to Pottstown in 1703. The house was built in 1723 and still stood in 1920, two miles east of Douglassville at the intersection of the turnpike and Squirrel Hollow Road.^[8][9]

Smith (n.d.) cites the history of Montgomery County as its primary source of information on the descendants to Jonas Yocum. The history lists Jonas Yocum as one of 16 men who settled in Berks County in 1701, thus accepting the offer made much earlier by William Penn of land there in exchange for their lands in the Philadelphia area. Jonas obtained 350 acres in Amity Township. If Jonas was indeed born in 1689, he was independent at a very early age. Mans Jonasson, Jonas' uncle, was also among the 16 men who moved to Amity, and he may have acted as Jonas' guardian.^[8]

• 22 Feb 1715: patent for 300 acres at Manatawney

• taxed on 200 acres in Amity Township in 1734.

• on 1759 tax list in Douglass Township.

Death

Will: dated 08 Aug 1757, proved 27 Dec 1760.

Son Peter received the land where Jonas lived, 150 acres. The three daughters received one shilling each, plus the moveable estate at the death of their mother.

Grandsons Jonas, Peter, and John Yocum (John's sons), received the plantation where Jonas lived (seemingly in contradiction to the bequest to son Peter). Son John's widow Margaret, now pregnant, was to have the use of the land during her widowhood to help bring up the children. The unborn child was to have an equal share with the others. The will also provided for his widow Hannah. Executors were his son Peter and son-in-law Mounce Jones.

Descendants

Jonas' descendants chose the spelling Yocom, while other lines of the family used Yocum.^[10]

Research Notes

This profile previously had connected as a child Ingaborn Yocum but this is impossible as Ingaborn was born before Johan.

Supposedly buried at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church and graveyard....and Mouns Jones house in Douglasville, Bucks County, PA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125280375/jonas-yocom

Other sources state that he was buried in Kingsessing Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Research is currently ongoing.

This video shows the cemetery and Mouns Jones house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kVZ9n4QkWs

For corroborating information, also see: https://www.geni.com/people/Johan-Yocum/6000000003149737130

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1376766&ti=5543 . Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp. - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4967906&ti=5543 . Family Data Collection - Births. Edmund West, comp. - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=5043009&ti=5543
2. ↑ The Berks County histories | Jun 1, 2012 by Steve St. Martin.
3. ↑ #S61 VasiltxtoWiki.ged on 02 Nov 2010. Ancestry Public Member Trees; Amity Twp., Philadelphia Co., PA Douglas, Berks, Pennsylvania
4. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=661526&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt S1408038301. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4306869&ti=5543
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Jun 1, 2012 by Steve St. Martin.
6. ↑ Christ Church Historical Collections Online. https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/ChristChurch/search-register.cfm. Citing Parish Book Year: 1709-1800, page 4025
7. ↑ U.S. and International Marriages, Jonas Yocum and Julianna Enochson, Ancestry.com: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #1376766
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Smith, H.C. (n.d.).| Jun 1, 2012 by Steve St. Martin. ^{[citation needed]}
9. ↑ Dr. Charles Yocom thought the Yocums (by whatever spelling) were descendants of Yoakim and Susannah, from Ancient Babylonia and whose story is told in the Old Testament Apocryphal book known as Daniel and Susannah. | Jun 1, 2012 by Steve St. Martin.
10. ↑ Craig, P.S. (n.d.)

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Profile
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Author: Yates Publishing. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. (now Ancestry.com), 2004.
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Glover.ged on 03 April 2011.