Isaac Jesse (Yokum) Yokom (abt. 1756 - 1812)

Born about 30 Jun 1756 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania

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Died 25 Dec 1812 at about age 56 in Crowland Township, Welland, Upper Canada

Biography

Isaac was born the 30 of June 1756 in Pennsylvania. According to Rev. Thomas Webster in his "My memoirs: a story of the early pioneer life in Canada West” (1871), the Yokums made the journey from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1799. They settled in Crowland Township in the Niagara region.
He died on the 25th of Dec 1812.

Yokom, Isaac Jesse (1756-1812) was born in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on 30 Jun 1756 to John L. and Elizabeth (DeHaven) Yocum and descended from the founders of the colony of New Sweden on the Lower Delaware River. He married first Elizabeth Jenning, born in Upper Merion Township c. 1760 and second Anna Bond, born in Mifflin, Mifflin County (now Juniata County), Pennsylvania in 1756.Jesse and Anna Yokom lived in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania then in Mifflin, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania and came to Upper Canada (Ontario) by 1812. Jesse Yokom died soon after his arrival and his sons Richard (c. 1784-1855), Jonas (1787-1861), Henry (1790-1870), John (c. 1793- ), Peter (c. 1795-1886) and Jesse (c. 1796-1882) purchased farms in the area of Cook’s Mills in Crowland Township, Welland County east of the present City of Welland.

The genealogy includes ancestry, biographies and five generations in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Buchner, Cook, Pratt, McNabb, Walsh, Campbell, Wood, Sprague, Liverance, Roloff, Heineman, Van Driel, Newberry, Christiansen, Dolph, Hotchkiss, Smith, Rankin, Moore, Dawdy, Doan, Tree, Mason, McEnelly, Kaufman, Hubbard, Fankell, Murdy, Cable, Cooper, Warn, Wallbaum, Holmes, Holdren, Winter, Thomson, Humiston, Oleson, Lee and many more.

Famous Connections

Thomas Edison → Samuel Edison (his father) → Samuel Edison (his father) → Elizabeth Yokom (his wife) → Isaac Yokum (her father)

Sources

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-51M9 : 13 December 2015), Isaac Jesse Yokom, 1812; Burial, Crowland, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Doan's Ridge Cemetery; citing record ID 46468365, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• https://sites.google.com/site/niagarasettlers/ontario-pioneers/settlers-y-z