John York Jr. (1744 - 1820)

Born 30 Jul 1744 in Stonington, New London County, Colony of Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Keturah (Brown) York — married 24 May 1770 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Jun 1820 at age 75 in Brookfield, Madison County, New York, United States

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Biography

Lieut. John York Jr. served with Civil Service, Connecticut during the American Revolution.

John York was born July 30, 1744 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. He was the first child of John York and Anna Brown.

He married 24 May 1770 at Stonington, Connecticut, Keturah Brown [Note: Wheeler (1900) published erroneously that 24 May 1770 was the birth date of Keturah Brown; this date was their marriage date, not her birth date; her birth data were 30 Aug 1752, daughter of Sarah (Chapman) & Ichabod Brown]. They had 10 children, all born at Stonington:

1. John York, b. 17 Mar 1771
2. Thomas York, b. 24 Feb 1773
3. Keturah York, b. 1 Jun 1775
4. Ichabod York, b. 20 Oct 1777
5. Martha Patty, or "Paltsey" York, b. 23 Feb 1780
6. [Nancy or Anna York, b. 16 Jun 1782
7. Lucinda York, b. 14 Feb 1785
8. Sarah or "Sally" York, b. 20 Oct 1787
9. Lydia York, b. 9 Aug 1790
10. Lucy York, b. 15 Jul 1794

This family relocated to Brookfield, New York.

John York died 16 Jun 1820 at Bookfield, New York.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 Feb 2018), "Record of YORK, JOHN JR", Ancestor # A129657.

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (Day Publishing, Co., New London, Conn., 1900); p. 697, 699, no. 44: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n721/mode/1up
  • Gives birth date, parents, spouse's name, spouse's birth date, children.

• Brown, Cyrus. Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown (The Everett Press Co., Boston, 1907-1915), v.1, p.170

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