William
Ring
York
Born about in Falmouth, Cumberland, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph York
and Susannah (Ring) Locke
Husband of
Mary (Drinkwater) York
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joanna (York) Pomeroy, Deborah (York) Sturdivant, Olive (York) Sturdivant and Reuben Gage York
Died
at about age 90
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jul 2017
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Biography
William York served with Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.
- Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): PRIVATE
- Birth: 3-2-1757 FALMOUTH YORK CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS
- Death: 1-16-1848 FALMOUTH CUMBERLAND CO MAINE
- Pension Number: S*W26631
- Service Source: S*W26631
- Service Description: 1) CAPTS PARKER, HILL, WEST;
Sources
- American Pomeroy Historic Genealogical Association family tree Eltweed Pomeroy Tree
- The Maine historical and genealogical recorder. Portland, ME. 1886. Available online.
- Page 19: Gives the name of his parents (Joseph York and Susanna Ring), baptismal date, death date, spouses' names
- Page 20: Gives the name of both wives and all twenty children.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20996779/william-ring-york : accessed 08 September 2021), memorial page for PVT William Ring York (2 Mar 1758–16 Jan 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #20996779, citing Foreside Cemetery, Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Tracy (contributor 46557105).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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Categories: Massachusetts Line, American Revolution