MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Thomas York - prob s/o John 3 York & Phaltiel Folsom; bought land in Durham
from John Gilman in 1740; he had a son Robert who sold land at Lee Hook to him
1 Sep 1762. Child:
a) Robert -.
[Stackpole & Thompson, Hist of Durham, 1913, 2:402].
--------------------CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1740 Jun 23 - from John Gilman Esq of Exeter, Province of NH, for L150
current money of New England, to Tho's York of Newmarket in sd province,
yeoman, land in Durham in sd province, begin at the first bound of Nath'l
Stevens his land being a stake then running south 15 degrees west ten rods to a
stump at the brook, then south 35 degrees west 30 rods to a stake standing in
the field to the south westward of the house where the sd Tho York now lives,
then run south 55 degrees east 120 rods to a hemlock tree spotted on four sides
then run north 35 degrees east or thereabout 40 rods to a small birch one of
the bounds of Nath'l Stevens his land & so bounding by sd Stevens his land to
the stake first mentioned being 120 rods the whole containing 29a + 110 rods;
signed by John Gilman 23 Jun 1740 in the presence of Jeremy Foulsam & Sam'l
Gilman; acknowledged 19 Nov 1741 by John Gilman before Sam'l Gilman JP; no wife
or dower mentioned; received 5 Sep 1743 & recorded 3 Apr 1744 [NH Provincial
Deed 27/110, abstracted from a photocopy of the deed book by Laird C Towle
3/2000].
1762 Sep 1 - Thomas York bought land at Lee Hook from his son Robert York
[Hist Durham 2/402].
1762 Sep 1 - from Robert York of Durham, Province of NH, cordwainer, for
L1600 old tenor, to "my father" Thomas York of sd Durham, yeoman, a tract of
land at the Hook [presumably meaning Lee Hook], lot #48 containing 12a, which
lot was laid out & proportioned to Hubbard Stevens of sd Durham, tanner, by the
proprietors committee of sd Durham, as by their records may more fully appear,
together with the dwelling house & barns thereon; signed 1 Sep 1762 by Robert
York in the presence of Walter Bryent & Thos Young; acknowledged same date by
Robert York before Thomas Young JP; received and recorded 2 Sep 1762; no wife
or dower mentioned [NH Provincial Deeds 67/136, abstracted from a photocopy of
the deed book by Laird C Towle 3/2000].
1765 Nov 18 - Thomas Yourk [sic] & Robert York of Durham signed a petition
for the creation of Lee parish from the NW end of Durham [NH State Papers
XI/586].
1772 Aug 4 - from William Clark of Middleton, yeoman, & Jane Clark of
Middletown, seamster, to Thomas York of Lee Parish, yeoman, for 30#, all right
& title to 5a land & buildings, being 1/2 of the east end of Lot 30 in the 1st
range [????????where?] which was originally granted to Samuel Heard of Dover by
the proprietors of John Tufton Mason "his right to Ebenezer Varney and William
Wentworth and others" [what is the meaning of this phrase?], which sd 1/2 lot
we purchased from Col. John Gage, Esq of Dover, 50a, together with my house &
all our buildings on sd lot; signed by William Clark & Jane Clark; wit by
Joseph Hodgdon & Isaac Drew; acknowledged same date at Rochester by William
Clark before John Plummer JP; recorded 15 Aug 1772 [Rockingham Co NH Deeds
105/145, abstracted by Dick York froma photocopy of the deed book 3/200, edited
by Laird Towle].
1776 - all Yorks in Association Test Lists:
Christopher p33 Claremont
Eliphalet p82 Lee
Gershom p34 Claremont
John p153 Wakefield
Jonathan p34 Claremont
Joseph p33 Claremont
Joseph Jr p 34 Claremont
Richard p19 Brentwood
Richard p152 Wakefield
Robert p82 Lee
Thomas p82 Lee
[NH State Papers Vol 30, pages as above].
1786 Jul 18 - from Thomas York of Lee, Strafford Co NH, husbandman, for
L500, to Eliphalet York of sd Lee, husbandman, all the land & buildings which I
own in sd Lee, being the land which I now live on, lying between land of Cap't
George Tuttle & Nathan'l Stevens, also 30a of land in Nottingham, Rockingham Co
NH, part of lot #11 in Winter Street, which is described more fully in my deed
from Joseph Weeks; signed 18 Jul 1786 by Thomas (mark) York before David
Stevens & James Brackett; no wife or dower mentioned; acknowledged by Thomas
York at Lee same date before James Brackett JP; rec'd 5 Mar 1799 [Strafford Co
NH Deeds 29/563, abstracted from a photocopy of the deed book by Laird C Towle
4/2000]. [???????????? Can we find the deed Weeks to York in the Rockingham
records by looking for Joseph Weeks in the index? Did Thomas York marry a dau
of Nathaniel Stevens?].
1787 - Eliphalet York, James York, Thomas York, Jacob York, & Robert York
appear on the Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/392].
1790 - all York families in NH census:
Samuel - p58 Allentown 1.2.1
John - p59 Brentwood 2.2.3
Joseph - p59 Brentwood 1.2.3
Richard - p59 Brentwood 3.1.1
Richard - p59 Brentwood 1.4.4
David - p14 Claremont 1.1.1
Jonathan - p14 Claremont 1.2.2
William - p14 Claremont 1.1.4
Joseph - p14 Claremont 2.0.1
John - p88 Dover 1.3.4
John Carr - p67 Exeter 1.2.5
Jonathan Young - p67 Exeter 1.1.5
Eliphalet - p92 Lee 1.3.1
James - p92 Lee 2.1.2
Robert - p92 Lee 1.0.3
Thomas - p92 Lee 1.1.2
Benja - p94 Middleton 1.1.1
Elizabeth - p94 Middleton 0.0.1
Josiah - p94 Middleton 2.5.3
Benja - p95 New Durham 1.2.3
Susannah - p94 New Durham 0.1.2
Joseph - p75 Northwood 1.1.1
[1790 Federal Census, page numbers as noted above].
1799 Dec 19 - the original right of Thomas York was sold to Thomas Whitman ,
but he forfeited it and it was sold to James Smith [Eaton NH Town Records Vol 1
1784-1822 p115, 117].
1800 Apr 17 - 2 lots of Thomas York sold to Thomas Shearman [Eaton NH Town
Records Vol 1 1784-1822 p120].
1800 Apr 18 - land of Thomas York was sold to Thomas Whitman [Eaton NH Town
Records Vol 1 1784-1822 p121-2].
1801 Jul 19 - land of Thomas York sold to James Smith [Eaton NH Town Records
Vol 1 1784-1822 p127].
1802 May 26 - land of Thomas York sold to Samuel Banfield [Eaton NH Town
Records Vol 1 1784-1822 p129].
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
Eliphalet York - prob s/o Thomas 4 John 3 Benjamin 2 Richard 1; b 1753; m
Elizabeth Tuttle (b 1760); lived at Lee Hook. Children:
a) John - m 7 May 1803 Rebecca Durgin.
b) Thomas - m1 1811 Mary Chapman of Newmarket who d 19 Jun 1815; m2 11 Feb
1817 Mrs Deborah (Elkins) Hanscom of Pittsfield who d 21 Jul 1827; m3 Harriet
Bartlett of Brentwood who d 17 Dec 1840; he d 11 Nov 1857.
c) Elijah - m 1813 Comfort Chapman of Lee.
d) Daniel - m 1817 Betsey Langley of Lee.
e) Eliphalet - m 7 Feb 1820 Mary Frost Durgin of Lee.
f) David - m Hannah Durrell.
g) Betsey - m Nathaniel Sides of Portsmouth.
h) Sarah - m 27 Aug Stevens Durgin of Lee.
[Stackpole & Thompson, Hist of Durham, 1913, 2:401-2].
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Graves in York Burial Ground, Lee Hook NH, on road to Packers Falls.
Eliphalet York - d 19 Mar 1833 ae 80y (Rev Soldier, marker & flag);
Elizabeth T [Tuttle in later hand], wife/o Eliphalet York - d 25 Jan 1817 ae
51y.
John York, eldest s/o Eliphalet York & Elizabeth Tuttle - b at Lee NH, d at
Portsmouth NH 26 Jun 1851 ae 66y 9m 12d; Mrs Rebecca York - b at Northwood NH
22 Sep 1781, d in Rochester NH 11 Jan 1856 ae 71y 3m 19d; Joseph D, s/o John &
Rebecca York - d 30 Aug 1814 ae 11y 3m 7d.
Dea Eliphalet York - d 31 Aug 1887 ae 90y 11m 18d; Mary F, wife/o Dea
Eliphalte York & d/o Josiah Durgin - d 12 Aug 1877 ae 76y 10m 27d; Lyman H, s/o
Eliphalet & Mary F York - d 2 Oct 1854 ae 22y; Charlotte D, d/o Eliphalet &
Mary F York - d 19 Oct 1847 ae 23y 5m14d; Mary H, wife/o Geo H Pearl & d/o Dea
Eliphalet & Mary F York - d 11 Oct 1856 ae 27y 5m; Joseph S, s/o Eliphalet &
Mary F York - d 21 Oct 1842 ae 21y 9m; Gilman S, s/o Eliphalet & Mary F York -
d 31 Jan 1841 ae 3y 21d.
Elijah York - d 18 Feb 1861 ae 71y 13d; Comfort [Chapman, in later hand]
York, wife/o Elijah - d 13 Apr 1883 ae 92y 1m 14d.
David York - b 1794, d 1859 ae 65y 5m; Hannah Durell, wife/o David - d 1 Aug
1886 ae 85y 9m.
John L York - b Durham 25 Dec 1807, d Dover 7 Apr 1873 ae 65y 3m 10d;
Hannah, wife/o J Langdon York - d in Boston of consumption 2 Jul 1813 ae 35y
6m; Dr J Colby, s/o J Langdon & Hannah York - d in Boston of consumption 13 Jul
1855 ae 25y 2m.
David York - d 18 Apr 1884 ae 70y 6m 7d; infant s/o David & Hannah York - d
2 May 1835; Ezra, s/o David & Hannah York - d 21 Oct 1856 ae 23y 8m 18d.
Israel G York, Co D 15th NH Vol - d 21 Apr 1882 ae 41y 1m 27d; Elizabeth,
wife/o Daniel L Burleigh - b 10 Jan 1846, d 1 Jun 1920 (She was Elizabeth Dow &
m1 Israel G York); Mary S, d/o Israel G & Lizzie A York - d 25 Oct 1887 ae 2m
4d; Emma F, d/o Israel G & Lizzie A York - d 19 Mar 1887 ae 19y 7m 11d; Bertha,
d/o Israel G & Lizzie A York - d 27 Oct 1887 ae 5m 17d.
There are graves outside the fence, one marked, Betsy, wife/o Capt Job R
Durgin - d 3 Sep 1859 ae 69y.
[Walker et al, Burial Places in Lee NH, DAR, 1938].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1776 - all Yorks in Association Test Lists:
Christopher p33 Claremont
Eliphalet p82 Lee
Gershom p34 Claremont
John p153 Wakefield
Jonathan p34 Claremont
Joseph p33 Claremont
Joseph Jr p 34 Claremont
Richard p19 Brentwood
Richard p152 Wakefield
Robert p82 Lee
Thomas p82 Lee
[NH State Papers Vol 30, pages as above].
1786 Jul 18 - from Thomas York of Lee, Strafford Co NH, husbandman, for
L500, to Eliphalet York of sd Lee, husbandman, all the land & buildings which I
own in sd Lee, being the land which I now live on, lying between land of Cap't
George Tuttle & Nathan'l Stevens, also 30a of land in Nottingham, Rockingham Co
NH, part of lot #11 in Winter Street, which is described more fully in my deed
from Joseph Weeks; signed 18 Jul 1786 by Thomas (mark) York before David
Stevens & James Brackett; no wife or dower mentioned; acknowledged by Thomas
York at Lee same date before James Brackett JP; rec'd 5 Mar 1799 [Strafford Co
NH Deeds 29/563, abstracted from a photocopy of the deed book by Laird C Towle
4/2000]. [???????????? Can we find the deed Weeks to York in the Rockingham
records by looking for Joseph Weeks in the index? Did Thomas York marry a dau
of Nathaniel Stevens?].
1787 - Eliphalet York, James York, Thomas York, Jacob York, & Robert York
appear on the Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/392].
1790 - all York families in NH census:
Samuel - p58 Allentown 1.2.1
John - p59 Brentwood 2.2.3
Joseph - p59 Brentwood 1.2.3
Richard - p59 Brentwood 3.1.1
Richard - p59 Brentwood 1.4.4
David - p14 Claremont 1.1.1
Jonathan - p14 Claremont 1.2.2
William - p14 Claremont 1.1.4
Joseph - p14 Claremont 2.0.1
John - p88 Dover 1.3.4
John Carr - p67 Exeter 1.2.5
Jonathan Young - p67 Exeter 1.1.5
Eliphalet - p92 Lee 1.3.1
James - p92 Lee 2.1.2
Robert - p92 Lee 1.0.3
Thomas - p92 Lee 1.1.2
Benja - p94 Middleton 1.1.1
Elizabeth - p94 Middleton 0.0.1
Josiah - p94 Middleton 2.5.3
Benja - p95 New Durham 1.2.3
Susannah - p94 New Durham 0.1.2
Joseph - p75 Northwood 1.1.1
[1790 Federal Census, page numbers as noted above].
1796 Apr 5 - from Eliphalet York of Lee, Strafford Co NH, husbandman, for
$100, to Alexander Lucy Esq of Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH, land in
Nottingham, part of Lot #11 in Winter Street, begin at the northwesterly end of
sd lot adjoining sd Winter Street, then to extend towards the south easterly
end of sd [lot] the whole width of the same until it shall contain 30a; signed
5 Apr 1796 by Eliphalet York before Thomas Bartlett JP; no mention of a wife or
dower rights; received & recorded 19 Apr 1796 [Rockingham Co NH Deeds 207/407,
abstracted by Laird C Towle from a photocopy of the deed book 3/2000].
[?????????? Was the wife of Eliphalet York deceased?].
1798 Aug 20 - from Nathaniel Stevens, Eliphalet York, Joseph Duda, Winthrop
Frost, David Stevens & David Davis, all of Lee, Strafford Co NH, husbandmen,
for $800, to Ebenezer Thompson Jr of Durham in sd county, Esq, a parcel of land
lying partly in sd Lee & sd Durham, bounded westerly on land in possession of
the heirs of Nicholas Duda dec'd & on lad of the sd David Davis, easterly on
land in possession of Jonathan Stevens, Samuel Joy, and the sd Nathaniel
Stevens, southerly on land in possession of the sd David Davis, northerly on
land in possession of Mr Bejamin Garrish or on the Bergin lotts so called, it
being the same land that we purchased of james Smith together with all the
buildings thereon containing 82a; no wives or dower rights are mentioned;
signed 20 Aug 1798 before John Bryent & Edmund Pendergast by Joseph Durell,
Eliphalet York, David Stevens, David Davis, & Nathaniel Stevens; acknowledged
same date by all five grantors before James Smith JP; rec'd 11 Oct 1798
[Strafford Co NH Deeds, abstracted froma photocopy of the deed book by Laird C
Towle 4/2000]. [???????????? These men say they bought this property from James
Smith, but we don't have any such deed; it seems more likely that they
inherited the property from some common relative of theirs (or their wives);
note that the surnames Duda & Durell are used interchangably].
1800 - Lee NH - Eliphalet York 4m0-9, 1m10-15, 1m16-25, 1m45+, 2f16-25,
1f26-44 [Census].
1800 Census of NH - all York families; males females
Benj'a Sanbornton, Straf Co 3-1-1-0-1 2-1-1-0-1 p174
Christopher Claremont, Ches Co 0-0-0-0-2 0-1-0-1-1 p17
Dan Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-1-0-0 1-0-1-0-0 p118
David Claremont, Ches Co 1-2-0-1-0 4-0-0-1-0 p17
Eliphalet Lee, Straf Co 4-1-1-0-1 0-0-2-1-0 p164
Jacob Raymond, Rock Co 2-0-1-0-0 2-0-1-0-0 p152
James Epping, Rock Co 2-1-0-1-0 2-0-0-2-0 p129
John Dover, Straf Co 1-1-3-0-1 2-0-0-0-1 p160
John C Exeter, Rock Co 2-0-2-0-1 0-1-1-0-1 p131
Jonathan Y Exeter, Rock Co 3-1-1-0-1 1-1-0-0-1 p131
Jos Northwood, Rock Co 2-0-0-1-0 3-0-0-1-0 p141
Richard Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-0-1-1 0-0-0-0-1 p118
Richard Jr Brentwood, Rock Co 0-2-0-1-2 1-1-0-0-1 p118
Robert Lee, Straf Co 0-0-0-0-1 0-0-0-0-0 p164
William Cornish, Ches Co 3-0-1-1-0 1-2-1-1-0 p18
Age Brackets: <10 10-15 16-25 26-44 45&up; same for m & f
[transcribed by Dick York].
1806 - Nottingham non-residents:
Richard York: 4a pasture, 46a unimproved. Taxes: county 4, state 9,
school 14, town 24, highway 31, total 83.
Eliphalet York. Taxes: county 2, state 4, school 7, town 11, highway 14,
total 38.
[Nottingham NH Town Records 4/172,175,187, per Dick York 8/2000].
1806 Mar 11 - Eliphalet York was elected auditor for the hook district in
Lee at town meeting [Lee NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p447].
1807 - Eliphalet York paid $1.75 school tax in the Hook School District [Lee
NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p483].
1807 Jul 1 - Nottingham non-residents:
Richard York: 4a pasture, 46a unimproved, lot 24 range 2. Taxes: county
4, school 14, town 28, highway 31, total 77.
Eliphalet York: 0a pasture, 30a unimproved, lot 37, Summer St. Taxes:
county 2, school 7, town 13, highway 14, total 36.
[Nottingham NH Town Records 4/234,243,251, per Dick York 8/2000].
1807 Jun 27 - at a town meeting in Lee NH it was voted "that a highway be
laid out from the road in the Hook leading by Eliphalet York, Nathaniel Stevens
and Joseph Durrell to Lamprey River and across said Lamprey River at the long
falls and from thence..." [Lee NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p476].
1807 Dec 22 - from David Davis of Lee, Strafford Co NH, yeoman, for $201.75,
to Eliphalet York of sd Lee, yeoman, 10a + 14 sq rods in Durham, Strafford Co
NH, begin at an elm tree spotted on 4 sides, then south 30.5 deg west 24.5
rods, then south 48 degrees east 46 rods to Jonathan Steven's land, then north
42 deg east 42.5 rods to a spotted stake, then north 68 deg west 52.8 rods to
the first bounds; signed 22 Dec 1807 by David Davis; wife Rhoda Davis released
her dower rights; acknowledged by David Davis same date before John Runlet JP;
rec'd 28 May 1898 [Strafford Co NH Deeds 58/50, abstracted by Dick York from a
photocopy of the deed book 3/2000, edited by Laird Towle].
1808 Dec 26 - Nottingham residents:
Benjamin York: 1 poll, total value 130. Taxes: cpunty 11, school 52, town
60, highway 13, total 136.
Nottingham non-residents on south side:
Richard York: 4a pasture, 46a unimproved, lot 24 range 2. Taxes: county
4, school 21, town 24, highway 32, total 81.
Nottingham non-residents on north side:
Eliphalet York. Taxes: county 2, school 10, town 12, highway 14, total
38.
[Nottingham NH Town Records 4/300,303,319, per Dick York 8/2000].
1809 - Nottingham residents:
Benjamin York: taxes: county .11, school .49, town .65, total 1.25.
Nottingham non-residents on south side:
Richard York: taxes: county 4, school 21, town 27, highway 32, total 84.
Nottingham non-residents on north side:
Eliphalet York. Taxes: county 2, school 10, town 12, highway 15, total
39.
[Nottingham NH Town Records 4/295,347,348, per Dick York 8/2000].
1810 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Benjamin York - not listed.
Eliphalet York - lot 37 Summer St.
Richard York - rt to Eben Smith noted.
Ebenezer Smith - lot 24 range 2 division 3
[Nottingham NH Town Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1810 - Lee NH - Eliphelet York 2m 10-, 5f 26-45, 2f 45+ [Census].
1810 - census index, all York/Yorke/Yorks:
Benjamin - Graf 443 New Hold Samuel Stra 535 Barnstea
Benjamin Rock 142 Northwood Soloman Rock 143 Northwoo
Chrst Ches 155 Claremon Susannah Stra 878 New Durh
David Rock 353 Brentwoo Thaxter Rock 249 Exeter
David Stra 878 New Durh Thomas Stra 560 Lee
Eliphalet Stra 563 Lee William Ches 165 Cornish
Jacob Rock 092 Raymond William Graf 445 New Hold
James Rock 261 Epping Zebelon Stra 542 Durham
Jeremiah Stra 725 Tamworth
John Stra 549 Durham
John Stra 597 Middleto
John Stra 725 Tamworth
John T Rock 237 Exeter
Jonathan Stra 878 New Durh
Joseph Rock 143 Northwoo
Joseph Stra 598 Middleto
Josiah Stra 878 New Durh
Polly Rock 432 Loudon
Richard Rock 264 Epping
Robert Rock 273 E Kingst
1810 Mar 20 - Eliphalet York elected tythingman at town meting in Lee NH
[Lee NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p538].
1811 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Richard York (p39) - crossed out, non-resident, set to Ebenezer Smith
[note by Dick York: this is most likely the Ebenezer Smith involved in the land
sale from Eichard York of Epping, gent, to Ebenezer Smith of Brentwood 1 sep
1810].
Eliphalet York (p45) - lot 37 Summer St, # of acres 30/20.
Ebenezer Smith (p45)
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1812 - Eliphalet York named on Lee Inventory: 1-poll; 1/4a-orchard; _1/3a
arable land; 8a-mowing land; 10a-pasture land; 1-horse of 5 winters; 4-horses
of 4 winters; 4-cows of 4 winters; 1-other stock of 3 winters; 1-other stock of
2 winters [Lee NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p604].
1812 - Nottingham NH Inventory - non-Residents:
Eliphalet York (p79 & p89) - lots 26 & 37 Summer St, 30 acres (note 10
acres to [set] N. Stevens).
Thomas York (p79 & p89) - lot 37, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1813 - Nottingham NH Inventory - non-Residents:
Eliphalet York (p98, 108 & 126) - lot 37 Summer St, 20/30 acres.
Thomas York (p98, 108 & 126) - 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1814 - Eliphalet York on inventory of Lee NH: 1-poll; 1/4a-orchard;
2.5a-arable; 2.5a-mowing; 10a-pasturing; 3-horses of 5 winters with 1 stallion;
2 horses of 2 winters; 6-cows of 4 winters; 2-stock of 3 winteres; 3 stock of 2
winters; 50a-not included above [Lee NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p655].
1817 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Jacob York p232.
James York p232, 1 cow.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York (p207 & 219), lot 37 Summer St, 20 acres.
Thomas York (p207 & 219), 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1818 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Jacob York p232, 1 poll.
James York p232, 1 poll, 1 cow.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York (p?), lot 37 Summer St, 20 acres.
Thomas York (p?), 12 acres, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1818 May - Report of a commission to divide certasin lands lying partly in
Lee and partly in Durham, Strafford Co NH, and partly in Nottingham, Rockingham
Co NH, being the same lands conveyed to Nathaniel Stevens 3rd & Joseph Stevens
by deed dated 11 Jun 1811 from Nathaniel Stevens of sd Lee, also another tract
of 10a in sd Durham being the same conveyed by Stephen Bordman to David Stevens
and Joseph Stevens by deed dated 8 Nov 1811, also another tract in sd Durham
being the same land which Nathaniel Stevens conveyed to Joseph Stevens by deed
dated 11 Jun 1811.
We have notified all persons interested in sd tracts or parcels of land
of the time and place of our attending sd service have severed and divided the
aforesaid tracts of land among Lydia Ann Stevens a minor, Nathaniel Stevens Jr,
David Stevens and Eliphalet York in manner following to wit.
To the sd Lydia Ann Stevens a certain tract or parcel of land situate in
Lee containing 33a +74 sq rods bounded northwesterly by the Hook road,
northeasterly and southeasterly by land of David Davis and southwesterly by
land of Eliphalet York, being a part of the homestead farm of the sd Nathaniel
Stevens; also another tract of land in sd Durham containing 13a +61 sq rods,
begin at a stake standing 9 rods on a right angle southerly from Samuel Joys
hook pasture by land formerly owned by John Pendergast, then southerly by sd
Pendergast land to land of David Davis, then westerly by sd Davis' land to land
formerly owned by James Smith to a stake standing 9 rods southerly from sd
Joy's pasture, then north 85 deg east on a parallel line with sd Joy's pasture
to the 1st bound, being a half of the Walter Smith pasture; also another tract
in sd Nottingham being the upper lot so called containing 37a, bounded by land
formerly owned by George Tuttle Esq, and by land of Nathaniel Demeritt and
others; the aforesaid tracts of land were in common and undivided with
Nathaniel Stevens Jr; also to the sd Lydia Annn Stevens her heirs and assigns
4a + 69 rods in Durham, bounded beginning at the northwesterly corner of Samuel
Joy's Pendergast field by land of the sd Eliphalet York, then run northerly by
sd York's land 16.25 rods to a stake, then south 70 deg east, on a parallel
line with the Pendergast field 40 rods to Lamprey River, then southerly by sd
river to sd field, then westerly by sd Pendergast field tot he 1st bound; and
also one other tract in Durham containing 15a + 108.5 rods, bounded beginning
at a stake standing by land of David Davis at the southerly corner of land of
David Stevens; then by sd Stevens land north 47 deg east 57.5 rods to a stake &
stones, then south 15.5 deg east 61 rods to the wheel path, then south 21.5 deg
east 24 rods to land of David Davis, then westerly by sd Davis' land 64.5 rods
to the bound began at; the last aforesaid tracts were in common and undivided
with Eliphalet York and a part of the land purchased of James Smith & John
Pendergast; also another tract in sd Durham containing 25.5a, being a part of
the farm formerly owned by John Pendergast & in common & undivided with David
Stevens, begin at the southwesterly corner of the old orchard at the southerly
end of the stone wall, then south 36 deg west 74 rods to land of Seth Walker,
then northwesterly by sd Walker's land 42.5 rods to the Walter Smith pasture,
herin set off to sd Lydia Ann, then northeasterly by sd pasture 76.5 rods to
land of Samuel Joy, then by sd Joy's land north 34 deg east 4.25 rods, south
71.5 deg east 7 rods, & north 18 deg east 15.33 rods to a stake, then south 70
deg east 21.5 rods across the field to the bridge, then south about 20 deg west
by the stone wall 41.5 rods to the 1st bound; also the northerly half of the
old orchard containing 67 sq rods, and bounded westerly by the last mentioned
tract, northerly and easterly by the stone wall, and southerly running from an
oak tree marked B south 63 deg east 15 rods to the stone wall; which several
tracts and parcels of land we have set off to the sd Lydia An Stevens as her
share in sd estate.
To the sd Nathaniel Stevens Jr a certain tract in Lee containing 56a +83
rods with the buildings thereon, bounded by the hook road and lands of Thomas
York, David Stevens, Levi Mead, Elijah York & others, and comprehends all the
homestead farm of the sd Nathaniel Stevens, dec'd, situated on the westerly
side of the sd hook road; also one other tract in sd Lee containing 4a + 36 sq
rods, begin at the northeasterly corner of land herein and hereafter set off to
David Stevens, then run by sd David Steven's land north 66 deg west 25.25 rods,
then north 22 deg east 26.5 rods, then south 66 deg east 25.5 rods, and then
south 22 deg west 26.5 rods to the first named bound, which was in common and
undivided with sd David Stevens and was formerly owned by Robert York; also one
other tract of land situated in sd Durham containing 4a + 36 sq rods, being
part of the Walter Smith pasture so called, begin at the southwesterly corner
of Samuel Joy's hook pasture, then easterly by sd Joys pasture 78 rods to the
pasture formerly owned by John Pendergast, then southerly by sd pasture on a
right angle 9 rods, then south 85 deg west by land herein set off to sd Lydia
Ann, and on a parallel line with sd Joy's pasture to land set off to Eliphalet
York & then northerly by sd York's land, on a right angle 9 rods to the 1st
named bound; also one other tract in sd Nottingham containing 18a, bounded
northerly on land of Samuel Scales, easterly on land of Job Thompson, southerly
and westerly on land of Josiah Bartlett, Nathan French, Benjamin Loveren and
others, and is known by the name of the lower lot; which several tracts and
parcels of land we have severed and set off to the sd Nathaniel Stevens Jr as
his share in sd estate.
To the sd David Stevens a certain tract in Durham on the northerly side
of Lamprey river bounded southerly & westerly by sd river, northerly by land of
David Wiggin, and easterly by land of Joseph Chesley; also another tract in sd
Durham containing 62a, being part of the farm owned by Joseph Pendergast,
bounded by laznd herein set off the Lydia Ann Stevens & lands of Samuel Joy,
Edmund Pendergast, Seth Walker, and Lamprey river; also a tract in sd Lee
containing 6a, bounded northerly & easterly by land herein set off to Nathaniel
Stevens Jr, southerly by an old road, and westerly by land of Levi Mead &
Thomas York, which was formerly owned by Robert York; which sd tracts we have
assigned to the sd David Stevens as his share in the esate aforesaid.
To the sd Eliphalet York, a tract in sd Durham containing 5a + 51 sq
rods, begin by land of sd York at a stake standing 16.25 rods northerly from
Samuel Joy's Pendergast field at the northwesterly corner of land herein set
off to Lydia Ann Stevens, then by sd Lydia Ann's land south 70 deg east 40 rods
to Lamprey river, then northwesterly by sd river to land of sd York, then
southerly by sd York's land to the 1st bound; also another tract in sd Durham
comtaining 16a + 108.5 rods, being part of the farm formerly owned by James
Smith, begin at a stake in the northerly corner of land herein assigned to the
sd Lydia Ann by land of David Stevens, then by sd Lydia's land south 15.5 deg
east 61 rods to a rock in the wheel path, then south 21.5 deg east 24 rods to
land of David Davi, then easterly by sd David Davis' land to lan formerly owned
by Walter Smith, then northerly by the sd Walter Smith pasture and land of
Samuel Joy, Elijah & Thomas York to land of the sd David Stevens, then
southwesterly by sd David Stevens land to the 1st bound; which tracts we have
assigned to the sd Eliphalet York as his share in sd estate.
And we also assign and allow the heirs herein named...the privilidge of
passing and repassing with teams & otherwise to & from their lands; signed 8
May 1818 by Valentine Smith, Edward B Nealley, Benj'a Loveren, S R Shakford, &
James McDaniel; approved & allowed by John Mooney, Judge of Probate for
Strafford Co NH 14 May 1818; acknowledged by Edward B Nealley 12 May 1818, by
Benjamin Loveren 8 May 1818, by Valentine Smith 14 May 1818; allowed by John
Mooney, Judge of Probate, on 14 May 1818 [Strafford Co NH ?????????/471,
abstracted from a photocopy of the deed book by Laird C Towle 4/2000].
1820 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
James York p?
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1821 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1822 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1823 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1824 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1825 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1826 Aug 6 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, county tax 4, state tax 4, school tax 13, town
tax 10, hwy tax 15.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1827 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
David York, 1 poll.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1829 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Alfred York, 1 poll.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1830 - Lee NH census: Eliphalet York 1m 5-10, 1m 30-40, 1m 70-80, 1f 5-, 1f
5-10, 1f 20-30 [Census].
1830 - census index, all York/Yorke/Yorks:
Ahaz Rock 044 Raymond
Alfred Rock 010 Nottingh
Barter Rock 281 Brentwood
Benjamin Graf 044 Holderne
Benjamin E Graf 041 Holderne
Daniel Rock 174 Newmarke
Daniel Stra 074 Lee
Daniel Stra 241 Sandwich
David Stra 083 New Durh
David Stra 074 Lee
David Jr Sull 263 Claremon
Elijah Stra 074 Lee
Eliphalet Stra 083 New Durh
Eliphalet Stra 074 Lee
Enoch Stra 087 Middleto
Ezekiel Rock 282 Brentwoo
Geage Stra 039 Durham
George Stra 039 Durham
George Stra 083 New Durh
George Rock 162 Exeter
George Rock 161 Exeter
Isaac Coos 324 Wentwort
Isaiah Stra 083 New Durh
Jacob Rock 044 Raymond
James Rock 010 Nottingh
Jeremiah Stra 083 New Durh
Jeremiah Coos 341 Jefferso
John Stra 087 Middleto
John Rock 166 Exeter
John Stra 232 Sandwich
John Stra 362 Rocheste
John B Stra 083 New Durh
John Jr Stra 362 Rocheste
Johnathan Stra 277 Gilmanto
Jonathan Rock 161 Exeter
Josiah Stra 146 Gilford
Josiah Stra 087 Middleto
Josiah Jr Stra 087 Middleto
Levi Coos 324 Wentwort
Levi Rock 020 Northwoo
Lyman Sull 279 Cornish
Robert Stra 277 Gilmanto
Samuel Stra 146 Gilford
Samuel Stra 015 Barnstea
Samuel Jr Stra 015 Barnstea
Simeon Graf 245 Lisbon
Solomon Rock 010 Nottingh
Stephen Graf 041 Holderne
Thomas Stra 087 Middleto
Uriah Sull 279 Cornish
V P Stra 304 Dover
William Sull 280 Cornish
William Rock 167 Exeter
[Jackson, 1830 Census Index, NH]
1830 Jul 26 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Alfred York, 1 poll.
Solomon York, 1 poll, 2 cows, 2 oxen.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 40=20/21 acres, lot 32/37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1831 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Alfred York, 1 poll, 1 cow.
Solomon York, 1 poll, 1 cows.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1832 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
James York
Alfred York, 1 poll, 2 horses of 5 winters.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1833 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
James York, 1 poll.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1834 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Alfred York, 1 poll.
James York, 1 poll.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 27 [sic?] Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1837 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37, Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 27 [sic?].
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1838 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37, Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 27 [sic?].
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1840 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37, Summer St, Range 8.
Thomas York, 21 [sic?] acres, lot 27 [sic?], Range 8.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1841 Jun 3 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37, Summer St, Dist 8.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 27 [sic?], Dist 8.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1842 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37, Summer St, Dist 8>9.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 27, Dist 8>9.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1843 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37, Summer St, Dist 9.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 27, Dist 9.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1844 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents: no Yorks.
Non-Residents: no data
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1860 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents: no Yorks.
Non-Residents, School Dist 9:
Eliphalet York, 31 acres, lots 32 & 37 Summer St.
Daniel York, 10 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 11 acres, lot 37 Winter St [sic?].
Benj B Tuttle's land taxed to David York, 25 acres, lot 30 Sumer St.
David D York, 12 acres, lot 39 Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].--------------------
MISCELANEOUS ITEMS:
Robert York - s/o Thomas York (John 3, Benjamin 2, Richard 1), was of Durham
and later lived at Lee. He purchased a farm in Durham from Thomas George on 1
Feb 1762 and sold some of the Lee property to his father 1 Sep of that year.
No doubt he and his father moved to Nottingham during 1762. Robert signed a
petition for a bridge at Newmarket in 1780. The name of his wife is unknown
[unidentified typescript].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1762 Feb 1 - from Thomas George of Durham, Province of NH, husbandman, for
L1600 old tenor bills of credit of this Province, to Robert York of sd Durham,
cordwainer, land & buildings in Durham at the Hook, 12a from Lot 48 which was
originally laid out to Hubbard Stevens of sd Durham, tanner, by the proprietors
committee, together with the dwelling house and barn thereon; signed by Thomas
George 1 Feb 1762 before Tho's Young & Sam'l [Kcely?]; acknowledged same date
by Thomas George before Thomas Young JP; no wife or dower mentioned; recorded 2
Sep 1762 [NH Provincial Deeds 67/137].
1762 Sep 1 - from Robert York of Durham, Province of NH, cordwainer, for
L1600 old tenor, to "my father" Thomas York of sd Durham, yeoman, a tract of
land at the Hook [presumably meaning Lee Hook], lot #48 containing 12a, which
lot was laid out & proportioned to Hubbard Stevens of sd Durham, tanner, by the
proprietors committee of sd Durham, as by their records may more fully appear,
together with the dwelling house & barns thereon; signed 1 Sep 1762 by Robert
York in the presence of Walter Bryent & Thos Young; acknowledged same date by
Robert York before Thomas Young JP; received and recorded 2 Sep 1762; no wife
or dower mentioned [NH Provincial Deeds 67/136, abstracted from a photocopy of
the deed book by Laird C Towle 3/2000].
1765 Nov 18 - Robert York & Thomas York of Durham signed a petition for the
creation of Lee parish from the NW end of Durham [NH State Papers XI/586].
1776 - all Yorks in Association Test Lists:
Christopher p33 Claremont
Eliphalet p82 Lee
Gershom p34 Claremont
John p153 Wakefield
Jonathan p34 Claremont
Joseph p33 Claremont
Joseph Jr p 34 Claremont
Richard p19 Brentwood
Richard p152 Wakefield
Robert p82 Lee
Thomas p82 Lee
[NH State Papers Vol 30, pages as above].
1780 Oct 24 - Robert York was the only York among a group of several dozen
petitioners requesting the Council & House of Representatives of NH hold a
lottery to pay for repairs to the Stratham & Newmarket Lottery Bridge which had
fallen into disrepair [NH State Papers Vol 13 - Early Town Papers - Newmarket
p28-29].
1787 - Eliphalet York, James York, Thomas York, Jacob York, & Robert York
appear on the Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/392].
1787 Apr 8 - from Robert York of Lee, Strafford Co NH, cordwainer, for L50,
to my sons James York & Jacob York of sd Lee, coopers, land in sd Lee on the
south side of Lampereel River at a place called the Hook, being part of lot #53
as shown on the plan made by Walter Bryent Esq, being the land whereon I now
dwell, begin at a pitch pine tree the bound between the lot of Nath'l Stevens
Jr, sd tree standing by the road that leads from the house of Lt Hilton's, then
run north north east 70 rods then about west north west 26 rods, then from the
bound pitch pine by the road west north west 26 rods, then a straight line from
bound to bound; also one other tract in sd Lee containing 1a, begin at a pitch
pine tree at the highway & run by sd way westerly 16 rods, then south 22 deg
west 10 rods, then easterly parallel to sd highway to Thomas York's land, then
north 22 deg east 10 rods to the bound first mentioned, being the same land I
bought of Capt George Tuttle as by his deed will appear; signed 8 Apr 1787 by
Rob't York before Jn'o Smith & George Smith; no wife or dower mentioned;
acknowledged 9 Apr 1787 by Rob't York before Geo Frost JP; rec'd 7 Apr 1788 "at
3/4 past 12 o'clock in the day" [Strafford Co NH Deeds 9/311, abstracted from a
photocopy of the deed book by Laird C Towle 4/2000].
1790 - all York families in NH census:
Samuel - p58 Allentown 1.2.1
John - p59 Brentwood 2.2.3
Joseph - p59 Brentwood 1.2.3
Richard - p59 Brentwood 3.1.1
Richard - p59 Brentwood 1.4.4
David - p14 Claremont 1.1.1
Jonathan - p14 Claremont 1.2.2
William - p14 Claremont 1.1.4
Joseph - p14 Claremont 2.0.1
John - p88 Dover 1.3.4
John Carr - p67 Exeter 1.2.5
Jonathan Young - p67 Exeter 1.1.5
Eliphalet - p92 Lee 1.3.1
James - p92 Lee 2.1.2
Robert - p92 Lee 1.0.3
Thomas - p92 Lee 1.1.2
Benja - p94 Middleton 1.1.1
Elizabeth - p94 Middleton 0.0.1
Josiah - p94 Middleton 2.5.3
Benja - p95 New Durham 1.2.3
Susannah - p94 New Durham 0.1.2
Joseph - p75 Northwood 1.1.1
[1790 Federal Census, page numbers as noted above].
1800 - Lee NH - Robert York 1m45+ [Census].
1800 Census of NH - all York families; males females
Benj'a Sanbornton, Straf Co 3-1-1-0-1 2-1-1-0-1 p174
Christopher Claremont, Ches Co 0-0-0-0-2 0-1-0-1-1 p17
Dan Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-1-0-0 1-0-1-0-0 p118
David Claremont, Ches Co 1-2-0-1-0 4-0-0-1-0 p17
Eliphalet Lee, Straf Co 4-1-1-0-1 0-0-2-1-0 p164
Jacob Raymond, Rock Co 2-0-1-0-0 2-0-1-0-0 p152
James Epping, Rock Co 2-1-0-1-0 2-0-0-2-0 p129
John Dover, Straf Co 1-1-3-0-1 2-0-0-0-1 p160
John C Exeter, Rock Co 2-0-2-0-1 0-1-1-0-1 p131
Jonathan Y Exeter, Rock Co 3-1-1-0-1 1-1-0-0-1 p131
Jos Northwood, Rock Co 2-0-0-1-0 3-0-0-1-0 p141
Richard Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-0-1-1 0-0-0-0-1 p118
Richard Jr Brentwood, Rock Co 0-2-0-1-2 1-1-0-0-1 p118
Robert Lee, Straf Co 0-0-0-0-1 0-0-0-0-0 p164
William Cornish, Ches Co 3-0-1-1-0 1-2-1-1-0 p18
Age Brackets: <10 10-15 16-25 26-44 45&up; same for m & f
[transcribed by Dick York].
1807 - Robert York paid school tax of $0.35 in the Centre School District in
Lee NH [Lee NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p483].
1807 - at town meeting in Lee Nh it was voted that Collector Joseph Durrell
for the year 1807 receive a drawback for the taxes for several persons
including, "Robert York being poor and inelligable for taxation" [Lee NH Town
Records v1 1766-1815 p4502].
FAMILY RECORD:
James Bradbury York - b 1760-1765 s/o Robert York of Lee NH; d c1834; liv
Epping NH 1790-1810; liv Nottingham NH 1820-1834; m Mary "Polly" Emerson (b
c1756 Lee NH d/o Micah Michael Emerson & Sally Gerrish. Children:
a) James - b 1765-1784; liv Cornish ME.
b) Emerson - b c1788 Epping NH; d 24 Nov 1871 Biddeford ME; liv Biddeford ME
1870; m1 aft 26 Nov 1820 Hollis ME, Abigail "Nabby" Gordon; m2 Mary Gordon
sis/o Abigail.
c) John - b 1789; m Mary ___.
d) Sarah "Sally" - b 1790 Nottingham NH; d 1882 Epping NH; m 1810 Epping NH
Joseph Burnham.
e) Bradbury C - b 1798 Epping NH; d bef 1878 Lewiston ME; cooper; liv Epping
NH, Hollis ME, Kennebunk ME; Lewiston ME; m 19 Aug 1821 Hollis ME Elizabeth
Cleaves.
f) Smith - b 1802 Hollis ME; d 20 Mar 1844 York ME; bur Kennebunk Cemetery,
Kennebunk ME; liv Hollis, York Co ME 1840 bk 806 p324; m int 15 Jul 1823
Biddeford ME Sarah "Sally" Andros [Andrews?].
g) Alfred - b 14 Jul 1807 Epping NH; deacon; liv Epping & Nottingham NH, rem
to Waterbury VT; m 26 Nov 1826 Abigail Watson at Nottingham NH.
[per Dick York, 2/2001].CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1787 - Eliphalet York, James York, Thomas York, Jacob York, & Robert York
appear on the Lee NH tax list [NH State Papers XII/392].
1787 Apr 8 - from Robert York of Lee, Strafford Co NH, cordwainer, for L50,
to my sons James York & Jacob York of sd Lee, coopers, land in sd Lee on the
south side of Lampereel River at a place called the Hook, being part of lot #53
as shown on the plan made by Walter Bryent Esq, being the land whereon I now
dwell, begin at a pitch pine tree the bound between the lot of Nath'l Stevens
Jr, sd tree standing by the road that leads from the house of Lt Hilton's, then
run north north east 70 rods then about west north west 26 rods, then from the
bound pitch pine by the road west north west 26 rods, then a straight line from
bound to bound; also one other tract in sd Lee containing 1a, begin at a pitch
pine tree at the highway & run by sd way westerly 16 rods, then south 22 deg
west 10 rods, then easterly parallel to sd highway to Thomas York's land, then
north 22 deg east 10 rods to the bound first mentioned, being the same land I
bought of Capt George Tuttle as by his deed will appear; signed 8 Apr 1787 by
Rob't York before Jn'o Smith & George Smith; no wife or dower mentioned;
acknowledged 9 Apr 1787 by Rob't York before Geo Frost JP; rec'd 7 Apr 1788 "at
3/4 past 12 o'clock in the day" [Strafford Co NH Deeds 9/311, abstracted from a
photocopy of the deed book by Laird C Towle 4/2000].
1789 Mar 17 - James York, Edward Woodman, John Hides & Dec Joshua Burrows
son were released from paying their taxes for the past year [Lee NH Town
Records Vol 1 1766-1815 p195].
1790 - all York families in NH census:
Samuel - p58 Allentown 1.2.1
John - p59 Brentwood 2.2.3
Joseph - p59 Brentwood 1.2.3
Richard - p59 Brentwood 3.1.1
Richard - p59 Brentwood 1.4.4
David - p14 Claremont 1.1.1
Jonathan - p14 Claremont 1.2.2
William - p14 Claremont 1.1.4
Joseph - p14 Claremont 2.0.1
John - p88 Dover 1.3.4
John Carr - p67 Exeter 1.2.5
Jonathan Young - p67 Exeter 1.1.5
Eliphalet - p92 Lee 1.3.1
James - p92 Lee 2.1.2
Robert - p92 Lee 1.0.3
Thomas - p92 Lee 1.1.2
Benja - p94 Middleton 1.1.1
Elizabeth - p94 Middleton 0.0.1
Josiah - p94 Middleton 2.5.3
Benja - p95 New Durham 1.2.3
Susannah - p94 New Durham 0.1.2
Joseph - p75 Northwood 1.1.1
[1790 Federal Census, page numbers as noted above].
1794 Feb 12 - from Jeremiah Johnson of Epping, Rockingham Co NH, yeoman, for
L12, to James York of Lee, Strafford Co NH, cooper, land in Epping, being the
westerly part of the farm that I now live on, lying on the north & south side
of Nottingham Road, 1a + 22 sq rods, begin on the north side of sd road by land
belonging to Capt Dearborn, then south 25.5 deg west 5.5 rods to Nottingham
Road, then south 45 deg east 8.75 rods by sd road, then straight to bounds
first mentioned, containing 22 sq rods, then begin on the south side of sd road
at the northwest corner of my land, then 88.5 deg west 18 rods to the road that
leads to Red Oak Hill, then by the sd road to bounds first mentioned,
containing 1a; signed 12 Feb 1794 by Jeremiah Johnson & Olive Johnson before
Micah Emerson & Hannah Rowe (mark); acknowledged by Jeremiah Johnson 17 Jan
1817 before Joseph Edgerly JP; received & recorded 3 Mar 1817 [Rockingham Co NH
Deeds 212/401, abstracted by Laird C Towle from a photocopy of the deed book
3/2000].
1799 - James York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V3 1794-1847
p448].
1800 - Epping NH Census - James York:
2m 10-
1m 10-15
1m 26-44
2f 10-
2f 26-44
1800 Census of NH - all York families; males females
Benj'a Sanbornton, Straf Co 3-1-1-0-1 2-1-1-0-1 p174
Christopher Claremont, Ches Co 0-0-0-0-2 0-1-0-1-1 p17
Dan Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-1-0-0 1-0-1-0-0 p118
David Claremont, Ches Co 1-2-0-1-0 4-0-0-1-0 p17
Eliphalet Lee, Straf Co 4-1-1-0-1 0-0-2-1-0 p164
Jacob Raymond, Rock Co 2-0-1-0-0 2-0-1-0-0 p152
James Epping, Rock Co 2-1-0-1-0 2-0-0-2-0 p129
John Dover, Straf Co 1-1-3-0-1 2-0-0-0-1 p160
John C Exeter, Rock Co 2-0-2-0-1 0-1-1-0-1 p131
Jonathan Y Exeter, Rock Co 3-1-1-0-1 1-1-0-0-1 p131
Jos Northwood, Rock Co 2-0-0-1-0 3-0-0-1-0 p141
Richard Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-0-1-1 0-0-0-0-1 p118
Richard Jr Brentwood, Rock Co 0-2-0-1-2 1-1-0-0-1 p118
Robert Lee, Straf Co 0-0-0-0-1 0-0-0-0-0 p164
William Cornish, Ches Co 3-0-1-1-0 1-2-1-1-0 p18
Age Brackets: <10 10-15 16-25 26-44 45&up; same for m & f
1800 - James York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V3 1794-1847
p454].
[transcribed by Dick York].
1800 Sep 2 - from James York of Epping, Rockingham Co NH, husbandman & Mary
York his wife "in her right," for $14, to Benjamin Gerrish of Madbury,
Strafford Co NH, husbandman, all right & title of her the sd Mary of in and
unto her mother Sally Emerson's right title etc to that part of her [does this
her refer to Mary or Sally] father Paul Gerrish's real estate set off to &
occupied by his widow during life as her thirds or right of dower in the sd
Paul's estate the same lying in Madbury aforesaid & is one fifth part of the sd
Sally's right aforesaid which descended to the sd Mary; signed 2 Sep 1800 by
James York & Sally York before John Wingate & Solomon [Demeret?]; acknowledged
by James & Mary York same date before John Wingate JP; rec'd 3 Sep 1800
[Strafford Co NH Deeds 35/47, abstracted from a photocopy of the deed book by
Laird C Twole 4/2000]. [???????? Is Mary the dau or gdau of Paul Gerrish?
Perhaps the History of Durham will tell us. In any event, it appears that this
James York is the same as the one in Lee, rather than the one from Exeter].
1801-1804 - James York was taxed as a resident of Epping NH [Epping NH Town
Records, 2/401, 2/449, 2/479, 2/513]. He appears on the town inventories for
1802-1804 [Epping NH Town Records, 2/428, 2/469, 2/501].
1801 - james York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2 1801-1842
p385].
1802 - James York on inventory in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2
1801-1842 p428].
1802 - James York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2 1801-1842
p449].
1803 - James York on inventory in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2
1801-1842 p469].
1803 - James York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2 1801-1842
p479].
1804 - James York on inventory in Epping NH; 1-poll; 1-cow; tax $1.50
[Epping NH Town Records, V2 1801-1842 p501].
1804 - James York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2 1801-1842
p513].
1809 - James York on inventory & taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records,
V2 1801-1842 p670 & 682].
1809-1811 - James York was taxes as a resident in Epping NH [2/682, 3/21,
2/346]. He also appears on the town inventories for 1809-1810 [2/670,
2/693][Epping NH Town Records, volumes cited].
1810 - James York on inventory & taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records,
V2 1801-1842 p693 & 695].
1810 - census index, all York/Yorke/Yorks:
Benjamin - Graf 443 New Hold Samuel Stra 535 Barnstea
Benjamin Rock 142 Northwood Soloman Rock 143 Northwoo
Chrst Ches 155 Claremon Susannah Stra 878 New Durh
David Rock 353 Brentwoo Thaxter Rock 249 Exeter
David Stra 878 New Durh Thomas Stra 560 Lee
Eliphalet Stra 563 Lee William Ches 165 Cornish
Jacob Rock 092 Raymond William Graf 445 New Hold
James Rock 261 Epping Zebelon Stra 542 Durham
Jeremiah Stra 725 Tamworth
John Stra 549 Durham
John Stra 597 Middleto
John Stra 725 Tamworth
John T Rock 237 Exeter
Jonathan Stra 878 New Durh
Joseph Rock 143 Northwoo
Joseph Stra 598 Middleto
Josiah Stra 878 New Durh
Polly Rock 432 Loudon
Richard Rock 264 Epping
Robert Rock 273 E Kingst
1810 - Epping NH census; Bradbury York bd bef 1765, 13001-20111 p507 or 261
[per Dick York].
1811 - James York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2 1801-1842
p346].
1811 - James York on Inventory & taxed in Epping NH; 1-cow; $1.50 [Epping NH
Town Records, V3 1794-1847 p12 & 21].
1817 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Jacob York p232.
James York p232, 1 cow.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York (p207 & 219), lot 37 Summer St, 20 acres.
Thomas York (p207 & 219), 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1817 Mar 19 - from Hannah Leach of Nottingham, Rockingham Co NH, widow and
single woman, for $80, to James York of Epsom, Rockingham Co NH, cooper, a
dwelling house & shop in sd Nottingham on Summer St & the land on which the
buildings stand, and the land on the southeasterly side of a fence as it now
stands, or lately stood, containing the land enclosed on the southerly side of
the aforesaid building, and is the same premises that I bought of Nathaniel
Goodhue as per deed dated 22 Jun 1810, and also the barn situate southerly of
the aforesaid premises as it now stands; signed 19 Mar 1817 by Hannah Leach
(mark) in the presence of Joseph S Lawrence & John Runlet; acknowledged same
date at Lee by Hannah Leach before John Runlet JP; rec'd 27 Mar 1828 [Strafford
Co NH Deeds 255/4, abstracted by Dick York from a photocopy of the deed book
2/2000, edited by Laird Towle].
1818 - James York taxed in Epping NH [Epping NH Town Records, V2 1801-1842
p710].
1818 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Jacob York p232, 1 poll.
James York p232, 1 poll, 1 cow.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York (p?), lot 37 Summer St, 20 acres.
Thomas York (p?), 12 acres, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1819 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
James York p?, 1 poll.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1820 - Nottingham NH census : Bradbury York bd bef 1775, 010001-01001 [per
Dick York].
1820 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
James York p?
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1821 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
no Yorks
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1830 - Nottingham NH census: Bradbury York bd 1760-1770, 100000001-10001000
[per Dick York].
Sources:
Other : Stackpole, Hist Durham, 1913, 2/179
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1800 Census of NH - all York families; males females
Benj'a Sanbornton, Straf Co 3-1-1-0-1 2-1-1-0-1 p174
Christopher Claremont, Ches Co 0-0-0-0-2 0-1-0-1-1 p17
Dan Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-1-0-0 1-0-1-0-0 p118
David Claremont, Ches Co 1-2-0-1-0 4-0-0-1-0 p17
Eliphalet Lee, Straf Co 4-1-1-0-1 0-0-2-1-0 p164
Jacob Raymond, Rock Co 2-0-1-0-0 2-0-1-0-0 p152
James Epping, Rock Co 2-1-0-1-0 2-0-0-2-0 p129
John Dover, Straf Co 1-1-3-0-1 2-0-0-0-1 p160
John C Exeter, Rock Co 2-0-2-0-1 0-1-1-0-1 p131
Jonathan Y Exeter, Rock Co 3-1-1-0-1 1-1-0-0-1 p131
Jos Northwood, Rock Co 2-0-0-1-0 3-0-0-1-0 p141
Richard Brentwood, Rock Co 0-0-0-1-1 0-0-0-0-1 p118
Richard Jr Brentwood, Rock Co 0-2-0-1-2 1-1-0-0-1 p118
Robert Lee, Straf Co 0-0-0-0-1 0-0-0-0-0 p164
William Cornish, Ches Co 3-0-1-1-0 1-2-1-1-0 p18
Age Brackets: <10 10-15 16-25 26-44 45&up; same for m & f
[transcribed by Dick York].
1812 Mar 20 - James York signed a petition at Lee NH for laying out a
highway to Nottingham [Lee NH Town Records v1 1766-1815 p579].
1820 - all York/Yorke/Yorks families per ceusus index:
John H coos 500 Colebroo
Benjamin ches 057 Cornish
David ches 038 Claremon
Ezekiel rock 234 Brentwoo
Jacob rock 155 Raymond
James rock 147 Nottingh
John rock 197 Exeter
Jonathan rock 217 Exeter
Joseph stra 949 Guilford
Levi rock 155 Raymond
Samuel stra 943 Gilford
Solomon rock 303 Deerfiel
Thaxter rock 234 Brentwoo
William [illegible]
William ches 057 Cornish
[Jackson, 1820 Census Index, NH]
1830 - Nottingham NH - James York ae 60-70 [b 1760-1770] [census].
1830 - census index, all York/Yorke/Yorks:
Ahaz Rock 044 Raymond
Alfred Rock 010 Nottingh
Barter Rock 281 Brentwood
Benjamin Graf 044 Holderne
Benjamin E Graf 041 Holderne
Daniel Rock 174 Newmarke
Daniel Stra 074 Lee
Daniel Stra 241 Sandwich
David Stra 083 New Durh
David Stra 074 Lee
David Jr Sull 263 Claremon
Elijah Stra 074 Lee
Eliphalet Stra 083 New Durh
Eliphalet Stra 074 Lee
Enoch Stra 087 Middleto
Ezekiel Rock 282 Brentwoo
Geage Stra 039 Durham
George Stra 039 Durham
George Stra 083 New Durh
George Rock 162 Exeter
George Rock 161 Exeter
Isaac Coos 324 Wentwort
Isaiah Stra 083 New Durh
Jacob Rock 044 Raymond
James Rock 010 Nottingh
Jeremiah Stra 083 New Durh
Jeremiah Coos 341 Jefferso
John Stra 087 Middleto
John Rock 166 Exeter
John Stra 232 Sandwich
John Stra 362 Rocheste
John B Stra 083 New Durh
John Jr Stra 362 Rocheste
Johnathan Stra 277 Gilmanto
Jonathan Rock 161 Exeter
Josiah Stra 146 Gilford
Josiah Stra 087 Middleto
Josiah Jr Stra 087 Middleto
1832 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
James York
Alfred York, 1 poll, 2 horses of 5 winters.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37, Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1833 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
James York, 1 poll.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 20 acres, lot 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 37.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1834 - Nottingham NH Inventory:
Residents:
Alfred York, 1 poll.
James York, 1 poll.
Non-Residents:
Eliphalet York, 41 acres, lots 32 & 37 Summer St.
Thomas York, 12 acres, lot 27 [sic?] Summer St.
[NH State Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847,
Nottingham Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
1835-1836 - no York Residents on Nottingham NH Inventories [NH State
Archives, Box 39 Inventories of Taxable Properties 1811-1847, Nottingham
Records, per Dick York 8/2000].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1892 Jun 22 - John F Crosby of Barrington ae 30 clergyman b Neponset IL s/o
Thomas & Eliza [?], marr at Barrington by A H Quint clergyman of Dover, Eva E
Hale of Barrington ae 22 lady b Barrington d/o Thomas & Eliza, 1st marr for
both [Barrington Annual Report].
1893 Apr 18 - female Crosby b Barrington 1st c/o J F Crosby minister b
Naponsett IL & Eva E Hale b Barrington [Barrington Annual Report].
1897 Aug 19 - Ethel May Crosby d Barrington ae 11m 18d of chol. infantum b
Medway d/o Rev J F Crosby b Neponset & Eva E Hale b Barrington [Barrington
Annual Report].
1899 Oct 17 - Thomas Prince Crosby b Madbury s/o John F Crosby & Eva E Hale
[Madbury Annual Report].
1900 Jun 11 - Madbury 18/18 John F Crosby head m Jan 1862 38 m8 IL/Eng/Eng
farmer rents; Eva H Crosby wife f Nov 1869 30 m8 5-4 NH/NH/NH; Eliza H Crosby
dau f Apr 1893 7 s NH/IL/NH; Robert S Crosby son m Mar 1895 5 s NH/IL/NH; Ethel
M Crosby dau f Sep 1896 3 s NH/IL/NH; Jerold P Crosby son m Jan 1898 2 s
NH/IL/NH; Thomas Crosby son m Oct 1899 7/12 s NH/IL/NH [census].
1901 Mar 22 - Evelyn H Crosby b Madbury d/o John H Crosby & Eva E Hale
[Madbury Annual Report].
1902 Jul 22 - Howard F Crosby b Madbury s/o John F Crosby & Eva E Hale
[Madbury Annual Report].
CHRONOLOGICAL ITEMS:
1972 Nov 16 - Robert S Crosby d Portland ME ae 77y [Barrington Annual
Report].
FAMILY RECORD:
Dea Samuel Plummer - b c1740 Dover NH; s/o Richard Plummer & Elizabeth
Beard; d c1804 Rochester NH; m c1763 Susannah Jones; he also m Abigail
Tebbetts; Susannah b c1743 Lee NH, d/o Ebenezer Jones & Joanna Ham, d c1785
Rochester? Children:
a) Ephraim - b 30 Apr 1766 Rochester NH, m Nancy McDuffee.
b) Ebenezer - .
c) Samuel - .
d) Dodovah - .
e) Susanna - .
f) Lydia - .
[info from Dorothy Greibel, 11 Keniston Rd, Lynnfield MA 01940, Sep 1991].
Ephraim Plummer b 30 Apr 1766 Rochester NH, s/o Dea Samuel Plummer & Abigail
Young, d bef 1842. He m 2 Feb 1791 at Rochester Nancy McDuffee, d/o Capt Daniel
McDuffee & Abigail Young. Nancy b 1 May 1768 Rochester NH, d aft 1850 Milton
NH. Children: Betsey; Richard; Daniel M - b 10 Mar 1794 Milton NH, d 1872, m 9
Nov 1820 Eunice E Card; Susan; Lydia; James; Ephraim; Samuel; Abigail; Allen
[info from Dorothy Griebel, 11 Keniston Rd, Lynnfield MA 01950 Sep 1991].