Samuel York

Born| 1645

Durham, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died| March 17, 1718 (aged 72 or 73)
Resting place| First Parish Burial Ground, Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality| English
Spouse| Hannah York

Samuel York (or Samuel Yorke) (1645 – March 17, 1718) was a 17th-century settler of the New England Colonies. York Landing (or York Ledge), in Falmouth, Maine, is now named for him.[1]

## Life and career

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York was born in 1645, to Richard York and Elizabeth Graves, likely in Durham, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2] He was their second son, after John, who lived in North Yarmouth, in today's Maine, before moving south to Scarborough.[1] His other siblings were Samuel, Elizabeth, Rachel, Benjamin and Grace.[2]

In 1670, he purchased land in Pejepscot (today's Topsham, Maine), although the outbreak of King Philip's War, shortly thereafter, forced him to move to Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2]

He returned north after peace was restored and settled in Falmouth. York Landing there now bears his name.[1]

In 1730, in the depositions of John Lane and Nathaniel Wharf, it was testified that York owned a "lot of land near Mussel Cove in Casco Bay and built a house and possessed by virtue of a town grant more than fifty years ago." The location of York's home was recorded in the United States Coast Survey map.[1]

## Personal life

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York married Hannah, with whom he had three sons (Samuel, Benjamin and Richard) and three daughters (Hannah, Sarah and Elizabeth).[1]

## Death

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York died in 1718, aged 72 or 73. He is interred in the First Parish Burial Ground in Gloucester. His son, Richard, was buried there two months later, aged 28.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Watson, Stephen Marion (1885). The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder. S.M. Watson.
2. ^ a b c Little, George Thomas (1909). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. Lewis historical publishing Company.