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Descendants of Jeremiah York II

Generation No. 1

1. JEREMIAH² YORK II (JEREMIAH¹) was born 1701 in Baltimore Co., Maryland, and died October 11, 1784 in Randolph Co., North Carolina. He married SARAH SEYMOUR Abt. 1727 in Yorkshire, England, daughter of JOHN SEYMOUR and JOANA. She was born Abt. 1700 in Olney, Buckingham, England, and died Abt. 1770.

Notes for JEREMIAH YORK II:

Jeremiah York(e) [Sr.] appears on the tax records of West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA between the years 1718-1729. This suggests he was born no later than 1700 and more probably in the last quarter of the 17th century. It was during the period, specifically in 1722, that Jeremiah was devised personal property in the will of John Wilson of Cecil County, MD.

Cecil County borders West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA. The border between these two states was in much dispute until settled by the Mason-Dixon survey. It appears that Jeremiah and his family moved from Chester County to the Pipe Creek area of Prince Georges County, MD (later Frederick County, MD) in about 1729 or 1730. Pipe Creek is a tributary of the Monocacy River. In a book on old southern bible records by Memory Aldridge Lester, there is a record, that states that Jeremiah's son, Henry Yorke, was born on Pipe Creek on 6 Aug 1732. This Pipe Creek area would have likely fallen in Monocacy Hundred of Prince Georges County, MD for which a 1733 tax list exists. However, Jeremiah Yorke is not listed on this tax list suggesting he had moved on by this date to an area that is today in Jefferson County, W VA, but was then part of "old" Frederick County, VA.

Jeremiah was certainly living in "old" Frederick County, on part of a 1,200 acre tract of land called "Terrapin Neck," by 25 Oct. 1736. The "Terrapin Neck" tract had been purchased by John Browning from Jost Hite who had James Wood make a survey on 10 Nov. 1735. Hite, one of the Palatine Germans, had moved into this area of "old" Frederick County, VA sometime between 21 Oct 1731 and 28 Nov 1732 and acquired large tracts on condition that he induce settlers to come and take up land there. It is not unlikely that Yorke was one such settler. Most probably, Jeremiah Yorke moved into this area in late 1732 or early 1733. After the death of Browning, this 1,200 acre tract was cut into three parts and conveyed to the following men--Jeremiah Yorke Sr., Vachel Medcalfe, and Van Swearingen.

Later, Jeremiah Yorke received a Fairfax grant for 323 acres of the NE-most part of the Browning tract. This was on 7 Jun 1751. Called "Jeremiah Yorke Sr." he sold this 323 acres to William Chapline on 4 Jul 1753. The chain carriers on the survey were THOMAS YORKE and DAVIS YORKE who were almost certainly Jeremiah's sons. The name JOHN YORKE also appears in the records of "old"
Frederick County, VA when he and Thomas Yorke were chain carriers in a survey of a tract on Opeckon Creek made in 1763. His son Jeremiah Yorke Jr. was living on an adjacent tract on 13 Jul 1773 when Joseph Mitchell received a Fairfax grant "on Great Cacepehon" which is a river in what is now Hampshire County, W VA. It is possible that Jeremiah Sr. moved to NC about the time he sold his land to Wlliam Chapline, or he may have moved in with one of his sons. It is possible Jeremiah Sr. was in his 60s, possibly older, when he sold his land.

It is known that the York(e) and Al(l)red families were connected later on in NC. In this regard, it is interesting to note that a SOLOMON ALRED appears on the same West Nottingham Township, Chester County, PA tax lists as does Jeremiah Yorke for the years 1724 and 1730. Another fact of note is that Joseph Chapline, brother of William who purchased Jeremiah Yorke's "Terrapin Neck" tract, was the administrator of the estate of a Samuel Finley who also appears on the West Notting Township tax list during the period Yorke and Alred were listed. Finley left his entire estate to a minor named JOHN ALDRED. Of further interest is the fact that a WILLIAM ALRED owned three tracts of land in Frederick County, MD which he sold in 1752 to one Charles Higginbotham. The deed was recorded 14 Sep 1752. The tracts were "Alred's Purchase," "Bedlam Green," and a resurvey of part of a tract called "Pile's Delight." Land records indicate that at least one of these tracts, resurvey of part of "Pile's Delight," was located along the Potomac River opposite Jeremiah Yorke's "Terrapin Neck" tract. Also living in this same area of Frederick County, MD was WILLIAM TROGDON, probably the son of THOMAS TROGDON and wife Mary, whose birth is recorded in the records of All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, MD as taking place on 20 Aug 1695.

More About JEREMIAH YORK and SARAH SEYMOUR:
Marriage: Abt. 1727, Yorkshire, England

Children of JEREMIAH YORK and SARAH SEYMOUR are:

2.	i.	SEMORE³ YORK I, b. Abt. 1727, Pipe Creek Settlement, Carroll Co., MD; d. February 08, 1783, Sandy Creek, Randolph Co., North Carolina.
	ii.	JEREMIAH YORK III, b. Abt. 1730, Frederick Co., Virginia; d. Abt. 1797, Dover, Mason Co., Kentucky; m. MARY THOMAS; d. Unknown.
	iii.	JOHN YORK I, b. Abt. 1730, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d. May 11, 1758, Randolph Co., North Carolina; m. (1) HANNAH DEAVER; d. Unknown; m. (2) SARAH HORNER, October 16, 1752, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. Unknown.

More About JOHN YORK and SARAH HORNER:
Marriage: October 16, 1752, Baltimore Co., Maryland

3.	iv.	HENRY B. YORK, b. August 06, 1732, Pipe Creek Settlement, Carroll Co., MD; d. Abt. 1817, Wilkes Co., North Carolina.
4.	v.	JOSEPH YORK, b. Abt. 1734, Pipe Creek Settlement, Carroll Co., MD; d. October 08, 1809, Madison Co., Mississippi.
5.	vi.	THOMAS YORK, b. Abt. 1734, Sandy Creek, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d. Abt. 1790, Randolph Co., North Carolina.
	vii.	SARAH YORK, b. May 04, 1735, Prince Grove, British Parrish, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	viii.	JAMES YORK, b. Abt. 1736; d. Unknown.
	ix.	AARON YORK, b. Abt. 1738; d. Unknown.

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