James York, Sr.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 695 says:

"June 20, 1635, there embarked on board the good ship "Philip" Richard Morgan, master, forty-two passengers, who were to be transported from England to Virginia, in America. They had been previously examined by the minister of Gravesend as to thier conformity to the orders and discipline of the Church of England, and had taken the oath of allegiance.

"James York, Sr., was one of the passengers of the good ship "Philip" in 1635, rated therein at the age of 21 years, consequently he was born in the year 1614. It is not known at what place in Virginia Capt. Morgan landed his passengers, or whether he landed them in that colony at all. If they were landed there, our James York did not remain there long. He doubtless soon after his arrival in this country, came north, whether by land or water we do not know, but the first record we have of him is in Braintree, Mass.

"James York, Sr., came to Stonington, Conn., in the year 1660, when this town was under the jurisdiction of Mass., and called by the name of Southertown, and settled on grants of land which then included the present farm of Gideon P. Chesebrough, east of Anquilla, or Wequetequock brook, also the farm of Erastus D. Miner and trhe Simon Rhodes place, and there he built him a dwelling house on the north side of the then Indian path, -- now known as the old Post road, -- where he lived the remainder of his life, dying in 1683, aged sixty-nine years. His widow died in 1685.

"James York, Sr., m. Joannah ____; the family name of his wife is not known, neither the place of their marriage; but the date thereof must have been about 1637. Two children are mentioned, Abigail, b. about 1638-0, who m. John Beebe, of New London, and James York, Jr.

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James York Sr. was one of the 42 passengers of the good ship Phillip in 1635, rated therin at the age of 21 years - born around 1614. It is not known where Virginia Captain Richard Morgan landed his passengers or whether he landed them in that colony at all. If they were landed in Virginia, our James York did not remain there long. He doubtless soon after his arrival came north, whether by land or water we do not know, but the first recore we have of him is in Braintree, Mass.

  James York Sr. came to Stonington Conn. in 1660 when this town was under the jurisdiction of Mass. and called by the name of Sotherntown.

From: Brown Geneology Volume II, page 26

James came to this country in 1635, when he was twenty-one years of age, in the ship "Philip," which sailed June 20, 1635, from Gravesend, England, for Virginia. If they landed in Virginia, James York did not remain there long. He doubtless came north soon after his arrival, for the first record found of him is in Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1660 he settled in Stonington, Connecticut, when it was under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and called Southerton. He settled on grants of land which included the present farm of Gideon P. Chesebrough, east of Anguilla or Wequetequock brook, also the farm of Erastus D. Miner and the Simon Rhodes place; he built a house on the north side of the Indian path, now known as the old Post road, and there he lived the remainder of his life.

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