John Inskeep, of Fulford

From Chapter 10 - Fulford's Emigrants THE INSKEEP FAMILY:-

Just three hundred years ago two members of a family from Fulford emigrated to America. That family was the Inskeeps.

The story of the Fulford Inskeeps starts with John Inskeep who was born in Fulford in about 1647/8. John was the eldest of 8 children, the others being Ann, Isabel, Jonathan, Catherine, Margaret and James. Although no record of who John’s parents were have been found, it does seem likely that the Thomas Inskipp and his wife Ellen shown in the records below were John Inskeep’s parents.

John is thought to have married Sarah Ward, born in 1651, in Fulford in about 1676, though no record of the marriage has yet been found. However we do know that he and his wife had seven children, Ann, John, James, Catherine, Margaret, Jonathan and Isabell. It was Ann and John who emigrated to the U.S.A., and it is their stories which follow.