Individual Details
Jeremiah YORK II
(1730 - 26 Jun 1797)
Jeremiah York II was the fifth of ten children born to Jeremiah York I and his wife Sarah Ann Wilson. After listing his taxes in 1729 Jeremiah York I and Sarah Ann Wilson left their home in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania due to the dispute over taxes. The Governor in Pennsylvania and the Governor in Maryland, tried to collect property taxes both claiming the property they lived on. Years later this was settled by the famous survey by Mason & Dixon to establish the boundary Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Jeremiah and Sarah migrated west with four young children born in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They arrived in the Pipe Creek Settlement, Carroll (Prince George's) County, in central Maryland between the Little and Big Pipe Creeks. It is believed by Genealogist Dennis York this is in the vicinity south of the village of Keymar, Maryland which is on the Monocracy Road an old wagon road from Philadelphia. An extensive tour and review of this area in 2003 was most convincing as the temporary home where two sons were born; Jeremiah York II in 1730 and Henry York in 1732. This Pipe Creek community area was most likely south of present day Keymar, Carroll County, Maryland on the Monocracy Road which is now highway 194 in the vicinity of the McGinnis Mill (Latitude 39.591410N – Longitude 77.242133 W) that fronted on the Monocracy Road on the banks of the Little Pipe Creek west of the Union Bridge Community.
In a book on Old Southern Bible records by Memory Aldridge Lester, there is a record that states that Jeremiah's son Henry York was born on Pipe Creek on 6 Aug 1732. This Pipe Creek community was then in Monocracy Hundreds of Prince Georges County, Maryland for which a 1733 tax list exists. However, Jeremiah York is not listed on this tax list suggesting he had moved west into colonial Frederick County, Virginia before 1733 into an area that is today in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
By 1732/1733 the Jeremiah York I family with six young children migrated further west to a new homestead on the beautiful "Terrapin Neck" peninsular. The Jeremiah York family was certainly living in Frederick County, Virginia Colony on part of a 2,300 acre tract of land called "Terrapin Neck”, south of the Potomac River by 25 Oct 1736 as his home was shown on surveys by both Benjamin Winslow and William Mayo maps.
The "Terrapin Neck" tract had been purchased by John Browning from Jost Hite who had James Wood make a survey on 10 Nov 1735. Jost Hite was one of the affluent Palatine Germans who settled in Virginia as a land promoter.
This Hite family was most likely known by Jeremiah York I because both families had lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania before arriving in Colonial Frederick County, Virginia. It is not unlikely that Jeremiah York was one of the first settlers. More probably, Jeremiah York moved into 323 acres of land on “Terrapin Neck” in late 1732 or early 1733 from the Pipe Creek settlement and positively we know by 1736. The Jeremiah York I family was part of this early land development of the Northern Neck of colonial Virginia.
Two more children were added to the Jeremiah York I family at Terrapin Neck; Joseph York in 1734 and Sarah 'Elizabeth' York in 1735. There were two additional sons born at Terrapin Neck; Elijah and Jesse York according to the research of Dr. Ron York descendant of Jeremiah York II.
Jeremiah York II (1730 VA -1797 KY) married Mary Thomas in 1751 and were living at the Forks of the Cacapon River (aka Great Cacepehon) west of Terrapin Neck next to Henry Enoch and Joseph Mitchell by 1753. Mary Thomas had been briefly first married to a Mr. Brown who died in 1750 three years after their marriage.
The Jeremiah York II family were living at the Enoch Fort at the forks of the Capon stockade or Fort Capon. The men who occupied it had to go outside the fort about four miles to cultivate a fine fertile field on low ground near the river to produce bread for their support. In the year 1757 or 1758, two men one named Bowers, the other York walked to the field to see how things were going on. On their return in the evening they were waylaid by seven Indians. Bowers was shot and fell dead. York ran, was pursued by three Indians, and took across a high ridge. One of the pursuers tired before he reached the top; the others continued the chase. After running a considerable distance, a second gave out. The third got so near that he several times extended his arm to seize York; but failed, and York got safely into the Fort Capon. Dr. Ron York states “I believe this "York" was likely my ancestor Jeremiah York II, who was living next to Henry Enoch's fort at the Forks of the Cacapon River. However, I can't rule out his older brothers Elijah & Jesse York, who may also have been living with or near Jeremiah York II at the Forks since they did not go south to North Carolina in 1755 with the senior Jeremiah York I and other brothers.”
The Cacapon is a river flowing north that enters the Potomac River from the south in what is now Hampshire County, West Virginia. The Jeremiah York II and his brothers Elijah and Jesse were great woodsmen, hunters and trappers in the mountains of Virginia and western Pennsylvania. They did not migrate to North Carolina in 1755 with their father Jeremiah York I but stayed in Virginia and later migrated with their large family to western Pennsylvania sometime between 1768 and 1773, before the Revolutionary War. After the Revolutionary War the Jeremiah York II family floated down the Ohio River and settled in 1788 in northern Kentucky at Dover, Mason County.
There is no known tombstone of Jeremiah York II and his wife. The old Dover Cemetery appears to contain perhaps the oldest interment of the few cemeteries identified in Dover. The interment of Jeremiah York in the old Dover Cemetery is only a proposed scenario based on the description of the cemetery and geographic location.
Jeremiah and Sarah migrated west with four young children born in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They arrived in the Pipe Creek Settlement, Carroll (Prince George's) County, in central Maryland between the Little and Big Pipe Creeks. It is believed by Genealogist Dennis York this is in the vicinity south of the village of Keymar, Maryland which is on the Monocracy Road an old wagon road from Philadelphia. An extensive tour and review of this area in 2003 was most convincing as the temporary home where two sons were born; Jeremiah York II in 1730 and Henry York in 1732. This Pipe Creek community area was most likely south of present day Keymar, Carroll County, Maryland on the Monocracy Road which is now highway 194 in the vicinity of the McGinnis Mill (Latitude 39.591410N – Longitude 77.242133 W) that fronted on the Monocracy Road on the banks of the Little Pipe Creek west of the Union Bridge Community.
In a book on Old Southern Bible records by Memory Aldridge Lester, there is a record that states that Jeremiah's son Henry York was born on Pipe Creek on 6 Aug 1732. This Pipe Creek community was then in Monocracy Hundreds of Prince Georges County, Maryland for which a 1733 tax list exists. However, Jeremiah York is not listed on this tax list suggesting he had moved west into colonial Frederick County, Virginia before 1733 into an area that is today in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
By 1732/1733 the Jeremiah York I family with six young children migrated further west to a new homestead on the beautiful "Terrapin Neck" peninsular. The Jeremiah York family was certainly living in Frederick County, Virginia Colony on part of a 2,300 acre tract of land called "Terrapin Neck”, south of the Potomac River by 25 Oct 1736 as his home was shown on surveys by both Benjamin Winslow and William Mayo maps.
The "Terrapin Neck" tract had been purchased by John Browning from Jost Hite who had James Wood make a survey on 10 Nov 1735. Jost Hite was one of the affluent Palatine Germans who settled in Virginia as a land promoter.
This Hite family was most likely known by Jeremiah York I because both families had lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania before arriving in Colonial Frederick County, Virginia. It is not unlikely that Jeremiah York was one of the first settlers. More probably, Jeremiah York moved into 323 acres of land on “Terrapin Neck” in late 1732 or early 1733 from the Pipe Creek settlement and positively we know by 1736. The Jeremiah York I family was part of this early land development of the Northern Neck of colonial Virginia.
Two more children were added to the Jeremiah York I family at Terrapin Neck; Joseph York in 1734 and Sarah 'Elizabeth' York in 1735. There were two additional sons born at Terrapin Neck; Elijah and Jesse York according to the research of Dr. Ron York descendant of Jeremiah York II.
Jeremiah York II (1730 VA -1797 KY) married Mary Thomas in 1751 and were living at the Forks of the Cacapon River (aka Great Cacepehon) west of Terrapin Neck next to Henry Enoch and Joseph Mitchell by 1753. Mary Thomas had been briefly first married to a Mr. Brown who died in 1750 three years after their marriage.
The Jeremiah York II family were living at the Enoch Fort at the forks of the Capon stockade or Fort Capon. The men who occupied it had to go outside the fort about four miles to cultivate a fine fertile field on low ground near the river to produce bread for their support. In the year 1757 or 1758, two men one named Bowers, the other York walked to the field to see how things were going on. On their return in the evening they were waylaid by seven Indians. Bowers was shot and fell dead. York ran, was pursued by three Indians, and took across a high ridge. One of the pursuers tired before he reached the top; the others continued the chase. After running a considerable distance, a second gave out. The third got so near that he several times extended his arm to seize York; but failed, and York got safely into the Fort Capon. Dr. Ron York states “I believe this "York" was likely my ancestor Jeremiah York II, who was living next to Henry Enoch's fort at the Forks of the Cacapon River. However, I can't rule out his older brothers Elijah & Jesse York, who may also have been living with or near Jeremiah York II at the Forks since they did not go south to North Carolina in 1755 with the senior Jeremiah York I and other brothers.”
The Cacapon is a river flowing north that enters the Potomac River from the south in what is now Hampshire County, West Virginia. The Jeremiah York II and his brothers Elijah and Jesse were great woodsmen, hunters and trappers in the mountains of Virginia and western Pennsylvania. They did not migrate to North Carolina in 1755 with their father Jeremiah York I but stayed in Virginia and later migrated with their large family to western Pennsylvania sometime between 1768 and 1773, before the Revolutionary War. After the Revolutionary War the Jeremiah York II family floated down the Ohio River and settled in 1788 in northern Kentucky at Dover, Mason County.
There is no known tombstone of Jeremiah York II and his wife. The old Dover Cemetery appears to contain perhaps the oldest interment of the few cemeteries identified in Dover. The interment of Jeremiah York in the old Dover Cemetery is only a proposed scenario based on the description of the cemetery and geographic location.
Events
| Birth | 1730 | Frederick, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | 15 Oct 1752 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British America - Mary THOMAS | |||
| Will | Bef 26 Jun 1797 | Mason, Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Death | 26 Jun 1797 | Dover, Mason, Kentucky |
Families
| Spouse | Mary THOMAS (1729 - 1805) |
| Child | John YORK (1752 - 1827) |
| Child | William YORK (1752 - 1821) |
| Child | Joshua YORK Sr. ( - 1846) |
| Child | Ezekial YORK (1758 - 1825) |
| Child | Susannah YORK (1760 - 1838) |
| Child | Jeremiah YORK lll (1762 - 1835) |
| Father | Jeremiah YORK I (1694 - 1784) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann WILSON (1695 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Elijah YORK (1723 - 1779) |
| Sibling | Jesse YORK (1724 - 1810) |
| Sibling | John David YORK Sr. (1725 - 1758) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ann YORK (1726 - 1790) |
| Sibling | Semore YORK I (1727 - 1783) |
| Sibling | Thomas YORK (1729 - 1790) |
| Sibling | Henry YORK (1732 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Joseph C. YORK I (1734 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Sarah Elizabeth YORK (1735 - 1777) |
| Sibling | James YORK (1736 - 1779) |
| Sibling | William YORK (1740 - ) |