[email protected] wrote: >Does anyone have a copy of this book? I cannot seem to gain access >to it anywhere. > >I'm in search of a William O. York (1836-1913) who married a Lydia >A. UNKNOWN LAST NAME (1828-1914). > >I know of two of their children: Edwin O. York (1863-1901) and >Clayton Palmer York (1867-1939) - married Sarah Jane Frink >(1873-1954). I'm interested to know who William's and Lydia's >ancestry might be, Lydia's maiden name....as well as any other >children or grandchildren. > >All of the above mentioned names are buried in Union Cemetary in >North Stonington, CT. > >Thanks in advance, >Melinda I have a copy of the YORK section of this book; I also have: 'Ervine Denison York, The York Book, Origin of Name & English Families; Their History, Heraldry & Genealogy; American Descendants; The History & First Location of Numerous Branches of the Family in America, Guardian Press (Hillcrest Manor, Button Falls Road, West Edmeston, NY, ca. 1990). "Duplicate of revise of 1908" actually contains some information as late as 1916.' These show this line: James YORK (1614 - 1683) & Joannah (YORK) ( - 1685) James YORK (1648 - 1676) & Deborah BELL (1650 - ) Thomas YORK (1676 - ) & Mary BROWN (1683 - ) Thomas YORK (1714 - ) & Deborah BROWN (1721 - ) Jesse YORK (1740 - 1808) & Anna BREED (1742 - ) Nathan YORK (1771 - 1853) & Martha BREED ( - 1873) William Orrin YORK (1836 - 1913) & Lydia A. PALMER ( - 1914) Edwin Orrin YORK (1863 - ) Clayton Palmer YORK (1867 - ) & Sarah Jane FRINK (1873 - ) I don't have the whole "History of Stonington" book but I believe there are sections on the BROWN, BREED, and PALMER surnames, and I suspect FRINK has a section too. The York Book has a section on the PALMER family but no information on Lydia's connections. I also have 'Cyrus Henry Brown, Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown, Sons of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown of Lynn, Mass., 1628-1907, The Everett Press Company (Boston, 1907). Reprinted by Guardian Press, Button Falls Road, Edmeston, NY 1997'. There is a great deal of additional information in these books, though unfortunately not much documentation of sources. My descent is from the elder Thomas, via his son Bell. - Rich Holmes