Samuel York

York was born in 1645, to Richard York and Elizabeth Graves, likely in Durham, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2] He was their second son, after John, who lived in North Yarmouth, in today's Maine, before moving south to Scarborough.[1] His other siblings were Samuel, Elizabeth, Rachel, Benjamin and Grace.[2]

In 1670, he purchased land in Pejepscot (today's Topsham, Maine), although the outbreak of King Philip's War, shortly thereafter, forced him to move to Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2]

He returned north after peace was restored and settled in Falmouth. York Landing there now bears his name.[1]

In 1730, in the depositions of John Lane and Nathaniel Wharf, it was testified that York owned a "lot of land near Mussel Cove in Casco Bay and built a house and possessed by virtue of a town grant more than fifty years ago." The location of York's home was recorded in the United States Coast Survey map.[1]

York married Hannah, with whom he had three sons (Samuel, Benjamin and Richard) and three daughters (Hannah, Sarah and Elizabeth).[1]

York died in 1718, aged 72 or 73. He is interred in the First Parish Burial Ground in Gloucester. His son, Richard, was buried there two months later, aged 28.