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Elinor <I>Aldridge</I> York

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Elinor Aldridge York

Birth
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Death
1795 (aged 64–65)
Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.8239005, Longitude: -79.6431556
Plot
Row 2, Grave 2a
Memorial ID
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Elinor Aldridge is the third child of seven children born to William Aldridge I and his wife Elizabeth Ursula Symons in All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She married Thomas York about 1747 in Terrapin Neck, Colonial Fredericks County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia) near the Potomac River.

Following the tragedies of the French and Indian War the York's migrated south west in a wagon train with other families down the Shenandoah Valley. Then through the Appalachian Mountains at Roanoke, Virginia then south into colonial Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina and settled in the Sandy Creek Community.

Elinor Aldridge and Thomas York had seven children; six of which were born on their farm in Terrapin Neck, Colonial Fredericks County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia). Their youngest child was born in North Carolina. Elinor is buried beside her husband in the Sandy Creek Baptist Church where she was a lifetime member.

The children of Thomas York I and his wife Elinor Aldridge are:

1. Susannah "Clarissa" York, b. abt. 1748 VA; d. abt. 1825 NC
2. James York, b. abt. 1750 VA; d. abt. 1783 NC
3. John York, b. abt. 1752 VA; d. 1827 NC
4. Lydia York, b. 1753 VA; d. abt. 1798 NC
5. Letisha York, b. 1754 VA; d. aft. 1800
6. William York, b. 1758 NC; d. abt. 1835 AL
7. Elinor York, b. 1762 NC; d. 1842 NC

Elinor Aldridge is the third child of seven children born to William Aldridge I and his wife Elizabeth Ursula Symons in All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She married Thomas York about 1747 in Terrapin Neck, Colonial Fredericks County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia) near the Potomac River.

Following the tragedies of the French and Indian War the York's migrated south west in a wagon train with other families down the Shenandoah Valley. Then through the Appalachian Mountains at Roanoke, Virginia then south into colonial Orange (now Randolph) County, North Carolina and settled in the Sandy Creek Community.

Elinor Aldridge and Thomas York had seven children; six of which were born on their farm in Terrapin Neck, Colonial Fredericks County, Virginia (now Jefferson County, West Virginia). Their youngest child was born in North Carolina. Elinor is buried beside her husband in the Sandy Creek Baptist Church where she was a lifetime member.

The children of Thomas York I and his wife Elinor Aldridge are:

1. Susannah "Clarissa" York, b. abt. 1748 VA; d. abt. 1825 NC
2. James York, b. abt. 1750 VA; d. abt. 1783 NC
3. John York, b. abt. 1752 VA; d. 1827 NC
4. Lydia York, b. 1753 VA; d. abt. 1798 NC
5. Letisha York, b. 1754 VA; d. aft. 1800
6. William York, b. 1758 NC; d. abt. 1835 AL
7. Elinor York, b. 1762 NC; d. 1842 NC



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  • Created by: Dennis York
  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138649936/elinor-york: accessed ), memorial page for Elinor Aldridge York (1730–1795), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138649936, citing Sandy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Dennis York (contributor 47405652).