The first wife of Joseph York, Martha Spinks died in 1769 in Colonial Orange (Randolph) County, North Carolina. This sad event left Joseph York with ten young children without a mother. Immediately Joseph married in 1770 a second wife, Cynthia Leah Bryson, age eighteen in Colonial Guilford (now Randolph) County, North Carolina.
The five children of Joseph York and Cynthia Leah Bryson are:
1. Agnes "Annie" York, b. 1771 NC; d. 1807 NC
2. Jeremiah York, b. 1772 NC; d. 1843 KY
3. Jonathan York, b. 1774 NC; d. 1830 TN
4. Thomas York, b. 1776 NC; 1860 NC
5. William Jeremiah York, b. 1779 NC; 1844 KY
Cynthia Leah Bryson most likely died in 1779 age twenty seven from complications at child birth of her last child, William Jeremiah York.
Now with the death of his second wife, Joseph had fifteen children with an overwhelming need for a third new wife and mother.
The five children of Joseph York and Cynthia Leah Bryson are:
1. Agnes "Annie" York, b. 1771 NC; d. 1807 NC
2. Jeremiah York, b. 1772 NC; d. 1843 KY
3. Jonathan York, b. 1774 NC; d. 1830 TN
4. Thomas York, b. 1776 NC; 1860 NC
5. William Jeremiah York, b. 1779 NC; 1844 KY
Cynthia Leah Bryson most likely died in 1779 age twenty seven from complications at child birth of her last child, William Jeremiah York.
Now with the death of his second wife, Joseph had fifteen children with an overwhelming need for a third new wife and mother.
The first wife of Joseph York, Martha Spinks died in 1769 in Colonial Orange (Randolph) County, North Carolina. This sad event left Joseph York with ten young children without a mother. Immediately Joseph married in 1770 a second wife, Cynthia Leah Bryson, age eighteen in Colonial Guilford (now Randolph) County, North Carolina.
The five children of Joseph York and Cynthia Leah Bryson are:
1. Agnes "Annie" York, b. 1771 NC; d. 1807 NC
2. Jeremiah York, b. 1772 NC; d. 1843 KY
3. Jonathan York, b. 1774 NC; d. 1830 TN
4. Thomas York, b. 1776 NC; 1860 NC
5. William Jeremiah York, b. 1779 NC; 1844 KY
Cynthia Leah Bryson most likely died in 1779 age twenty seven from complications at child birth of her last child, William Jeremiah York.
Now with the death of his second wife, Joseph had fifteen children with an overwhelming need for a third new wife and mother.
The five children of Joseph York and Cynthia Leah Bryson are:
1. Agnes "Annie" York, b. 1771 NC; d. 1807 NC
2. Jeremiah York, b. 1772 NC; d. 1843 KY
3. Jonathan York, b. 1774 NC; d. 1830 TN
4. Thomas York, b. 1776 NC; 1860 NC
5. William Jeremiah York, b. 1779 NC; 1844 KY
Cynthia Leah Bryson most likely died in 1779 age twenty seven from complications at child birth of her last child, William Jeremiah York.
Now with the death of his second wife, Joseph had fifteen children with an overwhelming need for a third new wife and mother.
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