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George Yonkin Sr. |
George Yonkin Sr. ( ? - ? ) was born in (?) likely in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, PA, the son of German immigrants Johann "Herman" and Magdalena Youngken.
During the American Revolutionary War, in the 1775-1881 timeframe, he served in the Bucks County Militia. This service is referenced in the Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Volume 5.
He was joined in wedlock with Elizabeth Bollinger (1769-1852).
Four known offspring of this union were Mary Ann Holden, Christiana Clayton, William Henry Younkin Sr. and George Yonkin Jr.
The couple moved to Northumberland County, PA, where in 1811 they dwelled near Pottsgrove in Chillisquaque Township. Their name generally was spelled "Younken" and "Younkin" in public documents.
Their house and barn and their contents were consumed in a fire in September 1833 and reported on the pages of the United States Gazette and the Lewisburg Journal. George's name appeared in a list of people having unclaimed mail at the Northumberland Post Office during the first week of the new year in 1835, published in the Sunbury Gazette.
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George's estate ad, 1853, naming children and grandchildren - Library of Congress |
When the federal census enumeration was made in 1850, the widowed Elizabeth dwelled by herself in Chillisquaque. Census records for that year show no one else by that surname in the county.
She is believed to have passed away on Dec. 20, 1852. The Sunbury American reported in its "DIED" column Jan. 8, 1853 edition that "In Chillisquaque, on the 20th ult., Mrs. YOUNKEN, wife of George Younken, deceased, aged 76 years."
George's estate remained unsettled as of 1853. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against estate administrator George E. Gehrig in March 1853 over an unpaid debt that the deceased owned to his son-in-law David Holden. In the case, published in the Sunbury American, George's heirs were named -- "Mary Ann intermarried with David Holden, of Chillisquaque township, Pennsylvania; Christian intermarried with Cook Clayton, of Jerseyville county, Illinois; William Yonkin, of Michigan; George Yonkin, (who is now deceased leaving three children, Elizabeth, Peter and George.)..."
~ Son George Yonkin ~
Son George Yonkin ( ? - ? ) was born in (?).
He was the father of three -- Elizabeth Yonkin, Peter Yonkin and George Yonkin.
They resided in Lycoming County, PA.
Sadly, George was deceased by 1853 when he and the children were named in a legal advertisement in the Sunbury (PA) American.
Whatever became of this branch has faded behind the misty shroud of the past.
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Research for this page conducted by Della Shafer and the late Donna (Younkin) Logan |