Samuel York

Samuel York (or Samuel Yorke) (1645 – March 17, 1718) was a 17th-century settler of the New England Colonies. York Landing (or York Ledge), in Falmouth, Maine, is now named for him. Life and career York was born in 1645, to Richard York and Elizabeth Graves, likely in Durham, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was their second son, after John, who lived in North Yarmouth, in today's Maine, before moving south to Scarborough. His other siblings were Samuel, Elizabeth, Rachel, Benjamin and Grace. 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. He returned north after peace was restored and settled in Falmouth. York Landing there now bears his name.