Rich Holmes's Chief Lines
Lelen Collins YORK
Birth:31 Jan 1815 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA 1 2 3 4
Death:16 Sep 1897 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA 3 6
Sex:M
Father:Yeomans YORK b. 4 Mar 1773 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA
Mother:Catherine COLLINS b. 24 Jan 1789 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
  
Reference: 22
Census: 1865 Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA 5
Census: 1880 Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA 4
Burial: 19 Sep 1897 Brookfield (York Cemetery), Madison, New York, USA 3
Occupation: Farmer, cheese maker 5 3 4
Religion: Society of Friends 7 6
Changed: 7 Nov 2002

Spouses & Children
Mary L. BROWN (Wife) b. 24 Feb 1823 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
8 9 6
Marriage: 13 FEB 1842 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
Children: 
  1. Alonzo Lelan YORK b. 13 Feb 1846 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
  2. Mary Sabrina YORK b. 15 Dec 1847 in West Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
  3. DescendantsFlorinda Esther "Flora" YORK b. 22 Mar 1852 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
  4. Mahlon Day YORK b. 27 Jan 1856 in West Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
  5. Jared Fitch YORK b. 23 Feb 1860 in West Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
  6. Eveline Francena YORK b. 23 Jan 1864 in West Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA
 

Notes
Individual:

More information available.

In the 1880 census his father and mother are said to have been born in RI and CT, respectively; this seems to be reversed.Brookfield, Madison, New York, p. 32D
Grandfather York was a man who liked to "stand on his own feet." He met a stranger, once, who probably wanted to flatter him and asked if he was a descendent of the Duke of York, or a relative of Senator York or of a famous lawyer York. Grandfather disclaimed relationship to any celebrities he could think of but finally informed him that he was related to the York* who was convicted of horse stealing and sent to state prison. Grandfather did not care for any second-hand glory. If anyone liked him he wanted it to be for himself, not because he was related to some noted person.

*We never heard anything else about the York horse thief. Don't even know his name.
1897.
Brookfield NY; Sept 16 1897.

Cause of death: Schir[c]hus of Stomach.

Physician: Geo. B. Palmer.
In Brookfield entire life.

Probably lived near Albert, Zebulon, and Warren York in 1865.Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111
Madison; circa 1815
1815
New York.
NY; age 65 in 1880.
Brookfield, N.Y.; age 82 7 m 16 day at death.Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111Entry for "Ferinda [sic] Beldin", Brookfield, E.D. 47, family #179Brookfield, Madison, New York, p. 32D
Lelen according to Alfred Burke, Ruth Holmes, list copied apparently by Ruth B. York from family bible, and Friends Meeting writeup of his death. Lelen according to his death certificate and gravestone. Lelan according to Brown Genealogy, The York Book, 1865 census. Different copies of Lodowick York's "Reminiscences of My Father" use different spellings.p. 188Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111
A photo of Lelen and Mary appears in the Brown Genealogy.p. 185


Sources
  1. Author: Ruth B. York?
    Title: family record
    Text: Copied by Sue York from an earlier copy which had Ruth B. York'
    s name on the outside of the sheet.
  2. Type: Vital Record
    Title: Death certificate for Flora E. Belden
    Date: Jul 30, 1924
    Place: Sidney, Delaware, New York
  3. Type: Vital Record
    Title: Death certificate for Lelen Collins York
    Date: 18 Sep 1891
    Place: Brookfield, Madison, New York
  4. Type: Census
    Title: US census population schedule
    Date: 1880
    Text: Brookfield, Madison, New York, p. 32D
  5. Type: Census
    Title: New York State census population schedule
    Place: Madison County, part 1
    Date: 1865
    Media: microfilm #0408495
    Text: Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111
  6. Type: Book
    Author: Cyrus Henry Brown
    Title: Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown, Sons of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown of Lynn, Mass., 1628-1907
    Publication: The Everett Press Company (Boston, 1907)
    Text: Reprinted by Guardian Press, Button Falls Road, Edmeston, NY 199
    7.Text: p. 188
  7. Type: Book
    Title: Holmes Happenings 1984-1986
    Publication: published privately
    Text: "The Holmes Family"
  8. Type: Book
    Author: Ervine Denison York
    Title: The York Book, Origin of Name & English Families; Their History, Heraldry & Genealogy; American Descendants; The History & First Location of Numerous Branches of the Family in America
    Publication: Guardian Press (Hillcrest Manor, Button Falls Road, West Edmeston, NY, ca. 1990)
    Text: "Duplicate of revise of 1908" actually contains some informatio
    n as late as 1916. (Pages filed at HOLMES NY-27 are copied from earlier edition and contain additional information labelled as being from "Gray Book". This copy was sent to Roland Holmes apparently by Colby Thompson May 4, 1989, who may have supplied the added information.)Text: p. 79
  9. Type: Book
    Author: George Knapp Collins
    Title: Descendants of John Collins, of Charlestown, R. I., and Susannah Daggett, His Wife
    Publication: Gazette Print (Baldwinsville, NY, 1901)
    Text: p. 17

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