Peter Yarrington

Abt 1675 - Bef 1725  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Peter Yarrington  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1675  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 5 Oct 1725	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Burial	Preston City Cemetery, Preston, New London, Connecticut   [4]
  Person ID	I30133	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Abiah   d. Aft 1725
  Marriage	Bef Jul 1696	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Rachel Yarrington,   b. Bef 10 Aug 1707   d. Bef 18 Sep 1775 (Age < 68 years)
  Family ID	F17990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  From Rosell L. Richardson (citation details below): Peter Yarrington resided at Beverly, Mass., in July, 1696, with his wife Abiah. No other Yarrington or Yerrington family has been found in New England history prior to the Revolution. There was an Anthony Yerrengton, in New York City in 1738 and presumably he was the Anthony Yarington, of Poughkeepsie, who had sons Gale and Andrew, all mentioned in the will of Andrew Gale, of Jamaica, L.I., in 1742. The late Rev. Benjamin M. Yarrington, of Greenwich, Conn., had some records of his family which stated that their emigrant ancestor was William Yarrington, who came from Wales and settled near Boston, where he married Alice Woodward, who was born in Amsterdam, Holland, probably of English ancestors. The first part of this family history is based on tradition, but it is evident that Peter Yarrington is the one referred to, and it is also in error as to the Christian name of his wife. In the Beverly records her name is given as Abiel, but the New London probate records give it as Abiah, while the Coventry records give the name of her granddaughter as Abial. Her name may have been copied as Alice from some record by mistake. Peter and Abiah Yarrington had nine children, the first seven of which were baptized at Beverly, Mass., and the last two at Preston, Conn. They probably moved to Preston in 1706 and from there many years later to Stonington, where he died. Presumably he died in 1725, as the inventory of his estate was dated Oct. 5 of that year. His wife Abiah and son Ezekiel were appointed by the New London Probate Court to administer to his estate. A suit against the estate by John Starkweather was carried up to the General Court, which decided in favor of his administrators, in 1727. The Woodward family of Preston may have been related to Mrs. Yarrington. On April 18, 1711, the church at Preston received Daniel Woodward and wife by letter from Cambridge, Mass., and in 1714 Hannah, wife of Amos Woodward.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4363] A Potter-Richardson Memorial: The Ancestral Lines of William W. Potter of Michigan, and His Wife, Margaret (Richardson) Potter by Doreen Potter Hanna and Louise Potter. 1957. [S4361] John Thomas Bullock, "Our Family Tree.". [S7896] Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington by Rosell L. Richardson. Second edition. New York, 1906. [S7898] Find a Grave page for Peter Yarrington. [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., year and place only.