Ham Burial Grounds - York County, Pennsylvania - Worldwide Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Ham Burial Grounds is situated several hundred yards off of Park Road in North Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania.

The Ham Burial Grounds has approximately 14 graves with the earliest burial date is 1792, and the latest is 1814. The Ham surname is also spelled: Hamm and Hamme.

A plaque at the cemetery reads as follows:
HERE RESTS THE REMAINS OF DANIEL HAM 1728-1794, HIS WIFE BARBARA 1736-1792, AND AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF THEIR OFFSPRING.

DANIEL ARRIVED IN AMERICA FROM HOLLAND IN 1748 AND SETTLED ON THE FARM OF WHICH THEIR FAMILY CEMETERY IS A PART.

DANIEL AND BARBARA REARED A FAMILY OF FOUR SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS: JACOB, JOHN, DANIEL JR., PETER, SALOME AND MRS. JOHN HOLDER.
THESE ARE THE FOREBEARS OF THE HAM, HAMM,HAMME FAMILY NOW WIDELY SCATTERED.

THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE IN 1956 BY DESCENDANTS OF THEIR PIONEER ANCESTORS WHOSE DEVOTION TO THE FREEDOM THEY SOUGHT AND FOUND IN AMERICA MADE FRUITFUL THE HERITAGE THEY BEQUEATHED TO US.

City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed Approximate number of graves: Not listed Cemetery Status: Not listed Cemetery Website: Not listed

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