Below is the passenger list for ship Yorktown that includes three brothers of Mary Ann (Bennett) Stranger who arrived in New York about two years after she arrived on the ship Wisconsin. Her brother James was with his wife Elizabeth (Back) Bennett.

  This is a picture of the ship London, sister ship of the Yorktown, and said to be nearly identical. No pictures of the Yorktown itself are yet available.  Below are two articles in reference to the ship's history.

YORKTOWN, Hull 33. The YORKTOWN was the first of two identical packet ships built by William H. Webb of New York, for Grinnell, Minturn & Company in late 1847 and 1848. YORKTOWN was completed first, followed three months later by the ship LONDON. Both ships were originally built with two decks, but years later each ship acquired a third deck. YORKTOWN measured 170 feet by 38 feet 3 inches by 22 feet 3 inches. Her tonnage was 1150, five tons more than LONDON. She was built for Grinnell, Minturn & Company's Red Swallowtail Line to London. She was launched in October 1847 and departed on her maiden voyage to London about 1 November 1847. Her average westbound passage took 37 days with 22 days as her fastest and 53 days her slowest. She remained in service for 21 years. On 6 November 1868, she encountered extremely heavy weather and lost her masts and rigging and began to leak. On the 24 December 1868, YORKTOWN was put into Fayal, in the Azores and condemned by inspectors. After an extensive search, I have not been able to locate a picture of the YORKTOWN. [E-mail from Sue Nola - 23 November 1997]

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The Yorktown was built for Grinnell, Minturn & Company's Red Swallowtail Line to London, England. She was called a packet ship as she made regularly scheduled trips between the port of London, England and the port of New York City. She was launched in October 1847 and departed on her maiden voyage to London about 1 November 1847. Her average westbound passage took 37 days with 22 days as her fastest and 53 days her slowest. She remained in service for 21 years.

On 6 November 1868, she encountered extremely heavy weather and lost her masts and rigging and began to leak. On the 24 December 1868, the Yorktown was taken to the island of Faial, part of the Azores Island chain located off the coast of Portugal. It was there that inspectors condemned the Yorktown. The ocean waters off the coast of Faial was her final resting place.

Because the Yorktown never produced any record-breaking transatlantic passages, no pictures were ever made of her. And today, according to the Webb Institute of Long Island, New York, which is the library for the William H. Webb Company, no plans or drawings remain of her either.