, Protestant tradesman, not of York. Is it possible he was admitted to the freedom of york? There was a George Hartley, Grocer listed in 'Admissions to the Freedom of York: 1-15 George II (1727-42)', Register of the Freemen of the City of York: Vol. 2: 1559-1759 (1900), pp. 228-262. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48289