 At this time, the area that would become York County was still almost entirely populated by the Susquehannock Indians.Yet there are few recorded conflicts between these early settlers and the native population.In this area that would later become majority Pennsylvania German, the first and second waves of settlers were almost entirely English speakers and included the Kirks, Rankins, Huttons, Garetsons, Nebingers, Eppleys, Starrs, Fosters, Clines, Stromingers, Moores, Frankelbergers, Suttons, Wickershams, Prowells, Millers, and Hammonds.