Young Family notes . . .

    The Young family was of Scotch, Irish and English ancestry. Before the Revolutionary War Jacob settled near Jones Falls, Baltimore Co., MD (see notes below), before the Rev. War. Jacob Young with his family emigrated to Armstrong Co. PA. And then some moved on to Johnson Co. IN.

    Jones Falls is the name of a River Tributary to the Patapsco. Early on people traveled by water, and the areas were mostly known by the Rivers bording them, thus people were referred to as of "patapsco" or "gunpowder" and the "Hundreds" in Baltimore were mostly named for the Rivers. Jones Falls sort of starts in the Green Spring Valley area to the north west of Baltimore City and runs down by Druid Hill Park in the City and then into the Patapsco River. I-83 into Baltimore is called the Jones Falls Expressway.

Jacob Young, Sr. [married to Eleanor Tully]
-born ca 1705 or 1725
-From Jones Falls, MD -- Rev War 6th Reg. of PA Line
-Lived in Armstrong Co., PA
-DAR #720249 states born in Cecil Co., MD-- also states he died in Baltimore Co. Patriot Index p. 769
-DAR #152391: Jacob Young Sr - Private - enlisted April 1, 1777 in Company of Capt. Jacob Moser Continental Line 6th Regiment of PA. Military Services - see pages 115-125, Vol 3, PA Archives - 5th Series
-13 Apr 1778, Signed an "Oath of Allegiance" before Hon. George Lindenberger in Baltimore, MD. Not for certain if he served in the Rev. War.

1781 Last Will and Testament of Jacob Young Sr.
In the name of God Amen, I, Jacob Young Senr. of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland. Farmer, being in perfect health and sound memory thanks be to God for the same and knowing that it is ordained for all men Once to die Do make this my Last will and Testament in manner and form following:

  Imprisis, I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Jacob and his Heirs forever all that track or parcel of land where on he now liveth called Young's Delight, the same being for his Equal part of my Estate of any kind whatsoever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Sarah Welsh, fifteen Pound currant [sic] money and no more.

Item: I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Catherine Bennet fifteen Pound currant and no more.

Item: It is my Will that when my Lawful Debts are paid that the residue of my personal Estate be equally divided amongst the rest of my children Mary, John Tully, Edward, Eleanor, Ann, Grace, Rebecca, Michael and Joseph.

Item: It is my Will that if any of my children should please God die before the devision [sic] of my personal Estate that it should be equally divided amongst the rest of my Children.

Item: I do appoint my beloved wife Eleanor and my Son John Tully Young to be whole and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament revoking and making Null and void all former will or wills by me made. In Witness whereof I hereunto put my hand and affixed my seal 9 Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and eighty one.

Jacob Young
{seal}

John Tully Young
1778, Signed an "Oath of Allegiance" before Hon. George Goldsmith Presbury in Baltimore, MD
May 6, 1776, Capt. of Middle River Lower Co. No. 6 Gunpowder Battalion.

Jacob Young, Jr.
1778, Signed an "Oath of Allegiance" before Hon. James Calhoun in Baltimore, MD
Rev. War 6th Reg of Pa Line. -- PA Archives Series 5, Vol. 3, pp 115-125
Indian negotiator for government - (historical figure). More notes with Jesse Sr. below.

Jesse Young, Sr. & Margaret Eaton Wiley
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "Jesse Young came of Scotch-English Presbyterian ancestors who settled at Jones Falls, near Baltimore, about 1680. At the close of the Revolutionary war his father, Jacob Young, having become involved in trade, sold his possessions, paid his debts, and crossing the Allegheny Mountains, settled in Western PA.
   "Here, in the midst of a hardy race, Jesse grew to manhood, and in his 23rd year married Margaret Wiley, then in her 19th year.
Subsequently Jesse moved to Brown Co. OH, where we know that he and his wife were members of the Strait Creek Presbyterian Ch., and from Brown Co. OH they moved to Indiana in 1825..."
   Banta continues: "Four families have moved to newer western countries [frontiers]: John Young in 1839...Jesse Young in 1841...but Jesse Young returned at the end of two years to the old neighborhood. In 1852 he again removed, and in 1856 died at the residence of his grandson, the Hon. Josiah T. Young, in Monroe Co., Iowa." (He is not buried at Old Shiloh Cem. in Johnson Co. Ind.)
   "In 1828, JESSE YOUNG was forty-six years old, and MARGARET, his wife, forty-one, and they had a family of six sons -- JOHN, JACOB, WILLIAM, JESSE, JAMES, JONATHAN EDWARDS and THOMAS, (the advent of NEWTON WATTS, his youngest son and the first to be born in this neighborhood, not being till August 31,1830,) -- and of four daughters -- MARY, SARAH W., ELIZABETH and MARGARET EATON. Three of the boys were stalwart men, and one of the girls was a woman in years.

Jesse Young, Jr.
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "William Young having sold his little farm in 1839 to his brother, Jesse Young, Jr. on the 26th day of May, 1840, the latter was married to Sarah (Demaree) Banta, widow, and shortly after they moved to their home, where they continued to reside up to the fall of 1852, save a short interval during the last sickness of Grandmother Demaree in the fall and winter of 1846-7, when they lived with her on Jacob Banta's old farm.

"...from 1850-1860...removals were many...Joseph Young, Jesse Young, Sr., and Jesse Young, Jr., James W. Young, Jonathan Edwards Young and David V. Demaree, all moved away..."

DAVID D. BANTA “...That fall (1852), Mr. Young, his step-father, sold out and moved to Iowa, taking his family...."

Did not find record of Jesse buried in Monroe Co., Iowa. (Feb 2000)

John Young
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "This same year [1830] John Young, Jesse's oldest son, married Rachel Titus, on Indian Creek, in this county, and took a claim on a tract of land lying south of his father's entry, where he built a cabin and made a clearing of about 9 acres, on which his eldest son, Josiah, was born, all 3 of whom are now living in Monroe Co, Iowa."
   Four families have moved to newer western countries [frontiers]: John Young in 1839...
Birth/death: Ltr Olive R. Devore to Mr. Robert Tucker, dtd 27 Nov 1972

Jacob Young
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "In 1831 Jacob Young, a son of Jesse, built a cabin on a tract of Congress land, a half mile east from Gideon Drake's cabin."
Marriage, ltr Olive R. Devor to Mr. Tucker, dtd 17 Nov 1972.

Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   Marriage: "On the 24th day of November of this year, 1832 (1831, see note below), the first marriage was celebrated in Shiloh at the home of Jesse Young. Thomas Titus and Mary Young were the contracting parties, and Esquire James, from the Vandiver neighborhood, officiated. Shortly after, the newly married couple set up housekeeping over on the extreme south side, but probably not till in the spring of 1833."
Note: Marriage: D.D. Banta has wrong marriage year - Johnson Co. Marriage records, p. 24 - 24 Nov 1831

David Banta continues: "Four families have moved to newer western countries [frontiers]:...Thomas Titus in 1839..."

-Joined Shiloh Presbyterian Ch: 7 Sep 1833
-b-date from Robin Cowell - genealogy on-line throught RootsWeb

William Wiley Young
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "In the year of 1833, William Young was married to Nancy J. Hoback, and probably they began housekeeping the same year on the tract of land now owned by Mr. James Paris."...
   ""William Young having sold his little farm in 1839 to his brother, Jesse Young, Jr. on the 26thd day of May, 1840..."
Note: I do not think they stayed in the area, or belonged to the Shiloh Ch. because their children are not shown to be baptized in the church register.

DAR #720249: Birth/Marriage/Death & middle name

Sarah W. Young -Demaree
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "We have seen that George W. Demaree, an unmarried man, came to the neighborhood in the fall of 1835. In this year of 1838, on the 25th day of January, he and Sarah W. Young were married, and at once set up housekeeping in the old Newkirk cabin which stood amidst a little grove of beeches on the north side of the road that yet passes through the old farm."

Elizabeth Ann Young -Park/Parkes
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "In 1841...James Park and Elizabeth Young were married, and set up housekeeping on the confines of the neighborhood."
Note: Park is also spelled "Parkes".

Johnson Co., IN Marriage book #1:
"Be it remembered that on the 15th day of Feb 1841 Marriage Licence was issued to James W. Park and Elizabeth Young.
I hereby certify that on the 16th day of February 1841 I united in marriage Mr. James W. Park and Miss Elizabeth Young. Feb 17, 1841.
Wm Siedler? minister, Prsb Church"

Margaret Eaton Young -Robinson
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "In 1828, JESSE YOUNG was forty-six years old, and MARGARET, his wife, forty-one, and they had a family...and MARGARET EATON.
Note: Known as Peggy
-Marriage-date from Robin Cowell - genealogy on-line throught RootsWeb

Newton Watts Young
Reference: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
p.3   "...(the advent of Newton Watts, his youngest son and the first to be born in this neighborhood, not being till August 31, 1830)...".
p. 13
The church was now organized, but it was nearly two years before a house of worship was provided. From the record it appears there were at least two occasions during, that interim, when meetings were held, once in June, 1833, and again in September of the same year. At, the first of these meetings Jesse Young's three youngest children, Jonathan Edwards, Thomas Wilson and Newton Watts, were baptized.
p.41
Newton W. Young joined the Shiloh Church by Ex. on Feb. 15, 1852. He was dismissed on March 19, 1853.
p. 46
According to Infant Baptismal Register of Shiloh Church, Newton Watts, son of Jesse and Marg. Young, was baptized by David Monfort on June 3, 1833.

Note: I do not believe he stayed in Indiana-his death date is not in ch. records

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Family of Jacob Young & Eleanor Tully continued.

Grace Young -Riley or Riely
Ltr on file at the Johnson Co. Indiana Museum from Mrs. Rachel Henry, dtd 10 Aug 1981: "Grace who married a man named Riley or Riely"...

Joseph Young [3], nephew of Jacob Young, Jr.
Birth, marriage: "Making a Neighborhood" by D. D. Banta © 1887
   "Joseph was a Pennsylvanian by birth, but moved to Ohio about the time he attained his majority. When 28 years old he married Mary Moore, of Brown Co., in the State, who was 21. This occurred in the spring of 1828, and the following fall they moved to Indiana, stopping at this county [Johnson] at the Nineveh settlement. On the 17th of March, 1830, they moved out to their new Shiloh home. They took with them two cows, a few hogs and a coop of chickens, in addition to a very little furniture and a goodly outfit of home-spun goods. Nancy Jane, their first born, was 4 months old.
   "Sold his "improvement" to Jacob Banta in 1832. "Mr. Young then bought a tract in section 30, near Mr. [Gideon] Drake's, which he improved and lived upon for over twenty years."

Ltr Olive R. Devore to Mr. Robert Tucker, dtd 27 Nov 1972: "Joseph Young was quite prominent in the possession of land, and the forming of the county here in Franklin. As we have Young's Creek, Young Street. He with George King was one of the Founders of Franklin."

Joined Shiloh Presbyterian Ch: 7 Sep 1833, along with Mary, his wife.

James W. Young & Mary Ellen Hamilton Family 1 2 3 4

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