Biographical dictionary of the Youngs (born circa 1600-1870) : from Essex and old Norfolk Counties, Massachusetts Bay Colony, which once contained parts of present-day Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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by  Young, Louise Ryder, 1928-

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BIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY *
OF THE YOUNGS
(Born Circa 1600-1870)
From Essex and Old Norfolk Counties,
Massachusetts Bay Colony,
Which Once Contained Parts of
Present-Day Rockingham County,
New Hampshire
A Listing of All Proprietors,
Pioneers, Land Owners, Heads of Family,
Soldiers and Sailors, Brides, Widows and
Orphans by the Family Name of Young
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Compiled by
Louise Ryder Young
HERITAGE BOOKS, INC
BOSTON
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
OF THE YOUNGS
(BORN CIRCA 1600 - 1870)
FTOM ESSEX AND OLD NORFOLK COUNTIES. MASSACHUSETTS
BAY COLONY. WHICH ONCE CONTAINED PARTS OF PRESENT-DAY
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. NEW HAMPSHIRE
A Listing of All Proprietors,
Pioneers. Land Owners, Heads of Family.
Soldiers and Sailors, Brides. Widows and Orphans
by the Family Name of Young
Compiled by
LOUISE RYDER YOUNG
FinksOurg, Maryland
Copyright 1994
Louise Ryder Young
Also by Louise Ryder Young and available
from Heritage Books, Inc.:
Biographical Dictionary of the Youngs
(Born 1653-1870) From Towns Under the Jurisdiction
of Strafford County, New Hampshire Before 1840
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OONTENTS
Preface v
List of Abbreviations vi
Topography I. Designated List of Cities and Towns
of Essex County, Massachusetts vii
Topography II. Designated List of Cities and Towns
of Rockingham County, New Hampshire xi
Introduction
1. The Youngs in Transit xv
A. The whole Family Approach
B. Preliminary Materials Approach
2. Massachusetts Bay Colony Pre 1700 xvi
A. Essex County, Massachusetts
B . Rock i ngham County, New Hampshire
3. Migration Patterns
4. The Main Entry, Its Order and Form xvii
5. Cross- 1 ndex ing . Cross-Ref erenc i ng
Main Entries on the Youngs 1 - 285
Appendixes
A. Identities of the Earliest Inhabitants, Land-
owners and/or Progenitors of the Youngs 286
B. Landowners and Their Speculative Land Deeds
B. 1. Benjamin Young of Salisbury, Massachusetts,
1754 - 4 Aug 1814 288
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B. Landowners and Their Speculative Land Deeds, cont.
B. 2. Daniel Young of Exeter, New Hampshire,
Circa 1680 - Post 29 Mar 1762 289
B. 3. Daniel Young of Gloucester, Massachusetts,
25 May 1773 - 19 Dec 1808 291
B. 4. Israel Young of Newburyport, Massachusetts,
1759 - 22 Apr 1834 292
B. 5. Jonathan Young of Kingston, New Hampshire,
6 Apr 1720 - Post 5 Aug 1765 295
B. 6. Joseph Young of Exeter, New Hampshire, Ca.
1675 - 2 May 1756 296
B. 7. Joseph Young of Stratham, New Hampshire,
1720s - Post 1769 298
B. 8. Richard Young of Salisbury, Massachusetts,
7 Sep 1693 - 19 Feb 1768 299
Bibliography I. Commonwealth of Massachusetts 301
Bibliography II. New Hampshire State 315
Index I. The Youngs 320
Index II. Surnames Other Than Young 372
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PREFACE
The response to the Youngs of Strafford County, New
Hampshire from early 1990 on was indeed gratifying and led
over the past few years to this companion text on the Youngs
of Essex and Old Norfolk Counties, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
It is my deep-felt wish that this research aid will be useful
to the reader.
I am indebted to Freemont Rider's "trace system" of
cross- indexing which was used in Preliminary Materials for a
Genealogy of the Rider (Ryder) Families in the United States,
Arranged According to the "Rider Trace" System of Presenta-
tipn. Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, Connecticut,
1959. 3 Vols., n.p.
The possibility of error haunts the writer from the
outset. Sticking merely to chapter and verse of primary and
secondary records would be playing it safe, of course, but
judgment calls are in order when information at hand and a
sense of fitness tie everything together. These I hold myself
responsible for! If second-guessing is done, it is so labeled
by the conditional "possibly" or "probably." As for sins of
omission I can only apologize in advance for their sightings.
I want to extend my deep and heartfelt thanks to my
husband for his technical advice, skills, and assistance on
our home computer system and to my friends and family for
their continued moral support.
Special words of thanks and appreciation are extended to
NEXUS correspondents for their generosity of replies through
the Summer of 1993 on both the first and second volumes of the
Youngs. Their interest and advice were invaluable: Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Eaton of Raleigh, North Carolina; Ms. M. Elaine
Woodward of Beaverton. OR; Charles Y. Hitchcock. Jr. of
Hingham, MA; Harold R. wadley of St. George, Utah; Mrs. Judy
Bruce of Norfolk, VA; Norman G. Parker of West Haven, CT;
Mildred W. Young Urban of Jacksonville, FL: Bailey Rogers of
Cincinnati, Ohio; David C. Young of Danville, ME; Douglas Hall
of Auburn, ME; Ms. Nancy L. Dodge of Colebrook, NH; Mrs. Mabel
Elizabeth Norton Hoyt of Winter Haven. FL; Ms. Margaret Stimp-
son of Saginaw, MI; and Harman R. Clark, Jr. of Dunellen. NJ.
Louise Ryder Young
Finksburg, Maryland
October 1993
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Admin. Administration N.B. New Brunswick
Administrator n.d. no date given
Administratrix N.E. northeast
aka also known as N.H. New Hampshire
Assoc. Association NHVR New Hampshire Vital
bb p born Records
baptism, baptized n . p . no page numbers given
Biog. Biographical N.N. northwest
BR Birth Records N.S. Nova Scotia
ca circa P, PP
page/pages
Cem. Cemetery possibly
Cert. Certificate poss. probably
Ch. child, children Pprroovb.. Provincial
CR Church Records received, recorded
Co. Company, County Recs. Records
CT Connecticut Rreegc.' d
Register
cont. continued Regt.
Regiment
d died res. resident, resided
D.A.R. Daughters of the s/o son of
American Revolution S.E. southeast
d-o-b date of birth S.W. southwest
Tms
d.y. died young typed manuscript
d/o TR Town Records
daughter of
VA
f-.xec. Executor, Executrix
Virginia
FL Florida UR Vital Records
Gen. Genealogy V
VT Volume
gr . d/o granddaughter of Vermont
gr . s/o grandson of year of birth
IGI y-o-b
International Gen-
ealogical Index
LDS
Latter Day Saints
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married
mar r married Brackets L 1 were used: (1)
MA Massachusetts to enclose
Mil. Military merit; (2) citation of a docu-
ME to enclose inter-
Maine jectory comments believed to
National be true on statements found
Nat'l.
N.B. New Brunswick within documents.
VI
TOPOGR^HY I.
Designated List of Cities and Towns of
Essex County, Massachusetts
The present-day list of thirty-four towns and cities that
make up Essex County have had to be pared down to twenty-four
which contained family data on the Youngs. For sources of
background information, grateful acknowledgements are extended
to John W. Barber's Massachusetts and Dr. Henry Wheatland's
Standard History of Essex County. Massachusetts (1878).
AMESBURY. Known as Salisbury New Town circa 1666 when a
parish of the parent town, situated on the Merrimac River and
W. of the Powow river. Inducements such as reduction of taxes
to one-half of the rate in the old town and grazing privileges
were offered the inhabitants of Salisbury to relocate here.
The parish was renamed Amesbury in 1667 and incorporated thus
in 1668. See also Salisbury.
ANDOvER. Settled in 1603, the town is located S. of the
Merrimac river on the banks of the "Cochichewick brook," by
which name it was known until 1646. In that year it was
incorporated under its present name. Settlers came from the
towns of Newbury and Ipswich. The first settlement was made
in the North Parish (now North Andover) .
BEVERLY. The city of Beverly was formerly a part of
Salem, situated on the Bass river on an inlet of the Atlantic
Ocean, and was settled in 1626 by Roger Conant. The area was
named Beverly when it was incorporated as a town 14 October
1668, and as a city in 1894. John W. Barber's Mass., (pl66) ,
stated in 1848 that the town of Beverly "is divided into two
territorial parishes; the westerly called the Precinct of
Salem and Beverly, and the easterly called the First Parish."
B0XF0RD. The town was formerly known as Rowley Village
which comprised a large portion of the western part of Rowley,
but set off from its parent town and incorporated by the name
of Boxford 12 Aug 1685. Farming was the principal occupation
by 1848. The territory of Boxford then included a part of the
present towns of Groveland and Middleton.
DAI^CRS. Settlers came here from Salem as early as 1628.
The area was first known as Salem Village. The village was
incorporated as a district in 1752, and as a town 16 Jun 1757.
This town was the center of the witch-craft excitement about
1692.
GLOUCESTER. The seaport city of Gloucester on the south
side of Cape Ann remains important today as it was in its
provincial history. Its harbor was first mapped in 1606 by
Samuel de Champlain, the town incorporated in 1642 and charted
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as a city 15 May 1873. Originally its territory included the
seaport town of Rockport, the whole area historically referred
to as Cape Ann.
HAVERHILL. The city of Haverhill was originally a
plantation possessing the Indian name of Pentuckett, located
at the head of navigation on the Merrimac River, and settled
in 1640/1641 by colonists from Newbury and Ipswich. Incorpor-
ated as a town in 1645, its considerable land fell under the
jurisdiction of "Old Norfolk" County up through 1680. As a
frontier town, its citizens suffered the horrors of Indian
warfare; the township formerly included a part of the towns of
Methuen, Salem, Atkinson and Plaistow, New Hampshire. Its
city charter was dated 1869.
IPSWICH. This was one of the very oldest settled towns
of Essex County, located on both sides of the Ipswich River.
Ipswich was first known by the Indian name of Aggawam when it
was settled in 1633. The name change came the following year.
Ipswich was formerly one of three shire towns of Essex County
where Quarterly Court Sessions were heard. One of its
parishes was Essex, formerly called Chebacco, which became a
separate town in 1819. Another ancient parish was called
Candlewood.
LAWRENCE. This city is one of the three seats of Essex
County and represents the Northern District. It was settled
in 1655 and is situated on both sides of the Merrimac river.
Historically speaking, the northern region of the town was
under the jurisdiction of "Old Norfolk" County up through
1680, and before 1845, had become an unimportant section of
two old historic towns, fridover and Methuen. Inner-city
rejuvenation is not a twentieth century phenomena, as wit-
nessed by t he fact that Lawrence was laid out in 1845/46 by
enterprising founders and promoters who injected new money and
ideas into the town. In effect, they created a thriving
center for worsted and woolen dress goods production. Its
city charter was granted in 1853.
LYNN. The city of Lynn, situated on Massachusetts Bay,
is the oldest plantation except for Salem in Essex County, and
was settled in 1629, known then as Saugus. Of historical
interest is the fact that as of that date, its territory was
extensive enough to comprise not only its own township but
nine others as well: Swampscott, [new] Saugus, Lymfield and
Nahant, Reading, South Reading, Sandwich and Yarmouth in the
Bay Colony; Hampton and Amherst, New Hampshire; and South-
ampton on Long Island. On 15 Nov 1637, the name of the
settlement was changed from Saugus to Lym, and in 1638, the
first division of lands was made among the settlers. The town
of Lynnfield was set off from Lynn in 1814; Saugus, the west
parish of Lynn, on 17 Feb 1815; Swampscott on 21 May 1852; and
Nahant in 1853. Lym received its city charter in 1850, and
is known throughout New England as a competitive shoe manufac-
turing center.
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