John Young

Male11 December 1804–1 April 1900

Brief Life History of John

When John Young was born on 11 December 1804, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jacob Young, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Rickard, was 24. He married Martha " Betsey" Bradley about 1821, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Madison Township, Pike, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 April 1900, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

John Young
1804–1900
Martha " Betsey" Bradley
1801–1904
Marriage: about 1821
Sussana Young
1822–1893
Febey Young
1827–
Betsy Young
1828–1928
Godfrey Young
1830–1855
Hiram Young
1832–1861
Peter B. Young
1834–1863
Jacob B Young
1836–1900
Margaret Elizabeth Young
1837–1906
Manoah Young
1839–
Mahala Young
1840–
Feney Young
1841–

Sources (4)

  • John Young, "United States Census, 1860"
  • John Butler in entry for David Young and Elizabeth Hawkins, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • John Young, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1821North Carolina, United States
  • Children (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1808

    Age 4

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1817

    Age 13

    Historical Boundaries 1817: Pike, Indiana, United States

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 26

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English yong ‘young’ (Old English geong), used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically, father and son). In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge. In Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland this was widely used as an English equivalent of the Gaelic nickname Og ‘young’; see Ogg . This surname is also very common among African Americans.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘young’ or similar, notably German Jung , Dutch Jong and De Jong , and French Lejeune and Lajeunesse .

    Americanized form of Swedish Ljung: topographic or an ornamental name from ljung ‘(field of) heather’, or a habitational name from a placename containing this word, e.g. Ljungby.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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