When Calvin Young was born on 31 October 1791, in Onondaga, New York, United States, his father, John Young Sr, was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Parsons, was 41. He married Amanda 'Sally' Ketchum on 3 August 1812. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1860. He died on 24 June 1865, in Township of Woodbridge, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in West Woodbridge Cemetery, Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Historical Boundaries 1794: Onondaga, New York, United States
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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