When Alexander Younger was born on 20 December 1786, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas James Younger, was 25 and his mother, Mary Polly Nall, was 18. He married Jane Merchant Hancock on 24 June 1819, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Navarro, Navarro, Texas, United States in 1850. He died on 23 March 1866, in Navarro, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Younger Cemetery, Silver City, Navarro, Texas, United States.
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English (mainly Northumberland and eastern Scotland): from Middle English yungre ‘younger’, comparative of Young , used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically, father and son). In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker ).
Americanized form of various cognate or like-sounding names in other languages, notably German Junger and Junker , or Dutch Jonker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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