Brief Life History of William
When William Young was born on 16 June 1761, in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland, his father, William Young, was 34 and his mother, Janet Duncan, was 23. He married Helen Braid on 27 August 1790, in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 2 June 1838, in Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland, at the age of 76.
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- William Young, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Death/Burial William Young
- William Young in entry for James Stewart, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
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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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