Robert
Young
Born in Fox Creek, Grayson, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Ezekiel William Young I
and Ruth (Whitehead) Young
Brother of
Joseph Young [half], Robert Young, Ruth Ann (Young) Shockley, Joseph Young, Joseph Young, Ezekiel E. Young II, William Young, William Patton Young and Thomas Young
Husband of
Catharine Anne (McFarland) Young
— married
4 Mar 1796 in Green County, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Anna (Young) Samples, Ezekiel Young III, William Young, Jane (Young) Hart, Rebecca (Young) Graham, Elizabeth (Young) Durrett, Lucy (Young) Morris, Mary (Young) Durrett, Ruth (Young) Graham, Robert Young II, Joseph McFarland Young and Alexander Jackson Young
Died
at about age 60
in Good Hope, Taylor, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Oct 2015
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Biography
Robert was born in 1775 in Fox Creek, Grayson, Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Ezekiel William Young I and Ruth (Whitehead) Young.
When Robert was about 21 he married Catharine Anne McFarland on 6 March 1796 in Green County, Kentucky, USA. The couple had 12 children: Anna Young, Ruth Young, Lucy Young, Mary Young, Elizabeth Young, Robert Young, Joseph McFarland Young, Rebecca Young, Jane Young, Alexander Jackson Young, Ezekiel Young and William Young.
Robert died at the age of about 60 on 18 May 1835 in Good Hope, Taylor, Kentucky, USA.
Robert was buried after 18 May 1835 in Good Hope Cemetery, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA.
Research Notes
Sources with no fact or date
There are additional sources with no facts or date. Often these are sources for the baptism or marriage of children that mention the parents or father. This section can just be removed if you will be adding those children and using these sources there.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Sources
- ↑ Unclassified: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: Ancestry.com.
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Unclassified: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Repository: Ancestry.com; Ancestry Record 4725 #4970842; Name: Robert Young; Parents: Ezekiel Young, Ruth Whitehead; Birth Place: Grayson County, Fox Creek, VA; Birth Date: 1775; Marriage Place: Green Co, KY; Marriage Date: 6 Mar 1796; Death Place: Good Hope Cemetery, Taylor Co, KY; Death Date: 18 May 1835,
Page: Birth year: 1775; Birth city: Fox Creek; Birth state: VA. - ↑ Unclassified: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: Ancestry.com; Ancestry Record 5771 #2953126; Name: Robert Young; Death Date: 18 May 1835; City: Good Hope; County: Taylor; State: KY; Country: USA.
- ↑ Name: Missing source ID S15. (accessed before 28 December 2022)
- ↑ Unclassified: Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Kentucky, Find A Grave Index, 1776-2012 Repository: Ancestry.com.
See also:
- Ancestry Profile
- Family Data Collection - Births; Ancestry Record 5769 #5056289; Name: Robert Young; Father: Ezekial Young; Mother: Ruth Whitehead; Birth Date: 1770; City: Fox Creek; County: Montgomery; State: VA; Country: USA
- Family Data Collection - Births; Ancestry Record 5769 #5056287; Name: Robert Young; Father: Elizabeth Chaman; Mother: Ruth Whitehead; Birth Date: 1769; City: Fox; County: Grayson; State: VA; Country: USA
- Family Data Collection - Births; Ancestry Record 5769 #5056288; Name: Robert Young; Father: Clarence Purcell; Mother: Ruth Whitehead; Birth Date: 1769; City: Fox; County: Grayson; State: VA; Country: USA
- Family Data Collection - Births; Ancestry Record 5769 #5056291; Name: Robert Young; Father: Ezekiel Young; Mother: Ruth Whitehead; Birth Date: 1775; City: Fox Creek; County: Grayson; State: VA; Country: USA
- Family Data Collection - Births; Ancestry Record 5769 #5056292; Name: Robert Young; Father: Whitehead Ezekiel; Mother: Ruth; Birth Date: 1779; City: Fox Creek; County: Grayson; State: VA; Country: USA
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records; Ancestry Record 4725 #5064781; Name: Robert Young; Spouse: Young Cathe; Parents: Whitehead Ezekiel Ruth; Birth Place: Grayson County, Fox Creek, VA; Birth Date: 1779; Marriage Date: 6 Mar 1796; Death Date: 18 May 1835
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records; Ancestry Record 4725 #4970840; Name: Robert Young; [User-submitted-comment] ; Parents: Elizabeth Chaman, Ruth Whitehead; Birth Place: Grayson, Fox, VA; Birth Date: 1769; Death Date: 1835
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records; Ancestry Record 4725 #4970841; Name: Robert Young; Parents: Clarence Purcell, Ruth Whitehead; Birth Place: Grayson, Fox, VA; Birth Date: 1769; Death Date: 1835
- Family Data Collection - Marriages; Ancestry Record 5774 #2726904; Name: Robert Young; Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 6 Mar 1796; City: Green Co; State: KY
- Family Data Collection - Marriages; Ancestry Record 5774 #2726905; Name: Robert Young; Spouse: Catherine Mcfarland; Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 6 Mar 1796; City: Green Co; State: KY
- Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850; Source: S15 Author: Dodd, Jordan Title: Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Repository: Ancestry.com; Ancestry Record 2089 #127096; Name: Robert Young; Marriage Date: 4 Mar 1796; Marriage Place: Green, Kentucky, USA; Spouse: Anne Mcfarlin
- Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890; Ancestry Record 3549 #8270237; Name: Robert Young; State: KY; County: Green County; Township: No Township Listed; Year: 1800; Record Type: Tax list; Database: KY Early Census Index
- Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953; Ancestry Record 1222 #600518308; Name: Robert Young; Gender: Male; Birth Place: England; Spouse: Catharine Mcfarland; Child: Alexander Jackson Young. Image
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Source: S381 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: Ancestry.com; Find A Grave: Memorial #68859983
- U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Ancestry Record 4654 #1652268; Name: Robert Young; Gender: Male; Place Filed: New York, USA; Relation to Head: Soldier; Spouse: Catharine E Young.; Ancestry Record 4654/32959_0332 #04278
- 1850 U.S. Census of Taylor, Kentucky - Widow Catharine Young with her son Alexander; "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 12 April 2016), Catharine Young in household of A J Young, Taylor county, part of, Taylor, Kentucky, United States; citing family 18
- Robert Young in entry for Alexander Jackson Young, Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963; database, FamilySearch (accessed 20 October 2016), Robert Young in entry for Alexander Jackson Young, 1914; citing Reg. Dist. 7623, Taylor, Kentucky, United States, Office
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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