"The following names have been authenticated as founders of the Huguenot colony at Manakin or Huguenots settling in early colonial Virginia. Single asterisks indicate those listed on the Registered Lineage List whose descendants are eligible for membership. The # indicates Virginia Huguenots not at Manakintowne. Note that the use of handwritten documents and different standards for spelling have caused some variations."
Jacob Young, born August 26, 1790 in Fort Tackett, Kanawha County, to John Young and Keziak Tackett, the first settlers of the Upper Kanawha Valley, near the mouth of the Coal River, in Western Virginia.[1]
The story of his birth is a dramatic one. A historical marker bears his name as the first white child born in the area.
Marriage
Jacob Young married Nancy Stevenson in 1810, Kanawha County, Virginia.[1][2]
↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1M4-GP5 : accessed 5 April 2016), Jacob Young and Nancy Stevenson, 1810; citing Kanawha, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 521,719.
↑ "St Albins Hisrorical Society," History of St Albans. Fort Tackett
↑ Kozelnik, Scott M. "Tackett’s Fort." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 05 November 2010. Web. 04 March 2016.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob: