John D Young (1766 - 1856)

Born 29 Jan 1766 in Minden, Albany, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Countryman) Young — married 13 Apr 1788 in New York

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1856 at age 90 in Barton, Wentworth, Canada West

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Biography

NCO John Young served with Tryon County New York Militia during the American Revolution.

John Young is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A209888.

John D. Young was also known as John T. Young. This was because in the early German-American families, one's middle initial represented the first letter of their father's name. John's father was known by both David (English version) and Theobald (German version) thus the confusion over John's middle initial.

The American Revolution began when John was only ten years old. His father was already dead. Had he been alive, John may have found himself supporting the Loyalists as all of his father's brothers did. But his mother's family was with the Patriots, so by the time that John was thirteen, he was a fifer. For most of the war he was a fifer for his uncle's unit. His uncle, Capt. Joseph House led a Company of the Canajoharie District Regiment of Militia, stationed at Fort Plank.^[1]
After the war, John had a farm on the Windecker-Contreman-Leyp Tract, along with a number of his Countryman in-laws.^[2] On January 3, 1796, John and his wife were sponsors at the baptism of Johannes Pickard, son of Isaac Pickard and wife Laney Countryman.^[3][4]
John and his family emigrated to Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada in 1813. This was during the War of 1812. No records of why the decision to emigrate was taken during wartime survive. John and Margaret were still in Barton in 1852, living with their daughter Elizabeth Hess, her children, her husband and her husband's parents.^[5]
His daughter Christiana married her second cousin, James F. Young, son of Daniel Young. James was reportedly kicked out of the Presbyterian Church because he called the minister a "damned Yankee."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of John D. Young.
2. ↑ The Michael Shoemaker book : (Schumacher), by Blair, Williams T; Shoemaker, J. I. (Jacob I.), 1924, pg. 212.
3. ↑ The Michael Shoemaker book : (Schumacher), by Blair, Williams T; Shoemaker, J. I. (Jacob I.), 1924, pg. 216.
4. ↑ Laney was Margaret's sister, while Isaac's first cousin Elizabeth Windecker was married to John's first cousin Daniel Young.
5. ↑ 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Barton, Wentworth County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11758; Page: 11; Line: 11.
6. ↑ Email from David Faux, April 10, 2013.

See also:

• Young Hess Children Lists
• 1790 US Federal Census, Canajoxharrie, Montgomery, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 84; Image: 56; Family History Library Film: 0568146.
• 1800 US Federal Census, Minden, Montgomery, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 24; Page: 27,28; Image: 35; Family History Library Film: 193712.
• Dr. David K. Faux:Descendants of Johannes Young, Generation 4.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Young-4550 created through the import of for wiki.ged on Nov 1, 2011 by Dale Wood. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dale and others.