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Hercules Young

Born about 1717 in Scotland

Son of Unknown Young and [mother unknown]

Brother of John Young, Margaret (Young) Carrel, Thomas Young and Anny Young

Husband of Sarah (Phillips) Young — married 17 Feb 1745 in Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Father of Jacob Young, James Young, Margaret (Young) Dunkin, John Young and Silas Young

Died after 5 Nov 1784 after about age 67 in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Caution
- 1.2 Marriage
2 Sources
- 2.1 DNA

Biography

Caution

Hercules had no association with Loudon, Virginia and the names of his children were not positively identified. All children attached to him are speculative. His brothers also had children named Morgan so it is impossible to identify who is who.

Hercules is one of eight immigrant children from Scotland that arrived in New Jersey about 1722. His brothers and sisters, as well as many of the their children, are identified in his brother John's will dated 1774 in Morris, New Jersey.^[1]

Siblings identified in the Will include:

John Young, a bachelor, Will 1774
Robert, married Mary _____
Morgan Young, married Elizabeth Mills
Thomas Young, married Thankful (Robarts) Young
Anny Young, married John Clark.
Hercules Young, married Sarah Phillips
Margaret (Young) Carrel, married Daniel Carrell
Mary Young, married Adam Miller

Our Young Family, First and Second Generations Chart

Their parents are unknown and any attempt to link them with specific people is based on speculation. No family biography has made any attempt to attach parents and states very clearly that they are unknown.

Marriage

Hercules married Sarah Philips Feb 1745 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.^[2]

He immigrated to Pennsylvania where he is seen signing a petition in Fallowfield, Washington, PA.^[2]

Sources

↑ Young, Edward Hudson. 1875-. Our Young family in America. pgs xi -xv. John Young's Will
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Young, Edward Hudson, 1875-. Our Young family in America. pgs 240-243.Bio of Hercules

DNA

This only confirms that the following people are related, not who the immigrant ancestor was.

↑ Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by 2514.19 cM match between Darla Lynn Dunkin GEDMatch A599583 and her Father, John Edward Dunkin Jr GEDMatch A663958, her Mother, Betty Jane Olfers GEDmatch A556847, her first cousin Melissa Graham GEDmatch A726024, and her half sister on her mothers side Tina Louise Winner GEDmatch A386277

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hercules 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 Hercules:

~0.78% John Dunkin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A663958 [compare], Ancestry member John_Dunkin
~0.39% Melissa (Goodspeed) Graham : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A726024 [compare], Ancestry member Meldago1971
~0.39% Darla Dunkin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A599583 [compare], Ancestry member darla_l_dunkin