William
Willard
Younger
Born in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Younger
and Abigail (Parsons) Younger
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anna (Millet) Younger
— married
18 May 1802 in Gloucester, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Joshua Younger and Nancy Baker (Younger) Scribner
Died
at age 29
in At Sea
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Aug 2021
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Biography
William was born in 1778, the son of William and Abigail (Parsons) Younger, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he was raised.
In 1802 William married Anna "Nancy" Millett, the daughter of Morris Millett, in Gloucester. They would have the following children:
Willard Younger (1802– )
Joshua Younger (1806–1855)
Mary Younger (1806– )
Nancy Baker (Younger) Scribner (1807–1889)
William was a fisherman in Gloucester and died at sea. He is listed on the memorial in Gloucester called "Man at the Wheel", as one of the fisherman dying at sea -"William Younger died 1813".
Sources
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NZ-QRF : 15 January 2020), William Younger, 1778.
- Vital records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, by Gloucester (Mass.), Publication date 1917-1924 Publisher: The Topsfield Historical Society. Pages 375 & 600 [1]
- William is mentioned in his daughter, Nancy Baker Younger Scribner's Find a Grave Memorial Find A Grave: Memorial #31794440
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~3.12%
Barbara (Coffill) Wear
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A750277 [compare], Ancestry member clownlady61
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~0.78%
Tim Burke :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A133022 [compare], Ancestry member timothyburke82
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~0.78%
Danielle (Graham) Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch B310615 [compare], Ancestry member DaniSmith0221
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~0.78%
James (Knoop) Cappa :
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Robert Green
Robert Green
Younger-1782 and Younger-1592 appear to represent the same person because: Although the first name on 1592 is the middle name on 1782, these are of the same person based upon Father.
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