YOUNGMAN FAMILY GENEALOGY PETERBOROUGH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Information located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Peterborough/ On a web site about GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and its counties TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN Please see the web site for my email contact. ---------------------------------- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber (who has edited, compiled and added new copyrighted text to same). ======================================================== SOURCE: History of the town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire : with the report of the proceedings at the centennial celebration in 1839, an appendix containing the records of the original proprietors, and a genealogical and historical register, by Albert Smith; Boston: Press of G.H. Ellis, 1876 Page 363 THE YOUNGMAN FAMILY David Youngman, Sen., was the son of Jabez Youngman, who was b. in Hollis [NH] March 1764; was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, as were his three older brothers, the oldest of whom, Eben, was killed in the battle at Bunker Hill. He m., March 1785, Susannah Powers, b. in Hollis, Aug. 28, 1768, where they lived several years, when they removed to Lempster, and lived many years in comfortable circumstances, and where they both d. within three days of each other; he d. April 30, 1839, ae. 75 yrs.; she d. May 3, 1839, ae. 71 yrs. after living in the marriage relation fifty-four years; they were buried in the same grave. 1- DAVID YOUNGMAN was b. in Hollis, Dec. 19, 1790. Came to Peterborough about 1810; served an apprenticeship in the tanning and currying business with Dea. John Field, for whom he afterwards worked some dozen years, and identified himself with the interests of the town. He m. Ruth Field, dau of John Field, March 7, 1816. She d. Sep. 5, 1817, ae. 22 yrs. He removed to Franklin, Tenn., in 1821 or 1822, where he engaged in tanning and currying, which he carried on successfully many years. He afterwards purchased an extensive far, with saw and grist-mills; became a slave-owner, and was prosperous after the Southern fashion, until the war of the Rebellion set his slaves at liberty, and, during the struggle, he was robbed by both parties--Union as well as Confederate--of his horses, mules, cattle, leather, provisions, and, in fact, of everything that soldiers could find to steal, by which he became considerably reduced in circumstances. He m. 2d w., Nancy McMahon, April 1833; no ch. He is now living in Franklin, Tenn., enjoying a serene old age, now in his eighty-sixth year. Child: 2- +David, b. in Peterborough, Aug 26, 1817; m. Mary Ann Stone. ------ Willard Youngman was a younger brother of David, b. in Lempster, April 1804. He came to Peterborough in early life; m. Jane Little, dau. of Thomas Little. She m. 2d hus., Benjamin Read, of Newport, November 1834, and had by him one son, Wallace L., b. July 22, 1842. She d. Feb 12, 1866, ae 61 yrs. Willard Youngman was for several years engaged in building mills and mill-dams, during those years when the Union Factory and other large mills were being erected. He lived at West Peterborough, where he built a house, and where he d. Dec. 1, 1833, ae 29 yrs. of chronic ulceration of the hip-joint, induced by his previous peculiar exposure, and was among the first persons buried in the Village Cemetery. Children: 3- Jane L., b. Feb 9, 1827; m. Nathan T. Eaton; ch (1) Abbie Louisa, b. April 9, 1847, d. Sept 6, 1849 ae 2 yrs 6 mos; (2) Eva Cariola, b. July 20, 1850; (3) Frank W., b. April 23, 1853; d. June 2, 1853; (4) Ella L., b. Sept. 25, 1855. 4- Mary L. b. June 17, 1828; m. Ethan Hadley; r. Chicopee 5- Addision, b. Nov 1829; d. Feb 18, 1830 ae 3 mos. 6- Susan W., b. April 11, 1831; m. Elias Cheney; r. Lebanon ------------ 1- 2 DAVID YOUNGMAN, M.D., He fitted for college at New Ipswich and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839. He subsequently engaged in teaching at Franklin, Tenn., and at Hartford VT when he returned to Peterborough and taught the academy two years, 1842 and 1843. He studied the medical profession with Albert Smith, M.D. at Peterborough, and with Profs. Crosby and Peaslee, at Hanover; and after attending the usual courses of lectures, one at Woodstock VT, and two at Hanover, he took the degree of M.D. at Dartmouth, in 1846. He settled in South Woburn, Mass (now Winchester) in 1846; was elected the first town clerk of Winchester in 1850, which office he held six consecutive years, until he removed from town. He interested himself in educational matters, and was a member of the school committee for several years. He was always interested in the study and practice of church and social music, and taught the same in various places in New Hampshire and Vermont during his pupilage, and was for many years an efficient and popular leader of the singing in church. He removed to Boston in 1856, where he still resides in the practice of his profession, and as a specialty devotes his time largely to the examination of mental and nervous disorders. He m. Aug. 1, 1842, Mary Ann Stone of Hartford VT. Children: 7- Albert Legrand, b. in Peterborough, Jan 22, 1844; d. in Peterborough, Jan 17, 1845 ae 1 yr. 8- Willis Blake, b. in Winchester, Mass, June 29, 1846; m. Alma A. Sanborn, Dec. 25, 1871. Is engaged on cabinet organs in Boston. Has recently become quite successful as an artist in stipple and crayon portraiture. 9- Mary Ruth, b. in Winchester June 24, 1849; d. Jan 2, 1842, ae 2 yrs, 6 months. 10- Clara Elizabeth, b. in Winchester July 3, 1851; m. Walter W. Scott, Jan. 5, 1875. He is a jeweller and optician in Boston. 11- Emma Knapp, b. in Winchester, July 30, 1853. Is a teacher in the public schools, Boston. (end)