YOUNG FAMILY of WENDELL & SAVILLE (SUNAPEE) NH ------------------------- Information located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com 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). ----------------------------------- The story of Sunapee by John Henry Bartlett; Washington, D.C.: Press of B.S. Adams, c1941 Page 124 The Family of YOUNGS The name of Young has always been prominent in Sunapee. It has been continuous for one hundred and sixty years, for several of its descendants are living in town to-day. None of the Youngs were among the very first eighteen arrivals. The very first available list of Saville immigrants did not contain the name. We refer to the Association Test list of 1776. The first Youngs we find in Sunappe were among the petitions to incorporate Wendell. That was April 4, 1781. At that time there were four Youngs--Abiather Young, Robert Young, Edward Young, and James Young (These four may have arrived any time between 1776 and 1781 for there were no lists of Saville arrivals before these dates). The next place where we can locate more of the Youngs is in the census of 1790. There, in addition to the foregoing names, we find two,--Cornelius Young and Esek Young. All Saville Youngs come from these six. The six Youngs were brothers (we believe) and came from Smithfield, R.I. when the War was nearing an end. For their War service, see Chapter "Saville in War." The children of Abiather Young (a settler): Abiather Young was married to Mary Lang of Portsmouth by the Rev. Samuel Haven in 1783 - John Young b August 24, 1784 - Sally Young, December 20, 1785 - Hannah Young, December 30, 1787 - Abiathar Young, November 1, 1789 - William Young, June 29, 1797 - Andrew Young, November 5 1799 Death Data: Abiather Young died January 14, 1827 at the age of seventy-five. - Sally Young died September 14, 1836, in the 51st year of her age. - Mary Young, widow, died May 10, 1941 in the 85th year of her age. - Capt. Abiather Young is buried in the old Colby Cemetery Abiather's Grandchildren--children of one son, Andrew Young, and his wife Lydia Ferrin Young: - Hannah Young, born July 25, 1825 - Abiather Young, July 17, 1827 - Guy Beckley Young, July 2, 1829 - Elvira Young, December 23, 1832 (died 1844) - George Almon Young, November 28, 1834 - Lydia Emily Young, October 16, 1836 Data about the children of Andrew Young, the son of Abiather Young: - Hannah Young married Alonzo Muzzey (see Muzzey family) - Abitaher Young, son of Andrew, married Alzina Lear (see Lears). He was the Peg-Shop manufacturer (see portrait) and died very soon after his shop was destroyed by fire, leaving a large family of minor children. John V. Sargent, whose wife was Lydia Emily Young, a sister of the deceased "took to bring up" Alvah and Beulah Young. Martin went with his uncle, Dr. George A. Young of Concord, and learned the dentist profession. Eddie lived for a time with Joseph Bartlett of Claremont, and Lucien went with Harrison Cowles (Hame Shop man). Alvah lives in Sunapee today with his wife and family on the John V. Sargent place in the village, and has been an active and respected business man, conducting a saw-mill and contracting business. He is now over seventy and active. His children are Waldo Abiather who married Margaret E. McKay, Beulah E., who married J.D. Ludlow and Anna L. Young, unmarried. Dr. George A. Young, Dentist in Concord. He left a son, Dr. William A. Young, Dentist and a daughter Nellie Young French, both of Concord. Dr. William A. had a son. Another family of Abiather's Grandchildren, children of his son, Lieutenant John Young (wife Mehitable) - Mary Young, born July 15, 1810 - Mehitable Young, June 19, 1812 and d. August 17, 1815 - John Young Jr. July 28, 1816 - Charles S. Young - Moses A. Young, July 19, 1818 - Joseph Young, January 16, 1821 - Mehitable B. Young, September 8, 1823 - Benjamin F. Young, May 26, 1826 - Henry E. Young, November 30, 1831 - Pauline A. Young, July 25, 1833 John Young Jr. (the son of John Young, son of Abiather Young) was known as Elder John Young, a lay preacher, whom I remember. His wife was Sarah Thompson (married February 8, 1851). Their children were Jabe, George E., Alvin, Elvira (Stocker), Anna, Jessie (Woodsum), Emma, Lucy (Bean) and Villa. Jabe had a son, John W., and a daughter, Ethel. George E. had two sons, Arthur and Ralph. Alvin had one son, Hugh C. (Postmaster). Anna married Dr. E.C. Fisher (first wife) and had one daughter, Mabel. Lucy Bean had one son, Shirley. Another Family of Abiather Young's Grandchildren, childen of his son, William Young (wife Sally W.). He died August 20, 1874 near Crowther farm. - Hannah Perkins Young, born April 7, 1827 - Mary Patridge Young, April 14, 1830 - Sarah Perkins Young, December 13, 1832 - William Penn Young April 21, 1834 Great Grandchildren of Abiather Young, or children of Henry E. Young, a grandson: Children of Henry E. and Clarisa Young: -Charles H. Young, born September 5, 1854 -George D. Young, August 4, 1856 -Harvey D. Young, January 16, 1858 -Joseph H. Young, November 9, 1860 -Elvie P. Young, October 9, 1862 -Nellie B. Young, July 18, 1865 Charles H. Young had a son, Irving C. Young, who was in the World War. We present his portrait herein. He had a good record. Other great grandchildren of Abiather Young, children of said Moses A. Young (and Elizabeth L. Young) a grandson: - Wilbur Augustus Young, born June 10, 1844 - Frederick Arthur Young, born June 17, 1849 - Elvin Henry Young, born October 6, 1851 - Charles Samuel Young, April 9, 1854 Said Wilbur A. Young had a son Frank, now the "stage" driver and a son Dana. Wilbur was a Civil War veteran. Said Charles S. Young married Flora Colby, had two sons, Francis and Aston. Said Frederick A. Young was a skilled Hame Shop employee, a member of the Legislature, and an active citizen. James Young (a settler) and brother of the first Abiather: Nathan P. Young distinguished the family by putting on Sunapee Lake the first steamboat which he purchased and carted here, named it "Penacook," and made it all over, by changing its side-wheel power to a screw propellor, and then renaming her "Mountain Maid." I can just remember this craft, and her maker, for he had personal eccentricities. His line runs back to James Young, his grandfather, his father being Oliver Young. The first generation in Sunapee of James and Hannah Young were: - Elizabeth Young, daughter, born October 28, 1782 - Esek Young, February 10, 1787 - Lydia Young, February 10, 1787 - Oliver Young, January 3, 1789 - Rebeckah Young, May 27, 1791 - Mary Young, November 30, 1794 - Naomi Young, June 1, 1797 (James Young died December 28, 1833) The next generation in Sunapee were children of said OLIVER and Ruth Young. Children of Oliver and Ruth Young, his 1st wife: -Mary Young, born September 3, 1815 -Esek Young, July 30, 1817 -Abigail Young, January 1, 1821 -William G. Young, August 20, 1824 -Rebecca Young, March 22, 1826 Children of Oliver and Lydia Young (2d wife) -John P. Young, born December 15, 1831 -Nathan P. Young, February 20, 1834 -Sarah Jane Young, September 15, 1836 -Oliver Young Jr., April 4, 1839 Esek, son of Oliver, was the "stage driver" and Nathan the man who built the "Mountain Maid." Cornelius Young was a settler in Wendell in 1790 and had children. One child was Cornelius B. Young. He and Lucy Ann P. Young had these children in Wendell and Sunapee: - Sabrisa Cornelia Young, born June 10, 1844 - Frances Lavinia Young, February 11, 1846 - Abby Ann Young, February 18, 1848 - Ella Marrion Young, December 13, 1851 (see Smith) - Carry Bell Young, September 23, 1864 Sabrisa married Isaac Colby; Frances married John M. Runals; Abby married Bela Pike; Carrie married Timothy Quimby; and Ella married Nathan A. SMith. The latter had a daughter, Marion L. who married William E. Sleeper and their children are Dorothy E., Mildred L., and Ralph W. Another family from a Sunapee first settler by the name of Young is that of Robert and Polly Getchell Young. Robert is a brother of the first Abiather, James and Cornelius (four of the six brothers). Children of Robert Young (a settler) and Polly Young: - Samuel Young, born January 1, 1786 - Polly Young June 20, 1787. Died July 10, 1787 - James Young, June 20, 1788 - Caleb Young, February 20, 1789 - Zebulon Young, January 9, 1791 - Daniel Young, December 24, 1793 - Robert Young, September 20, 1795. Died October 23, 1803. - Polly Young, November 18, 1797 - Olive Young, March 12, 1799 - Abiather Young, April 18, 1801 - Edward Young born and died February 6, 1803 - Richard Young, March 16, 1804 - Almira Young, September 20, 1806 Cornelius Young, a settler: Through data furnished by George E. Gardner, Cornelius Young was a Revolutionary War soldier, married Sarah Hunttoon and had a daughter Betsey Young who married David Gardner, the father of John Young Gardner who migrated from Portsmouth to Sunapee. He was the father of Charles Gardner, the father of said George, who furnished the data. The 1790 census of Wendell indicates that Cornelius had one minor son, sixteen, and a wife and daughter. Children of Esek Young (a settler) and his wife, Harriet Woodward Young: - Betty Young, born November 3, 1787 [prob married Samuel Sisco] - Dorothy Young, May 20, 1789 - Abigail Young, May 7, 1792 - Aaron Young, January 24, 1796 - Lydia Young, April 26, 1799 Esek evidently married Elder Woodward's daughter. No further descendants are found. We find no record of children in Sunapee of Edward, one of the six brothers, having a family, except the census of 1790 gives him one son under sixteen and a wife and two daughters. OTHER RESOURCES ON THIS FAMILY: 1880 United States Federal Census > New Hampshire > Sullivan > Sunapee > District 277 Esek Young W M 62 Farmer NH NH NH [b abt 1818] Harriet W W F 62 wife Keeping House VT VT VT George H. W M 21 son ? NH NH VT 1870 United States Federal Census > New Hampshire > Sullivan > Sunapee Young, Esek 52 M W Hotel Keeper 3000/3000 NH Young, Harriet W 52 F W Keeping House VT Young, George H. 10 M W At home NH Batchelder, Eboneser 45 M W Stone Mason 4000/1000 NH U.S. Census > 1860 United States Federal Census > New Hampshire > Merrimack > Newbury Esek Young 42 M W Innkeeper 600/715 NH Harriet Young 42 F VT William H. Young 19 M NH Charles Young 3 M NH George Young 1 M NH 1850 United States Federal Census > New Hampshire > Sullivan > Goshen Esek Young 32 M Farmer 900 NH Harriet Young 32 F Vt Eliza A. Young 10 F NH William H. Young 9 M NH 1820 & 1840 living in Wendell, Sullivan Co NH Name: Esek YOUNG Cemetery: Cooper Yard Location: Sunapee NH 29 Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.4, p. Serial: 9200; Volume: 3 YOUNG ESEK NH CHESHIRE WENDELL 1790 YOUNG ESEK NH CHESHIRE WENDELL 1820 YOUNG ESEK NH HILLSBOROUGH NEW LONDON 1820 History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire; philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886 page 367 town meeting of April 23, 1778. At this meeting (among others) Esek Young was chosen selectmen of Saville [later Sunapee]. The story of Sunapee by John Henry Bartlett; Washington, D.C.: Press of B.S. Adams, c1941 --page 30-- "Capt. Gunnison's Report on Wendell's Revolutionary War Record, made in 1765" Years/Months of service Esek Young -- 1 yr 2 months signed Oct 12, 1785, Samll Gunnison Capt. --page 31-- While Esek Young served only one year and two months from Saville, he had served two years before that at Long Island, White Plains and other places, enlisting with his brothers at Smithfield RI. While Edward Young came to Saville with three of his six brothers (Abiather, Robert, and James) in or before 1781, we have seen a deposition of them saying all seven of the "Young Brothers" served in the War before coming to Saville. [other brothers: Cornelius who came to Saville with his brother Essek. He signed the association test. They settled on "Young's Hill" One of the selectmen of Saville, voted April 23, 1778; also in 1779 Nov 1782 inhabitants told to meet at the dwelling house of Messrs Esek and Abitha Youngs in Wendell; Dec 1782 Esek Young (with others) to settle with the town clerk and Selectmen for the years past; 1790 census #male > 16 // # males < 16 // all females Abiather Young 2-2-5 Cornelius Young 1-1-2 Edward Young 1-1-3 Esek Young 3-0-4 James Young 1-2-3 Robert Young 1-3-1 ------------------- (end)