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SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
“Official Register of the Officers and Men in the Rev War, New Jersey.” Adjutant-General’s Office. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Rev War, Trenton, NJ, Wm. T. Nicholson & Co, Printers 1872. “Printed by authority of the Legislature.” William S. Stryker, Adjutant General, pg 870
The following biography of William Young was posted anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
William Young, eldest child of Morgan and Elizabeth Mills Young, born March 16, 1742, some twelve years before his father bought land in that part of Mendham which became Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey, died July 21, 1819, aged 77 years. He left vital statistics of the family which include the marriage and death dates of his parents, and the names and birth dates of his brothers and sisters but he failed to locate any of the events. The records of William were published in the genealogical column of the Newark, New Jersey Evening News #55742, June 23, 1917. The graves of William and his wife have not been found. Their birth and death dates appear on the family monument at Newton, New Jersey but there are no headstones for them as there are for other members of the family who are known to be buried there.
A voucher found amongst the papers of William showed that he paid "Congress Tax" December 20, 1775, in the township of Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey. The Count records reveal that he, with Thomas Carrel and Andrew Briant, witnessed the will of Jonathan Oliver, in 1777, and his name follows that of his father on the Ratables for Mendham for 1778, (State Library, Trenton, New Jersey). On the tax list for 1779 he has 'Esquire' after his name. William perhaps kept the public house of which his father spoke when he advertised his property as for sale. This seems indicated by the folloing advertisement dated at Woodbridge, New Jersey, April 8, 1778, "Any person finding a pocket-book and giving information to James Fitz-Randolph in Woodbridge, or to William Young, inn-keeper near Succasunny Plain, so that the owner can have it again, shall be entitled to twenty dollars reward by me." Robert Miller.
William Young moved his family, about 1790, to Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey where he bought a farm adjoining that of Jacob Dewitt. In 1796 William was Executor of the estate of William Jones, Sr. whose will was witnessed by Jacob Dewitt and Elizabeth Crane, in Wantage. The inventory was made by William Mitchell. Documents such as this are cited not merely to locate our subject but also because they contain the names of families allied by marriage to the Youngs, and referred to elswhere in the records.
A voucher in the hand of the compiler show that William was a cooper-farmer and that he was practicing his trade in Wantage Township, February 16, 1814. The County records at Newton, New Jersey indicate that he and his wife Miriam sold their Wantage farm, May 19, 1815
James and Morgan YOung, sons of Morgan Sr. and Thomas respectively, of Mendham, New Jersey were granted pensions for services a privates during the Revolution. Each, in his pension application stated that he had served under Captain William Young, However, the files at Trenton, New Jersey show an Ensigfn William Young, who was promoted to be Lieutenant, and it is further stated the Lieutenant William Young was appointed, October 10, 1777, for recruiting for the Continental Line, to rendezvous at Morristown, by a committee of the Council and Assembly.
William Young, married, February 2, 1764, Miriam DRAKE Throckmorton (died November 24, 1824, age 89 years, 4 months) widow of Thomas Throckmorton, Sr. of Roxbury, New Jersey (Will proved 3 May 1763). Miriam was a sister of Jacob and Abraham Drake who married respectively, Charity and Anne Young, sisters of William Young. She was also a sister of Catherine Drake Leforge. (Catherine's will, December 4, 1790). Hercules Young of our subject, helped make the inventory of the estate of Thomas Throckmorton, son of Job and Frances (?Stout) Throckmorton, of Shrewbury, New York.
Transcribed by David Bruty Sr., from "Our Young Family in America, by Edward Huston Young, published 1947.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 November 2019), memorial page for William Young (16 Mar 1742–21 Jul 1819), Find A Grave Memorial no. 14302367, citing Newton Cemetery, Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Karen (contributor 46620305) .
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