- W O D FO RE R . HE author i n presenting to the fa m i l y of Y ou n g this very incomplete history makes grateful acknowledgment of assistance rendered in collecting data f rom James Young (now de d ceased ) , Ja mes H . Young , John Alexan er Young , Joh n Bruce Young , Eliza J . Young h (Gardner) , Robert Smit Young , Jesse J . Kerr , u B e s tt i e a y Elizabeth Yo ng , M r E . Smith , Basil B , Tipton , Helen Wilson , H . Pinney and Grace s Pinney Johnson , and to tho e who have assisted : in its publication Alexander Hueston Young , John Alexander Young , James H . Young , Letitia Young Palmer , Elizabeth Stewart , Dr . B . John N . Smith and Dr . H . Pinney . The cover was designed and presented by Edward Eyestone Young . f The acts contained in the little volume , f though meager , have been culled rom m any sources and have occupied much time and ' of research , but it has been a labor love , and the only regret on the par t of the a u thor is that it was no t undertaken be fore so m any of those who we re f amiliar with the Young history , had passed to the great Beyond — to that land where T OW b u r s a me they are indeed / f . A R A A N N L U YO U N G P I NN E Y . A N R A S F N CI S C O . m HE name Young , according to the aj ority of genealogists is of German origin a n d ' ' f was first spelled Jong . In the Eng lish orm a o it is v riously spelled Yong , Y ng e , Younge and of the Young . The earliest record we have f amily in England is that of Willi l e Yonge of 1 the 4 th century . The f amily names of which this is a history n are Thomas Kent , James , John and Alexa der . These except Alexander appear in English genealogy as early as the r ot h century and in those mentioned in Scotl and and Ireland as early i th as the s century . In Burke ’ s Landed Gentry we read of one of a n d s e nd of John Younge , L , in the parish t wo Colebrook , whose sons Nathaniel and James quarreled because of a difference of Opinion of for regarding the execution Charles I , and this cause Nathaniel changed the spelling of his name to Young . This is the first record we find e l wa a nd he e of th name spe led in this y, t r i s 6 reason for us to believe that upon this incident f d our name Young is oun ed . It is said that thirty coats of arms ha ve been granted to the different branc hes of the Young f a m i l v d f n of t he in Englan , this act is evide ce high social position of the f amily in the m other O f n m country . the early emigra ts to A erica there are several distinct families of Youngs not related to each other in any way . The first in of m for f point ti e was Richard Young , who fi ty pound s 0 1 English money purchased two hun of of dred acres land in the territory Plymouth , d Mass , thereby becoming a sharehol er in the fi of company , in the rst settlement that colony . Tradition gives Capta i n Thomas Young as of f A r the first ancestor our a mily in me ica , and aft er careful study and comparison with many authorities , we are convinced that tradition in this case , is truth . Captain Thomas Young was the son of Gregory of and Susann ah Young , Yorkshire , England . B Gregory Young was born at edale , Yorkshire , f an d died in 1 6 1 0 . His w i e Susannah died in 1 . s s 3 6 5 , and both are buried at St . Peter , Corn W e . f e of hill , London have only ound the nam s three children ; Thomas , our supposed ancestor , Susannah , who married Robert Evelyn and Catharine who married John Morris . 1 0 1 Thomas Young was born August , 5 7 9 , ’ in London . He obtained a captain s commission ‘ 1 6 a u thori zi n hi m f rom the King , September 3 3 , g to fit out ships and make explorations in of America . Two sons his sister Susannah , George and Robert Evelyn accompanied him on his exped ition . fl I I I In Vol . Narrative and Critical History of America , a letter written by Captain Young gives an account of this voyage in the quaint language of that period . From this letter we give a f e w extracts as f ollows : ' s u n s et t July 3 , toward we arrived between the capes which are called Cape Charles and of Henry . About one the clock , we came to anchor , the tide being spent , within three miles of f Point Com ort , which is some several leagues f rom the cape s and it lieth upon the mouth of James River , whereon standeth a newly erecte d f i ' ort which commands the r ver . He al s o sa ys 8 All my own men on my ship are , God be ra s e d v V p y , in ery good health , though my ice Admiral hath been shre w dly visited with a pestilential f ever whereof about sixty have been f sick and twelve dead thereo , but they are n ow ' most of them recovered . 2 th of Entering Delaware Bay on the 4 July , 1 6 3 4 , he sailed up the river which he named Charles in honor of the King and by September f rs t had reached the alls above Trenton . In a f 2 0 1 6 report rom this river dated October , 3 4 , he writes ' I passed up this great river with purpose to have pursued the discovery thereof till I had f ound the great lake f rom which the f great river issues , and rom thence I have par t i c u l a r reason to believe there doth issue some branches , one or more , by which I might have passed into that Mediterranean Sea , which the Indian rel a te th to be f our days journey beyond fi f the mountains , but having passed ty leagues f f up the river , I was stopped rom urther pro ce ed i n gs by a ledge of rocks which c ros s e th the river He then expresses a determination the next summer to build a vessel above the falls 9 f rom whence he hoped to find a way that ' f leadeth into that Mediterranean Sea , and rom the lake . He continues I judge that it cannot be less than one hundred and fif ty or two hundred leagues in length to our northern ocean . From f thence I propose to discover the mouths thereo , which discharge both into the N orth and South Sea . In the Historical Magazine , second series , Vol . f w of IV , page 7 5 , the ollo ing sketch Captain ’ Thomas Young s explorations appear , written by who offers it as a tribute to the ’ of of ou r honor one country s early explorers , but little known in its annals Before Calvert and his colony sailed for a of Ches peake , Captain Thomas Young London , a gentleman of influence received a S pecial com f m 2 mission ro the King , dated September 3 , ’ 1 6 Fa ed e ra a u 3 3 , and published in Rymer s thori zi n ofii ce rs g him to fit out ships , appoint , and explore all territories in America , with the understanding that his movements would not be impeded by any who had received patents f or 1 0 of other portions the country . Among the f o ficers appointed were Robert Evelyn , a nephew ' of Captain Young as lieutenant , Alexander of ’ Baker St . Holborn s parish , Middlesex , released f rom prison where he had been confined of as a recusant , to become cosmographer the expedition because skilled in mines and the try ing of metals ; also a m a n named Scott com 6 n u . 1 missio ed as a s rgeon In July , 3 4 , with om two ships , Captain Th as Young reached w V a . Jamesto n , He remained there only long enough to construct a shallop to be used in ex l ori n v w n u t he p g ri ers , he he sailed p Delaware and established a post which he named E ri wom e k . The site of this post where Captain Young a nd his party spent some f our years trading with the a n d w k n fi i Indians or ing u pro table gold m nes , fi t he P e n s a u ke n ? has , been identi ed as Where f w of Creek alls into the Dela are , it being one the ce n ters fro m which a colo n y was to radiate and fill t he territory that now constitutes Pe n nsylvania N e w and Jersey , with an industrious and happy ' people .