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Female Sophy Young Click to view Sophy Young in the family tree

Sophy was born in 1797 in Christians Creek, Augusta Co., Va..  Sophy's father was George II Young and her mother was Catherine Shimer.  Her paternal grandparents were George I (Jung) Young and Rosina Hoffman; her maternal grandfather was Frederick Shimer and her maternal grandmother is Mary Magdalene Bach. She had three brothers and two sisters, named Mathias Gayhart I, John, Jacob, Ann Rebecca and Mary.  She is the third youngest of the six children.


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