William Young

William was born in 1751.¹   William's father was Robert Young and his mother was Mary Douglass.  His maternal grandparents were Jonathon Douglass and UNKNOWN Jemima. He had seven brothers and six sisters, named John, Samuel, James, Robert, Charles, Thomas, Joseph, Agnes, Jane, Margaret, Martha, Elizabeth and Mary.  He was the fifth youngest of the fourteen children.

‌William and Unknown were married in a religious ceremony on May 11th, 1769.