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Male John Young Click to view John Young in the family tree

John was born in August 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA.  John's father was Conrad Mathue Young and his mother was Anna Margaretha "Margarett" Franciscus.  His paternal grandparents were Matthias Mathew Young (Jung) and Anna Margaretta Feyin; his maternal grandparents were Ludwig Christophel Franciscus and Anna Margaretha Schwab. He had a brother named Johannes.  He was the younger of the two children. He had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named Charles Francis, Henry, William, George E. and Elizabeth.  He died at the age of 89 on June 17th, 1850 in Kanawha Co., VA.


John's family with Mary Kesiah Tackett

‌John and Mary Kesiah were married in a religious ceremony on May 20th, 1789 in Kanawha, VA.  They had five sons and six daughters, named Jacob Reed, Charles, John Darien, Lewis, Samuel, Elizabeth Ann, Margaret, Mary Malinda "Polly", Nancy, June and Keziah.


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