Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Name5G GF George Young 
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713BirthGermany
Relocated notes for 5G GF George Young
Hans George Young is listed on the ship Royal Union arrived 15 Aug 1750. This may be the George who, according to the “Early Germans” book, appeared in Round Valley, NJ and whose oldest child appears to have been George born about 1755.
The point I’m making is that what is known about (the older) George of Round Valley is not inconsistent with a 1750 arrival. But I can’t be certain it is him.
The point I’m making is that what is known about (the older) George of Round Valley is not inconsistent with a 1750 arrival. But I can’t be certain it is him.
My Comments notes for 5G GF George Young
I know something about the ancestry of John C Young because there is a book “The Early Germans of New Jersey” written by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers published in 1895, that clearly identifies him -- his name is given as John C Young and it is said he married Mary Phillips and went to PA -- and states his father was George, son of George.
This book documents the life of George Young (Jung) who came from Germany and was a very early settler in Round Valley (which is near Clinton in Hunterdon County), New Jersey. He had sons George, Henry, Peter, John and Philip and daughters Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Campbell.
The younger George was born 1755 and died Mar 1824 and married Elisabeth Cramer who died in 1794, daughter of Matthias. Chambers says their children were Mary, Lanee, Peter G, Catherine, John C, Elisabeth and George C. About John C, it says he was born 5 Jul 1789 married Mary Philips and “went to PA”. About John C’s sister Lanee, it says she married Joseph Chamberlain and they also went to PA.
The book seems authoritative but does not give sources, so it is not clear what the basis is of all the information presented. But there is very little that is inconsistent with information I have from other sources, so I believe that Chambers had sources for most of his statements, just failed to name them. Too bad.
One possible discrepancy relates to the name of John C’s wife -- we know her as Margaret Philips, Chambers says Mary Philips. But it is possible both are right. It was not uncommon back then for a man to marry a woman who then died young and then the man married the younger sister of his first wife. Maybe that was the case here or maybe Chambers made a typo.
Chambers statement that John C’s sister had married Joseph Chamberlain proved especially important. I would not have bothered to even try to track George Young and his son John C in Census had it not been that I was able to track Joseph Chamberlain to Shamokin Township and noticed that among his neighbors were both George Young and John Young, who I am willing to bet were our ancestors of those names.
This book documents the life of George Young (Jung) who came from Germany and was a very early settler in Round Valley (which is near Clinton in Hunterdon County), New Jersey. He had sons George, Henry, Peter, John and Philip and daughters Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Campbell.
The younger George was born 1755 and died Mar 1824 and married Elisabeth Cramer who died in 1794, daughter of Matthias. Chambers says their children were Mary, Lanee, Peter G, Catherine, John C, Elisabeth and George C. About John C, it says he was born 5 Jul 1789 married Mary Philips and “went to PA”. About John C’s sister Lanee, it says she married Joseph Chamberlain and they also went to PA.
The book seems authoritative but does not give sources, so it is not clear what the basis is of all the information presented. But there is very little that is inconsistent with information I have from other sources, so I believe that Chambers had sources for most of his statements, just failed to name them. Too bad.
One possible discrepancy relates to the name of John C’s wife -- we know her as Margaret Philips, Chambers says Mary Philips. But it is possible both are right. It was not uncommon back then for a man to marry a woman who then died young and then the man married the younger sister of his first wife. Maybe that was the case here or maybe Chambers made a typo.
Chambers statement that John C’s sister had married Joseph Chamberlain proved especially important. I would not have bothered to even try to track George Young and his son John C in Census had it not been that I was able to track Joseph Chamberlain to Shamokin Township and noticed that among his neighbors were both George Young and John Young, who I am willing to bet were our ancestors of those names.