John Young (1649-1718) is number 566 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #567 Ruth Cole (1651-ca 1728) in about 1669 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their daughter #283 Ruth Young (1688-1768) who married #282 Samuel Brown (1686-1749) in 1708.
* their daughter #141 Mehitable Brown (1714-1758) who married #140 Thomas Dill (1708-1761) in 1733.
* their son #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1839) who married #71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797) in 1782.
* their daughter #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840) in 1826.
* their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.
* their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: John Young[1–7]
* Sex: Male
* Father: John Young (1624-1690)
* Mother: Abigail Howland (1628-1692)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 16 November 1649, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]
* Distribution: 21 April 1691 (age 41), father's will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[4]
* Distribution: 19 April 1692 (age 42), agreement of heirs to distribute mother's property; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[5]
* Distribution: 15 January 1694/5 (age 45), agreement of Daniel Cole's heirs; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[6]
* Death: before 23 April 1718 (before age 68), administration granted; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[7]
* Probate: 23 April 1718 (age 68), administration granted, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[7]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Ruth Cole (1651-1728)
* Marriage 1: about 1669 (about age 20), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1,6]
* Child 1: Mercy Young (1671-1753)
* Child 2: Jonathan Young (1675-1755)
* Child 3: Benjamin Young (1677-1734)
* Child 4: Israel Young (1683-1760)
* Child 5: Ruth Young (1688-1768)
* Child 6: Barnabas Young (1690-1772)
* Child 7: Jane Young (1692-1746)
* Child 8: Abigail Young (1694- )
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
The descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham was treated in a Mayflower Descendant periodical article by Andrew P. Langlois in the Summer 2005 issue[1].
John Young was born 16 November 1649, probably in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of John and Abigail (Howland) Young[1-3].
He married Ruth Cole (1651-ca 1728) in about 1669 in Eastham, Massachusetts[1,6]. Ruth was the daughter of Daniel and Ruth (--?--) Cole of Eastham. They had eight children, two of whom were recorded in the Eastham town records:
* Mercy Young (1671-1753), married 1697 Micajah Snow (1669-1753).
* Jonathan Young (1675-1755), married 1711 Deborah Newcomb (1687-1766).
* Benjamin Young (1677-1734), married 1700 Sarah Snow (1677-1742).
* Israel Young (1683-1760), married 1708 Katherine Frost (1679-1764).
* Ruth Young (1688-1768), married 1708 Samuel Brown (1686-1749).
* Barnabas Young (1690-1772), married (1) Rebecca Young (1694-1753), and (2) 1754 Anne Snow (1703-1767).
* Jane Young (1692-1746), married 1710 Isaac Pierce (1687-1747).
* Abigail Young (1694-1781), married 1716 John Treat (1693-1762).
John Young's father, John Young, wrote his will on 19 January 1688/9 and it was proved on 21 April 1691[4]. In the will, the father John Young gave 5 acres of upland lying near the south side of Young's Cove.
John's mother, Abigail (Howland) Young died 7 April 1692, and in her probate papers it appears she gave her real and personal property to her son Robert Young, with John Young, Joseph Young and Henry Young agreeing to the request[5].
Ruth (Cole) Young's father, Daniel Cole, died intestate on 20 December 1694 in Eastham, and left an estate that was divided by an agreement of the heirs dated 15 January 1694/5[6]. The homestead and the rest of the real property was granted to son Thomas Cole, and Ruth Cole received 12 pounds, 19 shillings as her remainder portion, having received property in her father's lifetime. John and Ruth Young signed this agreement.
John Young died intestate before 23 April 1718 at age 68, when administration on his estate was granted by the Barnstable County Probate Court to his widow, Ruth Young and his son Jonathan Young[7].
The probate documents for John Young are in the Barnstable County Probate Court records. They include:
a) Letter of Administration: Volume 3, page 455:
John Otis Esq^r Comissionated by the Gouvnour and Councill of y^e Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England to be Judge of the Probate of Wills and for granting Letters of Adminis^on on the Estates of Persons deceased having goods Chattels Rights and Credits in the County of Barnstable within the Province aforesd To Ruth Young Relict and widow of John Young Late of Eastham Deceased and Jonathan Young of sd Town in the County aforesd ^yeoman: Greet-ing. Whereas John Young of Eastham aforesd in the sd County of Barnstable Deceased Having while he Lived and at the Time of his decease Goods Chattels Rights or Credits in y^e County aforesd, Lately Dyed Intestate. Whereby the power of Comitting Administration and full Disposition of all and Singular the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of the s^d Deceased and also the hearing Examining and allowing the accompt of Such Administration Doth appertain unto me; Trusting therefore In your Care and Fidelity I do by these presents Comitt unto you full power to Administer all and Singular the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of John young aforesd Deceased and Well and faithfully to Dispose of y^e same according to Law and also to ask, Gather, Levy, Recover and Receive all and what-soever Credits of the sd Deceased which to him while he Lived and att the Time of his Death did appertain and To pay all Debts in which the sd Deceased stood bound so far as his goods Chattels Rights and Credits Can Extend according to the value thereof. And to make a True and perfect Inventory of all and singularly Goods Chattels Rights & Credits and to Exhibet the same into the Registry of y^e court of probate for y^e County aforesd att or before the first Day of May next Ensuing. And to Render a plain and True accompt of your sd Administration att or before the First Day of May which will be in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Nineteen. And I Do Hereby ordain Constitute and appoint you Administrators of all the singular the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits aforesd. In Testimony whereof I Have hereunto sett my hand and y^e seal of y^e sd Court of Probate Dated at Barnstable aforesd the 23 Day of Aprill Anno Domini 1718. Jno Otis
b) Articles of Agreement: Volume 3, Pages 514-516:
Articles of Agreement made and Concluded and Fully agreed upon the 18^th Day of July 1719 Anno Domini 1719 – By & between Ruth Young, Benjamin Young, Jonathan Young, Israel Young, Barnabas Young, Micajah Snow and his Wife Mercy Snow, Samuel Brown and his wife Ruth Brown, Isaac Perce and his Wife Jane Perce, John Treat and his Wife Abigail Treat, all of Eastham in y^e County of Barnstable In the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Being all of them Rightfull Heirs to the Estate of m^r John Young of Eastham, aforesd Yeoman, Deceased. Having mutualy agreed and Concluded, and also actually made and finished a devision and partition of the Estate both personall and Real of y'e s'd m^r John Young Deceased, Lying partly in Eastham & partly in Harwich in the County aforesd, after the following manner and form. That is to Say: To the sd Ruth Young Their Dear mother The Widow Relict of the sd m^r John Young deceased To Have the Improvement of all the Dwelling House and benefit and Income of one Third part of all the Lands and Tenements and Real Estate wh^so-ever which Their Hon^ord Father m^r John Young above named Dyed seized of During The Term of Her naturall Life, and also one Third part of Their sd Father's personall Estate to be by Their sd mother Ruth Young her Heirs and assigns for ever freely possessed and Enjoyed. Secondly The above named parties Do by these presents mutually agree that Benjamin Young above named Shall have to him his Heirs and assigns for ever to be by him and Them freely possessed and Enjoyed one Ten acre Lott of upland Lying on Griffins Island so called near adjoyning to the sd Benjamine Youngs now Dwelling House, Bounded as by Record will appear to their Grandfather Daniel Cole Deceased, and also one Lott Called a Tenament Lott Laid out To Their sd Father John Young in the year 1711 as by Record will appear Lying on the sd Griffins Island as abovesd and also one half of a Lott of medow for Quantyty and Quality, which their sd Father John Young formerly bought of Jabez Snow Lying in the Northern End of the aforesd Griffins Island as also the one half for Quantity and Quality of one other Lott of meadow Lying att the Northern End of sd Island Which their sd Father John Young formerly had of Deacon Thomas Freeman deceased, as also the one Third part of the Barn That was Their sd Father John Youngs, and also Thirty Five Pounds and Ten Shilling out of Their sd Fathers Personall Estate. Thirdly the above named parties do by these presents mutually agree that the above named
Jonathan Young shall have To him his heirs and assigns for Ever freely to be possessed and Enjoyed for his full part and portion of the abovesd Estate one Ten acre Lott on which the Dwelling House now Standeth which was formerly granted to his sd Father John Young as by Record will appear, as also one Lott of meadow Lying on the Eastern side of the Indian Neck so called, by Estimation Two acres granted and laid out to his sd Father John Young as by Record will appear as also the sd parties Do mutualy agree that the sd Jonathan Young Shall have out of his sd Father John Youngs personall Estate Sixteen Pounds and five shillings. Fourthly the sd parties Do hereby mutually agree That Israel Young Shall have to him his heirs and assigns for Ever, freely to be possessed and Enjoyed for his full part and portion of the abovesd Estate, Ten acres of upland whereon he now Dwelleth which his sd Father John Young formerly bought of William Cole and also the whole Lott of meadow adjoyning to sd upland which his sd Father bought also of William Cole, and also of the sd personall Estate the sd Israel Young hath Sixteen pounds and Ten shilling. Fifthy The said parties to these presents Doth hereby mutually agree that Barnabas Young To him his heirs and assigns for Ever freely to be possessed and Enjoyed Shall have of the abovesd Estate one Twenty acre Lott of upland near Adjoyning where he now Dwelleth it being one of the ancient Lotts on sd Griffen Island, and also Two plain Lotts and one Wood Lott so called which was formerly Laid out to his sd Father John Young Lying on sd Griffens Island bounded as by Record Will appear as, also Two acres of upland which his said Father bought of Stephen Hopkins Lying on sd Island, and one Lott of upland Lying att the Great Island so called Laid out to his sd Father and bound^ed as by Record will appear, and also the one half for Quantity and Quality of Two Lotts of meadow In partnership with the above sd Benjamin Young as above mentioned bought of Jabez Snow and Thomas Freeman, and also y^e House wherein he now Dwelleth and also Two Thirds of his ^sd Fathers Barn That is to say the one third now In possession and the other third to fall to him at his sd mothers Decease, and also the Dwelling House wherein his sd mother now dwelleth after his sd mothers Decease. In Consideration of which portion as abovesd The sd Barnabas Young pays in to the abovesd Psonall estate The sum of fifty Pounds Seven shillings. Sixthly the sd parties Do hereby mutually agree that Micajah Snow and his wife Mercy Snow above named shall have for their parts and portion of the abovesd Estate by Them Their Heirs and assigns for Ever freely possessed and Enjoyed y^e one Third Part of a Lott of upland Lying in the Township of Harwich In the County aforesd sd Whole Lott being by Estimation Twenty acres be it more or Less, and did belong to Their sd Father John Young deceased and also Sixteen Pounds and five shillings out of their said Fathers prsonal Estate. Seventhly The parties hereto Do mutually agr^ee That the above named Isaac Perce and Jane Perce his Wife Shall have To Them Their Heirs and assigns for Ever, freely to be possessed & Enjoyed out of Their sd Fathers Estate one Wood Lott so called Laid out to Their sd Father John Young near Adjoyning to the Herring River so called as by Record Will appear, and also out of the personall Estate abovesd Sixteen pounds and five shillings. Eightly The parties hereto do hereby mutually agree that Samuel Brown and his wife Ruth Brown shall have for their part of the abovesd Estate to be by them Their Heirs and assigns for Ever freely possessed and Enjoyed The one third part both for Quantity and Quality of the abovesd Twenty acre Lott lying in sd Harwich and also Sixteen pounds and five shillings in full of their parts of y^e abovesd Estate. Ninthly The sd parties Do here by mutually agree That the above named John Treat and his Wife Abigail Treat shall have in full of their part and portion of the abovesd Estate to be by Them Their heirs & assigns forever freely possessed & enjoyed y^e one third part for Quantity & Quality of y^e abovesd Twenty acre Lott lying in sd Harwich & also Sixteen pounds & five shil-lings out of y^e sd personall Estate. And the above named parties have actually made and finished a Division of the whole of y^e above mentioned Estate both psonall & Real, and Each of them Received their full portion thereof and are already in y^e free & full possession of y^e Same, nothing Excepted or Reserved Saving onely y^e income and Improvement of the Widows Thirds as above mentioned of y^e Real Estate to be Reserved to her During Life. Therefore In Consideration of y^e abovesd parts of y^e abovesd Estate Devide out to Each of them In Severally Do therefore for Each of Them-selves their heirs Executors and Administrators Quit all manner of claim Respectively to each others shares and to Each other heirs and assigns for Ever.
Signed Sealed & Delivered } Barnabas Young Ruth X Young
In Presence of us Witnesses } her mark & seal
Consta^t Freeman } Micajah Snow Benjamin young
Thomas Mulford } Mercy cy Snow Jonathan Young Isaac X Perce Israel Young Ruth Brown his mark & seal his mark & seal
John Treat Jane X Perce Abigail A Treat
her mark & seal her mark & seal
c) In left-hand margin, page 516
Barnstable ss. On y^e 20^th day of July 1719 Then y^e within named Ruth Young, Benj. Young, Jonathan Young, Israel Young, Barnabas Young, Micajah Snow, Mercy Snow, Isaac Perce, Jane Perce, Samuel Brown Ruth Brown, John Treat & Abigail Treat Psonally appearing before me y^e subscriber Judge of Probates &c for sd County acknowledged this Instrument to be their free act and deed.
John Otis
5) SOURCES
1. Andrew P. Langlois, "Descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham," The Mayflower Descendant (Boston, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants), Volume 54, No. 2 Summer 2005), pages 97-113, pgs. 99-100, #2 John Young (1649-1718) family sketch.
2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Orleans and Eastham Records," page 335 (image 176 of 185), John Young birth record, 16 November 1649.
3. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993), page 38, John Young birth entry, 16 November 1649.
4. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :, Barnstable County, "Vol. 1-3, 1686-1747," Volume 1, pages 41-42, John Young Estate records.
5. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Barnstable County, "Vol. 1-3, 1686-1747," Volume 1, page 63, Abigail Young probate papers.
6. "Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), transcription, Volume 1, pages 120-124, Daniel Cole of Eastham, 1695 probate papers.
7. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Barnstable County, "Vol. 1-3, 1686-1747," Volume 3, page 455 and 514-516, John Young probate papers.
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