Maternal

Lineage: Ellen "Ella" Aljelina4, Benjamin3, John2, Barent "Barney"1

YOUNGS, c.1759-1931

Related Families: Rankins | Ryan | Miller | Jacobi | Wohleben |  Wolcott | Thorp

 

        (1)  Barent "Barney" Young, was born about 1759, according to the 1840 census of Revolutionary War pensioners in the town of German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York, in which he reported his age as 81 years.  In that census he was enumerated as Barnabas Youngs.  Clifford M. Young's book The Young (Jung) Families of the Mohawk Valley, 1710-1946 (Albany, NY, 1946?), says:

        "Barent (Barney) Young, Revolutionary soldier (Col. Willetts N.Y. Regiment) apparently of Holland Dutch descent, enlisted from Albany, married in Albany June 14, 1785 Elisabeth Rankins or Raukins, who was born in March 1763.  Barent Young died June 9, 1842.  They resided at German Flatts after the war and his pension record states that they had twelve children . . . . the oldest of whom were John and Michael."

        Elisabeth Rankins was born 4 December 1765 in German Flatts, Herkimer Co., New York.  One wartime story about Elizabeth was published in the "Peoples Friend" in 1782 and says:

        "Inhabitants east of the fort who could not reach the fort, were gathered together by Grfather Jacob Casler (Kessler), and were taken for safety to the ravine on the north side of the river, near the Gulf Bridge, where they remained for two days and came back to their home in safety. Among the children were Betsey Rankins, who afterwards became the mother-in-law of the late Major Richard N. Casler

(Provided by Willis Rankins <rankfam@borg.com>, submitted by Col. Henry McLean Heath, of Little Falls, NY in 1893.)

        An examination of the census records for the town of German Flatts, Herkimer Co., New York, shows that there were no heads of households by the name of Youngs living there in the year 1800; in fact Barney Youngs was the first of the name to be recorded in the town.
        The 1810 census establishes that Barney was the only Young(s) living in the town of German Flatts that year, and that he and his wife were both born in or before 1775.  They had three sons and 4 daughters under the age of ten years.
 

1810 Census	M<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	45+		F<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	45+
Barney Youngs	3	0	0	0	1		4	0	0	0	1

        In 1820, Barney had only one son living with him, and son John lived nearby in his own household.  Also present that year was Samuel P. Young, but it is doubtful that he was of any immediate relation, since Barney's was a family of farmers, while Samuel was a "manufacturer" and lived in a different part of the town altogether.
 

1820 Census	M<10	10-16	16-18	16-26	26-45	45+		F<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	45+		Farmers
John Young	1	1	0	0	1	0		2	2	0	1	0		1
Berney Young	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	1		0
Elias Young	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0		1
Samuel P. Young	1	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	3	1	0		1 (Manuf.)

        Elias Young, also enumerated in German Flatts that year, was probably that son of Manuel Young and Maria Wagner, baptized 5 June 1795 at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, Fonda, Montgomery Co., New York.  Elias married in 1818 at St. John's Church, Montgomery Co., Catherine Harrington, born about 1803.  Their ages are consistent with those represented in the 1820 census.  They apparently had no children when the census was taken, (though being newlyweds she may have been pregnant).
        Manuel (Emmanuel) Young of North Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., was born about 1763 and resided in Albany Co., New York before coming to this section, just like Barent Young and Elizabeth Rankins.  Manuel also had a son named Barney, so it is perhaps reasonable to assume that Manuel and Barent Young were brothers, making Elias Barent's nephew, which would explain why they lived in close proximity to one another.  (For more information about Elias and Manuel Young contact Linda Jazstal).
 

Children of Barent Youngs and Elizabeth Rankin (from baptismal records and his Revolutionary War pension application; not a complete list):

1. Johannes, mentioned below
2. Michael, born 11 October 1787, baptized 28 October 1787 at German Flatts Reformed Church, sponsored by Michael Jung and Catharina Rankin.  He married on 5 October 1806 at Herkimer Reformed Church, Margaretha Rasbach.  On 26 December 1806, Michael and Margaretha sponsored the baptism of Anna Fulmer, daughter of Jacob Fulmer and Catharine Rasbachin, born 27 July 1806.  Parents of:
1. Sophia, born 9 March 1807, baptized 24 May 1807, sponsored by Jacob Fulmer and Maria Catharina Rasbachin.
2. Maria Anna, born 22 January 1809, baptized 12 March 1809 at Herkimer Reformed Church, sponsored by John Young and Margaretha.
3. Elisabetha, born 24 July 1810, baptized 12 June 1810(???) at Herkimer Reformed Church, sponsored by Michaeli Young and Margaretha.
3. Maria, born 6 November 1794, baptized 9 November 1794 at German Flatts Refomed Church, sponsored by Clems Rangin and Delia.
4. Julius, baptized 29 May 1803 at Herkimer Reformed Church, sponsored by Joseph Clok and Catharina Eisemann.
5. Corolus, born 27 July 1806, baptized 6 August 1806 at Herkimer Reformed Church, sponsored by Petro Eisemann and Catharina.
6. Eva, born 8 April 1809, baptized 21 May 1809 at Herkimer Reformed Church, sponsored by Melchoire Casler and Maria Elisabeth.

 
 

        (2)  Johannes Young, commonly referred to as John, was born 24 April 1784 at Albany, baptized 13 May 1786 at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Albany, Albany, Co., New York, sponsored by John and Delia Young, died 25 November 1854, buried in Herkimer Co., New York (tombstone says died November 20th, age 66 yrs. 6 mos. 27 days); married 8 September 1805 at Herkimer Reformed Church, Margaret Ryan (spelled Reyen in marriage record), born 8 November 1784, died 17 April 1848 age 63, daughter of John Ryan and Magdalena Miller.
        Herkimer County Letter of Administration #08660 of 18 July 1855 dicates that John Young died 17 November 1854, leaving widow Catherine, and children Solomon, Benjamin, Sanford, Lany, Polly, Elizabeth, Eve, and John, Jr.  Letters of administration for John Jr., dated 29 January 1883, names brother Benjamin.
        The identity of the mother of John's wife, Magdalena Miller is confused by data in LDS records.  The International Genealogical Index indicates that Magdalena Miller, wife of John Ryan, was formerly wife of Henrich Miller, who was born about 1726 in New York, son of Johannes Miller and Maria Jacobi.  Consequently, she is listed as being born about 1728 in New York, a birth year which would have made her 55 at the time of Margaret Ryan's birth, not to mention 34 years older than her second husband John Ryan.
        It is more likely that Margaret Ryan's mother was actually Maria Magdalena Miller, born 25 November 1767 at Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York, baptized 19 January 1868, daughter of Frederick Miller; and possibly his wife Maria Magdalena Wohleben; the reasons are:

• first, Maria Magdalena Miller would have been seven years younger than John Ryan, but still of child-bearing age (17yrs.) when their daughter Margaret was born in 1784.
• second, Maria Magdalena Miller had a sister, Anna Eva, who married Jacob Ryan, who was John Ryan's brother.
• third, John Ryan and Magdalena Miller had daughters named Maria and Magdalena, and Maria Magdalena Miller's mother was perhaps named Maria Magdalena Wohleben.
• fourth, Henerico Wohllebe(r) and Elisabeth Young sponsored the 1808 baptism of John Young and Margaret Ryan's son, and Maria Magdalena Wohleben had a brother Henrich (born about 1724).

        This theory helps explain why a Henry Miller was associated with Magdalena Miller in the LDS records, (for he would have been her uncle), and establishes a more credible pattern of ages and associations between the Miller, Ryan, Young, and Wohleben families. Further investigation is still needed to verify the assumptions in this theory.
        John died 20 November 1854, aged 66 years, 6 months & 27 days, according to his tombstone.  Margaret Ryan died 17 April 1848 "in the 63rd year of her age."  Both of them are buried in the Finck's Basin Cemetery, Town of Danube, Herkimer Co., New York.

Margaret & John's gravesites in Finck's Basin Cemetery, Town of Danube, Herkimer Co., New York.

Children (not a complete list):

1. Maria, born 17 September 1812, according to records of the German Flatts Reformed Church.
2. Magdalena, born 7 June 1806, baptized 10 August 1806 according to Herkimer Reformed Church records, and sponsored by Magdalena Reyen at German Flats.
3. Salomon, born 12 June 1808, baptized 17 July 1808 at Herkimer Reformed Church, sponsored by Henerico Wohlleber and Elisabeth Young.
4. Benjamin, mentioned below

 
 

        (3) Benjamin Youngs, born 1818 two miles south of Mohawk, town of German Flatts, Herkimer Co., New York, on Fulmer Creek Road, died 1906 in Little Falls, Herkimer Co., New York.  He was named in the probate documents relating to his father's estate.  He and his descendants tended to use the Young and Youngs spellings interchangeabley.
        He married before 1854 Janette Wolcott, born 1824 in Shoreham, Addison Co., Vermont, died 1902 in Mohawk, Germann Flatts, Herkimer Co., New York. They are both buried in Mohawk Cemetery in the village and their birth and death dates are taken from their tombstone inscriptions.
        In early life, Benjamin followed the business of boatman on the Erie Canal, making trips out of what was then called Herkimer's Landing, but became known as Finck's Basin after the erection of the Finck Warehouse.  The place was then an important canal part, immense shipments of Spanish hides being sent there for transportation to Brockett's Bridge, now Dolgeville, where they were tanned in the midst of the bark country which gave facilities for work by the old process.  Benjamin remained in this line of work from 1832 until 1862, when he purchased a farm next to the homestead where he was born and conducted it, with the exception of a short period during which it was let.  In the Directory of the Town of German Flats, from the Gazetteer and Business Directory of Herkimer County, N.Y. 1869-70 published by Hamilton Child & Co., Syracuse, New York, in 1869, Benjamin is listed as a dairy farmer.
        Janette Wolcott of German Flatts made her will on 2 May 1899.  It was witnessed by Jonathan I. Adams and H.M. Dockstater, both of Mohawk.  In the will she mentions daughters Minnie Doxtater and Ella Thorp, plus grandchildren Benjamin Franklin Doxtater, Maud Bradley, and Ella Harter.
        She gave to daughter Minnie a parcel of land near Fulmer Creek in German Flatts known as the Anson March place, bounded by land belonging to LeRoy Eckler.
        She gave to both daughters "share and share alike" the homstead standing on land comprised of lots originally conveyed to Benjamin Youngs by Solomon Ford in 1855, Basily(?) Grundy in 1860, and by Jacob Diefendorf in 1865.
        When Janette died in 1902, Benjamin retired and moved in with daughter Ella Thorp in Little Falls.
        Though his wife predeceased him, Benjamin does not appear to have left a will disposing of his portion of the estate.  He lived out his final days at the home of his daughter, Ella Thorp.

Children (from burial records, Janette's will, and family notes):

1. Mary Jane, born about January 1851, died 4 October 1889, age 38 years 9 months, of typhoid fever at Herkimer, buried in Mohawk Cemetery next to her sister Ellen; married 21 October 1870, Franklin Doxtater, born 16 February 1847 in Little Falls, Herkimer Co., New York, died 5 February 1936, in Ilion, Herkimer Co., New York, son of Peter Doxtater and Amanda Loucks.

Children:
1. Ella Doxtater, born 21 October 1872; said by some to have married three times to Frank Harter, Thomas Martin, and Frank Staller, but her half-brother Floyd says she was only married to Harter.  Ella had no children.
2. Maud Doxtater, born 14 November 1874, named in her grandmother Janette's will of 1899; married Walter Bradley.  Parents of:
1. Hazel Bradley, born probably in Herkimer Co., New York; married Joseph Mead.  Parents of:
1. a son
3. Benjamin Franklin Doxtater, born 19 September 1876 in Mohawk, Herkimer Co., New York, died 30 April 1948 at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C., a veteran of the Spanish-American War, Co. G, 2nd Reg., New York Infantry; married Elsie M. Failing, born 15 September 1881, died 21 January 1935, daughter of Norman Failing and Anna Getman.
2. Ellen "Ella" Aljelina, born 19 April 1854, in Mohawk, town of German Flatts, Herkimer Co., New York, died Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., New York, 2 January 1931, interred in Mohawk Cemetery, Mohawk, German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York; married on 24 March 1875 in Herkimer, New York, John Jacob Thorp, born 26 September 1848 in Rural Grove, Montgomery County, died 15 August 1925.
3. Minerva "Minnie" Irene, born 5 March 1859 at Mohawk, Herkimer Co., New York, died 5 January 1940 at Ilion, Herkimer Co., New York; married 29 October 1890 at Mohawk, Frank Doxtater, her sister's widowed husband.

Children:
1. Floyd Dockstater, born 1 September 1893 at Ilion, Herkimer Co., New York, died after

 

Special thanks to Chris Andrle who discovered the letters of administration that confirmed Benjamin Young's descent from Barent Young.

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