Information gleaned from: Our Young Family in America, Compiled by Prof. Edward Hudson Young, Durham, NC. Published by: Sanborn & Ruth Young, Los Gatos, CA Ruth Young Orb, Chicago, IL Helen Young Hardy, Barrington, IL and the Compiler Printed at: Durham, NC, USA, 1947 Much of this information has been documented via the will of John Young, NJ Archives, 1st Series, Vol. XXXV, and the research of the individuals so named. The original Young's, 8 brothers and sisters, came from Scotland to America in the early 1720s, from earliest documents, apparently Quakers to Penn's Colony. Many of them ended up in NJ. The notes gleaned have to do, primarily, those who settled and/or passed through Fallowfield Twp. in the early years toward the Ohio's. There were a few Young's who stayed behind. #7 - John Young, d. Feb. 16, 1826 (Knox Co.), pg. 10-11, was very popular with the Indians in Ohio, wife Hannah Mitchell. - bought/owned Father's Farm in Mendham, NJ, sold 1788, then moved to Fallowfield township., Washington Co., settled near his brother Morgan & his wife's mother, Abigail (Harris) Mitchell who with her brothers had come to Washington County in 1787. NJ - John and son Nathaniel (1794) an unhappy land dispute occured (pg. 11) vs. a James Young, JR. (Shortwell, Kent, Lyon names mentioned), and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Kent, sister of John's wife. Aaron Lyon m. Jean Young. John Kent, father of John, was the husband of Elizabeth Mitchell. John Young, Pvt., Revolution, under Capt. Josiah Hall of E. NJ Batt., Morris Co. Militia, 1788, 1781, AG's, Trenton, NJ. John m. 1768, Morris Co., NJ - Hannah Mitchell, b. Aug. 26, 1753, d. Sep. 21, 1828, Fredericktown, OH, Wayne Twp. Cemetery. Hannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Harris) Mitchell. Nathaniel (1728-1773) and Abigail's family back-ground: Nathaniel, son of Jacob and Hannah Halstead Mitchell, grand son of James and Mary Mitchell who came to America about 1683. Hannah, daughter of Timothy and Abigail, grand daughter of Timothy and Hannah (Williams) Halstead. William Mitchell, brother of Hannah, m. Phebe Southard, 3 children of: Mary m. Aaron Young Naomi m. James L. Young Silas m. Elizabeth Young (grand children of John & Hannah Young) The children of John & Hannah Young were: Nathaniel - b. Mar. 31, 1770 Jacob - b. Nov. 26, 1777 John JR - b. May 17, 1785 Aaron - b. Nov. 14, 1788 Hannah - b. July 30, 1791 Elizabeth - b. Jan. 28, 1795, d. Apr. 1813 Ebenezer Pierson, b. May 5, 1798, called "Ellzy"