Sharon, Thank you for clearing up the McCain thing. Glad to hear he is from the British Empire. Jack Morrison -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Jebavy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 4:20 PM Subject: Re: the John McCain link? >Debbie, Senator John McCain's line is as follows: > >Mary Young m. _______Lamont, Scotland, b. 1646 >Four of her sons escaped the massacre at Toward Castle by fleeing to >Northern Ireland with her in 1646. Each son changed his surname to protect >himself and his family. The oldest son, John, took the name Sitlington, >which was the name of a stream or "burn" on their Scottish estates. The two >middle sons took the names White and Green. The youngest son, Andrew, took >his mother's maiden name of Young. The line now continues: > >Andrew Young m. Mary Adair, Ireland after 1646 >John Young m. Annie Houston, Ireland, date ?, > We do know that this is the same family from > whence sprang Texas Sam Houston. >Hugh Young m. Agnes Sitlington, Ireland, date ?. >John Young m. 1) Mary White, 2) Mary Sitlington > (both cousins). Six children were born to the > first wife, ten to the second. John was an aid > to General George Washington. He achieved > the rank of Captain. >David Young m. Mary Ann Hart, Augusta Co., VA, he was the fourth >son. David was an Army Captain in the War of 1812. >Samuel Hart Young m. _________, moved to > Mississippi. >Elizabeth Ann Young m. ______ McCain >______McCain m. ____________ >John Sidney McCain m. ___________ >John S. McCain Jr. m. ____________ >Senator John S. McCain III m. _________ > >The McCain material comes from Senator McCain's book. He neglected to give >information on the wives names, dates, etc. If you find this connects to >your line, I would recommend you try to get the book - The David Young and >Mary Ann Hart Family by James Kimble Young Jr. Kim was a very thorough >researcher. The book is only in three libraries that I know about. I have >seen this book and got it through interlibrary loan from the Illinois >Historical Society. Senator McCain's family is in this book. > >I do have more detailed information from a professional genealogist on the >death dates and places of burial in Ireland. What helped me connect in my >search of 25+ years were the three details that my dad told us all the >years we were growing up: 1) he said our name had not always been Young, >that it had been changed because of some trouble, 2) that we came from VA >and, 3) that our ancestors came to America from Ireland. He was very much >interested in family history, but genealogy was not a very common hobby and >he always thought he could not learn any more than he knew because there >were no "oldsters" left to tell him. He had asked his dad all the questions >and gotten what he could from him before his dad died when dad was 17 years >old. My older brother has a memory of the first time he asked our dad where >our family came from. He was about 8 years old. This was the first time we >heard the three clues I outlined above. Dad was very free with his >knowledge of the family and talked about it anytime he was asked. My Mom >says he talked about it all the 24 years they were married before he died in >1965. > >My line descends from Hugh Young's brother, Robert Young, who m. Agnes >Crockett in Ireland before 1730. There was also a brother William. There >most likely were other Young brothers (maybe James and John?) who came to >America during the same time period. Hugh and Robert came with their >families in 1740 and 1741 and settled in Augusta Co., VA after having landed >in PA. > >Kim also wrote 57 other books on his family. I have been able to see four. >There have been at least three other authors who wrote books about the >Lamont/Youngs. > >If you have further interest, please email me off list. >Sharon Young Jebavy >Columbus, OH >[email protected] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Joachim Wilck <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:25 AM >Subject: the John McCain link? > > >> I missed something somewhere - would someone please type up J. McC's link >to the surname YOUNG, and post it to the list? PLEASE don't forget to >include the dates and locations! Thanks, Debbie >> >> >> ==== YOUNG Mailing List ==== >> Have you ever noticed how many people are descended from royalty, >> but nobody is ever related to a horse thief? >> The list owner is at [email protected] >> >> ============================== >> Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >> RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >> http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >> > > > > >==== YOUNG Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe: send a message to [email protected] Put only > unsubscribe >in the body of the text. >The list owner is at [email protected] > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >