JYG wrote: > I would like to get these Humphreys seperated, and am posting what I have > collected on the name, Humphrey Younger. Please advise if I have them > confused, as they do not state which Humphrey is which in all cases. Were > any branches of the Youngers Quakers? Also tell me if a posting can get too > long. Thankyou. > > 1. > Humphrey Younger, Sr. > b 1677 > d 1740 Shrewsbury Parish, Kent, Md, Usa I don't believe it has been established where Humphrey, Sr. (the earliest one) was born. m @1696 [ or the date of his first marriage ] Kent, Md, Usa, Mary {some say Elizabeth, why?] RE: Wife Elizabeth- she is named in the parish records of Shrewsbury Parish for three out of the four children currently identified. > [re wife Mary Younger: > Maryland Marriage Clues Vol 2, p. 68 by Irma Switzer m2 Mary Bell of Talbot County MD, daughter of William Bell (Queen Ann County MD Land R.T.A./145 > > -Estate Appraised: 20 Oct 1748, Kent, Md, Usa. No creditors. John Brown > (Quaker), administrator, filed inventory mentioning Richard Graham, Henry > Trulock and Joseph Trulock, 6 May 1749.] > -1723, Kent, Md, Usa; Humphrey Younger named in will of Dr. John March. John March's mother-in-law, Mary Anderson was Humphrey Younger's sister > > -1728, Kent, Md, Usa; Humphrey Younger named in will of Mary Anderson, > widow. [To brother Humphrey Younger, executor, residue of personality.] > -Younger, Humphry, Sr.,Kent Co.,9th Mar., 1739; > 9th June, 1740. > To son John, "The Sole." At his death to pass to his son John and hrs. > To son Humphrey, dwelling plantation. At his death to pass to his son Henry > and hrs. > To son James, land adjoining dwelling plantation. At his death to pass to > his son James. > To Sarah, wife of John, personalty.(She was Sarah Kennard) > To son Thomas, ex., residue of personal estate. > Test: Aaron Alford, Robert Stidman (Studman), John Depenny. 22. 206 > -Probate: 9 Jun 1740, Kent, Md, Usa. > -Inventory: 18 Jul 1740, Kent, Md, Usa. > -One speculation being: one Lewis Younger born in Germany, naturalized > citizen, died in 1776; resides in Md in the 1760's. > SOURCE: > -Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 8. > > 2. > Humphrey Younger, Jr. > b 26 Jun 1708 Shrewsbury Parish, Kent, Md, Usa > d bef 1783 Frederick, Md, Usa > -Shoemaker. If Humphrey m1 Ann Miller, it is quite likely that she is also the mother of Henry and > Gilbert. The earlies record of his second wife is 1753 > -10 Sep 1735, deposition, age 35, regarding the bounds of land of a tract > called "Sims Farm;" he recalls about 30 years earlier when he heard Giles > Porter and his son John often say on the north side of John Gale's > plantation...[This the right Humphrey?] Belongs to Humphrey, Sr. > -Inherited a plantation from his father's will, 1739. > -27 Nov 1753, Humphrey Younger of Kent County, shoemaker, and wife Mary > convey to John Kennard of the same county, farmer, part of a tract called > "The Sole Beginning," 84 acres. It's quite possible it was at this time that he moved to Frederick County MD where he died > SOURCE: > -Shrewsbury Parish Records. (b/) > -Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. 8. > -Gene Pool Individual Records (b/father). > m 24 Aug 1732 Kent, Md, Usa Mary Pell, daughter of William Bell, sister of > Margaret Bell [Uselton/Childs] > -4 Apr 1732, Humphrey Younger of Kent County, and his wife Mary and Margaret > Uselton, daughters of William Bell, of Talbot County, dec'd, convey to John > Woodsll, son of Thomas Woodall, planter, 100 acres on Hambleton's Creek > called "Hope." > SOURCE: > -Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore, Vol 4: The Uselton Family, pg 286. > Humphrey and Mary Younger had son Henry, as identified in his grandfather > Humphrey Younger's will of 1740, [grandson Henry, son of my son Humphrey]. I > also have son Gilbert Younger? > > Gilbert Younger > b 1734 Kent, Md, Usa > m 12 Jun 1784 Prince Georges, Va, Usa, Rebecca Hardey/Hardy/Harding [record > states Hardey] > -1800 NC Beaufort County (021) > Gilbert Younger 00101-11201-02 > SOURCE: > -1800 census, head of household. > -Genealogical Records: Maryland Settlers & Soldiers, 1700s-1800s: Maryland > Records, Volume I, Marriage Licenses Issued in Prince George's County, > 1777-1800, Page 121, 172. (sp/m/) Prince George County MD included Fredercik County at this time > The 3rd Humphrey was the son of Nehemiah and apparently the son of Humphrey, Jr. > He moved to Muskingum County OH where he died. > Linda in KCMO > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > Younger Mailing List, Please feel welcome here. If Need any help just e-mail Younger-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library