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Genealogies - Young Family |
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According to information on his tombstone, Freeborn Young would have been born on October 2, 1786. The 1850 census shows that he was born in Rhode Island.
The Cortland County Land Records, Book I, Page 434 shows that Freeborn Young of Cincinatus, Cortland County purchased land for $200 from Ishmael Nichols on 16 July 1818. The land is described as being "the west half of lot number 10 in the subdivision of lot number 47 in the town of Cincinatus containing 50 acres. The east line of said 50 acres to be parallel with the west line of the same." The land records also show where Freeborn Young bought 99 acres from the estate of Benjamin Ford on 15 January 1836. The land is described as being subdivision number 5 in lot number 37 in the military township of Cincinatus.
The 1820 New York Census for Cortland County (Cincinnatus) lists the following in the household of Freeborn Youngs:
| Males under 10 | 2 | (Maybe Ormond and Freeborn S.) | |
| Males 26-45 | 1 | (Fits Freeborn at 32) | |
| Females under 10 | 3 | (Fits Phebe at 9,maybe another daughter who later married a Vaughn, and Asenah) | |
| Females 26-45 | 1 | (Fits Freeborn's first wife, Olive, at age 28 | |
It appears likely that Phebe was their oldest child and that Freeborn and Olive would have been married about 1810. We have no record of when or where they were married. Was it before they moved to Cincinnatus?
The 1830 New York Census for Cortland County (Cincinnatus) lists the following in the household of Freeborn Young:
| Males under 5 | 1 | (Maybe Darius) | |
| Males 5-10 | 1 | (Maybe Freeborn S.) | |
| | Males 10-15 | 1 | (Maybe Ormond) |
| | Males 30-40 | 1 | (Freeborn should have been 42 so we could have read the wrong column for this) |
| | Females 5-10 | 1 | (Maybe Asenah) |
| | Females 10-15 | 1 | (?) |
| | Females 15-20 | 2 | (Fits Phebe at 19 and maybe the daughter who later married a Vaughn) |
| | Females 30-40 | 1 | (Fits Olive at age 38.) |
The 1835 Cortland County census for Cincinnatus contains the following information for Freeborn Young: :
| Total Males | 5 | ||
| | Total Females | 4 | |
| | Males eligible to vote | 1 | |
| | Unmarried Females 16-45 | 2 | |
| | Unmarried " under 16 | 2 | |
| | Male birth during year | 1 | |
| | Female death " year | 1 | (this would be his wife Olive) |
| | Acres of improved land | 70 | |
| | Neat cattle owned | 16 | |
| | Horses owned | 3 | |
| | Sheep owned | 29 | |
| | Hogs owned | 13 | |
| | Yards of fulled cloth made | 40 | |
| | Yards of flannel & Woolen made | 35 | |
| | Yards of linen or thin cloth made | 100 | |
The 1840 New York Census for Cortland County (Cincinnatus) lists the following in the household of Freeborn Youngs:
| Males under 5 | 1 | (Maybe Delancy at 5) | |
| | Males 10-14 | 1 | (Maybe Darius) |
| | Males 21-30 | 2 | (Maybe Ormond and Freeborn S.) |
| | Males 50-61 | 1 | (Fits Freeborn at 52) |
| | Females under 5 | 2 | (Fits Maryette at 2 & Patience at 1-) |
| | Females 5-10 | 1 | (Fits Mary at 8) |
| | Females 10-15 | 1 | (Maybe Esther) |
| | Females 15-20 | 1 | (Maybe Asenah) |
| | Females 30-40 | 1 | (Fits Sabra, apparently the 2nd wife, at 38) |
The 1850 New York Census for Cortland County (Cincinnatus) lists the following in the Household of Freeborn Young:
| Freeborn Young | 62 | M | Farmer | R.I. | $3000 real estate |
| | Sabra | 48 | F | | N.Y. |
| | Mary (ette?) | 12 | F | | N.Y. |
| | Patience | 10 | F | | N.Y. |
| | DeLancy Young | 15 | M | Laborer | N.Y. |
| | Mary | 18 | F | | N.Y. |
| | Isacac Dexter? | 75 | | Laborer R.I. | |
The following information about Freeborn Youngs comes from Cortland County Court Records which list his heirs. They are listed as follows:
Charles Foster agreed to act as a special guardian of Delila P. V. Youngs and Roby Ann Vaughn, minors and heirs of Freeborn Youngs.
Freeborn Young died March 28, 1859 at the age of 72 years, 5 months and 26 days according to the information on his tombstone. He is buried at the Upper Cincinnatus Cemetery along with his wife Olive and his daughter Phebe Weld. The inscription reads:
For me to live is Christ
and to die is gain.
Stephen and Phebe Weld, Daniel and Esther Rice, and Benjamin Vaughn sold their interest in land located in lots 37 and 47 in Cincinnatus on 9 December 1861. This land was also described as "the farm occupied by Freeborn Young in his lifetime".
The following entries from the 1860 Cortland County Census give some additional information on the ages of some of Freeborn Youngs' children::
| Delilah Young | 20 | F | (servant at Bruuell Green household) | |
| | Mary Young | 16 | F | (servant at Jesse Courtney household) |
| | Mariette Young | 22 | F | (listed at Joseph Wiles household) |
| | Delaney W. Young | 25 | M | Farmer $3000 $380 |
| | Louisa A | 23 | F | |
| | Daniel Rice | 35 | M | Farm Laborer |
| | Esther | 35 | F | (This would be Freeborn's daughter) |
| | Harriet | 18 | F | |
| | ? | 15 | M | farm laborer |
Information submitted by Merlyn Christensen
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Created 18 July 98
LAST UPDATED: Sunday, 14-Aug-2005 14:28:29 MDT
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