Title

Young [Jung], Johannes [John](Lieut.)

Description

en-CA b. 1742 (Mohawk valley, NY); d. 1812; 1st wife: Catharina Brant (m. ca 1765); 2nd wife: Priscilla (nee Ramsey) Nelles; father of 3 sons, including Abraham, John and 1 daughter; eldest son of Catharine [Catherine] Elizabeth (nee Schremling) and Johannes Adam Young [Jung]; brother of Daniel, David and Henry; 1777 left Mohawk valley for Niagara Frontier and enlisted in the Indian Department; 1778 Lieutenant; recruiting officer for Butler's Rangers; Jun 24,1783 took discharge from military; 1st white settler on the Grand River (settled at least by 1783); one of founding members of the Barton Masonic Lodge;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=420711

page

285,286,287-290,291,298,

Bibliographic Citation

10169441

Loyalist ancestors : some families of the Hamilton area / by Hamilton Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada.