Pvt. HENRY YOUNG (1762 – 1840) and PHOEBE VAN EVERY (died prior to 1816)

 

 

 

Henry Young  was born 17 Aug. 1762, probably near Ft. Plain, and was baptized at the Stone Arabia Reformed Church as Henrich Jung with his twin brother Abraham 18 Aug. 1762. Henry died about 1840, likely in Ancaster Township., Wentworth County.  He married Phoebe VanEvery, who died prior to 1816, daughter of McGregor and Mary (--) VanEvery.

 

 The sponsors were Cptn Henrich Frej and his wife Elizabeth.  In 1778 Henry escaped capture by the Americans during the burning of his father's farm, leaving with his father Adam and brother David to join the British forces at Oswego.  He was a private in Capt. Peter Ten Broeck's Co. of Butler's Rangers as of 1 Aug. 1778.

 

Henry Young resided in his parents house on the Grand River until his widowed mother sold the property in 1796, subsequently moving to Ancaster where he probably died in 1840.

 

The names of his children are found in a number of documents including the will of his son William Young.