ARTIFACTS / HEIRLOOMS RELATING to the YOUNG FAMILY |
Escutcheon plate from a Brown Bess musket (which they stopped manufacturing in 1790). This item fits on the top of the stock behind the hammer. This particular item fit perfectly in a 1763 reproduction musket previously owned by the author (and donated to the Sheffield Museum). This artifact was located in among the corn growing over the former house site of Lt. John Young on the Grand River and one can reasonably deduct that the item once belonged on a weapon that he likely carried into battle during the Revolutionay War. |
Brass sword pommel found the same day and in the same location as the above artifiact. So it would seem that we have parts of two weapons that Lt. John Young used in the Revolution. |
Beads sold for the Indian trade. Found by Tim Kenyon at the former site of the house of John Young Jr. It is possible that these represent some of the beads owned by his mother, Catharine (Hill) Young. |
Lt. JOHN YOUNG and CATHARINE KAYAKHON |
Musket belonging to John Young Jr. |