DEED from the MOHAWKS OF CANAJOHARY CASTLE to the YOUNGS - 1752
		Deed dated 21 May 1752 wherein the Mohawks of Canajohary Castle sold lands to "Teobalt Yong and Adam Yong" that woul later be known as Young's Patent in Herkimer County.  The paternt was issured two years later to Theobalt (aka David) Yongh, Adam Yongh, Frederick Yongh, Andries Yongh and others for these lands about 12 miles south of the Mohawk River.  The land was not partitioned until 1767 - the probable date of the first settlement of the lands.  It is here that Adam Young was living in 1777 when the Revolution came to the Mohawk Valley.  His settlement was known as "Youngsfield".
			New York State Library.  Albany County Land papers, Vol. 152, 161.
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