TOPOGRAPHIC MAP (1947) ILLUSTRATING AREA of YOUNGS PATENT - 1752 |
The area circumscribed by the large dashed lines near the top of this map is the lower portion of Herkimer County and is the southern boundary of Young's Patent (1752), which was surveyed for partition in 1767. The lot marked in red is that which became the home of Adam Young (one of the original patentees) in 1774, after he had given his lands near the Mohawk River in Bleecker's Patent to his son John. The settlement on Young's Lake was known as "Youngsfield". It is here where Adam was living with his wife Catharine Elizabeth and sons Henry and David at the time that the American Revolution broke out.. Daniel was likely working with his Uncle Frederick Young who held the property adjoining that of John Young in what came to be known as the Geissenburg Settlement. The above property was later claimed by Adam's son - in - law, Major Joseph House the husband of his daughter Elizabeth. The open space in the lower right corner is Otsego Lake with Cooperstown at the lower end. |