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Morris Young 1778–1851 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1778

Birth Location: New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 1851

Death Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Father: Robert Young

Mother: Sarah Briant

Spouse(s): Hannah Leggett

Children(s): Margaret Young, William Young, Synthia Young

Morris Young was born in 1778 in New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA, the child of Robert A Young And Sarah Briant. Morris Young married Hannah Leggett, and had children including Margaret Young, Synthia Mary Young, William Harvey Young. Morris Young passed away in 1851 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.

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Biography

  • Morris Young was born in 1778 in New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA, the child of Robert A Young And Sarah Briant.
  • Morris Young married Hannah Leggett, and had children including Margaret Young, Synthia Mary Young, William Harvey Young.
  • Morris Young passed away in 1851 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Young
1756–1840
Birth Location: Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, United States
RY
Sarah Briant
1767–1832
Birth Location: Springfield, Union County, New Jersey,
SB

Spouses(s)

Hannah Leggett
1777–1850
Birth Location: Virginia
HL

Children(s)

Margaret Young
1801–1845
Birth Location: KY
MY
William Young
1799–1861
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
WY
Synthia Young
1811–1855
Birth Location: Missouri
SY

Morris Young's Ancestors

Self
Morris Young
1778–1851
Birth Place: New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Parents
Robert A Young
1756–1840
Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, United States
Sarah Briant
1767–1832
Springfield, Union County, New Jersey,
Grandparents
Morgan (Young) Sr
1713–1792
Craigforth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Mills
1719–1791
Long Island City, Queens County, New York, United States of America
Andrew Briant
1737–1821
Westfield, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA (Randolph Township, Morris, New Jersey)
Rachel Meeker
1744–1829
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Young
1690–1776
Jane Morgan
1690–1759
Samuel II
1662–1735
Johannes Bryant
1704–1787
Maritje Miller
1705–1750
Joseph Meeker
1717–1777
Rachel Lyon
1717–1800
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Young
1664–1726
Sarah Baldwin
1672–1726
Benjamin Sr
1668–1720

Morris Young's Descendants

1.
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Morris Young (1778–1851) m. Hannah Leggett (1777–aft 1850)
  1. 1. Margaret Young 1801–1845 m. Thomas Welch 1796–1829
    1. 1. Thomas (Morris) Welch 1820–1898
    2. 2. Radford (Ellis) Welch 1826–1892
    3. 3. Elizabeth (E) Welch 1828–1903
    4. 4. Serelda (Caroline) Welch 1823–1882
  2. 2. William (Harvey) Young 1799–1861
  3. 3. Synthia ("Mary") Young 1811–1855

Morris Young's Timeline

2 Records

1778
1778
Birth of Morris Young in New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
1851
1851
Age 73
Death of Morris Young in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
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