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William Young 1601 – 1664 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Oct 1601

Birth Location: South Leigh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Dec 1664

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Thomas Young

Mother: Lady (Scot)

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Euphemia Young

In 1601, William Young entered the world in South Leigh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Thomas Young and Lady Marion Douglase Pringhill (Scot). William Young had children including Euphemia Young. William Young passed away in 1664 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1601, William Young entered the world in South Leigh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Thomas Young and Lady Marion Douglase Pringhill (Scot).
  • William Young had children including Euphemia Young.
  • William Young passed away in 1664 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Young
1575 – 1634
Birth Location: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
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Lady (Scot)
1578 – 1650
Birth Location: SOUTH LEIGH, MIDDLE LOTHIAN, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Euphemia Young
1634 – 1664
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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William Young's Ancestors

Self
William Young
1601 – 1664
Birth Place: South Leigh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Young
1575 – 1634
Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Marion Douglase Pringhill) (Scot)
1578 – 1650
SOUTH LEIGH, MIDDLE LOTHIAN, Scotland
Grandparents
Walter (Simpson Younge) Young
1555 – 1610
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Isobel (Stalker Wallace, "Chief of Wallace) Clan"
1555 –
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Clan"
1525 – 1569
Elizabeth Stalker
1535 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Stalker
1510 –

William Young's Descendants

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William Young (11 Oct 1601 – 20 Dec 1664)
  1. 1. Euphemia Young (29 Jun 1634 – 1664) m. David (Pomfray (Pomfrey) Pomphrey) (1633 – Unknown)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Elspeth) Pomfrey (28 Nov 1653 – Unknown)
      1. 1. Richard Webster (06 Sep 1677 – 1744) m. Anne Charlescroft (1685 – ABT 1716)
        1. 1. RichardJohn (Charlescraft, Jr 1706) Webster (1706 – 29 Nov 1772) m. Anna Taylor (24 June 1715 – 1780)

William Young's Timeline

2 Records

1601
11 Oct 1601
Birth of William Young in South Leigh, Midlothian, Scotland
South Leigh, Midlothian, Scotland
1664
20 Dec 1664
Age 63
Death of William Young in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Oct 1601
    Event Place: South Leigh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1664
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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