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GENEALOGY OF THE YOUNGMAN FAMILY.

The name of Youngman has so seldom appeared in the
biographical and genealogical ' records of our country as a
patronymic or surname, that it is proposed to present a few
brief sketches of some of the families and individuals of
this name who have lived in New England and elsewhere
during the last two hundred years, believing they will inter-
est the descendants, and prove incentives to lovers of gene-
alogical research to furnish further information, and thus aid
in correcting mistakes in names and dates, and in supplying
missing branches of the genealogical tree.

The origin of the name seems to be involved in some
obscurity. According to Lower's Patronymica Britannica,
"Youngman is the same as Young, the second syllable being
an unnecessary addition, and is of common origin with the
classical Neander and Juvenal, and refers to . the youth of
the first bearer." This is true in theory, and is a good defi-
nition, but does not account for the origin of the name.
And, although the names Young and Youngman may have
had a common origin, and may have a common meaning, it
is evident that, as used at the present day, they are entirely
distinct.

The origin of the name includes three questions, — how it
originated, when it originated, and where it originated. As
to the first, it is quite probable that, like many other names,
it arose from some accidental circumstance, as when we say,
he is a Police-man, or a French-man, or a Young-man. It
may have originated from the habit of designating one per-
son from another : as, Do you mean James ? No, I mean
John the younger, or the young one, the young-man ; hence
John Youngman.

The name, in some of its original forms, is quite ancient.
The old Gothic King, Jungeric-us, lived in the fourth cen-
tury. The old German name, Jungman, is found as early as
the ninth century. It is not known when the English name
Youngman first appeared. There is no very early record of
it, though it must have been used in England previous to
the middle of the sixteenth century and probably earlier.

4 GENEALOGY OF THE

As to the place where the name originated, it is the opin-
ion of some eminent philologists that each of these forms
grew up independently in its own country. But in the
opinion of James Youngman, Esq., of Charsfield Hall, Suf-
folk County, England, the Youngmans of England descended
from the Jungmans of Germany ; several of that name
having settled in Suffolk "some generations back}' and en-
gaged in " wool-combing, a business then foreign to Eng-
land." He says that the name even now is quite uncommon
in England, except in Suffolk and Norfolk Counties. There
were in the London Directory for 1880 only ten persons of
this name.

Allibone, in his Dictionary of Authors speaks of William
Youngman, who was the author of Truth and Excellence of
the Christian Revelation Demonstrated, a i2mo volume pub-
lished at London in 1834. He was also the author of a
Memoir of Alexander Cruden, published in the unabridged
edition of Cruden's Concordance of the Bible. It is not
known to what family he belonged. He is said to have
been a bookseller of Norwich, in Norfolk County, England.

There is in Johnson's Cyclopedia an account of Joseph
Jakob Jungmann, a learned Slavonian philologist, born at
Hudlitz, Bohemia, in 1773. In 18 15, he was Professor of
Languages and Rhetoric at the Gymnasium of Prague.
His greatest work is a Bohemian-German Dictionary, in
five volumes. He also wrote a History of the Bohemian
Language and Literature. He wrote other works, in
prose and verse, besides making several translations from
English and French writers. The author says that Jung-
mann is regarded as one of the most zealous and efficient
promoters of Slavonian literature. He died in 1847.

Allen's Biographical Dictionary gives the name of
John George Youngman, who was born at Hockenheim,
Germany, April 19, 1720. He came to this country with
his father in 1731, and settled at Oley, Berks County, Pa.
He soon after joined the Moravians, and in 1742 removed to
Bethlehem, Pa. (a town founded by that sect the year previ-
ous, and now the chief seat of the Moravian Church in the
United States), and was employed as a missionary among
the Mohegans in Connecticut and the Delawares on the
Susquehanna. He married Margaret Biittner, Aug. 24,
1745, and died at Bethlehem, July 17, 1808. He wrote his
name, Jungman ; but his descendants write it Youngman.

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There are families of the name of Youngman residing in
Union County, Pa. A descendant of one of them, Robert
Barber Youngman, is Professor of Greek Language and
Literature in Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. His great-
grandfather, Elias, was born in Germany, Aug. 15, 1738,
but came to this country in early life, and settled in Union
County, where he died April 17, 1817. He spelled his
name Yungman ; and it is engraved on his tombstone, in
German text, as follows: "JgUgf ^UttgWKtt, ^Mprtttflf

VOW ^UttptfttllGitOtl'tt, Uttitftt $*♦, 1?H." This town is
now called Mifflinburg. It is generally supposed that Elias
and John George were brothers.

There are several families living in New York city and
Brooklyn and Albany, N.Y., of whom some spell their name
Youngman ; others, Yungman : others still spell it Jung-
man ; and a few, Jungmann. Those residing at Albany
can be traced directly to their American ancestor, John 4
Youngman, who settled in Vermont soon after the close
of the Revolutionary War. The others, so far as can be
learned, were either born in Germany or of German parent-
age. There is also Dr. S. R. Yoimgman, living in Jasper
County, 111., who is probably a descendant of the Young-
man family of Union County, Pa. Besides these, there is
the Rev. T. H. Youngrnaii, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Batavia, N.Y. He came from England in 1863.

From these premises, it is concluded that there are in the
United States two distinct branches of this patronymic,
English and German. The English have always spelfed the
name Youngman, while the Germans have generally spelled
it Jungman in their own country, but, after settling in this
and in other English-speaking countries, have gradually
adopted the English form. As has already been intimated,
the etymological meaning of these two names is the same ;
and, although each may have originated independently of
the other, it is more probable that the name had its origin
in Germany during the early centuries, and that its first
appearance in England was among German immigrants.

It is not certainly known when or whence the first of
the English branch of the name came to this country. It
was an impression among some of the early families that
their ancestor was a Scotch sea-captain, who came to New
England in early colonial times. But, from recent investiga-
tions, it seems more probable, if not quite certain, that he
came from England. The earliest records concerning him

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show that he was living m the midst of an English colony

2r^n h/ naT in the EnSlish ma"nerg Neither fs
there any evidence that he had ever followed the seas

During the years from .685 to ,765 there were seven. 1
fam.I,es of the name of Youngman, living in Bolton and ?n
various towns in Massachusetts. But, in the year 1770 thev
had all disappeared, so far as can be learned excent one
family that was then living in Hollis, N.H. There are now
only two families of this name in' Massachusetts, five i^
New Hampshire, one in Maine, two in Albany N Y one
in Kansas, and one in Tennessee. There may Te one or two
families in Ohio, and possibly some in other States whi^h
cannot be traced at present, making a total rf out abou a

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The first of this patronymic residing in New Eneland of
whom any record can be found, was Francis Youngman

dred WyaeSa sT4 \f ^ "7 & Part °f B-toI two h"-
Feb 6 r6sf ' Jhe„e;arl'eS' date attached t0 his name is

Roxburv TrVu "L ^ ReV' j0hn Eliot's ch«ch at
■ -Koxbury. And, a though the date and place of his birth

wife0Anne/KSCe,rta,ned 7th Certainty- the ancestors of Ws
England Z» ' Tn bC ,traC6d directly t0 their home in

of Boston PCn S6Vera yCarS previ0US t0 the. settlement

cameNTwlt°hmhisFf HEIR' }°m t^l in the seventeenth century,
DedhX \tl X r0m Sy'eham, England, and settled in
-Ueciham, Mass., in 1637. The coat-of-arms of his family was
identical with that of the Dauphin of France His second

Teh^Ttl*' *"% " *£&»*• ™-ried Leah Heato„! of
Dedham, Feb. 23, 1653. They had six children. The fifth

He'atWw'^y/ DeC!han! " \66l> ™d' fi-t, Isaa 3
r » ,Z' ^ ^ ' ' a branch of the family from which

Genera William Heath of Revolutionary fame7 descended

records ™7 ltemiS^Und in Rev- John Eliot's church

took L J „ f J 3' '682' /Saac Hmth> ¥r- and *" ™/e
%L tt the covenant." Isaac 3 Heath died Dec. 22,
1684, at the age of twenty-nine, leaving a son, Isaac 4 His

SS^feSS? Heath- was -rried D~ " «sX

0;„T^ey S0°"r ,afte™ards purchased a homestead of about

eafe them ^ f^' Wkh "» trade> that of cordwainer
gave them an ample support. Their residence was near

Hog Bridge, over Stony River, between what is now Centre

YOUNGMAN FAMILY. (

Street and the homestead of the Curtis family. The Curtis
house, supposed to have been built in 1639, is still standing
near Boylston Station on the Boston and Providence Rail-
road, and until quite recently was occupied by members of
the Curtis family. Robert Pepper, whose grandson Joseph
married Anna Youngman, their eldest daughter, and John*
Crafts (Ephraim*, John2, Griffiths1) who married Elizabeth,
another daughter, were their nearest neighbors.

Francis S. Drake, in the Memorial History of Boston, re-
cently published, says that many of the Roxbury pioneers
came from Nazing, a rural village in Essex County, England,
situated on the river Lee, about twenty miles from London.
Some came from London, and a few from the west of Eng-
land. " They were people of substance, many of them farmers,
skilled also in some useful handicraft, none being of the poorer
sort" Nazing was also the birthplace of John Eliot, the
" Apostle" to the Indians, who arrived at Boston Nov. 2,
163 1, and settled in Roxbury the next summer.

It may be interesting to consider, for a moment, the
sparseness of the population at that early period. In 1630,
only fifty years before Francis Youngman was living in
Roxbury, there was one solitary inhabitant in Boston, William
Blackstone, who four years later sold the entire peninsula
for ^30, reserving only six acres for himself. His nearest
and only neighbors were Thomas Walford and his wife at
Charlestown, and Samuel Maverick on Noddle's Island (East
Boston). At each of the following places, Hull, Quincy,
and Weymouth, there were a few families, making a total,
in all these towns now so densely populated, of probably
not more than fifty inhabitants.

In the year 1700, seventy years after its settlement,
Boston contained about seven thousand inhabitants, — an
average increase of one hundred a year. In 1655, Roxbury
contained about seven hundred, with perhaps one hundred
dwellings. In 1690 there were probably not more than one
thousand people in the whole town of Roxbury (containing
about ten thousand acres), or one person to every ten acres.
Land had, however, acquired an excessively high value for
such a locality and at so early a period. The homestead of
eight acres, already mentioned, was purchased by Francis
Youngman in 1693 for £74, or about $31 an acre, and the
same was sold in 1725 for JJ250, or a little more than $100
an acre. No wonder his descendants were compelled to
emigrate to New Hampshire and other distant places where
land was cheap.

" GENEALOGY OP THE

The style of dress of two hundred years ago would
attract considerable attention, if worn to-day. The ordinary
clothing consisted of home-made fabrics, chiefly of wool
The men wore jerkins, ruffs, and small-clothes. Out of
doors, they wore short cloaks, steeple-crowned hats, and
gray or red stockings. The ordinary costume of the women
was very simple -generally homespun dresses (calico not
being used til after the Revolution) and plain straw bonnets.
I heir Sunday costumes were elaborate, ornamental, and
expensive and lasted a lifetime. The men wore broad-
brimmed hats turned up at three corners ; full, bushy wies ■
long coats with huge pocket-flaps and cuffs, the buttons of
silver or plated, as large as a half-dollar ; very long orna-
mented vests ; shirts with ruffles at bosom and wrists and
gold sleeve buttons ; small-clothes reaching below the knees
and fastened with large gold or silver buckles ; gray or red
silk stockings; ornamented shoes with elaborate buckles
bquare-toed shoes were worn from 1689 to 1737

The ladies wore on Sundays rich dresses with slashed
sleeves trimmed with lace; silk hoods and embroidered
caps ; slippers of silk or satin highly ornamented, and very
high heels ; and their entire toilet was extremely elaborate
And jet wearing apparel was regulated by law, all being
required to dress within their means

The common classes were very simple in their manner of
living. Their breakfasts and suppers consisted chiefly of
boiled corn, in some form, porridge and bread and milk
Their dinners consisted of Indian pudding, broiled salt
pork with cabbage and turnips. Potatoes were not used
as food till the year 1800. Their pfates and dishes were
mostly ot wood and pewter.

1. Francis « Youngman, born ? ? , married Widow

nZA ( ™ER) HEA1S DeC- 2' l685' She was born at
Dedham, Mass., m 1661. He died at Roxbury, July 2x
1712. Their children, all born in Roxbury, were: —

2. i. Jonathan, b. Oct. 9, 1686; m. Sarah -

3. n. Cornelius, b. Sept. 1, 1688; m. Mary Story.

4. m. Ebenezer b. Nov. 2, 1690 ; m. Mercy Jones, Jan. 8, 1712
iv. Anna, b. Dec. ,, 1695; m. Joseph Pepper, Dec. 15 1720

v. Elizabeth b. Jan. 14, 1698; m. John Crafts, Feb 5, 1722.
vi. Leah, b. May 4, 1701 : d. May 28, 1701.
vn. John, b. ? ? d. July 26, 171 1.

2. Jonathan* Youngman (Francis % born Oct. 9, 1686
inherited his father's homestead, but afterwards removed to

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Framingham, Mass., and in 1720 sold the estate to his
brother Ebenezer2 for ^200. Ebenezer2 sold the same in
1725 for ^250. Jonathan2 had by his wife Sarah : —

i. Eleanor, b. July 23, 1710; m. Joseph Skillins, Aug. 19, 1731.

ii. Sarah, b. June 9, 1713 ; m. William Amos, April 30, 1733.

iii. Leah, b. April 14, 171 5; m. Richard Robinson, Aug. 28, 1759.

iv. Anna, b. Feb. 28, 171 7; m. Daniel Marrow, June, 1738.

v. Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1719.

vi. Francis, b. July 31, 1720.
vii. Jonathan, b. May 20, 1722.
viii. John, b. June 1, 1724; d. at Brookline, Sept., 1745.

ix. Daniel, b. March 12, 1726.

3. Cornelius2 Youngman {Francis1), born Sept. i, 1688,
married Mary Story, of Brookline, Mass. They had a
daughter, Mary, born Aug. 13, 17 10; died Sept. 17, 1710.
Cornelius2 must have died soon after, as his widow, Mary,
was married April 25, 171 5, by Hon. Samuel Sewalr, to
Phillip 3 Torrey, of Brookline {Jonathan2 ,Phillipl).

4. Ebenezer2 Youngman {Francis1), born Nov. 2, 1690
was married by Dr. Cotton Mather, at Boston, Jan. 8, 1712,
to Mercy Jones, daughter of Matthew and Susannah. He
was a felt-maker, and carried on his business in Boston at
the corner of what is now Hanover and Blackstone Streets.
He lived in a brick house on Fish Street, with rear on North
Square. He left Boston in 1728, and must have died previ-
ous to 1734, as his widow, Mercy, administered upon his
estate in that year.

Their children, all born in Boston, were : —

i. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 1, 1714; died young.

ii. Mercy, b. Nov. 27, 1716; m. John Symmes, March 13, 1734.
iii. Susan, b. Oct. 14, 17.18; m. Edward Chase, Aug. 26, 1740.
iv. Cornelius, b. Aug. 10, 1720; died unmarried,
v. Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1722; m. John Crafts, May 20, 1740.
5. vi. Nicholas, b. Oct. 18, 1723; m. Mary Wright.

vii. Thomas, b. June 5, 1725; m., 1st, Mary Darling, Aug. 22,
1746; m., 2d, Mehitable Smalledge, Dec. 7, 1752; m., 3d,
Susan Wales, Aug. 26, 1757. He was a baker: d. Jan.,
1760. No children,
viii. John, b. July 20, 1726; m. Widow Martha (Marks) Eddy,
Jan., 1760; died without issue,
ix. James, b. April 7, 1728; died young.

The widow of Ebenezer2, Mercy (Jones) Youngman, was
married to Samuel Rylands, Aug. 21, 1735; but she was
again a widow in 1740, when she sold her share of an estate
on Milk Street, probably a part of the present post-office
site, for .£150. It appears from the records that all the
sons of Ebenezer2 died without issue, except

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5. Nicholas 3 Youngman (Ebenezer*, Francis ■) , who was
born in Boston, Oct. 18, 1723. He learned the trade of
a weaver, but after leaving Boston he became a farmer. In
1756, he was living at Dunstable, N.H., in the westerly por-
tion, known as the "One Pine Hill" district, that was set
off to Hollis in 1763 ; as his name, with fourteen others,
together with the names of the selectmen of Hollis, appears
in a petition in 1756 for that object. His name is also
found in the office of Registry of Deeds at Nashua, N.H.
(formerly Dunstable), as follows : " Benjamin Parker of Dun-
stable, on the 10th day of April, 1770, sold to Nicholas
Youngman, of Dunstable, twenty acres of land from off the
north end of his (Parker's) farm in Hollis."

Nicholas 3 Youngman next appears as a Revolutionary
soldier, and his name may be found enrolled among the vol-
unteers from Hollis. He enlisted July, 1776, at the age of
fifty-three, for six months, to re-enforce the Continental
Army in Canada ; and with his son John 4 and twenty-three
other Hollis soldiers joined Colonel Wingate's regiment, and
went into actual service. They proceeded as far as Ticon-
deroga, when this regiment was recalled. He was paid by
the town £>\2, or $6.67 a month.

He married. Mary Wright, daughter of Samuel2 Wright,
(Abel1), of Springfield, Mass. She was born May 10, 1724.
On the 26th day of July, 1708, the Indians surprised the
town of Springfield, seized and scalped Martha, the wife
of Abel r, the grandmother of Mary, and cut off her finger
to obtain a ring, of which wounds she died the following
October. The Indians also killed an infant son of Henry2
Wright, and captured his wife, who died soon after. These
bloody deeds were remembered for many years, and the
story handed down, orally, to the present generation.

Mary (Wright) Youngman died at Hollis, Jan. 10, 1802.
Nicholas married again, at the age of eighty-two, Widow
Lydia Hobart, Sept. 16, 1805, and died at Hollis, Sept.
24, 1 814, at the ripe age of ninety-one. He had eight
children, the dates and places of whose births cannot all
be ascertained with certainty. Their names are as follows : —

6. i. Mary, b. probably about 1750; m. Joseph French.

7. ii. Ebenezer, b. about 1753 : killed at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775.

8. iii. Rhoda, b. March 4, 1756; m. Simeon Blood.

9. iv. John, b. about 1758; m. Abigail .

10. v. Thomas, b. about 1760; m. Tirzah Honey.

11. vi. Jabez, b. March 4, 1764; m. Susannah Powers; d. April 30,

1839.

12. vii. Stephen, b. in 1766; m. Abigail Brown; d. Jan., 181 5.

13. viii. Hannah, b. July 24, 1771 ; m. David Sherer, Nov. 15, 1851.

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6. Mary, born probably at Dunstable, N.H., about 1750,
married Joseph French of Hollis, Feb. 1,1771. He was a
Revolutionary soldier, and served during the first year of the
war in the company of Captain Towne of Amherst, N.H.
This company formed a part of the Twenty-seventh Massa-
chusetts Regiment, and was at the siege of Boston, under
Colonel Hutchinson. They had seven children born in
Hollis: —

i. Joseph, b. June 8, 1772.

ii. Mary, b. March 14, 1774.

"Hi. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 14, 1776.

iv. Tabitha, b. March 20, 1779.

v. Stephen, b. Sept. 23, 1781 ; d. March 8, 1858.

vi. Mitte, b. June 20, 1784.

vii. Martha, b. Oct. 14, 1786.

7. Ebenezer < Youngman {Nicholas 3, Ebenezer 2> Francis l)
was born probably at Dunstable about 1753. On Wednes-
day, the 19th of April, 1775, at a little past noon, the alarm
came to Hollis that the British troops were on their march
through Cambridge toward Lexington and Concord. On
the same afternoon, ninety-two men rallied on Hollis Com-
mon, each with his musket and powder-horn, with one pound
of powder and twenty bullets. Among these men was
Ebenezer Youngman. This company of "minute men"
made choice of Reuben Dow as captain, and immediately
commenced its march to Cambridge, a distance of forty-two
miles. The wages paid these men was one shilling and five
pence per day, or about twenty-four cents. They were also
paid one penny a mile each way for travel.

After remaining at Cambridge a short time, Ebenezer
re-enlisted in the company of Captain Moors, of Groton,
Mass., and was mustered into the Massachusetts regiment,
commanded by Colonel William Prescott, the hero of Bunker
Hill. This regiment was stationed at Cambridge until the
1 6th day of June, when at about nine o'clock P.M. the
companies of Captains Dow and Moors, with Colonel Pres-
cott's regiment and detachments from two or three others,
by orders from the Massachusetts Committee of Safety,
marched, with their arms, spades, and other intrenching
tools, from Cambridge to Charlestown, and took possession
of the heights on Breed's Hill, where on the following day
was fought that memorable battle.*

* Bunker's Hill is 130 rods west of Breed's, and 50 feet higher, being 112 feet in height, and
Breed's 62. The battle was fought, and the monument stands on what is locally called Breed's
Hill. But by universal custom the one has always been called Bunker Hill Battle, and the other
Bunker Hill Monument.

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Ebenezer Youngman took an active part in the labors
and fatigues of that eventful night and in the battle fought
the following day, where, with seven other Hollis soldiers,
he was killed, June 17, 1775. His body was never recovered
by his friends, but was buried with others on the field of
battle.

8. Rhoda, born at Dunstable, March 4, 1756, married
Simeon Blood of Hollis, June 15, 1780. He served about
four years in the Revolutionary War, and was one of sixteen
of the name of Blood who enlisted at Hollis. Three, at
least, of them were brothers. He was in several hard-
fought battles, in the same company with two brothers of
his wife, John and Thomas Youngman. After the close of
the war, he settled at Deering, N.H. They had several chil-
dren. One of them, Ebenezer Blood, lived for several years
at Hartford, Vt., and afterwards removed to Springfield, N.H.,
where he was living until within a year or two.

9. John 4 Youngman {Nicholas *> Ebenezer 2, Francis1) was
born probably at Dunstable, about 1758. He enlisted July,
1776, with twenty-four Hollis soldiers, one of whom was his
father Nicholas 3, for six months, to re-enforce the Conti-
nental Army in Canada. They were paid by the town £>\2
($40) each. In consequence of the retreat of the troops from
Canada, this company went no further than Ticonderoga.

In 1777, he enlisted with his brother Thomas for three
years, and was enrolled in the sixth company of the First
New Hampshire Regiment. He was in the battles at Sara-
toga, at the surrender of Burgoyne, and in the campaigns
in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and at the battle of Mon-
mouth, where this regiment, including the Hollis soldiers,
behaved with such gallantry as to merit and receive the
particular approbation of General Washington.

He was at Valley Forge during that hard winter of priva-
tion and suffering, in 1777-78. He enlisted again in 1780
for the remainder of the war, and thus completed a term of
service for his country, in the capacity of a soldier, of between
six and seven years. At a town meeting held at Hollis,
Sept. 15, 1785, it was " voted to give John Youngman the sum
of £>\% ($60) for his voluntary services in the Continental
A rmy.

It is to be regretted that the biography of this old soldier
cannot be continued further with more certainty. It is only
known that soon after the close of the war he married Abi-
gail , and settled at Barnet, Vt., where at least two sons

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and one daughter were born. Whether there were other
children or not cannot now be determined. It is supposed
that he afterwards removed to Stanstead, Canada, but when
or where he died cannot be ascertained.
His children were: —

i. John5, b. March 7, 1790; m., 1st, Sarah Roads, Sept. 5, 1811;
m., 2d, Tabitha D. B. Smith, Oct. 6, 1813. He is supposed
to have settled in Maine. He had a son, Nicholas6, who m.
Phebe Bradford of Barnet, Jan-.- 26, 1843, and at that time
was living at Bath, N.H. No further trace of either fam-
ily can be found.
14. ii. Nicholas5, b. Aug. 16, 1797; m. Margaret H. Burbank,
Sept. 6, 1833 ; d. at Albany, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1859.
iii. Sarah, date of birth unknown.

10. Thomas 4 Youngman (Nicholas*, Ebenezer*, Francis1),
born probably about 1760, enlisted early in 1776, for one
year, in the Continental Army, and joined one of the three
New Hampshire regiments. He was in the battles fought
that year near New York city, where the bravery and good
conduct of the soldiers were conspicuous in the victories
won at Princeton and Trenton. He was paid by the town
,£24' ($80) for the year. In 1777, he enlisted for three years,
and was with his brother John in the battles, privations, and
sufferings of those years already mentioned.

He enlisted again, July, 1780, for six months, to aid in the
defence of West Point and the Northern Frontier. The
town of Hollis "voted to pay Thomas Youngman and Simeon
Blood, each, ninety bushels of rye and £210 ($700) in money,
the government wages of these two men to belong to the town."
This was paid in advance, as the currency had become so
depreciated it was difficult to find recruits who would take
it on trust.

He married Tirzah Honey, of Dunstable, Nov. 16, 1786,
and afterwards settled at Washington, Vt., but when or
where he died is not known. Neither is it known whether
he had sons or not. He had two daughters, Sally and Lu-
cinda. Sally was married to John Jones, Jr., June 23, 1825,
and settled in Canada.

11. Jabez 4 Youngman (Nicholas*, Ebenezer*, Francis1)
was born at Hollis, March 4, 1764. He enlisted in the Con-
tinental Army at Hollis, July 15, 1782, at the age of eighteen,
for three years, or the remainder of the war, for which he
received from the town a bounty of $200. He was the last
soldier on the Hollis quota, and the last one furnished by that
town for the Revolutionary War. His name was on the roll

14 GENEALOGY OF THE

of the First New Hampshire Continental Regiment, com-
manded by Colonel Nichols, in December, 1782; and he
remained in the service until the regiment was disbanded the
next year, at the conclusion of peace.

He married, March 24, 1785, Susannah Powers, daughter
of Jonathan Powers, of Dunstable, and Susannah Wil-
loughby, of Hollis (married Nov. 28, 1764). She was born
at Dunstable, Aug. 28, 1768. Soon after his marriage, he
removed to Barnet, Vt?; but, remaining there only one year,
he returned again to Hollis, where he lived about eight years,
and finally settled at Lempster, N.H., in 1796.

He became a farmer, and by quiet, industrious, and strictly
temperate habits, lived for many years in comfortable cir-
cumstances. He brought up a large family of children, who
in after years "rose up and called him blessed." He was an
active and influential member of the Baptist church, and
occasionally officiated as a lay preacher. For several of his
last years, he received a pension from the government, as a
partial, re ward for his early services as a Continental soldier.

In the year 1826, at the Semi-Centennial of our National
Independence, he .read a poem at the town celebration in
Lempster, which he had written for the occasion ; and, al-
though it possesses no special literary merit, its spirit is so
loyal and reverent, and so patriotic, that it is published at the
close of these sketches, after lying neglected for more than
half a century.

Jabez 4 Youngman died of cancer, April 30, 1839, at tne
age of 75, and his wife died of hemorrhage of the lungs
within three days after, May 3, 1839. " They were lovely
and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not
divided!' His character may perhaps be best summed up in
the words of the text selected at his funeral by his pastor,
Rev. Alfred Abell : "He was a good man, and a just."

He" had the following children : —

15. i. Jabez, b. June 26, 1786; m. Emma Baldwin; d. Oct., 1862.

16. ii. Noah, b. Sept. 14, 1788; m. Sally Field; d. Aug., 1868.

17. iii. David, b. Dec. 19, 1790; m. Ruth Field.

18. iv. Susannah, b. March 18, 1793; m. Benjamin Reed; d. Jan.,

1834.
v. Hannah, b. April 4, 1 795 ; d. Oct., 1 796.

19. vi. Lucy, b. Aug. 28, 1797; m. Thomas Caulkins; d. Oct. 10, 1879.

20. vii. Stephen, b. Aug. 29, 1799; m. Sarah Eaton; d. Dec. 27, 1880.

21. viii. Nathan, b. Jan. 27, 1802; m. Lorinda Wooster.

22. ix. Willard, b. April 9, 1804; m. Jane Little; d. Dec. 1, 1833.

23. x. Hannah, b. April 13, 1806; m. Clement Spaulding; d. Dec.

22, 1866.

24. xi. Alden, b. March 19, 1808; m. Judith Adams.

25. xii. Mary, b. March 6, 1810; m. Daniel Miner; d. July 12, 1845.

YOUNGMAN FAMILY. 15

12. Stephen 4 Youngman (Nicholas*, Ebenezer2, Francis i),
born at Hollis in 1776, married Abigail Brown of the same
place, June 16, 1786. He inherited his father's homestead in
Hollis, where he died Jan., 181 5. He had two sons : —

i. Ebenezer5, b. April 4, 1787; m. Thankful Phelps, Oct. 20,
1807. Had several children. The family removed to
Ohio about 1835, and no further trace of them can be
found.

ii. William5, b. Oct. 20, 1788; m. Martha Moar, Oct. 17, 181 3.
He was a cooper; lived and died in Hollis; no children.

13. Hannah, born at Hollis, July 24, 1771, married, Sept.
24, 1789, David Sherer, born May, 1759. He served three
years in the Revolutionary War ; was at the battles near
Saratoga and Stillwater, at the surrender of Burgoyne. He
was also at Valley Forge during that terrible winter of 1 777—
78, and relieved its tedium by building a log house for him-
self and "mess," and making it more comfortable than the
generality of soldiers' huts. He would sometimes take a
boarder, and give lessons in penmanship, with a plain board
across his knees for a writing-desk.

After the close of the war, he settled in Deering, N. H.,
and became an enterprising and successful farmer. In 18 15,
he removed to Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa., where
he died Nov. 7, 1846. His wife, Hannah, died Nov. 15,
185 1. They had ten children, born in Deering.

i. John, b. May 10, 1790; m. Elizabeth Kellog, Oct., 1824.. He

graduated at Hamilton College, and became a Presbyterian

minister; d. P^eb. 14, 1863.
ii. David, b. April 5, 1792; d. Aug. 16, 1795.
iii. Hannah, b. May 2, 1795 ; m. John Robertson, Nov. 22, 181 1 ;

d. Aug. 16, 1875.
iv. Samuel, b. April 8, 1797 ; d. Aug. 6, 1797.
v. William, b. Oct. 7, 1799; m. Susan H. Alfriend, Nov. 3, 1828.

He graduated at Hamilton College ; became a physician ;

d. April 13, 1843.
vi. Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1802; m. Nehemiah Baldwin, Sept., 1824.

He died in 1849. She lives at New York city,
vii. James, b. March 25, 1806; d. Jan. 30, 1873.
viii. Isabel, b. April 23, 1808; d. July 27, 1808.
ix. Eliza Ann, b. Nov. 22, 1809; d. Sept., 18 10.
x. Samuel, b. June 22, 1813; m. Lucinda Brewster, June 22,

1837. Lives at South Montrose, Pa.

It appears from the foregoing that Nicholas 3 Young-
man's family rendered most excellent and loyal service in
the Revolutionary War. He volunteered as a soldier, at his
country's call, when long past the customary age for mili-
tary duties ; and his sons followed his example with courage

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GENEALOGY OF THE

and alacrity. The eldest, Ebenezer*, gave his life for his
country's safety and independence. John 4 gave more than
half a dozen of his early years to the cause of freedom ; and
all his sons, except the youngest, who was but nine years old
when the war commenced, and all his sons-in-law served
from six months to six years each, making a combined ser-
vice for the whole family of over twenty years !

14. Nicholas s Youngman {John4', Nicholas*, Ebenezer*,
Francis1) was born at Barnet, Vt., Aug. 16, 1797. He left
home at an early age, and acquired by his own exertions
a good education, which he turned to practical account by
teaching school in various towns in New Hampshire and
Connecticut. He married at Staten Island, N.Y., Sept. 6,
1833, Margaret Haughwout Burbank, born at Staten Island,
Aug. 28, 1807. She was a relative of Eder Vreeland Haugh-
wout, for many years a prominent business man in New
York city.

After living at Staten Island three or four years, he re-
moved to Albany, N.Y., and afterwards to Manchester, N.H.,
where he resided for six or seven years, and then to Lowell,
Mass., for as many more. He finally returned to Albany in
1855, where his wife died, May 6, 1856, and where he died
Aug. 6, 1859. From his diary, which he kept for many years,
it is inferred that his habits were correct and his mind of a
decided religious tendency ; and this inference is confirmed
by the memories of his children, of whom there were six,
viz. : —

i. John Abram Burbank6, b. at Staten Island, Aug. 25, 1834;
m., Oct. 18, 1865, Annie Green, b. at Troy, N.Y., Oct. 15,
1 83 1. He is an engineer, and resides at Albany, N.Y.
Has one daughter Edith, b. March 28, 1869.

ii. Margaret J. B., b. at Albany, Aug. 14, 1837; d. Aug. 12,
1840.

iii. Vreeland Haughwout6, b. at Albany, Nov. 6, 1839; m.,
April 21, 1864, Mary Eliza Shaw, b. at Buffalo, May 24,
1844. He is equal partner in the firm of "Leonard &
Youngman," dealers in coal, Albany. Has four children,
b. at Albany : —

a. Harry Vreeland, b. June 30, 1865.

b. Josephine, b. Feb. 22, 1868.

c. Mary Eliza, b. Dec. 20, 1870.

d. Florence, b. Sept. 23, 1873.

iv. Catharine M. H., b. at Kingston, N.Y., Dec. 17, 1841. She
is a missionary stationed at Tokio (Jeddo), the capital of
Japan, under the supervision of the Presbyterian Board.

v.'George F. W.6, b. at Manchester, N.H., Aug. 3, 1844; died
unmarried, Aug. 20, 1869.

YOUKGMAN FAMILY. 17

vi. Elizabeth W., b. at Manchester, March u, 1847; m., March
13, 1876, John Warring, b. in England, Feb. 18, 1832. He
is a baker, and resides at Albany. They have two chil-
dren : —

a. Mary Eliza, b. March 14, 1877.

b. Kate Maria, b. Feb. 7, 1879.

15. Jabez 5 Youngman {Jabez 4, Nicholas 3, Ebenezer2,
Francis1) was born at Hollis, June 26, 1786. He lived for
several of his early years with his uncle David Sherer at
Deering. He married at Antrim, N.H., March 14, 1808,
Emma Baldwin, daughter of Isaac and Bethia (Pool) Bald-
win, born at Amherst, N.H., July 13, 1792. He lived at
Antrim three or four years, when he settled at Wilmot,
N.H., in 18 1 2, and became an independent and successful
farmer.

He held several offices of trust, was Justice of the Peace
for many years, and for several sessions represented his
town in the State Legislature. In 1839, ne so^ his home-
stead in Wilmot to his son Isaac, and removed to Dorches-
ter, N.H., where he died October, 1862. His wife died Nov.
14, 1877. They had the following children : —

i. David Sherer, b. at Antrim, Oct. 1, 1809; d. Sept., 1834.
ii. Isaac Baldwin, b. at Antrim, Oct. 1, 181 1; m. Hannah

(Thompson) Langley, 1838. Lives on the old homestead,

Wilmot. No children,
iii. Fanny Baldwin, b. at Wilmot, May 17, 1814; m. Wells

Currier, Dec, 1835. He d. Sept., 1879.
iv. Nahum Baldwin, b. at Wilmot, March 4, 181 7; m. Elsia

Hadley in 1842. Lives at W. Rumney. Has one son,

Wells Ctirrier, b. 1844.
v. Emma Baldwin, b. Sept. 17, 1819; m. Wells Robins in 1842.

He d. Nov., i860; m., 2d, E. B. Alden in 1868. Lives at

Lyme, N.H.
vi. Mary Bailey, b. March 16, 1822; m. Thomas B. Pearson,

June, 1846. She d. Aug., 1850.
vii. Milton Boyd, b. April 3, 1824; m. Susan Leavitt, Nov.,

1849. He d. April, i860. No children,
viii. Harriet Baldwin, b. April 15, 1826; m. Nathaniel Burn-
ham, Oct. 10, 1849. Lives at N. Dorchester.
ix. Jane, b. Feb. 21, 1828; m. Washington Perkins, July 2, 1850.

Lives at Wilson's Crossing, Londonderry, N.H.
x. Walter Scott, b. Sept. 10, 1830; d. Oct., 1846.
xi. Alden, b. Dec. 22, 1832; m. Maria S. Smith in 1856. Lives

at N. Dorchester. Has one son, Charles Frank, b. Oct.,

1858.
xii. Bertha Pool, b. July 13, 1840; m. Samuel Roberts in i860,

he d. Oct., 1862 ; m., 2d, Geo. C. Patterson, Nov., 1867. She

d. May 22, 1875.

18 GENEALOGY OF THE

16 Noahs Youngman {Jabez\ Nicholas \ Ebenezer* Fran-
q'i? born at H0ljiSj s ^ ^ ^.^ ^

Sally Field, daughter of John * and Ruth (Thayer) Field of
Peterborough, N.H. She was born March 7, 1791 He
lived a year or two in Peterborough, and then removed to
Antrim, N H., where he lived three or four years, and finally

SCi! u umuLe1mpSter in l8lS- He P^chased a good farm, on
which he built a substantial and comfortable dwelling with
convenient out-buildings, and was enterprising and pros-

He was always beforehand in his plans and business, was
trugal, industrious, and strictly temperate; and, although
exact and careful in his dealings, he was the soul of honor in
meeting all just demands to the utmost farthing. He was a
worthy and consistent member of the Methodist church
He died Aug. 20, 1868, at the age of eighty. His wife died
March 24, 1854.

They had five children : —

i. John Field b. at Peterborough, Nov. 4, 1812; m. Roxanna
Bailey of Springfield, N.H., June 1, 1835. He died April
10, [838. No children.

ii. Louisa Smith, b. at Antrim, Aug. 5, 1815 ; m. Elliot WnVht
of Swanzey, N.H, Nov. 27, 1834. He enlisted in the Union
Army and died at Alexandria, Va, Oct. 12, 1862, leaving
nine children. She still lives at Swanzey.

111. Sarah Field, b. at Lempster, Nov. 30, 1818; d. Dec. 17,
1851.

iv. Harriet Smith, b. at Lempster, May 12, 1823; m, Dec. 31,
1850, David Mclndoe, b. at Newbury, Vt, April 26, 1824.
He was a Methodist minister, and after preaching with cren-
eral acceptation for several years, and his health failing he
became agent for the Vermont Journal published at
Windsor, Vt., and owned, in part, by his brother Lyman
J. Mclndoe. His connection with this paper was success-
ful' and he finally became one-third owner, and removed to
Windsor in 1863, where he purchased a house, and devoted
his whole energies to the interests of the Journal. His
health, never firm, continued to fail, when he died Feb 4
1879. His wife still resides at Windsor. No children

v. Noah Elisha, b. March 9, 1827; d. Jan. 11, 1832.

17. Davids Youngman (Jabezs Nicholas \ Ebenezer^
Francis *) was born at Hollis, Dec. 19, 1790. He went to
Peterborough, N.H., in 18 10, and served an apprenticeshio
to Deacon John - Field in the tanning and currying business
He married, March 7, 1816, Ruth Field, daughter of John >
and Ruth (Thayer) Field, born April 3, 1796. They had one
son (26) David \ born Aug. 26, 181 7. His wife died Sept.
5, 1817, at the eariy age of twenty-one. He remained

YOUNGMAN FAMILY. 19

eleven years in Peterborough, working at his trade, and
identified himself with the interests of the town. He was
conductor of the singing for several years in the First Con-
gregational church.

In the year 1821, he removed to Franklin, Tenn., and
was engaged to take charge of a tanning and currying estab-
lishment, owned in part by Dr. William G. Dickinson, of
Nashville, Tenn., who was a native of Charlestown, N.H.
He was prospered, and in a few years purchased the entire
interest in the tannery, together with about thirty acres of
excellent land, on which he built a brick house, and carried
on his business for many years, with profit and success. In
1838, he purchased a farm of two hundred acres, for the sum
of $10,000. The land was well adapted to the cultivation of
corn and wheat, besides containing a saw and grist mill,
both of which were profitable.

He became a slave-owner, though not to a large extent, and
was enjoying a good degree of prosperity until the War of
the Rebellion set his slaves at liberty, and in many ways in-
terrupted his business. His former slaves remained around
him, so long as they could beg or steal their living, when
they all left him. During the internecine struggle, he was
robbed by both parties, Union as well as Confederate, of his
horses, mules, cattle, hay, leather, fruit, provisions, and in
fact of everything that soldiers could find to steal, by which
losses he became very much reduced in circumstances.

He married, second wife, Nancy McMahon, April, 1833.
She died Jan. 11, 1867; had no children. He is still living
(January, 1882) at Franklin, Tenn., enjoying a serene old
age, of past ninety-one years.

18. Susannah, born at Hollis, March 18, 1793, married
Benjamin Reed, born March 27, 1791. He was an energetic
and successful farmer, and lived many years in Lempster,
where he owned a good farm, and acquired, by hard, patient
labor, a handsome property. She died Jan. 1, 1834. He
married, second wife, Jane (Little) Youngman, widow of
Willards Youngman, November, 1834. (See 22.) He sold
his farm in Lempster in 1835, and purchased one in New-
port, N.H., in 1839, where he resided until his death, March
18, 1868. His second wife died Feb. 12, 1866. He had
two children by first wife : Eliza, married Samuel Marshall ;
and Ruth, born March 23, 18 18, married Ezekiel Bailey.
He had one son by his second wife, — Wallace Little, born
July 22, 1842, married Hattie A. Taggart, Jan. 16, 1868.
Lives at Newport.

^ GENEALOGY OF TFTE

19. Lucy born at_ Lempster, Aug. 28, 1797, married
1 nomas Caulkms, an industrious farmer of Lempster They
had a large family of seven sons and seven daughters. He
died l«eb 7, 1867. In 1868, she removed to Ohio, where
some or her children were living, and afterwards to Nashua
Iowa, where she died Oct. 10, 1879, at the age of eighty-two.'

20. Stephens Youngman {Jabez\ Nicholas 3, Ebenezer*
Francis •«) was born at Lempster, Aug. 29, 1799. He learned
the trade of tanning and currying with his brother David at
I eterborough. He worked for some time at New Ipswich
N.H., where he married, in 1825, Sarah Eaton, born at New*
Ipswich in 1804. He settled first at Dover, Me, in 1827
where two of his children were born. In 1832 or 18^ he
removed to Dedham, Me, and took charge of a tanning and
currying establishment for Messrs. Field & Converse/Bos-
ton. While living in Dedham, he was chosen one of the
selectmen of the town. In 1840, he removed to St. Albans
Me where he became quite an influential man, was Justice
ot the Peace for many years, and was quite active in the
Methodist church and Sunday-school. His wife died Nov
27, 1879. He died Dec. 27, 1880. They had four children :

i. Clarinda, b. in 1828; d. in 1839.

ii. George Bruce*, b. May 27, 1830; m. Elvira Rowe in 1851
He is a carpenter, and lives at Waterville, Me. Has two

sons.

a. George Frank, b. Nov. 13, 1854.

b. Charles Horace, b. May 1, 1861.

iii. Mary, b. in 1838; m. Sanford Rowe in 1874
iv. Horace, b. in 1841 ; d. in 1842.

21. Nathans Youngman {Jabez^ Nicholas z, Ebenezer*
Francis-) was born at Lempster, Jan. 27, 1802. He taught
school for several years in New Hampshire, and afterwards
studied medicine with Dr. David McQuesten of Washington
N.H., and took the degree of M.D. at Dartmouth College in
1832. After practising his profession a few years in New
Hampshire, he removed to Joliet, 111., where he married Lo-
nnda Wooster February, 1841, and soon after settled at
Uttawa, 111., where he remained several years

Besides attending to the duties of his profession, which
in some seasons demanded his entire attention, having pa-
tients forty miles apart needing daily attendance, he also
engaged m farming to a considerable extent. But from the
uncertainty of professional fees and the expenses of manag-

YOUNGMAN FAMILY. 21

ing his farms, he never succeeded in acquiring a fortune.
Of late years, he has spent his winters in giving lectures on
physiology and other kindred subjects. He has resided for
several years past with his son Alden at Shelby ville, near
Winnebago city, Minn. They have, during the past year,
removed to Chase County, Kansas.
He has had four children : —

i. William Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1842. He volunteered his ser-
vices to aid in putting down the rebellion, and was a witness
of and a sufferer in some of those frightful Indian massa-
cres, during which he lost his new home, his property, and
his health. From his exposures while in service, he con-
tracted a pulmonary disease, of which he died, March, 1870.

ii. Alden Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1844. He enlisted for three years,
at Ripon, Wis., Nov. 1, 1861, in Company E, First
Regiment of Wisconsin Cavalry. He served his first cam-
paign in South-eastern Missouri and Eastern Arkansas,
during which his regiment was reduced to about two hun-
dred. In the spring of 1863, he was transferred to the army
of the Cumberland, and was in active service till May 9,
1864, when, at the siege of Atlanta, he was wounded in
right leg and crippled for life. He was then retired from
further duty, and was finally discharged Oct. 31, 1864. He
received in the outset $100 bounty, which has since been
increased to $200. He is also in receipt of a pension which
he expects to be increased.

He settled on a stock farm at Shelbyville, near Winnebago
city, Minn., in 1876, where he has remained until the past
season, in the enjoyment of as much prosperity as that in-
hospitable section of country would afford. He has re-
cently removed and settled in Chase County, Kansas.

He married Arabella Coman, Sept. 24, 1879. Has one
daughter.

iii. Harriet, b. June 5, 1846; m. Byron E. Pay, United States
Marshall. Lives in Dakota.

iv. Amanda Malvina, b. Oct. 6, 1852. She is a teacher at Mis-
sion, San Jose, Cab

22. Willard5 Youngman (Jabez 4, Nicholas s, Ebenezer*,
Francis x) was born at Lempster, March 9, 1804. He went to
Peterborough in early life, and married, March 30, 1826, Jane
Little, daughter of Thomas and Relief (White) Little, born in
Belmont, N.H., April 3, 1804. He lived at West Peterbor-
ough, where he built a house, and where for several years
he was engaged in building mills and mill-dams and other
structures that required constant exposure to cold water at
all seasons of the year, which induced a chronic ulceration
of the hip joint, of which he died, Dec. 1, 1833, at the age
of twenty-nine. His widow married Benjamin Reed of

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GENEALOGY OF THE

Lempster, November, 1834. (See 18.) She- died Feb. 12,
1866. They had four children : —

i. Jane Little, b. Feb. 9, 1827; m. Nathan T. Eaton, Feb. 18,
1846. Has had four children, two now living. He is a
provision dealer. Resides at Peterborough, N.H.

11. Mary Little, b. June 17, 1828 ; m. Ethan Hadley, Feb. 20,
1850. Has three children. He has charge of the manu-
facture of the "Dover Egg-beater." Resides at Chicopee
Falls, Mass.

iii. Addison, b. Nov., 1829; d. Feb. 18, 1830.

iv. Susan White, b. April 11, 1831; m. in 1851 Elias H.Cheney,
a brother of ex-Gov. P. C. Cheney of Manchester, N.H.
Also brother of O. B. Cheney, D.D., President of Bates
College, Lewiston, Me. He resides at Lebanon, N.H.,
and is publisher of the Granite State Free Press. They
have had four children, three now living.

23. Hannah, born April 13, 1806, married Clement
Spaulding, Nov. 3, 1837. He was born Aug. 28, 1804
They removed to Illinois in 1843 and afterwards to Wis-
consin in 1847, where he died May 8, 1853. She married,
2d, Jacob Hunt, formerly of New Hampshire, Nov 27 1857'
and died Dec. 22, 1866. She had by first husband \ JabJz
Youngman, born at Walpole, N.H., Jan. 5, 1839- Mary
Lucinda, born at Boonsville, 111., June 12, 1844; Clement
Almanza, born June 1, 1846, died Oct. 8, 1846; and John
Thomas, born at Springfield, Wis., March 21, 1849.

24. Alden s Youngman (Jabez\ Nicholas*, Ebenezer*
Francis^) was born at Lempster, March 19, 1808. He in-
herited his father's homestead, and engaged therefor to sup-
port his parents during their lifetime, which agreement he
fulfilled. In early life, he- gave considerable attention to
military matters, and became captain of the rifle company
in his town He married, Feb. 22, 1838, Judith Adams of
Bradford, N.H., born April 21, 1817. He is a farmer of
retiring and unassuming habits, and still resides at Lemp-
ster. Has had five children: —

i. Henry, b. Dec. 2, 1839; d. Jan. 26, 1864.
27. 11. G^I^enFREDERIC' b- Aug. 26, 1841; m. Catherine S.

iii. Austin, b. Feb. 8, 1845; d. April 28, 1845.
iv. Lindsey, b. Aug. 27, 1848; d. June 14, 1870.
v. Frank L., b. April i, 1851 ; d. July 28, 1871.

25. Mary, born March 6, 18 10, married Daniel Miner
only son of Elder Ezra Miner of Lempster. She died'
after a short illness, July 12, 1845, leaving six children

YOUNGMAN FAMILY. 23

26. David 6 Youngman (David*, yabez *, Nicholas 3, Eben-
ezet*, Francis J) was born at Peterborough, N.H., Aug. 26,
1817. He taught school for several winters in various
towns in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, fitted for col-
lege at New Ipswich Academy, and graduated at Dartmouth
in 1839. He then engaged in teaching at Franklin, Tenn.,
at Hartford, Vt., and at Peterborough, where he was Prin-
cipal of the Academy for two years, 1842 and 1843.

He studied medicine with Dr. Albert Smith at Peter-
borough, and with Professors Dixi Crosby and E. R. Peaslee
at Hanover, N.H., and after attending the usual courses of
lectures, one at Woodstock, Vt., and two at Hanover, he
received the degree of M.D. at Dartmouth College in 1846,
and settled at South Woburn, Mass., the same year.

This town was incorporated under the name of Winchester
in I850, and at its first meeting, May 7, he was chosen Town
Clerk, and was re-elected for the next six consecutive years,
until he removed from town. He was also chosen on the
School Committee for several years, besides holding various
other town offices. He was always interested in educational
matters, especially in the study and practice of vocal music,
which he taught for many years, and was a popular leader
and conductor of church and social choirs.

He removed to Boston in 1857, where he still resides in
the practice of his profession. He married, Aug. 1, 1842,
Mary Ann Stone, daughter of Enos and Rachel (Blake)
Stone, born at Hartford, Vt., Sept. 5, 1817.

Their children are as follows : —

i. Albert Legrand, b. at Peterborough, Jan. 22, 1844; d. at

Peterborough, Jan. 17, 1845.
ii. Willis Blake7, b. at Winchester, June 29, 1846; m., Dec.
25, 187 1, Alma Ann Sanborn, only daughter of the late
Jonathan R. and Emeline H. (Bickford) Sanborn, b. Oct.
20, 1846. After graduating at the High School in Bos-
ton, he was for several years with the Mason & Hamlin
Cabinet Organ Company, and afterwards with William
H. Gerrish & Co., manufacturers of the same. He has
given much of his leisure time to crayon and stipple por-
traiture, in which he has had fair success. He is now
engaged in the manufacture of black walnut chamber
furniture. Resides at 21 Dudley Street, Roxbury District,
Boston.

iii. Mary Ruth, b. June 24, 1849; d. Jan. 2, 1852.

iv. Clara Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1851 ; m. Walter W. Scott,
Jan. 5, 1875. He is by trade a jeweller and optician.
Lives at Somerville, Mass.

v. Emma Knapp, b. July 30, 1853. Is a teacher in the public
schools, Boston.

24 GENEALOGY OF THE

27. George Frederic6 Youngman (Alden 5, yabez 4, Nich-
olas*, Ebenezer*, Francis1) was born at Lempster, Aug. 26,
1 84 1. He married, Aug. 26, 1862, Catharine S. McKeen,
born at Acworth, N.H., Aug. 14, 1839. They have one
daughter, Etta F., born June 6, 1866.

He enlisted April 27, 1861, at Newport, N.H., for three
months, in the First New Hampshire Regiment of Volun-
teers, Company D, Ira McL. Barton captain, and Mason Tap-
pan of Bradford, colonel. He was on duty on the Potomac
River above Washington, and at Harper's Ferry, and was
mustered out Aug. 9, 1861.

. He enlisted again, Aug. 28, 1862, two days after his mar-
riage, in Company B, Third New Hampshire Regiment of
Volunteers, Henry Dow captain, and John H. Jackson colo-
nel. He joined the regiment at Hilton Head, S.C., Sept.
25, 1862, and was in his first battle at Pocataligo, S.C., Octo-
ber 22. He was at the capture of Morris Island, July 10,
1863, where he was slightly wounded in the leg by a piece of
shell.

He was at the siege of Fort Wagner, where he was under
fire of the rebel guns forty-eight days ; was in all the en-
gagements around Petersburg, Va., and near Richmond ; and
was severely wounded, through the nose and right cheek, at
the battle of Drury's Bluff near Richmond, May 16, 1864,
for which he was sent to Chestnut Hill Hospital, near Phila-
delphia, for three months, during which time he received a
twenty clays' furlough.

He was at the capture of Fort Fisher, N.C., Jan. 15, 1865,
and was finally mustered out of service at Goldsborough,
N.C., June 20, 1865. During his three years' service, he
was in about twenty battles and skirmishes, and saw more
actual fighting than many of the old veterans who served
through the entire Revolutionary Wrar. He received, in the
outset, a bounty of $100, and is now in receipt of a pension
of $8.00 per month. He is a farmer, and resides at Lemp-
ster, N.H.

It is evident from the preceding sketches that the English
branch of the name of Youngman is dying out. Of the
four sons of Francis «, only two had sons, Jonathan 2 and
Ebenezer2. Jonathans sons had no children. Ebenezer*
had six sons, all of whom died without issue, except Nicho-
las*. He had five sons, three of whom had sons. John*
has only two grandsons known, bearing the name, and only
one great-grandson. Jabez* had seven sons, but has only

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seven grandsons living and five great-grandsons. Stephen 4
had two sons. One died childless, and the other is not
known to have grandsons.

So that, of all the descendants of Francis j Youngman
now known to be living, there are not more than a dozen
male persons to bear and perpetuate the family name. The
conclusion is inevitable that, in a few generations at the
longest, the English branch of the name of Youngman, as a
patronymic, is destined to become extinct in the United
States.

The following poem was written by Jabez4 Youngman,
a soldier of the Revolution, and read by him on the fiftieth
anniversary of our National Independence, celebrated at
Lempster, N.H., July 4, 1826 : —

Thou birthday morn of Independence bright !
In celebration gladly we unite,
Calling to mind the struggles of our youth
To breathe the air of Liberty and Truth.

When first thou didst enshrine fair Freedom's bower,
And raise thy standard on this western shore,
Thou wert a terror to the British crown,
Who labored hard to bring thy standard down.

With her war ships our harbors did surround,
Blazing with fiery enginery around,
Roaring aloud with many a deadly blast,
Till Freedom and all Nature stood aghast !

What shall we do ? was our most ardent cry.
Our freedom we will have, or we will die !
Not for ourselves alone this struggle make,
But for our children and our country's sake.

And when, in sore distress, our ardent cry
Reached to the ears of Him above the sky,
A man was raised, endowed with skill and power,'
To lead our armies on to glorious war.

Led by the prowess of this valiant man,
Who going forward leading in the van,
We disconcerted Britain's grand design,
Our Liberty and Independence won.

Thus did our fathers plant fair Freedom's tree,
Watered its root with blood that flowed most free
From volunteers, in battle's loudest roar,
Where blood and carnage stained the field with gore.

2f> CENEALOGY OF THE YOUNGMAN FAMILY.

Great Britain now is crossed in her desires,
Her envy burns like subterranean fires,
And seeks, by jealous, subtle friendship feigned,
To overthrow what Washington has gained.

Sends forth the cruel ostrich of her land,*
To lay her eggs and hatch them in our sand ;
Hoping that in some future time they'll bring
A revenue unto her tyrant king.

Americans, take care ! and keep your stand,
Now while you have the staff in your own hand :
If you to usurpation should submit,
You'll find yourselves deep plunged into a pit.

Would you these dear-bought liberties enjoy,
And have sweet peace secure, without alloy ?
Guard well your constitution as it stands,
Nor let it e'er be changed by plotting hands.

Lest being changed by those who seek a crown,

The Tree of Liberty should be cut down ;

And we hereafter have to serve a king,

Who would not care what sorrows he might bring.

Nimrod, the first great monarch, was a sprout,
Sprung forth and grew up from a tyrant root.
He Babel built ! So monarchs now, anon,
Do little else than build " Great Babylon."

But in the gospel plan, as we observe,

He who was greatest freely deigned to serve :

So, by wise legislation, if we will,

Can have our ruling: men our servants still.

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Many who of their independence boast,

And know but little what their freedom cost,

Would doubtless barter for a paltry sum

Their Nation's freedom and their children's home.

But let us guard with a most jealous care
Our Nation's liberty, our birthright fair.
Let Union be our motto ! Let us be
Strong in our union, wise in being free !

Our father Washington did bow the knee,
His trust was^mchored in God's promise free,
His counsel ever in God's Holy Word :
We trust he now enjoys his great reward.

Ride on, thou Great Immanuel, for thy Bride !
For thou shalt in a golden chariot ride,
Covered with purple, paved with love within ;
And thus thou shalt subdue the power of sin.

* Alluding to the intrigues of " Citizen Genet,'' the Minister from France in 1794.

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