HISTORY: Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia, Chapter 7, Young, Dauphin County, PA 

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 152.
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                         THE YOUNGS OF HANOVER.

  I.  ROBERT YOUNG, an early settler in Hanover township, then 
Lancaster county, d. about 1749, leaving a wife Kerstine, and children:
    2.   i.  William, m. Catharine _____. 
    3.  ii.  John, m. Margery Stewart. 

  II.  JAMES YOUNG (Robert), of Hanover, d. in 1772, leaving children:
    4.   i.  William, m. Catharine _____. 
    5.  ii.  James. 
       iii.  John, m. Agnes _____, and had among others John.
        iv.  Andrew, m. Sarah _____, and had among others Andrew and 
Josiah. 
        v.  Alexander, d. s. p.

  III.  JOHN YOUNG (Robert), of Hanover, d. in May, 1775, leaving a 
wife Margery (Stewart), and children:
         i.  David. 
        ii.  Mary, m. James Dixon. 
       iii.  Margaret, m. Samuel Ainsworth.
        iv.  John. 
         v.  Margery.
        vi.  George. 
       vii.  James. 
    6.viii.  William, m. Martha _____. 

  IV.  WILLIAM YOUNG (James, Robert), of Hanover, d. in January, 1785, 
leaving a wife Catharine and children:
         i.  Robert.
        ii.  John. 
       iii.  James. 
        iv.  Andrew, m. Margery _____, and had Margaret. 
         v.  Esther. 
        vi.  Martha. 
       vii.  William. 

  V.  JAMES YOUNG (James, Robert, of Hanover, d. in May, 1787, leaving 
children:
         i.  [A dau.], m. Samuel Johnson.
        ii.  Elizabeth. 
       iii.  Jane. 
        iv.  [A dau.] m. William McCauley. 
         v.  Margaret, m. James Robinson.
        vi.  Andrew. 
       vii.  Sarah, m. John Watt. 
      viii.  John. 
        ix.  James. 
         x.  Alexander. 
 
  VI.  WILLIAM YOUNG (John, Robert), of East Hanover, d. March 15, 
1796, leaving a wife Martha and children: 
         i.  Catharine, b. 1779; m. James Bell, b. 1772; d. March 6, 
1814.
        ii.  Eleanor, b. 1781.
       iii.  William, b. 1783. 
        iv.  John, b. 1785.  
         v.  Jane, b. June 1, 1788.
        vi.  James, b. September 14, 1789.
       vii.  Esther, b. April 16, 1791.
      viii.  Robert, b. 1793.