The Young Family Workbook

This Young Family Workbook centers around Gideon and Jemima (Cilley) Young who settled in Camden, Maine, during the late 1770's or early 1800's.

All of the Youngs in this workbook are either their ancestors or descendants. The ancestors date back to John Young (1651-1697) of Exeter, New Hampshire, from which Gideon derived from, down 13 generations to the present. It includes many persons of Young heritage but of different sir-names. Some of the older family names of the Camden-Lincolnville, Maine, areas are the Fernalds, Halls, Hardys, Heals, Knights, Moodys, Mannings, Richards, Wadsworth and many more.

Gideon was born in Kingston, New Hampshire, in 1738, married Jemima Cilley in 1761. They lived in Bristol, Maine*, where they bought and sold various properties and produced many offspring. Their last child was born in Camden, Maine, in the 1780's. They also bought and sold land in Camden, some of which was located on the ocean near the Sherman Point Road. Most of the children of Gideon settled in Lincolnville, Maine (then called Canaan). Over the years the descendants have been back and forth between the coast and the backcountry. Many of the descendants were farmers, carpenters, woodsmen, fishermen, and sailors.

Anyone with information on the burial place and death date of Gideon Young, please contact us.

There are many of you that have been charted back to Gideon and Jemima Young, and there are many of you who belong in this book but we lack your input of information to include you.

Our aim is to put this family on record so that we can generate your interest to add, update, correct, and criticize or to simply enjoy our efforts.

We hope that the information is correct, but we know that errors can creep in from transposing. Reading microfilms can be difficult. Also, when we started, the intent was learning who we were and where we belonged. There was no thought of publishing, or worry about documentation. Names given at birth, those shown on census records, at the time of marriage, births of children and on death certificates may vary, as well as dates from one record to another.

This book is meant to be a 'working workbook' for all those enthused Young relatives who want to be a part of our long-line heritage. The information given can be a stepping-stone towards verification for the more serious-minded genealogist.

*Maine did not become a state until 1820. Before that Bristol,
Camden and Lincolnville were in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.