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DOUGLAS A. L. YOUNG, C.D., C.F.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" >m</FONT>any people do not realize that Young is the 15<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" >th</FONT> most common surname in Scotland. <I><B>The</b></I> <I><B>Book of Surnames</b></I> notes that Young is more popular in Edinburgh, than in any other city in the world. One person of every 185 people in that city bears this name in Edinburgh and Glasgow comes a close second. </div> <div> <B>T</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>HE BORDER CLAN</b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>T</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" >hese Border ruffians, or reivers as they were known, were wild lance-slung men in iron caps and leather coats, riding north and south on their ponies, looking for other men's cattle. The Scottish Kings rarely had much control over this unruly lot, but they often relied upon them when trouble broke out. The Borderers thus, lived a separate existence from that of those in the rest of the kingdom. With constant war or raiding, it is no wonder that there was little love lost between the Border English and Scots. In the near by town of Jedburgh, for instant, a game developed called 'Jedhart Hand-ba' which was said to have been played with the heads of slain Englishmen.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> The first written records of a Young on the Border dates from the year 1335 when Roger Yung, a Scottish gentleman, was released by the English from the Tower of Berwick. Moneypenny's Chronicle published in 1597 and 1603 clearly lists the Youngs as one of the Border Clans of Scotland. The Youngs were engaged in blood feuds with the English Border Wardens, such as Sir Robert Carey, as well as the English Selby, Heron, Ogle, and Collingwood families. In 1596, Carey wrote of his greatest challenge, "This country has become almost slaves to the Scots, and dare do nothing displeasing to them. If the country rise upon them when they are stealing in England, and either kill one by chance, or take him ‘with the bloody hand,’ delivering him to the officer for execution, ‘if they be but foote lownes and men of no esteame amongst them,’ it may pass unrevenged: but if he is of a surname, ‘as Davyson, a Younge, a Burne, a Pringle or Hall or any thei make accompt of,’ then he who killed or took him is sure himself, and all his friends (specially those of his name) is like, ‘dearly to by yt,’ for they will have his life or of 2 or 3 of his nearest kinsmen, in revenge of their friends so killed or taken stealing here. ..." </div> <bR> <div> Although the name Young was common in other areas, there is nowhere we find a greater concentration of Youngs than in East Roxburgh. They were especially numerous in the Bowmont Valley, south of Yetholm, where they hailed from eight or more estates on both sides of the Bowmont Water. They also held a number of keeps, or peel towers as they were called. These included the towers of Barnhills, Hoselaw, Waterside, and Moss.</div> <bR> <div> The Youngs of Otterburn were the "chief riders" of their name and the leaders of numerous raids on English strongholds such as Wark and Harbottle Castles. It was an Otterburn Young who led his small band of men to boldly harry an advancing English army in the early 1500s, capturing their commander’s chaplain and almost the capturing the English commander himself.</div> <bR> <div> The Youngs may not have been a large clan, but estimates show they could muster between 200-400 armed men. They were part of the notorious reiving fraternity and the records contain an extensive list of raids led by various 'Yonges', including Blackhall Jock, Hobb of the Bog, Hob the Gun, Tom the Gun and many others. They defended their homes against the English raiders and armies, as well. Sir James and Dand Young, for instance, where both recorded as killed in defense of their towers "for they would not yield" to the English.</div> <bR> <div> <B>T</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>HE YOUNGS OF THE NORTHEAST</b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> N<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" >ext to the Border, the highest concentration of Youngs in Scotland was in the Northeast. The Northeast was much more feudal than the Border and it is here that we find Youngs recorded as sheriffs, barons, academics and military leaders. It is here as well, that we find them residing in some of the most beautiful castles in Scotland. Auldbar is probably the most significant, but it stands no longer. The castles or great houses of the Youngs still standing today include Durris, Kelly, Craigievar and Mergie. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> The first recorded Young in the Northeast was John Young, of Strachan, in Kincardineshire. In 1325, he received a charter to the lands and castle of Carmylie, in Angus. Sometime between the years 1325-27, Richard Young was granted a Crown charter to the lands of Ardin (now Cossins) and Thorne for his service as a defender of Forfar. One of the first Lord Provosts (Mayors) of the town of Crail was Ralph Yong recorded as holding office in the year 1327. A few years later we find mention of William Young of Ochterlony, near Forfar. The Sheriff of Angus was warned of "Thre hundyr, or ma, hyeland-men" coming forth to ravage the lands of Angus. At Glascune, the lairds of Angus met the Highlanders in a battle, which was so fiercely fought that it was mentioned in the works of Sir Walter Scott. Amongst the people of note recorded as killed we find William Young of Ochterlony.</div> <bR> <div> The Youngs were strong supporters of the Stewarts and one of the most famous was Robert Young of Leuchland. He was recorded as a Captain in the 1745 Jacobite rising, commanding one of the Lord Ogilvie’s troops. He levied for men and money for the rebels, aided Lord Lewis Gordon against the Earl of Loudoun, took part in a successful skirmish at Inverury, played a role in taking the sloop named "Hazard" and was recorded as fighting in the battles of Falkirk and Culloden.</div> <bR> <div> The 42nd Regiment, better known as the Black Watch, raised from the Lowlands of the Northeast and many Youngs serve it with distinction. Lord Michael Hughes-Young, once commanded the Black Watch. At the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo in 1815, we find more records of Youngs serving. In fact, the third in command of the regiment at this time, was Adjutant James Young who was wounded at Waterloo. </div> <bR> <div> <B>T</b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>HE HISTORY OF THE CHIEFS OF THE YOUNGS IN SCOTLAND</b></FONT></div> <bR> <div> A<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" >lthough there is some debate, the family of the Barons of Auldbar are generally accepted by many to have been the most prominent and chiefly line of the name Young in Scotland, although not the head of any clan. Of their origins we know that they held property around the town of Forfar, and in 1603 they were said to have been in possession of this land "past memory of man".</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c0ff2c0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="300" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="15" VSPACE="5">The first known ancestor of this family was John Young, a merchant in Dundee, who also possessed his ancestral lands near Forfar. The most notable of John's children, and maybe the most notable Young in Scottish history, was Sir Peter Young I, born in 1544 (pictured at left). Sir Peter was educated in Switzerland and afterwards held a number of positions with King James VI. He started as the Kings tutor and eventually became an ambassador to various European countries, including Denmark, where in 1587 he made arrangements for the King's marriage to Anne, the Danish Princess. Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth of England in 1603, Peter traveled south with King James when he assumed the English throne. The next year Peter was knighted by the King at Whitehall, into the Order of the Garter. Sir Peter held the posts of Lord of the Exchequer, Octavian of Scotland, member of the King's Privy Council, King's Almoner, and sheriff of Angus. Sir Peter also acted the head tutor of Prince Charles, who later became King Charles I. Sir Peter died at his estate of Easter Seaton, near Arbroath, in 1628 and is buried at St. Vigeans Kirk where is memorial can still be seen. His portrait is displayed in National Portrait Gallery as well.</div> <bR> <div> Peter’s son, Sir James, was knighted by the King as this birth and became a Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber. He had two sons: Charles, who died young, and Peter II. Little is known of the life of Sir James, or where he is buried, but he was in the service of King Charles in England at the beginning of the English Civil War.</div> <bR> <div> Peter II, grandson of Sir Peter, was born in 1625 and had one son, Robert I, born around 1650. His daughter Margaret, married Sir John Forbes of Craigievar Castle, where her portrait is still displayed to this day. John and Margaret’s daughter married Robert Young of Mergie and their descendents held the post of Sheriff-Substitute of Kincardineshire four times. Peter and Robert sold Seaton to purchase the Barony of Auldbar, near Brechin, in the year 1670. The purchase of this estate made Peter II, and later his heirs, the Barons of Auldbar and the laird of one of the finest castles in Scotland.</div> <bR> <div> Robert I became Chief of Name upon the death of his father around the year 1680. He married Anna, the sister of John Graham, better known in history, as Bonnie Dundee. What we know about Robert’s involvement in the Jacobite rebellion is that Dundee wrote a letter regarding his support of King James, which reads as follows, "I have told the King that I had neither commission, money, nor ammunition. My brother-in-law, Auldbar, and my wife, found ways to get credit; for my own, nobody durst pay to a traitor." Robert I died sometime before 1705, whether his death had any connection with the rebellions is not known.</div> <bR> <div> Two more generations of Youngs would reside at Auldbar. Robert II would be the last of his line. He was said to have drowned while swimming few days before his wedding. Soon after this, in the year 1753, Auldbar Castle was sold to the Chalmers family.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://clanyoung.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://clanyoung.tripod.com/"><U><B>~</b></U></A><A HREF="http://clanyoung.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://clanyoung.tripod.com/"><U><B>From the Clan Young website.</b></U></A><A HREF="http://clanyoung.tripod.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://clanyoung.tripod.com/"><U><B>~</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>To purchase a copy of the </b><I><B>Youngs of Scotland</b></I><B>, send a check for $47.95 US to Douglas Young, Garvock, R.R. #1, New Lowell, Ontario, Canada L0M 1N0. For more info. e-mail: clanyoung@hotmail.com</b></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>