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Benjamin YOUNG
1633 - Aft 1680 (~ 47 years)
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Name Benjamin YOUNG Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 10 Nov 1633 St. George the Martyr’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England 
[1] Gender Male Freeman 1661 Canterbury, Kent, England - Cowper entry: "Young, Benjamin, s. of George Young, apothecary. 1661."
Died Aft 1680 - still alive when his brother George wrote his will
Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - Freemen of Canterbury by birth:
"Young, Benjamin, s. of George Young, apothecary. 1661."
Does this mean that Benjamin was an apothecary or that George was? I am pretty sure it means George - the usual format was to show the son's occupation after his name and the father's after his. A few omit the son's occupation. Did Cowper forget or the original omit? The Canterbury Cathedral Archives catalogue suggests that Benjamin is shown as an apothecary. I should be able to check when I next visit the CCA. - (Research):
Parents?
I was guessing that George would have been admitted as a freeman of Canterbury at the age of about 21, and therefore have been born about 1640, (a note against one entry referring to a son being able to become a freeman on reaching the age of 21 seemed to confirm this would have been the likely age for Benjamin). However I have found this baptism in 1633. Did he die and George have another son to whom he gave the name Benjamin? Possibly, but I haven't found him and it seems more likely that he simply became a Freeman aged about 28.
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A Benjamin Young, I suspect this one, bought Abbot's Fireside in Elham (just south of Canterbury) for £90 in 1670. It's now a pub and hotel).
His brother-in-law Edmund Chambers had provided a mortgage for it 10 years previously.
Is the Benjamin Young mentioned on this page this one? (nb/ M.B.)
Person ID I10476 All Last Modified 6 Jul 2015
Father George YOUNG, b. Abt 1591, (probably), Canterbury, Kent, England , bur. 25 Aug 1670, St. George the Martyr’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 79 years)
Other Partners: Sarah m. 1637Mother Rachel BECON, bap. 2 Jan 1592/93, St. Matthew’s Church, Warehorne, Kent, England , bur. 22 Jun 1636, St. George the Martyr’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 43 years) Married 20 Jul 1613 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Waltham, Kent, England - "George Young & Rachel Becon" - no other info apart from date.
There is quite a large gap between Rachel and George's first and second child. I have browsed the PRs for St. Andrew's Church Canterbury for this period and not relied on indexes, and not found another child of theirs. However, I did note an unusually large number of burials of miscarried babies at that church in 1616; I wonder if there was an infection around causing this and if Rachel miscarried that year - maybe at too early a stage for the foetus to be formally buried.
Then another, larger, gap. A George, son of George was baptised in Chislet in 1623 - need to check for another George Young there, and that it wasn't this one temporarily living outside of the city.
Family ID F3106 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary, d. Yes, date unknown Married Sep 1673 St. Mildred’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - Marr licence info.:
Young, Benjamin, of Cant., g., ba., 30 and upwards, and Mary Husbands, s.p., w. At S. Mildred, Cant. Paul Lukin of Cant., g., bonds. Sept. 24, 1673.
(Cowper, 1661-1676, p. 525, PDF p 137)
In the above entry g indicates Benjamin and also Paul Lukin were gentlemen, s.p. that Mary was of the same parish as Benjamin (though his parish hadn't been given!) and w that she was a widow. The lack of information about fathers is not helpful, but the age and status fits, and if I have Benjamin's parents correct then his father was probably dead, and his mother certainly was if his father had only the one son called Benjamin.
Last Modified 18 Dec 2013 Family ID F4955 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 10 Nov 1633 - St. George The Martyr’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England 
Freeman - 1661 - Canterbury, Kent, England 
Married - Sep 1673 - St. Mildred’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S248] Canterbury - St. George's Parish Registers, St. George the Martyr (Canterbury, Kent), (findmypast.com.), "Register for 1539-1615," Baptism of Benjamin Younge; accessed 18 Dec 2013 (Reliability: 3).
'Benjamin the sonne of George Younge gent. baptised the tenth day of November } 1633'
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