Allen line: Rev. John Youngs 1598-1672 Is he ours?

As I was preparing to write this post, I realized that the connection for this ancestor is not absolutely proven.  Our descent is through his daughter Sarah, who is not a documented daughter of John.  Some sites are referring to her as Sarah (Mary) or Mary/Sarah Youngs, and there is some documentation for Mary.  If this is wrong, then I will have a lot of interesting English folk to prune from the Allen tree!  I am hoping that the Sarah Youngs connection is not another one of the frauds that Gustave Anjou and others of his sort perpetrated on those of us who want to know the truth! 

Rev. John is the son of Reverend Christopher Youngs and Margaret Ellwin.  He was born in 1598 in Reydon, Southold, Suffolk, England, and was one of at least seven children.  Reydon is a small town of about 2500 people, situated on the east coast of England.  The church there dates from the early 14th century, so this is the church Reverend Christopher would have pastored, and where John would have first formal religious teachings.  I haven't yet found information as to whether Rev. Christopher had any Puritan leanings, but Reverend John apparently did.

John Youngs married three times, first to Joan Herrington, second to John Harris, widow of Richard Palgrave, and third to Mary Warren, first married to a Gardner.  It is believed that Sarah was the daughter of Joan Herrington, who in turn was the daughter of Stephen Harrington and Joan Jentilman.

John Young was the minister at Hingham, Norfolk, England, until he and his (second) wife and five children and a step daughter, sailed for Salem, Massachusetts on the "Mary Anne" in 1637.  At the time, Salem's port was larger than Boston's, which is why he arrived there.  The family stayed in Salem about three years, and then went to Long Island, now New York but then under the jurisdiction of Connecticut.  He founded the settlement of Southold, Long Island, named for his home in England.  He was of course a Puritan, but was much loved by his family and his congregation.

Rev. John Youngs served his church apparently until his death, and was also a magistrate for the area.  In 1664-65, Long Island became part of New York rather than Connecticut.  Rev. Youngs died February 24,1672.

I'm sure there is more to be learned about Rev. John Youngs, but first I'd like to figure out whether Sarah is indeed his daughter.  If someone reading this can help with this confirmation or denial, I'd love to hear from you.

The proposed line of descent is:

John Youngs-Joan Harrington
Sarah Youngs-Daniel Scofield
Daniel Scofield-Abigail Merwin
Daniel Scofield-Hannah Hoyt
Hannah Scofield-Nathaniel Finch
Jesse Finch-Hannah
Hannah Finch-John Bell
Hannah Bell-Thomas Knott
John W Knott-Harriet Starr
Edith Knott-Edward Allen
Richard Allen-Gladys Holbrook
Their descendants

Update,before this went live:  I have very serious doubts that Sarah Youngs is the daughter of John and Joan.  My internet connection wasn't working well when I wrote this post, or I would have discovered an NEHGS article that would have convinced me that Sarah's parentage, and even her surname, is unknown.   Here I go, to lop a big branch off the Allen tree!

Holbrook line: Reverend Isaac Hetrick

For my first "real" post, I'm highlighting Isaac Hetrick.  The Holbrook children (Ray, Howard, Lois, Gladys) were his descendents through their mother, Etta Alice Stanard, and her mother, Mary Alice Hetrick Stanard, who was the daughter of Isaac Hetrick and Elizabeth Black. 

Information about ancestor Isaac is more plentiful than for many of our ancestors, yet there are great gaps in his record which means there is still more research to do. On the theory that sharing what I've learned may lead to someone sharing with me what they've learned, and also on the theory that something is better than nothing, here is what I know as of today. 

Isaac Hetrick was born in Baltimore County, Maryland on June 15, 1810.   He was the son of Abraham Hedrick who was from York County, Pa, and Sarah Lemmon, who was from Maryland.  In 1814, as the War of 1812 was winding down, the family moved to Morrow County, Ohio, and is reported as being one of the first two families of "easterners" there.  The Hetrick family were farmers, and were apparently well respected in the community as both Abraham and Isaac served as justices of the peace. 

Isaac first married Sarah Zeigler, and they apparently had three sons. Michael, Jacob, and Simeon are listed in the 1850 census, aged 19, 17, and 15, respectively.  Michael died in the Danville, Va Confederate prisoner of war camp in the Civil War.  Sarah died sometime prior to March 12, 1840, when Isaac married Elizabeth Black, daughter of Peter Black and Martha Amos.  The marriage took place in Richland County, Ohio, where the Blacks lived. 

Isaac and Elizabeth had at least eight children: Davis, Sarah E, Owen, Mary Alice, Oliver P, Naomi Ellen, Martha Ann, and Frank.  There is a large age gap between Davis and Sarah, (6 years) so the possibility of additional children who died young can't be ruled out.  Elizabeth died December 1, 1862 in Mansfield, Ohio, and Isaac married Elizabeth Rowland August 3, 1863 (may be date of application),  He is listed as being a merchant of dry goods in the 1860 census.

Isaac Hetrick was a two term representative for Morrow County in the Ohio state legislature, and served at the same time as James Garfield, later President of the United States.  The Hetrick family had helped found a Baptist church in the area, and about 1866 Isaac became convicted that God was calling him to go to Kansas and establish Baptist churches there. 

He and Elizabeth and the children moved to Kansas in 1867 (Isaac would have been 57 by then) and lived primarily in Franklin County.  He organized and established six churches, and built four houses of worship.  One of those churches was the Appanoose Baptist Church, which was one of the four churches that Isaac actually helped build.  Quoting from the Franklin County Historical Society's "Headlight" of April 2003, "Although he was a weary, hardworking, baldheaded man by the week, he became on the Sabbath a handsome, bewigged gentleman filled with God's message of courage and faithfulness".  There is a picture of Isaac Hetrick from about this time period, on the Franklin County Historical Society website.  Go to www.franklincokshistory.org, and type Isaac Hetrick in the search box. You'll pull up a history of the Appanoose Baptist church, including pictures of the slightly modified original building, and a pictures of our hardworking, baldheaded ancestor. 

Isaac died August 15, 1891 in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, and is buried in Greenwood cemetery there. He was apparently preaching until very near the end of his life.  He left a will which I have not yet seen.  We can truly admire and honor this man's legacy to his family and his community, of service, faith, and obedience to God's call.