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Maria “Polly” <I>Barclay</I> Young

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Maria “Polly” Barclay Young

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 Jun 1812 (aged 39–40)
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Born in southern Lancaster County to John Barclay 1746-1778 and Jean (Jane) Jameson (Jamison) d. 1789. Moved to Philadelphia to live with the family of Francis and Eleanor Bailey, Printer to Congress after her parents died.

Met John Young, a member of Bailey's early "Swedenborgian Reading Circle" and an immigrant lawyer from Scotland. The couple were married at Old Swede's Church in Philadelphia in Nov. 1794 by their friend Rev. Nicholas Collin.

Couple sat for portraits by Gilbert Stuart, then moved west to Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. where her husband started a law practice, and later became a noted Judge.

Mother of 7 children:

Hetty Barclay Young 1795-1876 (Mrs. Stephen VR Forward, then
Mrs. Edward N. Clopper)
Elizabeth Forrester Young 1805-1844 (Mrs. James F. Woods)
Eleanor M. Young b. Aft. 1806 (Mrs. Ephraim Douglass, Jr.)
Statira Young b. Abt. 1807 - d. Abt. 1875 (never married)
John Young
Francis B. Young
Joseph Jameson Young (settled in Indiana Co., PA to manage his
father's land holdings there - married
Caroline Taylor)
Born in southern Lancaster County to John Barclay 1746-1778 and Jean (Jane) Jameson (Jamison) d. 1789. Moved to Philadelphia to live with the family of Francis and Eleanor Bailey, Printer to Congress after her parents died.

Met John Young, a member of Bailey's early "Swedenborgian Reading Circle" and an immigrant lawyer from Scotland. The couple were married at Old Swede's Church in Philadelphia in Nov. 1794 by their friend Rev. Nicholas Collin.

Couple sat for portraits by Gilbert Stuart, then moved west to Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. where her husband started a law practice, and later became a noted Judge.

Mother of 7 children:

Hetty Barclay Young 1795-1876 (Mrs. Stephen VR Forward, then
Mrs. Edward N. Clopper)
Elizabeth Forrester Young 1805-1844 (Mrs. James F. Woods)
Eleanor M. Young b. Aft. 1806 (Mrs. Ephraim Douglass, Jr.)
Statira Young b. Abt. 1807 - d. Abt. 1875 (never married)
John Young
Francis B. Young
Joseph Jameson Young (settled in Indiana Co., PA to manage his
father's land holdings there - married
Caroline Taylor)


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  • Created by: field_iii
  • Added: Dec 3, 2013
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121194112/maria-young: accessed ), memorial page for Maria “Polly” Barclay Young (1772–15 Jun 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121194112, citing Old Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by field_iii (contributor 47386013).