Ancestry of
Richard A. Snelling

76th and 78th Governor of Vermont

Betsey Young

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Richard A. Snelling — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 39 
  • Father:
  • Joshua Young Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Celia Little   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Jan 1780 
  • Birth Location:
  • Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1855 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Union Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Colman Jenkins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Jun 1801 
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  • Child:

  Betsey Jenkins (Ahnentafel No:19 )

  • Notes: 

  • Betsey Young's given name is also seen as Elizabeth.

    This Betsey Jenkins should not be confused with the Betsey Jenkins who also died in Sctituate, 02 NOV 1855. The latter was the daughter of Calvin Jenkins.

• Sources for Betsey Young

  • ¹ Federal Census, MA, Plymouth County, 1850, Scituate, Image 44 of 52.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/09/2025).
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death record for daughter Betsey McReading.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Scituate, Vol. 1, p. 420, Birth record for Betsey Young.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Scituate, Vol. 1, p. 199, Birth record for daughter Betsey Jenkins.
  • ⁶ Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 11, Part 1, 2nd edition, Edward Doty, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2009), 285.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 789.
  • ⁸ Wakefield, Robert S., ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 13, 3rd ed., William White, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 165.