Person:Stephen Young (4)

Stephen Young was born about 1784 in Millbrook, Hampshire, the fifth known child of John Young and Ann Bettrige. He was baptised 22 May 1785 at Lockerley.

On 9 Jan 1809 at the age of 25 he was married in Millbrook to 21 year-old Mary Eastman.

They had at least six children, all born and baptised at Millbrook:

1. George, b. abt 1809, bap. 7 Jan 1810

2. Charles b. abt 1812, bap. 1 Mar 1812

3. Eliza b. abt 1814, bap. 20 Feb 1814

4. Caroline b. abt 1816, bap. 27 Oct 1816

5. Mary Ann b. abt 1819, bap. 13 Jun 1819

6. Ellen b. abt 1822, bap. 7 Apr 1822

Mary died in October 1822 and was buried 20 October 1822 in Millbrook, and their infant daughter Ellen was buried the same day, leaving Stephen a widower with five children under the age of 15.

Five years later on 22 Jul 1827 Stephen remarried Anne Eldridge at Millbrook. Anne already had a two year-old daughter Elizabeth Eldridge from a previous relationship. Their first child Joseph was baptised on 23 Sep 1827 in Millbrook, so she must have been pregnant when they wed. Joseph died the following August 1828 and was buried in Millbrook. Stephen and Anne had at least six children, all baptised at Millbrook:

1. Joseph

2. Ellen b. abt 1829, bap. 19 Jul 1829

3. James b. abt 1833, bap. 7 Apr 1833

4. Henry b. abt 1835, bap. 12 Jul 1835

5. Frances b. abt 1838, bap. 30 Dec 1838

6. Sarah b. abt 1842, bap. 14 Aug 1842

All of Stephen's children stayed in the Millbrook/Southampton area, with the exception of Charles who went to London. They worked as or married agricultural labourers, carpenters, wheelwrights, innkeepers and groomsmen.

In the 1841 census Stephen was working as an agricultural labourer and living at Somerset Cottage with Anne and five children including his eldest son George and her daughter Elizabeth (here called Elizabeth Young). His sister-in-law Jane (Eastman) Cropp, her husband and six children also lived in the cottage. In 1851 he was working as a labourer and living on Romsey Road in Millbrook with Anne, six children including his eldest son George and her daughter Elizabeth Eldridge, and two "Eldridge" grandchildren that were probably Elizabeth's children. In 1861 Stephen was working as a labourer and living at Maybush with Anne, children Henry, Fanny (Frances) and Ellen, as well as three grandchildren. His widowed sister-in-law Jane (Eastman) Cropp also lived at Maybush with three of her children and worked as a laundress.

Stephen died at the age of 82 on 1 Mar 1866 at Maybush in Millbrook from "senectus" (old age). His daughter Ellen who reported the death had been present at his death.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Hampshire, England. 1841 Census
   Millbrook, folio 22, page 2; digital images, \i Ancestry.com\i0  (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Jan 2011); citing PRO HO 107/402/17, 24 Jan 2011.

   1841 England Census
   
   Name: Stephen Young
   Age: 56
   Estimated birth year: abt 1785
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Hampshire, England
   
   Civil Parish: Millbrook
   Hundred: Mainsbridge (Lower Half)
   County/Island: Hampshire
   Country: England
   
   Registration district: South Stoneham
   Sub-registration district: Millbrook
   
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   Stephen Young 56
   Ann Young 43
   George Young 30
   Elizabeth Young 15
   Ellen Young 11
   James Young 8
   Henry Young 5
   Francis Young 2

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Hampshire, England. 1851 Census of England
   Millbrook, folio 511, page 13; digital images, \i Ancestry.com\i0  (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Jan 2011); citing PRO HO 107/1670, 24 Jan 2011.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Hampshire, England. 1861 Census of England
   Millbrook, folio 114, page 30; digital images, \i Ancestry.com\i0  (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Jan 2011); citing PRO RG 9/683, 24 Jan 2011.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
   entry for Stephen Young, volume 2c, page 52, Jan-Feb-Mar quarter 1866, Hampshire district, South Stoneham sub-district; accessed 25 Jan 2011, 25 Jan 2011.

   England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
   Name: Stephen Young
   Estimated birth year: abt 1784
   Year of Registration: 1866
   Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
   Age at Death: 82
   District: South Stoneham
   County: Hampshire
   Volume: 2c
   Page: 52

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} General Register Office. England & Wales. Certified Copy of an Entry of Death
   death certificate for Stephen Young, died 1 Mar 1866; citing 2c/52/499, Jan-Mar quarter 1866, South Stoneham registration district, Millbrook sub-district, 1 Mar 2011.
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Hampshire, England. Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1536-1812
   Lockerley, Stephen Young son of John & Anne Young bap. 22 May 1785.