"28 … Thomas (Youngs),4 b. abt. 1655; d. s.p. 27 Jan., 1714; in his 59th year; m. (1) Mary ____ d. 17 Dec, 1687, ae., 19 yrs., 9 mo., 13 days; m. (2) Mary, widow of Peter Bradley and dau. of Christopher Christophers, of New London, Conn., who survived him and married Nathaniel Lynde. She d. 4 Julv, 1724.
Thomas Youngs was Lieut.-Col. of the Suffolk Co. Militia. In early life he was a mariner. He was the executor and principal legatee of his father's will. His will. 11 Sept., 1713, proved 1 Apl, 1714, bequeaths all lands and buildings within three miles of the meeting house to his wife Mary, and on her decease to go to his sister Martha Gardner during her life, and then to his nephew, Joshua Youngs. Also to his wife the farm at 'Oysterponds Uper Neck' (Sterling, now Greenpoint) for seven years, or while she remains a widow, and then to his nephew Joshua Youngs. Also to Joshua, a negro slave. To nieces Patience and Bethia Gardner land at Acquebauk. To sister Martha Gardner £60 and a negro slave, and the 'household stuff' that was his first wife's. To nephews Daniel and Joshua Youngs his guns and arms, histories and law books, to be equally divided. To wife Mary his wind mill at westward of Town street. Executors, wife Mary, Daniel Tuthill and cousin Benjamin Youngs. Witnesses, James Landon, Benjamin Yongs, Junr., Gideon Conkelyn and John Youngs. (Bundle 6 unrecorded Wills N. Y.) This will is not recorded, and Daniel seems to have obtained control of the property for a time, and in 1719 sold the homestead to his uncle's widow, Mary who in the meantime had married Nathaniel Lynde. (Suffolk Co., Deeds. Lib. B p. 77.)"
