Jacob Young
Tavern and Ferry Keeper
1695-1696
Jacob is the first official tavern and ferry keeper this side of the Susquehanna Lower Ferry. The Maryland colonial government appointed him in 1695.
He was a former fur trader and American Indian interpreter in the Dutch Colony of New Netherlands. In 1661, Jacob became an interpreter for the Maryland colonial government and an envoy to the Susquehannock whose territory included the northern Chesapeake Bay area. He also held a trading license. His trading post was in the Susquehannock’s territory.
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Biographical Information
Born:
date and location unknown
Parents:
unknown
Spouse:
unknown
Children:
Joseph
Mary (married Benony Clark, date unknown)
Un-named child
Lived:
(Dutch) Fort New Amstel on Delaware Bay, DE
Susquehanna Lower Ferry, Cecil County, MD
Died:
February 1696 in Cecil County, MD
Additional Information
Information Sources
Primary Sources
January 25, 1694
William York and Jacob Young to transport no persons over Susquehanna River without passes. Ordered that they will apprehend anyone without legal passes and take them to a justice of peace for prosecution.
Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694-97. Vol 20, pg. 395. Accessed via Archives of Maryland Online at https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000020/pdf/am20--395.pdf
October 17, 1695
Jacob Young and William York appointed to keep ferry and ordinary on each side of the Susquehanna River. William York on the west side (modern day Harford Co.) Jacob Young on the east side (modern day Cecil Co.)
Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1694-1697. Vol. 20, pg. 320. Accessed via Archives of Maryland Online at https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000020/pdf/am20--320.pdf
February 22, 1696
Jacob Young writes his will.
Cotton, J. Baldwin., Henry, R. Bolling. (19041928). The Maryland calendar of wills. Vol. 2, 1685-1702, pg. 122. Baltimore, Md.: Kohn & Pollock.
Secondary Sources
Jennings, Francis. “Glory, Death, and Transfiguration: The Susquehannock Indians in the Seventeenth Century.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 112, no. 1 (1968): 15–53. http://www.jstor.org/stable/986100.
Delaware Department of Transportation. "Weldin Plantation Site (7NC-B-11). n.d. 53. https://deldot.gov/environmental/archaeology/weldin/pdf/phaseIII/03_bkgrd_resch.pdf
Raber, Paul A. ed. "The Susquehannocks: New Perspectives on Settlement and Cultural Identity: Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology." Penn State University Press. (2019)
