Alexander Young junior

Alexander and Mary Ann Young of Bloomfield had two children baptised in Manchester, Jamaica: Alexander (born 1825 but baptised 1829) and Henry McConnell (born and baptised in 1829). Mary Ann Young later owned Bloomfield in trust, with Alexander Young as guardian to his sons for 5 enslaved people upon the estate. Mary Ann or Marianne Young was the same person as Mary Ann Reed, previously executrix to [and widow of] Hugh Reed on Bloomfield.

1. Alexander Young 'Warder Penal Department', parents Alexander Young and Mary Young formerly McConnell, died aged 79 in 1909 in South Melbourne, Australia. He had been at school in England in 1841, with his brother Henry McConnell Young (q.v.), at Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire.

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Film # 004620459 FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-868B-N?i=3&wc=M6GLTZS%3A161382701%2C161382702%3Fcc%3D1827268&cc=1827268 [accessed 24/02/2017].

1. Death Certificate Victorian BDM: Item 1387 Year 1909, copy posted online on the Ancestry subscription site, http://mv.ancestry.co.uk/viewer/730c9cbb-03c0-4472-a570-61288e9521e7/104458580/160039781893" [accessed 24/02/2017]; 1841 England Census: Class: HO107; Piece 5; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Aspley Guise; County: Bedfordshire; Enumeration District: 5; Folio: 13; Page: 20; Line: 21; GSU roll: 241193.

We are grateful to Anne Stewart for her help with this entry.