Andrew Lamont Young

June 3, 1646, Clan Lamont (pronounced Lamb-it) having been under siege by Clan Campbell in its two castles, Toward and Ascog. signed a peace treaty that guaranteed the Lamonts safe passage from the castles. But when the castle gates were thrown open to admit the Campbells, a massacre ensued. Numbers differ on how many Lamonts died that day, but researchers believe as many as 350 Lamont men died and uncounted women and children. Three dozen Lamont clan leaders, were hanged in a tree in the old churchyard that to this day is called Gallows Hill for that event. These men were leaders or sons of leaders of Lamont family groups or septs. John Lamont, son of Gilbert Lamont, Baron McGorrie, of Inverchaolain, was one of the 36 men hanged in the tree in the churchyard, along with his brother Duncan. Mary Young Lamont fled with her four sons in an open boat across the 39 miles of ocean from Scotland to a town called Larne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Those who survived the massacre and were somehow able to get away from the Campbells sought any safe haven they could find. It was common practice by these refugees to change their surnames when they reached safety, fearing that the Campbells would search them down. Mary Young Lamont's four sons changed their names. John, the oldest, took the name Sitlington, which was the name of a "burn" or small stream on their Scotland estates. The two middle sons took the names White and Green. It has been stated that the White son may have been named William. The youngest son, Andrew, took his mother's maiden name of Young for his new surname. It is assumed that all four boys were young children because if they had been teens or older, they would have been fighting with their father and not left behind with their mother.

Our Lamont family remained in County Antrim and never returned to Scotland. Brothers John Sitlington and Andrew Young, along with their sons and grandsons, ran a successful agricultural and linen manufacturing business four miles west of Larne for 90+ years, when they migrated to Augusta Co., VA. The linen mill and John's and Andrew's homes were still standing in the 1960's, in good condition and being used. The linen mill has since had its roof fall in but the stone walls still stand. Amazingly, in the 1920's, both homes were still occupied by descendants of the families who purchased them from the Sitlington and Young families when they migrated to America. We have Irish genealogist Mary Semple, who was a relative through Sir James Lamont's mother, who was also a Semple, to thank for giving us the story of this Young family back in the 1920's. This Scots/Irish Young family was devoted Presbyterian.

This family has many members who have made names for themselves, two of which were Capt. John Young, aid to Gen. George Washington and great grandson to Andrew Lamont Young, and Capt. John's descendant, Sen. John McCain, senator from Arizona, former prisoner of war in Vietnam and candidate for President of the USA in the year 2000. There were hundreds of this family who braved the wilderness of America, fought and died in Indian battles of colonial America, the Revolutionary War and all the wars, and who pushed civilization Westward to settle the land of America. From this family have sprung many doctors, teachers, attorneys and other professionals; and from this family have sprung thousands of average Americans who would have made our ancestors proud.

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Mary Young Lamont's four sons changed their names. The youngest son, Andrew, took his mother's maiden name of Young for his new surname. It is assumed that all four boys were young children because if they had been teens or older, they would have been fighting with their father and not left behind with their mother.

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He and his brother James changed their last name using their mother’s maiden name Young. According to the Lamont-Young DNA research project, Andrew was born in 1646 in Dunoon, Scotland. Andrew was likely to have had many other children. Persons of the same surname and similar age to his likely son John in the Carmony Church Records in co. Antrim were: Robert, Matthew, Charles and William. John names his sons Hugh, James, Robert and William carrying on some of the family names. He and his brother John (Lamont) Stitlington, farmed and were linen manufacturers on the Larne River in Antrim County, North Ireland.

  His home built in the 1700's is beautifully restored and lived in in the town land of Ballygowan, Parish of Raloo, Antrim Co., Northern Ireland. A photo of his home can be found at http://www.lamont-young. com/ showphoto.php 1

  Andrew married Mary ADAIR after 1655 in , Antrim, IRE. 

  2.  Marriage Notes:  There marriage date would have likely taken place more like 1665 or later because he was the youngest of 4 sons under age 12 in 1646 when his mother fled from the Lamont massacre in John's father died in Scotland. (CL-5541)

  3.   2nd generation - Andrew Lamont Young and Mary Adair

 Andrew Lamont Young, son of John Lamont and Mary Young Lamont, m. Mary Adair in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, after 1646. 4.  In 1646, when the Clan Lamont was overrun, Mary Young Lamont fled to co Antrim, N. Ireland with her four young sons. They assumed the (family surnames of ) Andrew YOUNG, William WHITE, John SITLINGTON, and GREENE.

  Mary ADAIR (daughter of .......... ?) m. after 1646 (?) in (Carnmoney ?) co. Antrim, N. Ireland to Andrew Lamont YOUNG (son of John Lamont & May Young Lamont).

  They had son, John YOUNG m.prior 1695 in co. Antrim, N. Ireland to Annie HOUSTON (of .............?) daughter of ............. ? Possible siblings for John include: James, Robert, Matthew, Charles and William, as found in the Carnmoney Church records in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 

 a.  John Young (son of Andrew Lamont Young) and Annie Houston Young had son,

 b.  Robert Young b. 1711 co Antrim, N. Ireland, m. Agnes Crockett, b. 1715 co Antrim, Northern Ireland, In 1740 migrated to America with wife and three sons, James, Samuel and John, entering at Philadelphia and migrating down into Augusta Co. VA, settling on Back Creek on the north fork of the James River, a few miles west of Staunton. 

 c.  Robert YOUNG (grandson of Mary ADAIR) d. 1762 in Augusta Co. VA  and his widow, Agnes YOUNG (nee Crocket) 

      bought land in what would become Lauren’s County, South Carolina in 1766. Children:

   1. Samuel YOUNG b.1730-37 co Antrim, N Ireland, m. 1755 Jane/Jennet Haynes. In the 1770s left 

       Augusta Co. VA & migrated either to Lauren’s County, South Carolina or to the western NC/east 

       TN area, before going to KY after 1790.

   2. John YOUNG b.prior 1740 co Antrim, N Ireland m. Agnes Elizabeth DAVIS, remained in Augusta 

       Co., VA, had 4 children.

   3. James YOUNG b.1736 co Antrim, N Ireland, baptized 15 Oct 1741 at North Mountain, moved to 

       Laurens Co. SC, m.1stly 20 Dec 1766 Anne Anderson, d/o James Anderson, m.2ndly Rhoda 

      Williams, and m.3rdly Anne Maddox*.

   4. Mary Young, b. Augusta Co., VA, bap. 1 Feb 1741 North Mountain.

   5. Robert Young b. Augusta Co., VA, bap. 14 Feb 1743 North Mountain, m. Rebecka Anderson, d/o 

       James Anderson, in Laurens Co., SC. 

   6. William Young, b.1740-50 Augusta Co. VA, .d. after 1826, m. Elizabeth Hunter, b. 1750 d. 1824 

       Laurens Co. SC. 

   7. Margaret Young b. Augusta Co VA, baptized 10 Sep 1746 at North Mountain

   8. Hugh YOUNG b. 1740-50 Augusta Co. VA, m. Mary McNeece, moved to Laurens Co., SC

   9. Joseph YOUNG b. 1751 Augusta Co. VA, moved to Laurens Co., SC, m.1stly Sarah Blackaby 

       Maddox*, and m.2ndly 1775  Mary Bryson. 

  5.  Our Lamont family remained in County Antrim and never returned to Scotland. Brothers John Sitlington and Andrew Young, along with theirs sons and grandsons, ran a successful agriculture and linen manufacturing business four miles west of Larne for 90+ years. The linen mill and John's and Andrew's homes were still standing in the1960's, in good condition and being us ed. Amazingly, in the 1920's, both homes were still occupied by descendants of the families who purchased them from the Sitlington and Young families when they migrated to America. We have Irish genealogist Mary Semple, who was are relative through Sir James Lamont's mother, who was also a Semple, to thank for giving us the story of this Young family back in the 1920's.T his Scots/Irish Young family was devoted Presbyterian. Pictures of both Andrew's and John's homes and the linen mill.

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References

• “From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County” By Betty Smith Meischen. Page 55. GoogleBooks
• Reference: [object Object]] - [http://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy: Aug 29 2019, 1:32:49 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

June 3, 1646, Clan Lamont (pronounced Lamb-it) having been under siege by Clan Campbell in its two castles, Toward and Ascog. signed a peace treaty that guaranteed the Lamonts safe passage from the castles. But when the castle gates were thrown open to admit the Campbells, a massacre ensued. Numbers differ on how many Lamonts died that day, but researchers believe as many as 350 Lamont men died and uncounted women and children. Three dozen Lamont clan leaders, were hanged in a tree in the old churchyard that to this day is called Gallows Hill for that event. These men were leaders or sons of leaders of Lamont family groups or septs. John Lamont, son of Gilbert Lamont, Baron McGorrie, of Inverchaolain, was one of the 36 men hanged in the tree in the churchyard, along with his brother Duncan. Mary Young Lamont fled with her four sons in an open boat across the 39 miles of ocean from Scotland to a town called Larne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Those who survived the massacre and were somehow able to get away from the Campbells sought any safe haven they could find. It was common practice by these refugees to change their surnames when they reached safety, fearing that the Campbells would search them down. Mary Young Lamont's four sons changed their names. John, the oldest, took the name Sitlington, which was the name of a "burn" or small stream on their Scotland estates. The two middle sons took the names White and Green. It has been stated that the White son may have been named William. The youngest son, Andrew, took his mother's maiden name of Young for his new surname. It is assumed that all four boys were young children because if they had been teens or older, they would have been fighting with their father and not left behind with their mother.

Our Lamont family remained in County Antrim and never returned to Scotland. Brothers John Sitlington and Andrew Young, along with their sons and grandsons, ran a successful agricultural and linen manufacturing business four miles west of Larne for 90+ years, when they migrated to Augusta Co., VA. The linen mill and John's and Andrew's homes were still standing in the 1960's, in good condition and being used. The linen mill has since had its roof fall in but the stone walls still stand. Amazingly, in the 1920's, both homes were still occupied by descendants of the families who purchased them from the Sitlington and Young families when they migrated to America. We have Irish genealogist Mary Semple, who was a relative through Sir James Lamont's mother, who was also a Semple, to thank for giving us the story of this Young family back in the 1920's. This Scots/Irish Young family was devoted Presbyterian.

This family has many members who have made names for themselves, two of which were Capt. John Young, aid to Gen. George Washington and great grandson to Andrew Lamont Young, and Capt. John's descendant, Sen. John McCain, senator from Arizona, former prisoner of war in Vietnam and candidate for President of the USA in the year 2000. There were hundreds of this family who braved the wilderness of America, fought and died in Indian battles of colonial America, the Revolutionary War and all the wars, and who pushed civilization Westward to settle the land of America. From this family have sprung many doctors, teachers, attorneys and other professionals; and from this family have sprung thousands of average Americans who would have made our ancestors proud.

Mary Young Lamont's four sons changed their names. The youngest son, Andrew, took his mother's maiden name of Young for his new surname. It is assumed that all four boys were young children because if they had been teens or older, they would have been fighting with their father and not left behind with their mother.

He and his brother James changed their last name using their mother’s maiden name Young. According to the Lamont-Young DNA research project, Andrew was born in 1646 in Dunoon, Scotland. Andrew was likely to have had many other children. Persons of the same surname and similar age to his likely son John in the Carmony Church Records in co. Antrim were: Robert, Matthew, Charles and William. John names his sons Hugh, James, Robert and William carrying on some of the family names. He and his brother John (Lamont) Stitlington, farmed and were linen manufacturers on the Larne River in Antrim County, North Ireland. His home built in the 1700's is beautifully restored and lived in in the town land of Ballygowan, Parish of Raloo, Antrim Co., Northern Ireland. A photo of his home can be found at http://www.lamont-young. com/ showphoto.php 1 Andrew married Mary ADAIR after 1655 in , Antrim, IRE. 2. Marriage Notes: There marriage date would have likely taken place more like 1665 or later because he was the youngest of 4 sons under age 12 in 1646 when his mother fled from the Lamont massacre in John's father died in Scotland. (CL-5541) 3. 2nd generation - Andrew Lamont Young and Mary Adair Andrew Lamont Young, son of John Lamont and Mary Young Lamont, m. Mary Adair in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, after 1646. 4. In 1646, when the Clan Lamont was overrun, Mary Young Lamont fled to co Antrim, N. Ireland with her four young sons. They assumed the (family surnames of ) Andrew YOUNG, William WHITE, John SITLINGTON, and GREENE.

Mary ADAIR (daughter of .......... ?) m. after 1646 (?) in (Carnmoney ?) co. Antrim, N. Ireland to Andrew Lamont YOUNG (son of John Lamont & May Young Lamont). They had son, John YOUNG m.prior 1695 in co. Antrim, N. Ireland to Annie HOUSTON (of .............?) daughter of ............. ? Possible siblings for John include: James, Robert, Matthew, Charles and William, as found in the Carnmoney Church records in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. a. John Young (son of Andrew Lamont Young) and Annie Houston Young had son, b. Robert Young b. 1711 co Antrim, N. Ireland, m. Agnes Crockett, b. 1715 co Antrim, Northern Ireland, In 1740 migrated to America with wife and three sons, James, Samuel and John, entering at Philadelphia and migrating down into Augusta Co. VA, settling on Back Creek on the north fork of the James River, a few miles west of Staunton. c. Robert YOUNG (grandson of Mary ADAIR) d. 1762 in Augusta Co. VA and his widow, Agnes YOUNG (nee Crocket) bought land in what would become Lauren’s County, South Carolina in 1766. Children: 1. Samuel YOUNG b.1730-37 co Antrim, N Ireland, m. 1755 Jane/Jennet Haynes. In the 1770s left Augusta Co. VA & migrated either to Lauren’s County, South Carolina or to the western NC/east TN area, before going to KY after 1790. 2. John YOUNG b.prior 1740 co Antrim, N Ireland m. Agnes Elizabeth DAVIS, remained in Augusta Co., VA, had 4 children. 3. James YOUNG b.1736 co Antrim, N Ireland, baptized 15 Oct 1741 at North Mountain, moved to Laurens Co. SC, m.1stly 20 Dec 1766 Anne Anderson, d/o James Anderson, m.2ndly Rhoda Williams, and m.3rdly Anne Maddox*. 4. Mary Young, b. Augusta Co., VA, bap. 1 Feb 1741 North Mountain. 5. Robert Young b. Augusta Co., VA, bap. 14 Feb 1743 North Mountain, m. Rebecka Anderson, d/o James Anderson, in Laurens Co., SC. 6. William Young, b.1740-50 Augusta Co. VA, .d. after 1826, m. Elizabeth Hunter, b. 1750 d. 1824 Laurens Co. SC. 7. Margaret Young b. Augusta Co VA, baptized 10 Sep 1746 at North Mountain 8. Hugh YOUNG b. 1740-50 Augusta Co. VA, m. Mary McNeece, moved to Laurens Co., SC 9. Joseph YOUNG b. 1751 Augusta Co. VA, moved to Laurens Co., SC, m.1stly Sarah Blackaby Maddox*, and m.2ndly 1775 Mary Bryson. 5. Our Lamont family remained in County Antrim and never returned to Scotland. Brothers John Sitlington and Andrew Young, along with theirs sons and grandsons, ran a successful agriculture and linen manufacturing business four miles west of Larne for 90+ years. The linen mill and John's and Andrew's homes were still standing in the1960's, in good condition and being us ed. Amazingly, in the 1920's, both homes were still occupied by descendants of the families who purchased them from the Sitlington and Young families when they migrated to America. We have Irish genealogist Mary Semple, who was are relative through Sir James Lamont's mother, who was also a Semple, to thank for giving us the story of this Young family back in the 1920's.T his Scots/Irish Young family was devoted Presbyterian. Pictures of both Andrew's and John's homes and the linen mill. Reference: [object Object]] - [http://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy: Aug 29 2019, 1:32:49 UTC

Those who survived the massacre and were somehow able to get away from the Campbells sought any safe haven they could find. It was common practice by these refugees to change their surnames when they reached safety, fearing that the Campbells would search them down. Mary Young Lamont's four sons changed their names. The youngest son, Andrew, took his mother's maiden name of Young for his new surname. It is assumed that all four boys were young children because if they had been teens or older, they would have been fighting with their father and not left behind with their mother. Brothers John Sitlington and Andrew Young, along with their sons and grandsons, ran a successful agricultural and linen manufacturing business four miles west of Larne for 90+ years, when they migrated to Augusta Co., VA. The linen mill and John's and Andrew's homes were still standing in the 1960's, in good condition and being used. The linen mill has since had its roof fall in but the stone walls still stand. Amazingly, in the 1920's, both homes were still occupied by descendants of the families who purchased them from the Sitlington and Young families when they migrated to America. We have Irish genealogist Mary Semple, who was a relative through Sir James Lamont's mother, who was also a Semple, to thank for giving us the story of this Young family back in the 1920's. This Scots/Irish Young family was devoted Presbyterian. [1]https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...

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• Alt Marriage: Abt 1666, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland to Mary Adair
  • Reference: WeRelate Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 9 2022, 2:55:03 UTC