The descendants of Grandma Jemima have spent much time trying to determine her parentage. No birth record has been found and birth records in New England have been so available (compared to Virginia where they are skimpy). My best guess is that she is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Glidden Sellea, both because there is a gap in their reported children - - from 1726 in New Hampshire to 1740 in Maine - - and because a Charles Glidden witnessed her husband's signature on a document.
Jemima married Gideon Young in 1761. Gideon's ancestor, John Young, had arrived in New Hampshire fromn England over 100 years earlier, and Gideon and some brothers moved on into Maine around 1760. Jemima and Gideon had eleven children, some in Bristol, ME and some in Camden. Some of the children moved on to Lincolnville and that's where Jemima was living when she died. If we are to believe her age in her obituary, she had four of her children when she was in her forties.
According to the Hancock Gazette in Belfast, Maine,
"In Lincolnville . . widow Jemima Young, age 91, she was one of the first settlers of the town. She had 11 children, 72 grandchildren, and 65 great grandchildren."
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Ran across a letter citing "the Richards letters" and in a letter dated 1851 "My mother's name was Young. Her father's name was Gideon Young. He died in Camden Feb 7 1802, his widow lived to about 1821 or 1822, was about 83 years old. Her name was Jemima Cilley." So maybe Jemima's birth was more like 1743.
ReplyDeleteHi, Susan.
ReplyDeleteI ran across your blog while searching for information on Jemima Cilley Young. My father's mother was Lillian May Young, daughter of Eleazer J Young, who was the son of Joseph R Young, who was the son of Gideon Young Jr, who was the son of Gideon & Jemima.
Do you have any other information about Jemima's life at all? If so, I would be so happy to hear it.
Thank you.
Great-great-great-great-grandaughter of Jemima and Gideon Young,
Christine Whaite