Moses Young

{{Short description|Pitcairn Island politician}}

{{for|the Newfoundland politician|Moses M. Young}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Moses Young

| image = Moses_Young.jpg

| caption = Moses Young (standing), with wife Albina, and his uncle Thursday October Christian II, in 1906.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1829|09|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Pitcairn Island

| death_date = {{death date and age|1909|07|14|1829|09|30}}

| death_place = Pitcairn Island

| spouse = Albina McCoy

| children = 12 Children

}}

Moses Young (30 September 1829 – 14 July 1909), grandson of HMS Bounty mutineer Ned Young and great-grandson of mutineer Fletcher Christian, served as magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island four times, between 1865 and 1881. Young married Albina McCoy, and together they had 12 children.

Ancestry

{{ahnentafel

|collapsed=yes |align=center

|boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc;

|boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9;

|boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;

|boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;

|boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;

|1= 1. Moses Young

|2= 2. Edward Young II

|3= 3. Polly Christian

|4= 4. Edward Young

|5= 5. Mauatua

|6= 6. Thursday October Christian I

|7= 7. Teraura

|12= 12. Fletcher Christian

|13= 13. Mauatua (=5)

|24= 24. Charles Christian

|25= 25. Ann Dixon

}}

References