Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-09-11

| they came by steamer up the Hudson
to Troy, then by canal boat to White
hall, at the head of Lake Champlain,
and thence by steamer to Burlington,
where they hired wagon with three
! horses and driver to bring them and
their goods to Greensboro. The wag-
on held the boxes and trunks, and on
these the family rode, that is for as
much of the time as they could, but
one of the boys, George, used to say
IN answer to the questions as to how
they got here ''that they walked up
hill and ran down."
On June 10 they reached Greensboro
and came to the home of John Simp-
son, brother of the James Simpson,
who was one of the party, job lived
on the farm now owned by his son
William, and although he had never
seen any of the Youngs, yet he re-
| ceived them with warmest hospitality
and lodged them in the best manner
which the place could afford The
women found sleeping accommoda
lions IN the house and the men and
boys slept in the barn on the hay.
This open hearted hospitality to en-
tire strangers was very warmly APP
preciated by the pilgrims in strange
land, and is to this day very kindly
remembered by the survivors of the
party.
In few days the members of the
family who were able to work found
places on neighboring farms. Some
of their experiences in getting used
| to the ways of a new country were
amusing or distressing, as one may
look at them. Two of the boys helped
for few days with the hoeing at
Simpsons. They had never seen corn,
pumpkins nor beans growing, and so
when they were told to hoe out ev-
erything but the corn, followed orders
| faithfully and after hoeing few rows
felt some pride in seeing that they
were making cleaner work than the
Simpsons who were working with
them, and who were leaving some
weeds, as they thought, in the rows,
but when they called the others at
tention to the difference it was found
! that the Scotch lads had hoed out the
pumpkins and beans supposing they
were some sort of weed. John Nc
Lellan hired out at place where he
was set to driving oxen, sort of
work he had never tried, and he soon
concluded that the oxen knew far
more about the work than he did, and
he would give all he was worth and
more too, to be back OIL the banks of
the Ayr.
But our pilgrims gradually got used
to the new country and found new
home The same fall that they landed
they moved on to the farm now owned
by Horace McLaren, and which con-
tinued to be the home so long as they
remained together as family. The
other members of the family all set
tied in the town and here they have
spent their days. Except the grand
child, George H. Young, who now
lives in Craftsbury, all the survivors
still live in Greensboro, and the dust
of those who have departed this life
except Alex, who is buried at East
Craftsbury, now mingles with the
dust of their adopted land in the
same town. Though bonnie Scotland
ever had a warm place in their hearts
none of them ever returned to it's
shores.
A brief enumeration of the family
and their descendants will close this
sketch. George Young, the father,
died in Greensboro in June, 1894; Mary,
his wife, survived him nineteen years,
dying in Aug. 1888. They had in all
twelve children, two of whom died in
Scotland, while the other ten came to
Greensboro. They were, in order of
ages: Jean Spier, who died May, 1892,
having borne eight children of whom
two still live, there were ten of her
grandchildren, nine surviving, and
two great grandchildren. Alex died
Oct 1888, had four children, three
now living, fourteen grandchildren.
Robert died March, 1867; eight chill
dren, all but two gone west, one dead,
five grandchildren and one great
grandchild (of those still living here.)
Martha (McLellan) died April, 1880;
seven children, one dead, fourteen
grandchildren, five living. Marion
(Simpson) died Aug. 1880; four chill
dren, three grandchi ldren, all living.
George died April, 1885; five children,
nine grandchildren, all living. James
has five children, two grandchildren,
one of each gone. Mary Oar dine two |