John Young II was born 22 May 1791 in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to John Hayden Young (1763-1839) and Abigail Nabby Howe (1765-1815) and died 27 April 1870 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah of unspecified causes. He married Theodocia Kimball (1796-1849) 1813 . He married Mary Ann Gurnsey (1802-1870) 1846 . He married Charlotte Evans (1833-1902) 1849 .
Biography
Conversion to Mormonism
In late spring 1830, was the First Missionary Journey of Samuel Smith to the nearby town of Mendon, NY. At the time it was thought this mission was a failure since he could only hand out just one Book of Mormon and was otherwise met with much rejection and discouragement.
But in just two years time, that one book would come into the hands of the Greene, Young and Kimball families which would be the source by which many thousands would join the new church and also the source of many future prominent church leaders.
LDS Church Duties
John Young joined the LDS church with the rest of his family in its early days. Sometime in the 1830s he was ordained to be Church patriarch to the Young Family, one of the first in the church to be ordained to the office of patriarch. In the early days of the church there was a lot of uncertainty as to the responsibilities of this particular office.
Marriage & Family
At least two of the siblings of Mormon Prophet Brigham Young (1801-1877), married into the Kimball family before their conversion to the LDS Church.
1st Marriage: Theodocia Kimball
John Young II married Theodocia Kimball (1796-1849) in about 1813. They had several children.
- Charlotte Young (1814-1840)
- Caroline Young (1816-1888) - 2nd wife to Martin Harris (1783-1875), one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon
- Clarissa Young (1819-1841)
- Louisa Young (1822-1907)
- Candace Young (1826-1916)
2nd Marriage: Mary Ann Gurnsey
John took a plural wife, Mary Ann Gurnsey (1802-1870) on 06 Feb 1846 in Nauvoo, Illinois.
3rd Marriage: Charlotte Evans
John took another wife, Charlotte Evans (1833-1902) on 29 Dec 1849 in Utah.
- Charlotte Evans Young (1851-1854) - died young
4th Marriage: Sarah McCleve
John took another wife, Sarah McCleve (1834-1912) on 03 Oct 1853 in Utah.
- Lydia Ann Young (1854-1914)
- John McCleve Young (1856-1922)
- Joseph Young (1859-1919)
5th Marriage: Mary Ann Gifford
John took another wife, Mary Ann Gifford (1891-1870) on 09 Feb 1857 in Utah.
6th Marriage: Jane Boyce
John took another wife, Jane Boyce (1826-) on 09 Feb 1857 in Utah.
7th Marriage: Clarissa Pratt
John took another wife, Clarissa Phelinda Pratt (1841-1928) on 20 Jul 1857 in Utah.
8th Marriage: Catherine Smith
John took another wife, Catherine Ann Smith (1836-1914) on 03 Aug 1861 in Utah. She was the widow of Benjamin Crosland who had died hauling lumber in Tooele with whom she had several children. After the death of John Young, she married Charles Rawlinson and had four more daughters.
- Heber Chase Young (1862-1929) -
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Charlotte Young (1814-1840) | |||
| Caroline Young (1816-1888) | 17 May 1816 Hector, Schuyler County, New York, United States | 1888 Lewisville, Jefferson County, Idaho, United States | Martin Harris (1783-1875) Joseph Catley Davis (1814-1879) |
| Clarissa Young (1819-1841) | |||
| Louisa Young (1822-1907) | 1 May 1822 Hector, Tompkins County, New York, United States | 11 December 1907 Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, United States | Luman Omer Heath (1803-1850) Lyman Omer Littlefield (1819-1893) |
| Candace Young (1826-1916) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Charlotte Evans Young (1851-1854) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lydia Ann Young (1854-1914) | |||
| John McCleve Young (1856-1922) | 7 August 1856 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | 27 May 1922 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | Chloe Louise Spencer (1865-1905) |
| Joseph Young (1859-1919) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Heber Chase Young (1862-1929) | |||
Siblings