Family history of Heinrich Jacob Young (1791-1872), son of George Jacob and Anna Maria Young, who was born at Knopp, Pfalz, Germany. He married (1) 1816 in Hettenhausen, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany Margaretha Utzinger (1789-1832), daughter of John Adam Utzinger and Margaretha Ihemm. Their first four children were born in Hettenhausen. Between 1826 and 1828 family moved to Mittelbrunn, where their fifth child was born. Heinrich remarried 1840 (2) Ottilia Reiter (ca. 1800-1868), daughter of Peter Reiter and Margaretha Rottman, from Kirchenarnbach. She bore three children before her marriage to Heinrich Jacob Young. Couple's emigration date from Germany is not known, but the 1860 U.S. Census finds them living with their children in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana. Family members settled in Ossian, Indiana (in Allen County). Descendants live in Indiana, Michigan, Georgia, California, Washington, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York and elsewhere.