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Note: William Young came from England under contract to build a house near Wilmot Creek for the Colonial Treasurer, Mr. Campbell. Know later as the Lecky House, it was an imposing structure and was a landmark for many years. It burned down about the turn of the 20th century.
William Young, his wife and his daughter were Quakers. He had served the King as a carpenter on board the battleship HMS Royal George for twenty-one years in twenty-six engagements. He was retired with an honourable discharge of which he was very proud.
He brought to the Island with him the Bible he had used during all his years of military service. It is about a foot thick and bound with sailcloth over a heavy leather cover and was printed when "f" and "s" were printed alike. This Bible is now in the home of Emery Linkletter who lives on a part of the Land Grant. He also brought with him a French sword of fine steel with an ivory handle carved in the likeness of Napolean Bonaparte. William Young came into possession of the sword when the men of the Royal George were boarding a French man-of-war during a battle. William's sword was broken while parrying a blow. He then picked up the sword of a French officer killed in the battle and continued fighting. It is now kept at the home of Jarry Linkletter who lives on another part of the Grant. Albert Linkletter has a treadle spinning wheel made in England in 1764 which may have come with the Young family.
William died in the home of George and Ann Linkletter when Isaac Linkletter, my own grandfather was two years old. He and his wife Mary Hood Young are buried in the Episcopal Church cemetery at St. Eleanors, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
From THE LOYALIST LINKLETTERS by Hester Linkletter (Hatfield) Hanson
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