Some notices of the surname Young in the adjoining parishes of Culross and Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland, before the beginning of Parish Registers (Culross, 1641; Tulliallan, 1674)
1578 - John Young in Culross sought protection from the Privy Council against a false accusation of cattle theft.
(Register of the Privy Council)
1586 - Henry Young and John Young listed as landholders in Culross. Henry's land was called "Brewland".
(Registrum Magnum Sigilli, Charter no.1104)
1587 - John Primrose and John Young junior resigned possession of a saltpan in Longannet (Culross). A saltpan is a shallow basin from which salt can be extracted.
Ibid.)
1590 - Gilbert Young and his wife Janet are mentioned in a minute of the Culross town council.
(Beveridge, "Culross and Tulliallan, vol.1, p.130)
1592 - "Robert, son to John Young, burgess in Culross [apprenticed] with Alexander Lyell, skinner"
(Edinburgh Register of Apprentices)
1602 - notice of John Young, tenant and servant of the Laird of Tulliallan.
(Register of the Privy Council)
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