This book contains a wealth of data on Young families from northeastern Massachusetts as drawn from a wide variety of documented sources. The introduction discusses: The Youngs in Transit, Massachusetts Bay Colony Pre-1700 (Essex County, Massachusetts and Rockingham County, New Hampshire), Migration Patterns, The Main Entry: Its Order and Form, and Cross-Indexing and Cross-Referencing. Two appendices follow the main entries: Identities of the Earliest Inhabitants, Landowners and/or Progenitors of the Youngs;and, Landowners and Their Speculative Land Deeds. Two bibliographies include: Commonwealth of Massachusetts and New Hampshire State. There are two every-name indices, one for allied families and one for the Youngs.