# Benjamin Stanley Young

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**Benjamin Stanley Young** (13 December 1851 –16 August 1934) served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of the [Pitcairn Islands](/source/Pitcairn_Islands) twice, from 1884 to 1885, and in 1892. Young's father, [Simon Young](/source/Simon_Young_(magistrate)), also served as magistrate.

Young was a descendant of [HMS *Bounty*](/source/HMS_Bounty) mutineers [Ned Young](/source/Ned_Young), [John Adams](/source/John_Adams_(mutineer)) and [Fletcher Christian](/source/Fletcher_Christian),[1] as well as John Buffett, a schoolteacher and whaler, who had arrived on Pitcairn in 1823 to help Adams teach the islands' many children. His siblings included [William Alfred Young](/source/William_Alfred_Young), [Arthur Herbert Young](/source/Arthur_Herbert_Young), and the historian [Rosalind Amelia Young](/source/Rosalind_Amelia_Young).

Young married Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy, the daughter of [Matthew McCoy](/source/Matthew_McCoy_(Magistrate)). They had seven children.[2]

## References

1. [Mr. Arthur Herbert Young](https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-315014615/view?partId=nla.obj-315025682#page/n29/mode/1up/) *Pacific Islands Monthly*, July 1943, p28

1. ["Who Are the Pitcairners?"](https://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/pitcairn/Pitcairners/Young.shtml). Pitcairn Islands Study Center. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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