[3] In 1342 John Young of Dingwall witnessed a charter by the Earl of Ross to Reginald who was the son of the Lord of the Isles.

[3] Peter Young became assistant preceptor to the three-year-old James VI of Scotland, upon the recommendation of the Regent Moray in 1569.

[3] Peter Young had a large family with his first wife, Elizabeth Gibb, a gentlewoman in the household of Anne of Denmark.

[3] In 1670 the family sold their original estate in Easter Seton and purchased the lands of Auldbar.

The estates were again sold in 1743 this time to William Chalmers of Hazlehead, who was related by marriage to the Youngs.