Christopher Yonges, Vicar

Notes:

surname also spelled Yongs

parents are Christopher Young and Johanna Horne?

"Christopher Yonges, clerk, minister of Southwold 21 November—proved July
5, 1626. To wife Margaret all lands, etc., for life, Then to my six children John,
Joseph, Christopher, Mary, Margaret and Martha. To eldest son all my books
except some English books such as my wife or my other children shall choose out
for their use, one or two apiece. To John and Thomas Yonges my grand children,
to each a silver spoon. Wife Margaret and John Smith and Thomas Elliot of
Southwold to be executors." (Consistory Court Norwich 1626. No. 164).

"Rev. Christopher Yonges, Vicar of Reydon and Southwold, England,
was our last resident English ancestor, and the principal account of him
will be found in the chapters on "By the ]Sfame of Yonge" and "Reydon
and Southwold/*'
In his boyhood the Reformation swept over England, and Rogers,
Latimer and Cranmer were burned at the stake.
He married late in life (Elizabeth did not favor the marriage of priests)
and came to Southwold in the vear in which the translation of the Bible into
the King James version was completed. Shakespeare died in 1616, and
Bacon in 1626. the same vear as Yicar Yonges.
No higher tribute can be paid to one of his calling than is contained in
his epitaph, and we can believe that he was like a "father in Israel," leading
his people into ways of righteousness."
YOUNGS FAMILY
VICAR CHRISTOPHER YONGES
HIS ANCESTORS IN ENGLAND AND HIS DESCENDANTS IN AMERICA
A History and Genealogy
by SELAH YOUNGS, Jr.

Christopher married Margaret Ellwyn 5 Feb 1597, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Margaret (daughter of Richard Elivin and Mrs Richard Elivin) was born 1576, of Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 27 Oct 1630, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; was buried 5 Nov 1630, Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

at Reydon or Southwold?

1. Reverend John Youngs was born Cal 1597, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; was christened 1602, Saint Margaret of Antioch Church of England, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 24 Feb 1672, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States.
2. Edward Yonges was born 1600, , Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 11 Jul 1626, , , England, United Kingdom; was buried 31 Jul 1626, Saint Margaret of Antioch Church of England, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
3. Elizabeth Yonges was born 1602, , Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 11 Jul 1626, , , England, United Kingdom; was buried 31 Jul 1626, Saint Margaret of Antioch Church of England, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
4. Captain Joseph Youngs was christened 22 Oct 1605, Saint Peter Church of England, Ubbeston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 7 Jan 1658, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States.
5. Margaret Yonges was born 1608, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; was christened 28 Nov 1608, Ubbeston, Suffolk, England; died , , , , United States.
6. Mary Yonges was born 1609, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 1637, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried , Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
7. Christopher Yongs, Junior was born 1611, , Norfolk, England; died 19 Jun 1647, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
8. Martha Youngs was born 1 Jul 1613, Reydon, Suffollk, England, United Kingdom; was christened 1 Jul 1613, Saint Edmunds Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; died 27 Jun 1671, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States.