Christopher Yonges, Vicar
Abt 1575 - 1626 (~ 51 years)-
Name Christopher Yonges Suffix Vicar Born Abt 1575 of Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom 
Gender Male Died 14 Jun 1626 Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Buried 16 Jun 1626 Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Person ID I2383 Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23 Last Modified 5 Jun 2022
Family Margaret Ellwyn, b. 1576, of Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 27 Oct 1630, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (Age 54 years) Married 5 Feb 1597 Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Notes - at Reydon or Southwold?
Children 1. Reverend John Youngs, b. Cal 1597, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 24 Feb 1672, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 75 years)2. Edward Yonges, b. 1600, , Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 11 Jul 1626, , , England, United Kingdom (Age 26 years)3. Elizabeth Yonges, b. 1602, , Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 11 Jul 1626, , , England, United Kingdom (Age 24 years)4. Captain Joseph Youngs, c. 22 Oct 1605, Saint Peter Church of England, Ubbeston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 7 Jan 1658, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 52 years)5. Margaret Yonges, b. 1608, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. , , , United States 6. Mary Yonges, b. 1609, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 1637, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 28 years)7. Christopher Yongs, Junior, b. 1611, , Norfolk, England , d. 19 Jun 1647, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 36 years)8. Martha Youngs, b. 1 Jul 1613, Reydon, Suffollk, England, United Kingdom , d. 27 Jun 1671, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 57 years)Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F1026 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.
- surname also spelled Yongs