Reverend John YOUNGS b. Cal 1597 Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom d. 24 Feb 1672 Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States

Cal 1597 - 1672 (~ 75 years)

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Name	John YOUNGS
Prefix	Reverend
Born	Cal 1597	Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Christened	1602	Saint Margaret of Antioch Church of England, Reydon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Gender	Male
Died	24 Feb 1672	Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
Buried	Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
Person ID	I2388	Patterson & Markham Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Mar 2019

Father	Christopher YONGES, Vicar, b. Abt 1575, of Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 14 Jun 1626, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (Age ~ 51 years)
Mother	Margaret ELLWYN, b. 1576, of Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 27 Oct 1630, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (Age 54 years)
Family ID	F1026	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Joan GENTILMEN, b. 5 Jul 1603, Southwold, Suffollk, England , d. 30 Mar 1630, Southwold, Suffollk, England (Age 26 years)

Children

	1. Mary YOUNGS, b. Abt 1631, Southwold, Suffolk, England , d. 15 Feb 1671, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 40 years)
	2. Thomas YOUNGS, c. 1 May 1625, Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 1686, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States (Age ~ 60 years)
	3. Colonel John YOUNGS, c. 10 Apr 1623, Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 12 Apr 1698, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 75 years)

Family ID F1079 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Joan HARRIS, b. 1603, d. Abt 1638, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 35 years)

Children

	1. Anna PALGRAVE, c. 24 Jan 1626, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [Birth]
	2. Mary YOUNGS, b. Abt 1631, Southwold, Suffolk, England , d. 15 Feb 1671, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 40 years) [Birth]
	3. Joseph YOUNGS, b. Aft Jan 1634, , , England, United Kingdom , d. Apr 1675, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age < 40 years)
	4. Rachel YOUNGS, b. Abt 1635, , , England, United Kingdom
	5. Thomas YOUNGS, c. 1 May 1625, Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 1686, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States (Age ~ 60 years) [Birth]
	6. Colonel John YOUNGS, c. 10 Apr 1623, Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 12 Apr 1698, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 75 years) [Birth]

Family ID F1283 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3 Mary WARREN, b. 7 Jun 1602, of Southwold, Suffolk, England , d. 5 Nov 1678, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 76 years)

Children

	1. Anna PALGRAVE, c. 24 Jan 1626, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [Stepchild]
	2. Mary YOUNGS, b. Abt 1631, Southwold, Suffolk, England , d. 15 Feb 1671, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 40 years) [Birth]
	3. Joseph YOUNGS, b. Aft Jan 1634, , , England, United Kingdom , d. Apr 1675, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age < 40 years) [Birth]
	4. Rachel YOUNGS, b. Abt 1635, , , England, United Kingdom [Birth]
	5. Thomas YOUNGS, c. 1 May 1625, Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 1686, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States (Age ~ 60 years) [Birth]
	6. Colonel John YOUNGS, c. 10 Apr 1623, Saint Edmund's Church of England, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom , d. 12 Apr 1698, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 75 years) [Birth]
	7. Christopher YOUNGS, Senior, b. Abt 1642, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States , d. 31 Jul 1695, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age ~ 53 years)
	8. Benjamin YOUNGS, b. Bef 4 Mar 1641, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States , d. 1697 (Age > 55 years)

Family ID F1285 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

surname also spelled Yonges, Yongs, Yonge; three of his signatures in Southold are spelled Youngs

Born in Reydon or Southwold?; christened 12 Nov 1598?

May 1637 departed Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England in ship Mary Ann to Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

"At that time New England was over-supplied with ministers and teachers
who had fled from religious persecution in England, and, as the Rev. John
Youngs was without a charge, he left Salem and became the pioneer and
founder of Southold." Youngs family by Selah Youngs

Died at age 74

"...Rev. John Youngs, led the Englishmen, women and children who settled Southold, Long Island, New York, in 1640."
"Among those who followed Rev. John to the north eastern end of Long Island were brother, Capt. Joseph Youngs, with his wife, Margaret Warren; their sister, Martha Youngs Moore, her husband, Thomas; nieces and a nephew, children of their deceased brother, Christopher (Jr.) and his deceased wife, Priscilla Elvin."
source: Youngs Family Home [web site]

also AFN: 8J66-WG

"Rev. John Youngs - Rev. Christopher's oldest son - was the founder and leader of the first settlers of Southold, Long Island - the oldest English colony in New York State. The church Rev. John established in 1640 in the oldest, continously operating Presbyterian church in the United States."

Born c.1598, first pastor Rev. John Youngs/Yongs founded the Puritan settlement of Southold, Long Island, in 1640. A native of Reydon, in Suffolk, England, he was the son of the Rev. Christopher Youngs/Yonges and the former Margaret Ellwyn. He had come to the New World in 1637, arriving in Salem, Massachusetts, and was 74 at the time of his death in Southold some 35 years later.
Rev. Youngs' grave is one of nine originally marked by slate ledgerstones which were probably carved in England. His stone and that of William Wells are the earliest with legible dates in the burial ground. However, Rev. Youngs' original ledgerstine is now covered by a replacement. Made in 1935, it bears the original epitaph (see "Inscription" section of this page). In addition, it is also inscribed with the history of his descendants' efforts to preserve it:
"Under this tablet is the original brownstone slab, with the following inscription...The original inscription on this stone was recut in 1857 by one of the third and one of the fourth generation of Rev. Young's grandchildren, Dea. Stephen Youngs, Morristown, N.J. and Capt. Selah Younge, Mattituck, L.I. Recut 2nd time in 1900 by Edward F.C. Young of Jersey City, N.J....This ledger was executed in 1935 by Col. Edward L. Young, Jersey City, N.J."