Yonges, Reverend John

1598 - 1672  (73 years)

• Name	Yonges, John
  Title	Reverend
  Birth	13 Nov 1598	Reydon, Waveney District, Reydon, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Education	Oxford University
  Arrival	1637	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  	Ship Mary Anne
  Find A Grave	Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  	8269918
  Occupation	Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  	Rev. First Church of Christ
  Residence	14 Aug 1637	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Residence	21 Oct 1640	Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  	Founder of the colony of Southold
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  _COLOR	21
  _COLOR1	19
  _FSFTID	LR6H-8JF
  _UID	0363221901A94B2FA509ECEA5561BB44FEB4
  Death	24 Feb 1672	Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Burial	Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I417	Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Yonges, Rev. Rev Christopher I,   b. 21 Nov 1575, Reydon, Waveney District, Suffolk, England d. 14 Jun 1626, Reydon, Suffolk, England (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Elivin, Lady Margaret,   b. 1576, Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 5 Nov 1630, Southwold, Suffolk, England (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1597	Southwold, Waveney District, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Herrington, Joan,   b. 1600, Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 30 Mar 1630, Southwold, Suffolk, England (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1622	Southwold, Suffolk, England
  Children	1. Youngs, Mary Maria,   b. 7 Nov 1619, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom d. Apr 1709, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 89 years)   2. Young, Ann,   b. 1621, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States d. 1686, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 65 years)   3. Youngs, Colonel John,   b. 10 Apr 1623, Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 12 Apr 1698, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 75 years)   4. Yonges, Thomas,   b. 1 May 1625, Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 1686, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States (Age 60 years)   5. Yonges, Rachel,   b. 1627, Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 15 Feb 1671, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 44 years)   6. Youngs, Joseph,   b. 1629, Southwold, Suffolk, England d. Apr 1675, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 46 years)   7. Youngs, Mary,   b. 1634, England d. 13 Sep 1697, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Warren, Mary,   b. 7 Jun 1602, Southwold, Suffolk, England d. 5 Nov 1678, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1639	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	1. Yonges, Benjamin,   b. 1640, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 1697, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 57 years)   2. Youngs, Christopher,   b. 2 Dec 1643, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 7 Jul 1695, Southolt, Suffolk, England (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Nov 1598 - Reydon, Waveney District, Reydon, Suffolk, England Marriage - 25 Jul 1622 - Southwold, Suffolk, England Arrival - Ship Mary Anne - 1637 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find A Grave - 8269918 - - Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States Occupation - Rev. First Church of Christ - - Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States Residence - 14 Aug 1637 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - 1639 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Founder of the colony of Southold - 21 Oct 1640 - Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States Death - 24 Feb 1672 - Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Burial - - Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In 1634 at Yarmouth, England, Rev. John Youngs and Joan, his wife of St. Margarets, Suffolk, were forbidden passage to New England (History Puritans, Mass. Hist. Coll., Vol iv, p 101). Mr Youngs was soon after settled at Hingham, in Norfolk county, adjoining Suffolk, 100 miles northeast of London, and six years later, on Oct. 21, 1640, in the New World he gathered his church anew under the auspices of Rev. John Davenport, minister, and Theophilus easton, governor of the New Haven colony, which had just been planted, April 18, 1638, under a branching oak (holy-oak), a virtual theocracy, the Bible their code of laws, ecclesiastical and civil. (Trumbull's Hist. of Conn.) In the same autumn Rev. Mr. Youngs and his church took up their abode in Southold, then comprising the whole northeastern branch of Long Island, landing at the harbor of what is now Southold village, on the Peconic Bay, where as a church or town they retained their connection with the New Haven colony till 1662, and with Connecticut twelve years longer, till 1674. Rev. Mr. Youngs here continued his ministry thirty-two years, and died Feb. 24, 1672, aged 74, as by his tombstone. The twelve men, with members of their families, who constituted his church were Wm. Wells, Barnabus Horton, and John Conklin (whose graves are near that of their pastor,) Peter Hallock, John Tuthill, Richard Terry, Thomas Mapes, Matthias Corwin, Robert Akerly, Jacob Corey, Isaac Arnold, and John Budd, the first white settlers in that part of the island.

  
  

• Reference

  Charles Banks. "Yonges, Reverend John". The families of Charles Banks and Jon Ray. https://familytree.banksray.com/getperson.php?personID=I417&tree=banksray (accessed April 24, 2026).