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- He was Vicar of Reydon, Suffolk County, England, in 1611. The Youngsappear to have been of Norman-French origin, He married, late in life asthe church disapproved of the clergy marrying.
"Here Lyeth Interred Body of Mr. Christopher Yonges Who Departed thisLife 14 June Anno Domini, 1626, A Good Man Full of Fayth was Hee / HerePreacher of Gods Word And Manie by his Ministrie Weare added to the Lord.Acts 11:24."
So reads a brass tablet laid beneath the 17th century pulpit in theChurch of St. Edmunds, Southwold, Suffolk, England. The man entombedbeneath, Christopher Yonges, was vicar to this parish and neighboring St.Margarets, in the small village of Reydon, for 15 years.
The Rev. Christopher's eldest son, the Rev. John Youngs, was the leaderof the small group of Englishmen and -women who in 1640 settled the NorthFork of Long Island. Capt. Joseph Youngs and his sister, Martha Youngs,with their spouses, Margaret Warren and Thomas Moore, later joined theireldest brother and were among the earliest English colonists in thisarea. Their younger brother, Christopher (Jr.), and his wife, PriscillaElvin, died in Salem, Mass., before they could join the family on LongIsland. Christopher and Priscilla's son, Christopher (III), was broughtup by his father's sister, Martha, in Southold.
These people fled England to escape religious persecution in England. TheNew World both horrified and excited them. It offered challenges. (Youngsclan converging, By Patricia McCabe).
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1565 - 1626 (61 years)
