- John Youngs
John Youngs (about 1598 - February 1672) was a
Puritan minister who foundedSouthold, New York .He was born about 1598, in
Reydon nearSouthwold ,Suffolk ,England . His father Christopher became minister of Southwold, on January 14, 1611. Young was a ministerHingham ,Norfolk , England. He sailed America 1637, on the “Mary Anne”, fromGreat Yarmouth with 12 otherpilgrim fathers and originally settled in theNew Haven Colony inConnecticut .In October 1640 he led a group group of 13 Englishmen, some cattle and women and children to cross
Long Island Sound coming ashore at what is now Founders Landing atPeconic Bay . The group had traveled by sloop or oared barge from New Haven. They crossedLong Island Sound, sailed up Peconic Bay and came ashore. The Village of Southold, became the first permanent English settlement in New York State.The Indians called
Southold , Yennycock. John Youngs, who had been a Presbyterian minister atHingham ,Norfolk , England, came over with a considerable part of his church, and here fixed his residence. Lived and married his English wife in Salem, Mass from 1637 until 1640-1, then in Southold, Long Island, New York until he died in February 1672.Considered the Founder and spiritual leader of Southold, Long Island. Southold, along with Southampton (founded by settlers from Lynn, Mass) were founded almost simultaneously and established the first English settlements on Long Island.
References
* [http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/youngs_index.html#origins Young family] - Ntgen
* [http://longislandgenealogy.com/bristow/gp1707.htm Genealogy] - Long Island
* [http://www.retracing-our-family-legacy.com/notes_hallock_peter1.html Hallock family] - Retracing
* [http://www.tegaueurvron.com/marthayoungs.htm John’s sister Martha] - Tegaueuvron
* [http://www.ackerly.com/page2.html Local history] - Ackerly
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ny/southhold_li_hist.htm Southold] - Young family tree
External links
* [http://www.stedmundsbury.anglican.org/solebay/reydon.htm Solebay Ministry] - Reydon and Southwold, Suffolk
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/07/05/coast05walks_david_weight_feature.shtml Southwold, England] - BBC
* [http://www.greenportsoutholdchamber.org/History_Landmarks/Local_History/Southold.php Southold local history] - Greenport
* [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/reydon.htm St Margaret’s Church, Reydon, near Southwold, Suffolk] - Suffolk Churches
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