Years ago, probably about the time I was graduating from high school, my mother gave me a recently published book: “The Journal of James Yonge [1647-1721]: Plymouth Surgeon.”
This James Yonge was a naval surgeon whose journal provides an insider’s peek at this period of history. He was also a direct ancestor some ten generations back, born in 1647, exactly 300 years before my birth.
My maternal grandfather, Duke Yonge, moved to the islands from California and it didn’t take too long to meet and marry my Hawaiian grandmother in 1911. He is formally referred to as John Duke Yonge, but none of his surviving paperwork includes the “John.”
The life of his father, James Frederick Moore Yonge, demonstrates how global families were in those days.
Inside the front cover, my mother carefully listed the generations, which might be of interest to some.
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Very interesting.
Thank you so much for sharing Ian – yours is a really fascinating family history and it’s just outstanding that you have so much of your background preserved. I have attempted to do the same thing for my mom and dad’s families and for my son’s Crockett (my son is a direct descendant of the famous Crockett family.) I am the only writer on any side, so I continue to dig.
Mahalo again for posting Ian – so glad you’re up to it! A hui hou!