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From: MR FLOYD L CRANMER JR< >
Subject: Ships and mariners
Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 21:21:21, -0500

Dear Ruth Harriot,
Thank you for your note. Unfortunately I do not know where my
ancestor William Cranmer sailed from in England; I only know where
Rev. John Yonges who was the pastor of the first church at Southold,
L.I. came from. It is interesting that your Kilham ancestor sailed on
the Mary Anne, as it is suggested that perhaps Yonges sailed on her
via Holland.
Do you have any further details about the voyage, whether it
stopped at Holland or where a list of the passenger can be obtaiined?
The following is the information that I have regarding John Yonges:

John Younges of Southwold, Sfk. was the son of Rev.Christopher
Yonges, vicar of the churches of Reydon and Southwold. John Yonges at
the age of 35 married his second wife, Joan Harris in 1637 and on May
11th they presented themselves at Yarmouth at the examination of
those "desirous to passe into New England to inhabitt". A law
required that all persons leaving England must take the Oath of
Allegiance to the Church as well as the State. The records state
opposite his name " This man was forbydden passage by the
Commissioners and went not from Yarmouth". It is believed that he was
denied passage for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance to the
Church as he was upset over a long list of questions issued in 1936
by the Bishop of Norwich, challenging the way the churches were run.
However John Yonges together with his wife and six children (from his
first wife) left England and arrived in Salem, Mass on August 1637.
It is is not certain how his voyage was made. "It is more than
probable he crossed to Holland in the Mary-Anne with William Goose,
Master although it is equally likely he may have made the journey
with his brother Joseph, a sea captain frequently engaged in
transporting passengers from England".*

John first settled with his family in Salem and then moved to
the flourishing colony at Newhaven, Conn. In 1640 John moved across
the narrow Long Island Sound where he founded a new church in the
settlement of Southold in the fall of that year. My ancestor William
Cranmer is first recorded by Rev. Epher Whitaker as one of the first
settlers of Southold. Also recorded as an early settler of Southold
was David Carwithy. William Cranmer married Elizabeth Carwithy,
daughter of David Carwithy. It is not clear if the David listed as a
settler of Southold was the father, the son or possibly the household
of David Sr., which could have included his son David. * Our
Daughter Town, Southold, Long Island, N.Y. USA by Ira Critten.

Did your Kilham ancestors stay in Salem Mass or move to other
areas? I suspect that William Cranmer might have originally come to
Salem and then moved south to Southold, L.I., possibly via New Haven,
Conn. William was a carpentar, but his brother-in-law Caleb Carwithy
was a mariner and whaler who operated off the New England coast. When
the whales became in short supply he relocated to Lewes, Delaware
(across from Cape May, N.J.) Digory Carwithen, who was possibly the
father of David Carwithy, was also a mariner, master of the ship New
England Merchant, who sailed between the Mass. Colony and England. He
died in Boston in 1653. The Carwithy/Carwithens were fromDevon
England.

Would be intgerested in any further information that you might
have about the Mary Anne.
Regards,

Floyd L. Cranmer J.
Cherry Hill, NJ

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