Rev. John Younglove, of Hadley

Rev. John was the first minister in Suffield. He was a native of Ipswich, Mass., and had preached for a time at North Brookfield, where he seems to have given no satisfaction. He then taught school at Hadley until his removal to Suffield in 1680. But here his old misfortune followed him. He antagonized his congregation against him, and seems to have been in constant conflict with them. On April 18, 1690, the town finally voted to petition the General Court "against Mr. Younglove's preaching any longer amongst us." His temper is said to have impaired his usefulness. Worm out by his long struggle to maintain a large family, and broken hearted at his failure in Suffield, he died June 3, 1690. His blood flown in the veins of many Suffield people to-day.

From Savage:

JOHN, Hadley, perhaps s. of Samuel of Ipswich, was appoint. as appears by Col. Rec. IV. part 2d in 1667, with John Pynchon of Springfield, a Comtee. for Quaboag, aft. nam. Brookfield, freem. 1676, with prefix of respect, as he had preach. there a yr. or two, with no great satisfact. sch.-master at H. six or seven yrs. and was a preach. at the settlem. of Suffield 1681, in that Co. and there met no better accept. than at B. d. 1690, leav. wid. Sarah and ch. four s. and three ds. John; Samuel, b. 10 Feb. 1677, at H.; James; Joseph, 6 Nov. 1682, at S.; Mary, w. of Thomas Smith; Hannah, wh. bec. 1695, w. of George Norton; and Lydia, wh. m. 1693, George Granger. But he had also Sarah, wh. m. 1682, John Taylor, and d. next yr. with new b. ch. Prob. he was never ord. and when the Court advis. him to cease preach. it may derogate nothing from his moral worth, for as my correspond. says, "he may have had an unhppy temper, but it is not unlikely that the temp. of the people was worse than his." The wid. d. 17 Jan. 1711.

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He was the first minister of Suffield, CT.
He was a native of Ipswich, Mass. He taught at North Brookfield but it seems it gave him no satisfaction. He then taught school at Hadley, until he moved to Suffield in 1680. He was in constant conflict with his congregation and in on April 18, 1690 the town voted to petitionthe General Court " against Mr. Younglove's preaching any longer amongst us." He was broken hearted and died a few months later, leaving behind a large family. source : Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass. & Suffield, Conn. : a genealogical history

from Meet the Planters – Younglove West Brookfield Historical Commission

Meet the Rev. John Younglove

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Rev. John Younglove’s Family

The biography of John Younglove, the most controversial personality to come out of the annals of the early history of Brookfield, begins with the arrival in America of Samuel Younglove in the “Hopewell” in late November of 1635. Samuel was at this time 30 years of age, was accompanied by his wife Margaret, 28 years of age, and a son Samuel, one year of age. The brothers John and James, not listed on the passenger lists, were probably not as yet born. Samuel was the to plant his feet firmly at Ipswich, where he is first found in the town records in 1635. He received a grant of land in that town, and his presence is further confirmed by his being mentioned in several real estate transactions. According to one historian of Ipswich, Samuel Younglove was the first known butcher in that town. He was listed as having the right of commonage on February 13, 1677-8, and as a voter of the town of December 2, 1679. ...
The first mention of the name of John Younglove appears in the following excerpts from “Memoirs of Reverend Michael Wigglesworth.” “After the first impression of my books was sold, I had a great mind to go to Bermuda, and found encouragements thereto, providence made way for it wonderfully, by providing John Younglove to go with me. So we set sail about the 23 of September, 1663. Our voyage was long, and the latter part of it very tedious, by stormy weather. John Younglove also being unwilling to stay above a year with me, I began to think it better to return home, than to let slip that opportunity which God sent by a vessel of Mr. Willoughbies”. ...
It could have been that this association provided John with some of the education which he apparently received in matters of religion. He spent the remainder of his life as a preacher or teacher, although never ordained, and never very successful. ...
To say that Mr. Younglove had a stormy career is to put it mildly, turbulent being a much more appropriate adjective to describe his course through life. As we will indicate presently, he spent almost as much time in court as out of it, and he always seemed able to receive the sympathy of the court in his continual wrangling with his parishioners and fellow inhabitants. ....

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