Complex sentence: Walter Yonge of Colyton and Devon (1579-1649), lawyer, merchant and diarist, was the ancestor of Sir George Yonge, and great-great-grandson of John Yonge of Colliton and Devon, a well known merchant in Elizabethan England.
Split into simpler sentences: Walter Yonge of Colyton and Devon (1579-1649) was an English lawyer, merchant and diarist. He was the ancestor of Sir George Yonge, and great-great-grandson of John Yonge of Colliton and Devon, a well known merchant in Elizabethan England.