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Yes, Tom, the story of Frederick Platts being shipwrecked three times does indeed strain credibility. And yes, the story by Jerusha Hill Hayden, written in 1847, is well after the fact. Jerusha was daughter of William Hill and Hannah Platts, and thus a descendant of Frederick. This story is the only evidence produced by Chris Yoder. It's hard to say if it is accurate. It's probably based on family tradition. The part about Frederick's coming from Germany could be true and the rest may be embellishment.
Agreed also, that a German settling in eastern Connecticut in the late 1600s is unlikely. There are, however, Platts of German descent: one that I know of in Pennsylvania and the other in South Carolina.
My Platt family came from Hertfordshire in 1637, came to New Haven with the group that settled there in 1638, and then helped settle Milford in 1639. I've never found any evidence of a connection with the Frederick family, nor of anyone adding an "s" to the name.
Another possibility is a connection with the Gawkroger Platts (with an "s") who settled in Rowley, Massachusetts in the mid 1600s. They were the Gawkroger family of Sowerby, Yorkshire, and seem to have changed the family name to Platts when they came to America. I have not done much on this family as it is not mine.
A DNA test on a descendant would help a lot in clearing this up.
Dick
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