Researching George Yeardley
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Yeardley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Yeardley and the Yeardley Genealogy
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Yeardley Family History Databases
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Yeardley Forums
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Miscellaneous Yeardley Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on George Yeardley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Yeardley
George Yeardley
Sir George Yeardley (1587–1627) was a planter and colonial governor of the colony of Virginia. He was also among the first slaveowners in Colonial America. A survivor of the Virginia Company of London's ill-fated Third Supply Mission, whose flagship, the Sea Venture, was shipwrecked on Bermuda for ten months from 1609 to 1610, he is best remembered for presiding over the initial session of the first representative legislative body in Virginia in 1619. With representatives from throughout the settled portion of the colony, the group became known as the House of Burgesses. It has met continuously since, and is known in modern times as the Virginia General Assembly. Yeardley died in 1627.
Source: George Yeardley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Yeardley
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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