Yeoman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Yeoman were among those contributors:

Yeoman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Robert Yeoman, who landed in Virginia in 1622 2
• Tho Yeoman, who arrived in Virginia in 1637 2
• George Yeoman, who settled in Virginia in 1638
• Cesar Yeoman, who landed in Virginia in 1652 2
• James Yeoman, who arrived in Virginia in 1656 2

Yeoman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Richard Yeoman, who settled in New England in 1718

Yeoman Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Mr. James Yeoman, (b. 1809), aged 40, Cornish carpenter from Tregony, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Labuan" arriving in Port Phillip, New South Wales, Australia on 11th February 1849 3
• Mrs. Amelia Alice Yeoman, (b. 1818), aged 31, Cornish settler from St. Erth, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Labuan" arriving in Port Phillip, New South Wales, Australia on 11th February 1849 3
• Miss Fanny Yeoman, (b. 1829), aged 20, English dressmaker from London, England, UK travelling aboard the ship "Labuan" arriving in Port Phillip, New South Wales, Australia on 11th February 1849 3
• Mr. James Yeoman, (b. 1809), aged 40, Cornish carpenter from Tregony, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Labuan" arriving in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia on 11th February 1849 4
• Mrs. Amelia Alice Yeoman, (b. 1818), aged 31, Cornish settler from St. Erth, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Labuan" arriving in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia on 11th February 1849 4
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Yeoman Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

• Mrs. Yeoman, Scottish settler travelling from Glasgow aboard the ship "Peter Denny" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd September 1873 5
• Miss Margaret Yeoman, (b. 1873), aged 3 months, Scottish settler travelling from Glasgow aboard the ship "Peter Denny" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd September 1873, died on board 5

• William Frank "Bill" Yeoman (1927-2020), American college football player and coach, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001
• Robert David Yeoman (b. 1951), American Independent Spirit Award winning cinematographer and director of photography
• Bill Yeoman (b. 1927), American head football coach University of Houston, invented the veer offense, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (2001)
• Foster Yeoman, English businessman who founded Foster Yeoman Limited, one of Europe's largest quarrying and asphalt companies in 1923
• Ashley Yeoman (b. 1992), English footballer
• Owain Sebastian Yeoman (b. 1978), Welsh actor from Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, best known for his role as Agent Wayne Rigsby in The Mentalist
• Percival Yeoman, Australian Landscape Architect