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![Show Contents]() Yardely History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England
The ancestry of the name Yardely dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in Yardley, a place-name found in several locations throughout England. The place name literally means "dweller at the Yard-Lea [Middle English yard(e, yerd(e, enclosure, court, garden; Old English g(e)ard, fence, enclosure + Middle English ley, Old English lea¡h, meadow] " 1 Early Origins of the Yardely familyThe surname Yardely was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Conquest in 1066. Early History of the Yardely familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Yardely research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1580, 1592, 1609, 1610, 1612, 1616, 1618, 1627, 1632 and 1693 are included under the topic Early Yardely History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Yardely Spelling VariationsSpelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Yardely have been found, including Yardley, Yardeley, Yeardley, Yardly and others. Early Notables of the Yardely familyNotables of this surname at this time include: Sir George Yardley (1580?-1627), Governor of Virginia, son of Ralph Yeardley, merchant-taylor of London. "Having served in the Low Countries, he sailed with Sir Thomas Gates to Virginia in June 1609 on board the Deliverance, and was shipwrecked in the Bermudas. He eventually reached Virginia in May 1610. In April 1616 Sir Thomas Dale, the governor, returned to England and appointed Yeardley his deputy...
Another 72 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Yardely Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Yardely familyFamilies began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Yardely, or a variant listed above: Argall Yardley settled in Virginia in 1623; Ann Yardley settled in Virginia in 1652; Elizabeth, Enoch, Jane, John Yardley settled in Pennsylvania in 1750.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Yardely (post 1700) | + |
- Colonel Doyle Yardely, American Commanding Office of the 1st combat paratrooper unit: the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, German Prisoner of War at Oflag 64
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
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