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![Show Contents]() Yardly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England
The Yardly name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having 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 Yardly familyThe surname Yardly 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 Yardly familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Yardly 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 Yardly History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Yardly Spelling VariationsOnly recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Yardly has undergone many spelling variations, including Yardley, Yardeley, Yeardley, Yardly and others. Early Notables of the Yardly 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...
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 Yardly migration to the United States | + |
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 Yardly were among those contributors:
Yardly Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Sir George Yardly (Yeardley) and Lady Temperane Yeardley settled in Virginia in 1623
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
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Yardly migration to the United States 
