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The surname Yelle was first found in Lancashire at Yealand. 1 2 "Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne are two townships in the parish of Warton, Lancashire Yealand Hall still remains." 3
While the name originates in Lancashire, we must look to Devon and Northumberland to find the first entries in early rolls. There we found John de la Yaldelonde in Devon and William de Yelaund in Northumberland in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 3 Back in Lancashire, Adam de Yelland was warden of the Honor of Lancaster, 13 Henry III (during the thirteenth year of the reign of Henry III.) 4
Later the Howdenshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included an entry for Willelmus de Yeland. 3
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Yelle research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1235, 1273, 1379, 1669, 1670, 1685, 1690, 1705, 1706, 1736 and 1970 are included under the topic Early Yelle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Yeland, Yelland, Yeoland, Yalland, Yolland, Yealand, Yelaund, Yellen and many more.
Distinguished members of the family include Thomas Yalden (Youlding) (1670-1736), English poet, son of John Yalden, 'a page of the presence and groom of the chamber to Prince Charles, afterwards a sufferer for his cause, and an exciseman in Oxford after the restoration of King Charles II'. He was born in the parish of St. John Baptist, Oxford, on 2 Jan. 1669, and educated at Magdalen College school while he was a chorister of that house. He matriculated on 20 May...
Another 81 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Yelle Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the United States, the name Yelle is the 18,374th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..