Yearling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins and Etymology of Yearling

The surname Yearling was first found in North Yorkshire at Yearsley, a township, in the parish of Coxwold, union of Easingwould, wapentake of Birdforth. 1 2

The place name dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was known as Eureslage. 3 Literally the place name means "wood or clearing of the wild boar, or of a man called Eofor." 4

Early History of the Yearling family

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Yearling Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Yearly, Yearsly, Yearling, Earsley and others.

Early Notables of the Yearling family

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Migration of the Yearling family

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..

Contemporary Notables of the name Yearling (post 1700) +

Ervin Freeman Yearling (1929-2005), American politician, Representative from New York, 1967 (18th District), 1978 (19th District) 5

Sources +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html