Memorialized herein, buried at 1st Linhaven Parish at Church Point
Francis Yardley/Yeardley, explorer and Virginia official, was born in Virginia, the son of Governor Sir George Yeardley 1587-1627 and Temperance Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony Flowerdew of Hethersett, Norfolk County, and his wife Martha Stanley of Scottow. She was the cousin of John Pory, Virginia secretary and speaker of the 1619 Assembly. In 1643 young Captain Yeardley was appointed commander of troops in Accomack, and early the next year he received a grant of 3,000 acres for transporting fifty-eight people to the colony.
In 1647 he married Sarah Offley, who had been married first to Adam Thorogood, by whom she had a son, Adam, and second to John Gookin. There apparently were no children by her other two husbands. Yeardley was a member of the Maryland Council in 1652 but soon returned to Virginia and was a burgess of Lower Norfolk County in 1653. He was also a church commissioner for the county in 1651, 1652, and 1654 and a colonel of militia in 1653. He appears to have been a leader of the Cromwellian party in the colony.
Francis Yardley/Yeardley, explorer and Virginia official, was born in Virginia, the son of Governor Sir George Yeardley 1587-1627 and Temperance Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony Flowerdew of Hethersett, Norfolk County, and his wife Martha Stanley of Scottow. She was the cousin of John Pory, Virginia secretary and speaker of the 1619 Assembly. In 1643 young Captain Yeardley was appointed commander of troops in Accomack, and early the next year he received a grant of 3,000 acres for transporting fifty-eight people to the colony.
In 1647 he married Sarah Offley, who had been married first to Adam Thorogood, by whom she had a son, Adam, and second to John Gookin. There apparently were no children by her other two husbands. Yeardley was a member of the Maryland Council in 1652 but soon returned to Virginia and was a burgess of Lower Norfolk County in 1653. He was also a church commissioner for the county in 1651, 1652, and 1654 and a colonel of militia in 1653. He appears to have been a leader of the Cromwellian party in the colony.
Memorialized herein, buried at 1st Linhaven Parish at Church Point
Francis Yardley/Yeardley, explorer and Virginia official, was born in Virginia, the son of Governor Sir George Yeardley 1587-1627 and Temperance Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony Flowerdew of Hethersett, Norfolk County, and his wife Martha Stanley of Scottow. She was the cousin of John Pory, Virginia secretary and speaker of the 1619 Assembly. In 1643 young Captain Yeardley was appointed commander of troops in Accomack, and early the next year he received a grant of 3,000 acres for transporting fifty-eight people to the colony.
In 1647 he married Sarah Offley, who had been married first to Adam Thorogood, by whom she had a son, Adam, and second to John Gookin. There apparently were no children by her other two husbands. Yeardley was a member of the Maryland Council in 1652 but soon returned to Virginia and was a burgess of Lower Norfolk County in 1653. He was also a church commissioner for the county in 1651, 1652, and 1654 and a colonel of militia in 1653. He appears to have been a leader of the Cromwellian party in the colony.
Francis Yardley/Yeardley, explorer and Virginia official, was born in Virginia, the son of Governor Sir George Yeardley 1587-1627 and Temperance Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony Flowerdew of Hethersett, Norfolk County, and his wife Martha Stanley of Scottow. She was the cousin of John Pory, Virginia secretary and speaker of the 1619 Assembly. In 1643 young Captain Yeardley was appointed commander of troops in Accomack, and early the next year he received a grant of 3,000 acres for transporting fifty-eight people to the colony.
In 1647 he married Sarah Offley, who had been married first to Adam Thorogood, by whom she had a son, Adam, and second to John Gookin. There apparently were no children by her other two husbands. Yeardley was a member of the Maryland Council in 1652 but soon returned to Virginia and was a burgess of Lower Norfolk County in 1653. He was also a church commissioner for the county in 1651, 1652, and 1654 and a colonel of militia in 1653. He appears to have been a leader of the Cromwellian party in the colony.
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