NationMaster - Encyclopedia: George Yeardley

Early Life and Military Career Sir George Yeardley was baptized 28 July 1588 in St. Saviour's Parish, Southwark, Surrey. Yeardley was the son of Ralph Yeardley (1549-1603/4), a London merchant-tailor, and Rhoda Marston (d. 1603/4).( He choose not to follow his father into trade, but instead became a soldier and joined a company of English foot-soldiers to fight the Spanish in the Netherlands. As captain of the personal bodyguard selected to serve Sir Thomas Gates during his term as Governor of Virginia. The Shipwreck Yeardley set sail on 1 June with the newly appointed Gates aboard the Sea Venture, the flag-ship of the 1609 expedition to Jamestowne. After seven weeks at sea and eight days from expected landfall the convoy ran into a tropical storm and the Sea Venture was shipwrecked in the Bermudas. No lives were lost, despite numerous problems and civil unrest amongst the former passengers, causing Gates to declare martial law, in 10 months time two small ships were built, the 30 ton Deliverance and the pinnance Patience, they arrived at Jamestowne 23 May 1610. July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ...

Jamestowne The shipwreck survivors found the colonists of Jamestowne in desperate condition. Most of the settlers had died from sickness, starvation, or been killed by Indians. Sir Thomas Gates agreed with the Jamestowne settlers to abandon the colony and return to England. He ordered Captain George Yeardley to command his soldiers to guard the town preventing settlers from setting fire to the structures that were evacuated. Lord De La Warr soon arrived bringing supplies to save the struggling colony. Captain Yeardley was co-commander of the early Forts Henry and Charles at Kecoughtan. In October 1610, Lord De La Warr ordered Captain Yeardley and Captain Edward Brewster to lead 150 men into the mountains in search of silver and gold mines. Deputy-Governorship

Marriage and Deputy-Governorship In 1613 Yeardley married Temperence Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony Flowerdew of Hethersett, County Norfolk, and his wife Martha Stanley of Scottow, County Norfolk. Temperence had also sailed for Virginia in the 1609 expedition aboard the Faulcon, arriving at Jamestowne in August 1609. In 1616 George Yeardley was designated Deputy-Governor of Virginia. One of his first duties was to come to an agreement with the Chickahominy Indians that secured food and peace for two years. He served from 1616-1617. Yeardley was appointed Deputy-Governor again in 1625.

Knighted and Governorships of Virginia Sir George Yeardley was knighted at Newmarket, England, on 24 November 1618, six days later he was commissioned Governor of Virginia. He was granted 300 acres of land to help defer the cost of maintaining him as governor. He owned a 1000 acre plantation on the south side of the James River opposite Weyanoke, named "Flowerdew Hundred", for his wife's family, where he built the first windmill in the colony. Yeardley led the first representative legislative Assembly, the House of Burgesses, to meet on American soil convened at the church in Jamestowne, 30 July 1619. One of the first acts of the this representative body was to set the price of tobacco. Yeardley was appointed Deputy-Governor again in 1625. He served a second time as Governor from 4 March 1626/7 until his death 13 November 1627. Sir George Yeardley is buried in the church at Jamestowne, Virginia. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ...

Children Sir George Yeadley and Temperance Flowerdew had three children, Elizabeth (1614-15); Argoll; and Francis (1620-23). After Yeardley's death Temperance Flowerdew married Governor Francis West.

Sources: Morman, John Frederick ed.,Adventures of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5 (Alexandria: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1987). Kolb, Avery, "The Tempest",American Heritage: Four Hundred Years of American Seafaring,April/May 1983. "Wreck and Redemption", The Web of Time: Pages from the American Past, Issue Two, Fall 1998. 1587? - 1627) was an English colonial administrator in America. He served as acting governor of Virginia between 1616 and 1617 and then as full governor of Virginia between 1619 1621, and again between 1626 and 1627. 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... An Administrator (Administrator of the Government, Officer Administering the Government) in some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a Governor or a Governor-General. ... Tim Kaine, the current Governor The Governor of Virginia serves as the chief executive of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a four-year term. ... == {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style=margin-left: 15px; |- | align=center colspan=2 | Years: 1613 1614 1615 - 1616 - 1617 1618 1619 |- | align=center colspan=2 | Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s |- tall> 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |} randomised 1616 was a leap year starting on Friday... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... 1621 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ...

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