Argoll Yeardly Sr (1619 - abt. 1682)

Born 1619 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Custis) Yeardley — married 1643 in Northampton, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1682 at about age 63 in Northampton, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Argoll Yeardly Sr is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Argoll Yeardly Sr was a Virginia colonist.

Argoll was born in 1619. Argoll Yeardly ... He passed away about 1682. ^[1]

Argall Yeardley,^[2] son of George Yeardley and Temperance Flowerdew, was born about 1621 (age 4 in 1625) in in James City, Virginia Colony.^[3] Argall is listed with his parents on the List of the Living in Virginia in James Citty on the census of 16 February 1623/24; and again on the Muster of Sr. George Yearley Kt. as of January 1624/25:

• Sr George Yearlley Kt, came in the Deliverance 1609
• Temperance Lady Yearlley, came in the Faulcon 1608
• Mr. Argall Yearlley aged 4 yeare
• Mr Francis Yearlley aged 1 yeare
• M's Elizabeth Yearlley aged 6 yeres (Children borne heare)

Argall Yeardley was appointed to the Virginia Council in 1639^[4] and served until 1655. (Note: Jamestowne Society List of Qualifying Ancestors states Argoll Yeardley was Burgess for Lower Norfolk County in 1653, this is incorrect. It was his brother Francis Yeardley who served as Burgess.)^[5]

Land Transactions

CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 1 Part II; Page 81 ARGOLL YEARDLEY, 500 acs. in the Up. Co. of New Norf., 6 February 1637, page 521. Upon Dumpling Is. Cr. in Nansamund Riv. on the S. side, adj. land of William Parker & E. N. upon sd. Cr. 50 acs. due for his own per. adv., 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his wife Frances & 400 acs. for trans. of 8 pers: Susan Beale, Thomas Adderly, Rice Jones, Edward Kinsey, Christo. Graunt, Jon. Woodcocke, Andolo & Maria 2 Negroes.

CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 1 Part II; Page 96 ARGOLL YEARDLEY, Esqr., 3700 acs. Accomacke Co., 6 September 1638, page 1. On the E. side of Chisopeian baye, butting N. on the river of Hun- gars soe called by the Indians, S. upon a small river called Savages Cr., W. on the sd. baye & E. to the maine land towards the Sea. Said land being graunted to Sir Georg Yeardley, Kt., father to the sd. Argoll, by pattern from the late Treasurer & Co. & confirmed by order of Court 9 May 1623 & now due sd [said]. Argoll in right of descent from his sd [said]. father.

CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 1 Part II; Page 126 ARGOLL YEARDLEY, Esqr., 4000 acs. on N. side of Charles River, called Tindalls necke, beg. at Tindalls Cr., butting upon the most Wly. br. of same &c. & Nly. towards certaine branches of Mockjack bay. 12 October 1640, page 759. Due by order of Court, 12 October 1640, in right of his father Sir Georg Yeardley, Kt., as parte of his devident in right of his adv. with the South Hampton hundred Company.

Research notes

This note found on the profile of Sir Samuel Argall may hint at an interesting possibility for the identity of Argall's first wife

There is a tree on Rootsweb stating he married Sarah MICHAEL YEARDLEY in Virginia; Sarah is shown as the daughter of John MICHAEL and Elizabeth THOROWGOOD. However this might be a confusion with a Captain Argall Yeardley.

Some credibility is given by the fact that Argall Yeardley's sister Elizabeth is said to have married a Thorowgood, who would presumably be a cousin of the said Sarah.

From Martha W. McCartney, Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary, p 775:

"Argoll (Argall) Yeardly (Yardley), the eldest son of Sir George and Lady Temperance Flowerdew Yeardly, was born in Virginia around 1620 and on February 16, 1624, was residing in Jamestown (1) with his parents and sister, Elizabeth, and the family's servants. The Yeardleys were still in Jamestown on January 24, 1625, at which time Argoll was age 4. Argoll Yeardly and his siblings lost their father in November 1627; their mother, who remarried in late March 1628, died the following December. Argoll, as the eldest son, stood to inherit a third of his late father's estate, the bulk of which was in the hands of his uncle, Ralph Yeardly. From 1639 to 1655 Argoll Yeardley served on the Council of State, and in 1642 he became a commissioner of the Accomack Court. In 1649, while on a trip to the Netherlands, he met and married Ann Custis, his second wife, and brought her to Virginia. The Yeardley couple lived on the Eastern Shore in Northampton County, as did his politically powerful brother-in-law, Colonel John Custis of Arlington. Argoll Yeardley's household resided in Old Town Neck, where he patented 2,000 acres. He died sometime prior to October 29, 1655 (CBE 38, 54; MEY 726-728; PB 1 Pt. 2:595; FOR 3:10:49; Lower Norfolk County Book A:59; AMES 2:passim)."

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Chris Jackson, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Yeardley, Argoll - A9304; born ca. 1616-17, died 1655, Northampton Co.: 1639-55 (Councillor); Lower Norfolk Co.:1653 (Burgess). accessed 15 November 2021
3. ↑ Hotten, John Camden, Editor. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants' Religious Exiles; … and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. John Camden Hotten: London, 1874. Reprinted Empire State Book Co., New York. Pages 173, 222
4. ↑ New River Notes, Colonial Virginia Register
5. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R. and J. P. Kennedy, Editors. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 13 Volumes. Richmond, Virginia, 1905-1915. Editors: vols. 1-9, H. R. McIlwaine; v. 10-13, J. P. Kennedy. Pages xxi, 82, 97

• The American Historical Magazine (University Press, Nashville, Tenn., 1896) Vol. 1, Page 341-2

• McCartney, Martha W: Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 2007, p. 775.

• Dorman, J.F: Adventurers of Purse and Person, Vol. 3 (R-Z) (2007), Yeardley. (Not seen)

• https://www.geni.com/people/Col-Argall-Yeardley-Sr/6000000006186794325

• MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc. https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-trees

• Family tree: Carter Web Site, managed by Richard Carter https://www.myheritage.com/site-201959331/carter
  • • Record: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-201959331-2-52922/argall-yeardley-in-myheritage-family-trees

Citation: Argall Yeardley

Birth: 1621 - Jamestown, James City, Virginia.

Death: Oct 29 1655 - Northampton, Virginia.

Parents: Sir Knight George Yeardley, Temperance Yeardley (born Flowerdew).

Siblings: Elizabeth Yeardley, Francis Yeardley, John Yardley, Zilpha Yeardley.

Wife: Anne Custis

Wife: Temperance Yeardley (born Flowerdew)

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