George Yeardley

I was wrong when I wrote that only John West and his brothers were direct ancestors who served as Governors of Virginia. There was at least one more - Sir George Yeardley, our 11 times maternal great-grandfather. He served three times as the Governor of the British Colony of Virginia (Nov, 161/Nov. 1617, Nov. 1618/Nov. 1621, March 1626/Nov. 1627).

George Yeardley was born on or before 28 July 1588. It is the date of his christening which took place in Southwark, Surrey at St. Saviour's Parish Church.

Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St. Saviour's and St Mary Overie - Southwark

Location of Surrey, UK

George's  parents were Ralph Yeardley and Rhoda Morston. George Yeardley became a soldier, and his service took him to Jamestown - Virginia Colony settlement where he arrived on 26 May 1610.

Eight years later, on 18 October, George married Mrs. Temperance Barrow nee Flowerdew, the daughter of Anthony Flowerdew and Martha Stanley of Norfolk. Temperance was born about 1587 in England.

George and Temperance had three children. According to my finds, our direct family line is

⇒ their daughter Elizabeth (Yeardley) Croshaw born about 1615, wife of Major Joseph Croshaw
⇒ their daughter Ursula (Croshaw) West (b. about 1636, Williamsburg, VA)
⇒ her son Captain Thomas West (b. about 1670, West Point, Gloucestr, VA/d. abt. 1720)
⇒ his son Francis West (b. abt. 1704, King William, King William, VA/d.. 28 June 1796, King William, King William, Virginia)
⇒ his son William West (b. 1704, King William, King William, Virginia/d. 28 June 1796, King William, Virginia)
⇒ his daughter Martha (West) Hagood (b. circa 1755, Virginia/d. 16 Nov. 1829, Pickens, South Carolina)
⇒ her son James J Hagood (b. 1780, South Carolina/ d. about 1874, Forsyth County, Georgia)
⇒ his son Lemuel James Hagood (b. 20 July 1820, South Carolina/ d. 15 August 1909, Fulton, Georgia)
⇒ his daughter Hannah E (Hagood) Ledbetter (b. 1839, Georgia) - our great-great grandmother.

And what is the relation between Sir George Yardley and Governor John West?

George was a grandfather of the wife of Ursula Croshaw, John West's son.


Credits:
Pictures

• Southwark Cathedral: By Kevin Danks, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1398923
• Location of Sureey, UK: By Nilfanion - Ordnance Survey OpenData:County boundaries and GB coastlineNational Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyIrish, French and Isle of Man coastlines, Lough Neagh and Irish border, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12131936
• Location of Virginia and Jamestown: By Aude - self-made, map data from National Atlas (USGS), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2058243

Source:

• my MyHeritage research
• geni.com
• Wikipedia