Family
Yeardley married Temperance Flowerdew, daughter of Anthony Flowerdew and Martha Stanley. The couple had three children:
- Elizabeth Yeardley (1615–1660).
- Argoll Yeardley (1617–1655).
- Francis Yeardley (1620–1655), "Upon reaching manhood he became quite prominent in the affairs of Virginia, being for some time a colonel of militia and in 1653 a member of the House of Burgesses for Lower Norfolk."
After Yeardley's death Temperance Flowerdew married Governor Francis West.
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