Temperance West, Lady Yeardley

Temperance (Flowerdew) Yeardley West died intestate in December 1628 (per Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary, by Martha W. McCartney).

The three children of George and Temperance Yeardley (Including Elizabeth) appear to have been still living in 1630 when George's brother Ralph sued Temperance's widower Francis West. See p. 102, "Sir George's three children."

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Temperance Flowerdew (1590 – 1628) was an early settler of the Jamestown Colony and a key member of the Flowerdew family, significant participants in the history of Jamestown.

Temperance Flowerdew was wife of two Governors of Virginia, sister of another early colonist, aunt to a representative at the first General Assembly and "cousin-german" (first cousin) to the Secretary to the Colony.

In 1622, Temperance Yeardley witnessed the will of John Rolfe, a fellow native of Norfolk.

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Temperance Flowerdew survived a hurricane at sea and ate rats for dinner, and she arrived in Jamestown in August 1609, just in time for the winter famine that followed. She lived through that harrowing winter, called the “Starving Time,” when over 80 percent of Jamestown’s residents died of sickness, disease, or starvation. (If she was married to Richard Barrow at all, he probably perished then and left her an eligible widow.)

In 1613, Temperance married Captain George Yeardley. He became one of the wealthiest men in Virginia. The couple had three (or four?) children: Elizabeth in 1615, Argoll in 1617, John(?) in 1620, who died relatively young, and (Col.) Francis in 1623.

In 1616, George Yeardley was designated Deputy-Governor of Virginia. He negotiated an agreement with the Chickahominy Indians that secured food and brought peace to the colonists for two years. His term ended in 1617.

The couple traveled to England, where George was knighted at Newmarket in 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 himself as governor.

Temperance returned to Jamestown with her husband, Sir George Yeardley, Governor of Virginia. He also owned a private plantation of 1000 acres on the south side of the James River, which he named Flowerdew Hundred, in honor of his wife, Lady Yeardley. With a population of about thirty, the plantation was economically successful with thousands of pounds of tobacco produced along with corn, fish, and livestock.

Sir George paid 120 pounds to build the first windmill in British America in 1621. The plantation survived an attack by the Powhatan Indians in 1622, losing only six people. It remained an active private plantation unlike many others in the area.

Yeardley led the first General Assembly to meet on American soil, which convened at the church in Jamestown in July 1619. One of the first acts of this representative body was to set the price of tobacco.

Sir George was appointed Deputy-Governor again in 1625, and he served a second term as Governor from March 1626 until his death in November 1627. He is buried in the churchyard at Jamestown, Virginia.

Lady Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley then married Governor Francis West, but she died within a year.

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Temperance FLOWARDIEU (AFN: GHS9-68) Pedigree

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Event(s)

Birth:   1599   

, , Norfolk, England
Death: Dec 1628
, , , Virginia
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Parents

Father:  Anthony FLOWERDEW (AFN: GHS9-C4)  Family  

Mother: Martha STANLEY (AFN: GHS9-D9)
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Marriage(s)

Spouse:  George YARDLEY (AFN: GHS9-53)  Family  

Marriage: 1613
James City, Virginia
Spouse: Francis WEST (AFN: 3038-Q9) Family
Marriage: 21 Mar 1628
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Husband's Name

George YARDLEY (AFN:GHS9-53)  Pedigree  

Born: 23 Jul 1588 Place: St. Saviors, Southwark, England
Christened: 23 Jul 1588 Place: St Saviours, Southwark, Surrey, England
Died: 13 Nov 1627 Place: , Jamestown, , Virginia
Buried: 13 Nov 1628 Place: , Jamestown, , Virginia
Married: 1613 Place: James City, Virginia
Father: Ralph YARDLEY (AFN:GHS9-9R) Family
Mother: Rhoda MARSTON (AFN:FMGK-B8)
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Wife's Name

Temperance FLOWARDIEU (AFN:GHS9-68)  Pedigree  

Born: 1599 Place: , , Norfolk, England
Died: Dec 1628 Place: , , , Virginia
Married: 1613 Place: James City, Virginia
Father: Anthony FLOWERDEW (AFN:GHS9-C4) Family
Mother: Martha STANLEY (AFN:GHS9-D9)
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Children

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1.  Sex  Name    

M Argol YEARDLEY (AFN:1NKP-SZ6) Pedigree
Born: Abt. 1613 Place: <Of Accomack Co., Va.>
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2.  Sex  Name    

F Elizabeth YARDLEY (AFN:18TC-H3V) Pedigree
Born: Abt. 1622 Place: <, , , England>
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3.  Sex  Name    

F Frances YARDLEY (AFN:18TC-H43) Pedigree
Born: Abt. 1624 Place: <, , , England>
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4.  Sex  Name    

M Argoll YARDLEY (AFN:GHS9-3Q) Pedigree
Born: 1617 Place: , , Of Northampton, Virginia
Died: 29 Oct 1655 Place: , Northampton, Virginia, America
Buried: Abt 29 1655 Oct Place: , Northampton, Virginia, America
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5.  Sex  Name    

F Elizabeth YEARDLEY (AFN:GHV5-PH) Pedigree
Born: 1614 Place: James City, Virginia
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6.  Sex  Name    

M Francis YEARDLEY (AFN:GHV5-QN) Pedigree
Born: 1620 Place: , , , England
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After the death of Governor George Yeardley Temperance married Governor West and died shortly thereafter.

Temperance Flowerdew, Lady Yeardley (1590 – 1628) was an early settler of the Jamestown Colony and a key member of the Flowerdew family, significant participants in the history of Jamestown.
Spouse: George Yeardley
Parents: Anthony Flowerdew, Martha Stanley