Temperance Flowerdew

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Quick Facts

  • Full name: Temperance Flowerdew
  • Born: 1587, England
  • Died: ca. 1628, Virginia
  • Parents: William Flowerdew and Martha ?
  • Spouse(s): Sir George Yeardley
  • Children: Argoll Yeardley and others
  • Places: Flowerdew Hundred, Virginia; Jamestown, Virginia

Verified Facts

  • Survivor of the "Starving Time" in Jamestown.
  • Associated with the naming of Flowerdew Hundred.

Biography

Temperance Flowerdew was one of the early women of Jamestown whose resilience helped the colony survive its most desperate years. Through her marriage to George Yeardley, she is a matriarch of the family line that leads through the Thorowgood and Lawson families into the Atkins branch.

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