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Lady Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley
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Born about 1580, Temperance Flowerdew sailed aboard the Faulcon during the third supply to Jamestown, surviving a tempest and landing in August of 1609 just in time to suffer the "starving time" of the ensuing winter.
The daughter of Anthony Flowerdew and Martha Stanley, she was one of about 20 women to venture to the new world.
She married George Yeardley who went on to become knighted then made Royal Governor of Virginia presiding over the first General Assembly. Be entertained and educated in a personal, humorous and audience interactive experience
of life in early Jamestown.
LADY YEARDLEY IS APPEARING AT HISTORIC JAMESTOWN JUNE 17, 19, 20, 24
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Lady Yeardley gives presentations on the life and times of the early settlers to the new world. Capable of discussing virtually anything pertaining to early 1600's times and tribulations in Jamestown, Virginia, Lady Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley educates and entertains with storytelling and music in a first person account of the time.
Have you ever heard the real story of John Smith and Pochahontas?
Hear Lady Yeardley disperse a first person account of the true story!
Lady Yeardleys presentations can be tailored to suit audiences of children or adults.
Musical numbers are performed using the octave mandolin,
penny whistle and Irish drum.
Email for more information about having
Lady Yeardley appear at your special event
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