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There were two very specific "family" issues that were grilled into me as a youth growing up: we were always told that Yeldell was a single family name; and I, as the only male offspring of my grandfather's sons, was the family namesake. "Get married, and have sons, lots of sons. Well, it seems to have sunk in. I have seven children, five of which are boys.
My father told me once that our ancesters imigrated from Southwest England, and settled in South Carolina. Our line of the family migrated westward from South Carolina, and settled in Moorehouse Parish in northeast Louisiana. At one point, I learned that our name had evolved from an ancient one: Yeilding. As it turns out, things weren't altogether right or wrong.
It appears that Yeldell is a single family name, at least in the U.S. It all began with Robert and Jane Yeldall. Yes, that's an "a". They imigrated from Merstham Parish, Surrey County England, and settled in Philadelphia between 1690-1693. A barrel maker by trade, Robert rapidly became a successful businessman in colonial Philadelphia, expanding his property and raising a family.
It was his grandson Robert that had the pioneering spirit and left the big city for the wilds of America. This is the account of Robert and Jane's family in America.
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