Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Yarbrough was born about 1705, in Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Yarbrough, was 20 and his mother, Eleanor Chandler, was 11. He married Sarah "Sally" Bumpus before 1725, in Amelia, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died from 1769 to 1770, in Orange, North Carolina, United States.
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- Amelia County, Virginia; Will Book 1
- United States, North Carolina, Orange County Will of Samuel Yarbrough
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Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Yarburgh (Lincolnshire) or Yarborough Camp in Croxton (Lincolnshire), both of which derive from Old English eorth-burg ‘earth-work’ (eorth ‘earth, ground’ + burg ‘fortress’). This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
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