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Sir John Yeamans, 1. Baronet (* Februar 1611 in Bristol, England; † August 1674 wahrscheinlich in Charleston, im heutigen US-Bundesstaat South Carolina) war ein englischer Kolonialbeamter und Gouverneur der Province of Carolina
Sir John Yeamans, 1st Baronet (bapt. 28 February 1611 – 1674) was an English colonial administrator and planter who served as Governor of Carolina from 1672 to 1674. Contemporary descriptions of Yeamans described him as "a pirate ashore."
Sir John Yeamans, Proprietary governor of Carolina and landgrave, was born in Bristol, England, where he was baptized at St. Mary Redcliffe on 28 Feb. 1611, the son of John, a Bristol brewer, and Blanche Germain Yeamans.
7. Juli 2016 · Yeamans was born in Bristol, England, in 1611, a younger son of John Yeamans, a brewer. A Royalist soldier, Yeamans rose to the rank of colonel during the English Civil War (1642–51).
The newly minted Sir John Yeamans, Bart., received a grant of 6,000 acres and was given the power to appoint a governing council. Barbadians who invested in the colonizing venture included wealthy and influential men who were to receive 500 acres of land for every 1,000 pounds of muscovado sugar, and a further grant of 150 acres was made to ...
Sir John Yeamans, 1. Baronet (* Februar 1611 in Bristol, England; † August 1674 wahrscheinlich in Charleston, im heutigen US-Bundesstaat South Carolina) war ein englischer Kolonialbeamter und Gouverneur der Province of Carolina.
John Yeamans became a leading figure in founding the colony. He was appointed Governor after just three years. He died a few years later and Margaret, once again lost and alone, fell into the arms of a new man and remarried.
