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William Yardley, the Glossary

William Yardley (1632 – 6 May 1693) was an early settler of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and is the namesake of the borough of Yardley, Pennsylvania.^[1]

42 relations: Agriculture, Borough (Pennsylvania), Buckinghamshire, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Charles II of England, Delaware River, East Jersey, England, English Dissenters, Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Familia Caritatis, Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, George Fox, Haberdasher, History of the Quakers, Immigration, Land patent, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, Leek, Staffordshire, Legislator, Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, Maiden and married names, Namesake, New Jersey, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Niece and nephew, Nonconformist (Protestantism), Parent-in-law, Pennsylvania Provincial Council, Province of Pennsylvania, Puritans, Quakers, Richard Hough, Rushton, Staffordshire, Sibling-in-law, Smallpox, Staffordshire, United States, Warranty deed, William Biles, William Penn, Yardley, Pennsylvania.
17th-century Christian clergy
Infectious disease deaths in Pennsylvania
Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council

Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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In the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a borough (sometimes spelled boro) is a self-governing municipal entity, equivalent to a town in most jurisdictions, usually smaller than a city, but with a similar population density in its residential areas.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Delaware River

The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States.

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East Jersey

The Province of East Jersey, along with the Province of West Jersey, between 1674 and 1702 in accordance with the Quintipartite Deed, were two distinct political divisions of the Province of New Jersey, which became the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Dissenters

English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestants who separated from the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Falls Township is a suburban Philadelphia township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Familia Caritatis

The Familia Caritatis, also known as the Familists, was a mystical religious sect founded in the sixteenth century by Henry Nicholis, also known as Niclaes.

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Frame of Government of Pennsylvania

The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a proto-constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England.

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George Fox

George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. William Yardley and George Fox are 17th-century Christian clergy, 17th-century Quakers, English Christian pacifists, English Dissenters, English Quakers and Quaker ministers.

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Haberdasher

In British English, a haberdasher is a business or person who sells small articles for sewing, dressmaking and knitting, such as buttons, ribbons, and zippers; in the United States, the term refers instead to a men's clothing store that sells suits, shirts, neckties, men's dress shoes, and other items.

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History of the Quakers

The Religious Society of Friends began as a proto-evangelical Christian movement in England in the mid-17th century in Ulverston.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents.

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Land patent

A land patent is a form of letters patent assigning official ownership of a particular tract of land that has gone through various legally-prescribed processes like surveying and documentation, followed by the letter's signing, sealing, and publishing in public records, made by a sovereign entity.

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Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Langhorne Borough is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Leek, Staffordshire

Leek is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet north east of Stoke-on-Trent.

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Legislator

A legislator, or lawmaker, is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature.

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Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania

Lower Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Maiden and married names

When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.

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Namesake

A namesake is a person, geographic location, or other entity bearing the name of another.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Newtown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Niece and nephew

In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of an individual's sibling or sibling-in-law.

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Nonconformist (Protestantism)

Nonconformists were Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the state church in England, and in Wales until 1914, the Church of England.

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Parent-in-law

A parent-in-law is a person who has a legal affinity with another by being the parent of the other's spouse.

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Pennsylvania Provincial Council

The Pennsylvania Provincial Council helped govern the Province of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1776.

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Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Richard Hough

Richard Alexander Hough (15 May 1922 – 7 October 1999) was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.

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Rushton, Staffordshire

Rushton is a civil parish in Staffordshire, England.

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Sibling-in-law

A sibling-in-law is the spouse of one's sibling, the sibling of one's spouse or the person who is married to the sibling of one's spouse.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Warranty deed

A warranty deed is a type of deed where the grantor (seller) guarantees that they hold clear title to a piece of real estate and has a right to sell it to the grantee (buyer), in contrast to a quitclaim deed, where the seller does not guarantee that they hold title to a piece of real estate.

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William Biles

William Biles (1644 – 19 May 1710) was an American judge, attorney, legislator, sheriff, land speculator and merchant. William Yardley and William Biles are Converts to Quakerism, English emigrants, members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council and people from colonial Pennsylvania.

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William Penn

William Penn (–) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. William Yardley and William Penn are American Christian pacifists, American city founders, Converts to Quakerism, English Christian pacifists, English Quakers, people from colonial Pennsylvania and Quakers from Pennsylvania.

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Yardley, Pennsylvania

Yardley is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Yardley

Also known as Yardley, William.

William Yardley, the Glossary

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See also

17th-century Christian clergy

Infectious disease deaths in Pennsylvania

Members of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council

References