Talk:William Yardley

Ransclough?
The available records have this spelling, but it might actually be Ramsclough.--BillFlis 17:15, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The 1905 reference I found spelled it Lansclough. I couldn't find any info on any spelling. Suntag (talk) 00:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Lansclough? Ransclough? Ramsclough? Should we do something like "Lansclough, Ransclough, or Ramsclough" in infobox and use the first in the text? It's definitely confusing. -- B.S. Lawrence (talk) 22:58, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Ancestor
I don't understand the end of the introduction: "Through marriage, nephew Thomas added land to Yardley's former holdings and had ten children. As a result, William Yardley became the ancestor of all that bear the Yardley name in Bucks County and many in other parts of the United States." A similar passage occurs at the end of the article. But inheriting someone's property doesn't make him your ancestor. The nephew Thomas Yardley's descendants were descended from Thomas Yardley and therefore from his father, who was also named Thomas Yardley, but not from William Yardley who was the elder Thomas Yardley's brother. It says after William and his sons died of smallpox, his estate went to his brother and nephews, so William had NO living descendants and isn't anyone's ancestor today. Art LaPella (talk) 19:31, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it should read 'William Yardley became the namesake of all that bear the Yardley name in Bucks County'. -- Suntag  ☼  08:09, 15 December 2008 (UTC)