Exeter

Some of the Yeo families who lived in Exeter were descended from Nicholas Yeo of Stratton and Walter Yeo of Stratton.

The folowing people are also recorded in the city in the years shown:

1630
John Yeo, merchant, was apprenticed to Alderman Nicholas Martyn, merchant, deceased

1649
George Yeo, tailor, apprentice of John Jewell

1673
Robert Robynson, apprentice of George Yeo, cook
James Gove, apprentice of George Yeo, tailor

1677
William Woolcott, apprentice of John Yeo, cordwainer
John Yeo, apprentice of Robert Hutchings, merchant

1691
Abraham Circombe, apprentice of William Yeo, cordwainer

1698
Francis Yeo, apprentice of William Battishill, grocer

1700
Samuel Bowden, apprentice of William Yeo, cordwainer
John Yeo, apprentice of George Pollard, baker
Roger Yeo, apprentice of Joseph Veale, fuller

1701
John Jewell, apprentice of William Yeo, cordwainer

1705
Edward Rice, apprentice of William Yeo, cordwainer

1708
William White, apprentice of John Yeo, baker
Richard Wilcox, apprentice of William Yeo, cordwainer

1709
John Yeo, gentleman, was given freedom of the city by order of the mayor and council

1717
Richard Yeo of Exeter, gentleman, was mentioned in a Treasury affidavit relating to customs duties at the port of Exeter

1722 
Thomas Green, apprentice of William Yeo, cordwainer

1737
James Yeo, apprentice of John Kelly, mercer

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