... [John Lear married] third, after 1688, Rebecca, widow [daughter - see note] of Col. Leonard Yeo, and Col. Charles Moryson ...
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[Note: it appears that (based upon other evidence below) Rebecca, the third wife of Col. John Lear was the DAUGHTER of Col. Leonard Yeo, not his wife.]
11. Col. Leonard Yeo was burgess for Elizabeth City in 1644, 1645, 1663 and 1666. Capt. Leonard Yeo and Mrs. Clare Yeo were headrights in a patent in 1652. In 1667, after the Dutch invasion, he was impowered by the Council to impress men and materials for mounting eight guns on the fort at Point Comfort. He died during or before 1670, since in the General Court Records for that year it is stated that Charles Moryson had married the relict of Col. Leonard Yeo. In 1691, John Lear patented land in Elizabeth City county in right of his wife Rebecca, said land formerly belonging to Col. Leonard Yeo. In 1690, Leonard Yeo "of the Back River, Elizabeth City" county (probably a son of Col. Leonard Yeo) died and gave all his property to his wife Mary. In 1719-'20, George Yeo, Jr., of Elizabeth City county, married Elinor, widow, first, of Coleman Brough, and, second, of Capt. William Boswell, and mother of Grace Boswell, who married John Selden. He died about 1743 without issue, and with him the Elizabeth City Y'eos became extinct. (quarterly, I., p. 157; V., p. 61.)
