William Thomas Yates

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 4 Mar 1831, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Thomas Yates was born in 1752 in Bedford County, Virginia, died March 15, 1834, in Robertson County, Tennessee. Thomas Yates is listed in the 1771 tax list of Halifax County, Virginia, with his father, John Yates, and his brother, William Yates. At that time Thomas was nineteen years of age. Thomas Yates was married to Rebecca Ragsdale b y the Presbyterian Minister, Reverend Hugh McAden, on December 22, 1776, in Orange County, North Carolina. Rebecca Ragsdale was the daughter of William Ragsdale and Ann Parker Ragsdale. Rebecca Ragesdale was born 1758 in Luenburg County, Virginia. Thomas Yates enlisted with the Colonists in the Revolutionary War in the North Carolina Troops form Hillsborogh District, Orange County, North Carolina, in October , 1776, and served as a Private and Ensign. Thomas Yates drew a pension on Certificate 13993 which was issued under the Act of June &, 1832. After Thomas Yates died in March of 1834, his widow Rebecca Ragsdale Yates, drew a pension under the Act of July 4. 1836, as West Tennessee Agency. (Adjutant General's Office-- Ref: Thomas Yeats, W 7335)

A poll of Orange County, North Carolina, delegates to represent the county in Congress, December 10, 1776, shows a Thomas Yates, along with other neighbors that were later in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1777. On the list also , property ownership was a requirement before one could vote. Thomas Yates had purchased 250 acres on the north side of Country Line Creek and Kico Creek, later regisitered in Caswell County, August 13, 1778. Thomas took Oath of Allengiance in 1777 in Caswell County, He is listed in Caswell County, North Carolina, Richmond District, in the 1777 tax list with his father, John Yates, and his brother William Yates. Thomas Yates and his family are listed in early deeds, court minutes, bondsman for marriages, and wills in Caswell County from 17777-1792 when he sold his land and moved to Western Territory and settled in that part which later became Cross Plains, Robertson Counry, Tennessee, where his younger brother, James Yates had migrated to in 1788. The County Court of Robertson County, Tennessee, wa organixed in July, 1796. The first Grand Jury assembled at the October Term in the year 1796. Thomas Yates and his brother, James Yates, were listed among the petiti jurors chosen. Thomas Yates owned land in Robertson County, Tennessee, as early as 1797-1832. He bought and sold land, witnessed deeds, wills, and marriages until shortly before his death. Thomas Yates had a large family, with most of the family memebers leaving Tennessee at maturity or about 1819. One son, Lewis Yates, remained in Tennessee. On the 10th of November, 1833, four months before Thomas Yates died, he deeded 116 acres of land to his grandchildren, children of his son, Lewis Yates, who stayed in Tennessee. Theophelus Morgan, etal, brought a suit in Chancery Court defending this deed. This suit was filed January 24, 1838. The deed was later voided in Chancery Court, Sumner County, Tennessee, January 26, 1838, and Theophelus Morgan. etal, were required to pay court costs. On January 8, 1818, William Ragsdale deeded 165 and 1/2 acrs of land to his daughter Rebecca, and son-in-law, Thomas Yates. After the death of Thomas Yates, Henretta Yates Crabtree and her husband Wesley Crabtree, lived with Rebecca. Rebecca Ragsdale Yates died November, 1844. In 1847 the heirs of Rebecca partitioned to sell land since Wesley Crabtree had died several years earlier. Thomas Yates, Jr., bought the land which sold for $5.00 perl acre. The court appointed Thomas D. Isbell, husband of Rebecca Yates Isbell, to sell ex parte. Both Thomas Yates and Rebecca Ragsdale Yates are probably buried in the Randolph Cemetery., Cross Plains, Tennessee, situated on the same land which they once owned.

Sources:
Pension File # 7335, Thomas Yates
1771 Tax List, Halifax County, Virginia, Southside Virginian, January, 1985, Vol.3, #2, pg. 89and 93.
Will Bk 12, pg, 435, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee. William Yates Sr
Will Bk. 12, p. 247, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, Rebecca Yates
Will Bk.5, pg.27, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, William Ragsdale,
February Term, 1818-- Deed Bk. A, Pg. 116 William Ragsdale to Thomas Yates
Yates ---Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, 1887, pg.848
Jean M, Durrett and Yolanda G. Ried, Abstracts of Chancery Court and Loose Papers, #250, pg. 42
Deed Bk. A, pp 79 and 398, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina

Thomas married Rebecca Ragsdale on 22 Dec 1776 in , Orange, North Carolina, USA. Rebecca (daughter of William R Ragsdale and Ann Parker) was born on 1 Nov 1758 in , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Aug 1844 in Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 22 December 1776, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1831-1843

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1777 left will in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
• Fact 2: 1770 tavern owner, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
• Residence: 1767, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; 1767 list of tithables, Pittsylvania County

Notes:

John Yates is listed in the 1767 Tithables of Pittsylvania Co. with his son John and slaves Bob and Cate. John Yates left his will in Pittsylvania County in 1778. He is known in family history circles as John Yates of Dan River. His will was dated October 24, 1777 and was probated April 23, 1778. He owned a tavern near Gretna, Virginia (on Rte. 29 near Chatham) that is on the Historic Site register. The Blue Ridge Park created in this century took part of the Yates land. There is a Yates reunion in Patrick Springs. The were all Primitive Baptists. Could be the John Yates who received a grant of 356 acres in Virginia in 1735 (Bishop Meade) and the John Yeates who received 204 acres in Brunswick County, July 26, 1747 (No. 28, p. 89). A John Yates also received 348 acres in Pittsylvania County, March 1, 1773; alternatively this could have been his son, John L. Yates. He continued to record most of his land dealings in Halifax Co. even after Pittsylvania was formed in 1767.

Known children: Lydia, John, George, Stephen, Elijah, Hannah, Ann, Martha.



Around 1753 John Yates/Yeatts built the first blockhouse in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia, now the Yates Tavern in Gretna, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This became a waystation on the much traveled Wagon Road to North Carolina, which corresponded with the Great Indian Warpath for much of its length. The blockhouse's purpose was to protect the Indians in nearby Saponi-Town and a nucleus of pioneer families of what became Pittsylvania County from hostile Indians, chiefly the Cherokee and Shawnee. Some of the surnames are Yates, Winn , Sizemore, Adkins, Shelton , Gregory, Tapley, etc. This documents that the Saponi had become "fort Indians" with many intermarriages with the Virginians and at least one of their towns was about ten miles NE of present-day Danville in the 1750s. In the courthouse records of Pittsylvania Co. you will find many taxpayers, slave owners and landowners who are also registered as "Indian" or "Free Colored." Most of these are likely Saponi.

Source-RED RIVER SETTLERS-Yates P.94 Found on Ancestry 18 May 2018
John Yates was born about 1720 in Maryland or Virginia. Was he a brother of George Yates, Elijah Yates, Hannah Shelton, Ann Gibson, and Martha Wells, children of John and Elizabeth Yates? Tradition has it that he married a Miss Kilgore and had at least three sons: *William, +Thomas, & ^James. John Yates (I THINK HE DID NOT GO TO NC SINCE HIS WILL IS PROVED IN PITTSYLVANVIA COUNTY, VA. AND HE DIDN'T NAME THESE 3 SONS IN HIS WILL BECAUSE THEY HAD MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE) and his three sons are said to have fought in the Revolutionary War and moved from HALIFAX COUNTY, VA to Caswell County, NC soon afterwards. They remained in NC only a few years then moved to Cross Plains, Robertson County, TN in the Kilgore Party. *William Yates was born in 1744 and married Agnes Price in Virginia. +Thomas was born in 1752 in Bedford County, VA and was married in 1776 in NC to Rebecca Ragsdale, the daughter of William Ragsdale. ^James married Lydia Kilgore, said to have been the daughter of Thomas & Phoebe Lee Kilgore. John Yates son of either William or Thomas , is said to have married a daughter of George and Mary Isabell. John and his wife were the parents of sally (who married Lewis Ragsdale, Mary, Agatha, and Nancy.

One *William Yates, a Lieutenant Colonel, was muster master general, 11 April 1777. He was married in Virginia to Agnes Price. About 1780, he moved to Caswell County, NC and later to Robertson County, TN, where he died. His father was John Yates (1720) who it is believed moved to VA from Anne Arundel County, MD.
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John Yates Will-1777-78 Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

Transcription of John Yates' will with source data at bottom. The will establishes: that John and Elizabeth had at least six children, that John was the eldest son, and the surnames of the husbands of three daughters. It also establishes the names of several slaves tied to the family. The will fixes John Yates' date of death between 24 Oct 1777 and 23 April 1778.

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN YATES
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
D & W5, page 439
MADE: 24 October 1777
Recorded: 23 April 1778
I, John Yates of the County of Pittsylvania and the Colony of Virginia, being of sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory do first give my soul to God and my body to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my executors hereafter named and now I dispose of my worldly estate as follows to wit. First, I leave unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth Yates , during her life all my estate, real and personal, and after her decease the Negroes and land to be divided as follows: First I give unto my eldest son John Yates and his heirs a part of my land where on I now live, beginning at the corner tree on Hugh's Creek and taking the full mouth of the land up Dan River to a branch at the lower end of my plantation and with the said branch to the back line and a Negro man named Bob.

ITEM:I give unto my son George Yates and his heirs another part of the land whereon I now dwell beginning where my son John's land ends, and running with the branch to the back line likewise a part of a survey last made adjoining where I now dwell and extending up Thomas Watts line but the land on the river is to extend upwards to a branch that runs below Gibson's plantation and with the said branch to the back line and a Negro man named Sam and all my Smith's tools.
ITEM:I give unto my son Elijah Yates and his heirs forever all the remainder of the tract of land, whereon I now dwell beginning at the branch below Gibson's and running up the river including all the remainder of the two tracts whereon I now dwell and a Negro Judith.

ITEM:I give unto my daughter Hannah Shelton, wife of William Shelton and her heirs two Negroes married big Cate and her daughter Chloe.

ITEM:I give unto my daughter Ann Gibson and her heirs one one Negro girl named Esther. Likewise I give unto her and her heirs forever all the remainder of a tract of land whereon she now dwells adjoining a made line between her and the plantation where Thomas Watts lived allowing one hundred acres to the plantation where Thomas Watts lived.

ITEM:I give unto my daughter Martha Watts and her heirs one hundred acres of land whereon she lived and all the stock of horses, cattle, hogs, and sheep and all my household furniture and a Negro woman called Little Cate to be divided among my children at the discretion of my wife at or before her decease. I also appoint my wife Elizabeth Yates and William Shelton executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all other wills and this only to be taken for my last will as witness my hand and seal this twenty-fourth day of October in the year of 1777.

his
John X Yates
mark
Sealed and acknowledged in
the presence of George Rop, Tom Elliot & Thomas X Wright

AT a court held for Pittsylvania County the 23rd day of April 1778
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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name John Yates
Gender Male
Birth Place VA
Birth Year 1699
Spouse Name Elizabeth Kilgore
Spouse Birth Place of VA
Marriage Year 1748
Household Members
Name Age
John Yates
Elizabeth Kilgore

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name John Yates
Gender Male
Birth Place VA
Birth Year 1715
Spouse Name Elizabeth Yates
Spouse Birth Year 1718
Marriage Year 1740
Marriage State VA
Household Members
Name Age
Elizabeth Yates
John Yates

U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
Name John Yates
Gender Male
Military Date 28 Jan 1776
Military Place USA
State or Army Served Miscellaneous
Regiment Spencer's Regiment
Rank 1st Lieutenant

U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858
Name John Yates
Warrant Number 98"
North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931

Thomas Yates, Sr.
(Shows how early in TN)
Name Thomas Yates
Record Date 07 Jun 1814
Location Robertson, Tennessee
Warrant Number 9340

Suggested edit: After my research I have concluded that there are 2 different John Yates "The Immigrant (Emigrant)".
1. The first is a "2nd Baronet" born and died in England, never coming to America. His descendants, specifically George (b. 1639) (m. Mary), came to Anne Arundel, MD. George's son John Yates (b. 1672) (m. Elizabeth) also of Maryland - John II (1694-1731) born Maryland - John Estes Yates III of Dan River (1715-1777) (m Elizabeth (Kilgore?)) *notice-title above says "IV" - then son John L Yates IV (b. 1737) (m. Sarah)
2. The second is a John Yates “The Emigrant (Immigrant)” born in England (abt. 1599) and died (abt. 1648) in Upper Norfolk, VA. (m. Joan Jobe) – Son John “of Nansemond County” Yates (1635-1731) (m. Jone Keesee or Elinor) born in England, death probably around Nansemond Co. – John Yates of Dan River (no Estes)(b. 1672) – Son Stephen Yates (1756-1836)(m. Lydia Parsons) --There are no I, II, III, IV in this tree—

John married Sarah Elizabeth Ann Kilgore in 1748 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA. Sarah was born on 15 Jan 1718 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Feb 1793 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1782 Taxpayer list, Pittsylvania County, 4 white 9 black
• Fact 2: 1795 Will Pittsylvania County
• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , Caswell, North Carolina, USA
• Birth: Abt. 1745, Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 2 Aug 1790, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Union, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 6 Aug 1810, , Richmond, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1812, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1820, Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

The following entries are almost certainly William, the son of Benjamin and Martha Jones Ragsdale. The name William was so frequently used within the family that it's easy to combine two different men - or mistakenly identify one. The secondary sources seem inconsistent and the primary sources haven't helped. Relatives and associated families can offer a clue, but with the Ragsdales, we not only encounter common first names used by uncles, cousins, sons, and brothers, but often the same associated families. I'm unable to draw any conclusions without further, much more intensive research, which with advancing age and the siren call of other surnames, I may never undertake. Either our William, son of Benjamin, was highly mobile and much married, or there were more Williams than have been heretofore described. For additional possibilities, see Too Many Williams.



In order to have been married in 1753, William must have been born before 1735.

c. 1753: William married Ann Parker, daughter of John and Ann Sterling Parker.

Sep 1758: Richard, Peter, and William Ragsdale appeared on the militia roster in Bedford County, VA. Richard was a Sergeant.[50a] They were either listed again in Oct 1765, or the dates have become confused - And these men may not have been William and his brothers.

1764: Lunenburg County Tax List (List of Edmund Taylor): William was assessed for 3 tithes and 300 acres of land.[51]

11 Mar 1771: He was deeded 50 acres on the upper side of Middle Bluestone Creek by [father] Benjamin Ragsdale.[52]

27 Jun 1771: William Ragsdale was mentioned as an adjoining landowner in a deed from Richard Jones to Richard Jones Junior in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County. The parcel Jones sold was bought from Abraham Cocke and was described as lying on both sides of Woody Creek . Other landowners adjoining were Henry Robertson, Samuel Sherwin, Richard Jones Junior, James Henderson, and the estate of John Irby.[52a]

23 Sep 1771: He sold two properties. The first was 58 acres in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, to Richard Jones Junior for £47.10.0. This was described as adjoining William Hudson, the John Irby estate, said Jones' own line, and land William "sells to William Hudson". Witnesses: William Fitzgerald, Thomas (x) Wynne, Francis (x) Belsher, Abner Bates, and William Hudson. The second parcel William sold was 149 acres in the forks of Woody Creek sold to William Hudson for £120. This adjoined Richard Jones, the said Hudson's line, the middle of Woody Creek, Ragsdale's Spring Branch, and Henry Robertson. On 31 May 1773, wife Mary relinquished any dower right to both parcels. Was Ann actually Mary Ann, was William married three times, or was this man another William? The deeds were proved 24 Feb 1774.[52b]

7 Apr 1773: William mortgaged 325 acres on Bluestone Creek in Mecklenburg County for £78 to cover a debt to Charles Duncan & Company of Prince George County.[53]

He supposedly resided in Hillsborough District, Caswell County, NC during the Revolutionary War, signing an Oath of Allegiance there on 10 Sep 1777. A William Ragsdale was also paid for flintlocks loaned to the Army, which were then lost. For that, he was awarded £2,113.13, which had to represent a substantial number of guns.[54]

11 Oct 1779: William, [brother] Benjamin, and [brother] Peter Ragsdale were appointed to work on the road from Burwell's Mill to Woodpecker Creek.[55]

20 Dec 1781: Along with James Randolph Junior and Ann Smith, William Ragsdale was mentioned as an adjoining landowner in a deed from James Randolph to Abram Randolph on Country Line Creek in Caswell County, NC.[56]

1782 Mecklenburg County Tax List (List of Lewis Burwell): 1 male over 21, 11 cattle, 2 horses, mules, or colts.[57]

14 Feb 1783: William, John, and [John's son] Drury Ragsdale witnessed a deed from [brother] Thomas Ragsdale to John Bruce. John and Benjamin Ragsdale, Hutchens Burton, Sampson Lamkin, Thomas Berry and John Berry were mentioned as adjoining landowners.[58]

14 Jul 1785: He sold 50 1/2 acres to James Randolph for £70.10. The parcel was located on Country Line Creek adjoining Randolph's old line. Witnesses: Ad Murphy and James Randolph Senior.[59]

15 Dec 1788: John Ragsdale gave bond to William Ragsdale Senior ceding any rights to William's estate in return for land already received. Witnesses: Thomas Tarpley and William Ragsdale Junior.[60]

1790 Census, Laurens County, SC: There were two William Ragsdales in Laurens County. The first, enumerated next to David Ragsdale, had 3 white males over age 16 1/2, 1 under, 3 while females and no other free persons or slaves.[60a] This William was enumerated next to Jacob Wright, who moved to Warren County, KY c. 1797. In 1789 or 1790 David Ragsdale purchased 100 acres on Reedy Creek adjoining Jacob Wright from George Madden and his mother Ann. Witnesses: David Madden, Thomas Ragsdale, and George Anderson, J.P.[60b] The second William Ragsdale enumerated in Laurens County was listed closer to Mark Moore and several Rowland families. This William had 2 males over 16 1/2, 2 under, 4 females, and no slaves.[60c] I'm assuming that this second William was the son of Benjamin Ragsdale. Brother Peter Ragsdale had moved to this area in 1784; and sister and -brother-in-law Rachel and Mark Moore in 1787. William's sister Mary, deceased 1772, was the wife of Augustine Rowland.

4 Feb 1812: William married Mary Daniel Isbell, mother-in-law of son Lewis Ragsdale. They signed a prenuptial contract that day, stipulating that the bride and groom would retain the rights to any and all property possessed before the marriage, that neither would make any claim to the other's estate. Witnesses: Abraham Moore and A. M. Campbell. Some researchers have claimed that they soon separated, but the couple who "soon separated" was actually son Lewis Ragsdale and second wife Nancy Foster.

Mary Daniel Isbell was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Daniel. First married to George Isbell, she had been a widow for many years when she purchased land in Robertson County from Thomas Yates. Her son Thomas Daniel, who was a child at the time of purchase, eventually married Rebecca Yates, daughter of Rebecca Ragsdale Yates.

1812: William appeared on the tax list in Robertson County, TN.

There are several deeds from this period which could conceivably have been William Senior rather than William Junior. The reader should therefore check William Junior also.

30 Sep 1819: William signed his will . . .



Will of William Ragsdale



In the name of God, Amen. I William Ragsdale Senr of the State of Tennessee and County of Robertson being sick of body but of sound mind and knowing that all men have to died do make and ordain this my last will and testament. First and principally I commit my body to the dust from whence it came, my soul to God who gave it, and as to what worldly estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give in the manner and form following.

Item. My desire is that my just debts should first be paid.

Item. I give to my son John one dollar.

Item. To my son Peter one dollar.

Item. To my son William one dollar.

Item. To my son James one dollar.

Item. To my son Joel one dollar.

Item. To my son Benjamin one dollar.

Item. To my daughter Dolly one dollar.

Item. To my daughter Sally one dollar.

Item. To my son Lewis one dollar.

Having heretofore given to the above named children all that I ever intended to give them.

Item. The balance of my estate both real and personal with all debts and money due on demand, I do give to my daughter Rebecca to hold good to her and her heirs forever. I nominate and appoint my nephew [sic] Lewis Yates and my friend William Adams Senr Executors to this my last will and testament revoking all wills heretofore by me made ratifying this to be my last will & testament. I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 30th of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred nineteen.

William Ragsdale



The will was witnessed by Jonathan Huddleston and Susanna Blackburn.[61]

1824: William died in Robertson County, TN. He was buried in Ragsdale Cemetery, but no marker has ever been found.

William married Ann Parker. Ann was born in 1748 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Aug 1815 in , Robertson, Tennessee, USA; was buried in , Robertson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Joan Elizabeth Yates. Joan was born in 1694 in , Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died in 1731 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1711: Plantation owner
1723: Justice and gentleman of Nansemond 1704 Rent Rolls of Va., Nansemond Co. as Yeats, Jno., 400 acres

Known as John of Nansemond County, he was the founder of the Yeates Free Schools. He had two wives, our John Yates being the child of his second. Apparently the Johyn Yeates who received 20 acres with William Edwards in the lower parish of Nansemond County, April 8, 1711. Could also be the John Yates who received 150 acres at Pig Point, upper parish of Nansemond County, December 23, 1714. From 1711 to 1723, he appears in the court records of the North Carolina Higher Court as owning land on Cuscopernung River, appraising an estate serving as juror and taking a deposition. He had 400 acres in Nansemond County in 1704. Called Mr. Yates on Cuscopernung River in court minutes of Chowan Pct., N.C., March 29, 1718. Figures in other early colonial records of Chowan Pct., where he is once described as a justice and gentleman of Nansemond in Virginia. Said to have died after 1723 and to have had two sons, William and Thomas, born about 1680. Thomas patented 240 acres in Chowan District, July 20, 1717. William patented 110 acres in Chowan Pct., obtained through forfeiture of John Paget, lapsed to Henry Bonner in 1730 (?). Also patented 520 acres in Bear Swamp, ajoining lands of Samuel Patchett. John Yeates and William Edwards, 20 acres in the lower parish of Nansemond County, April 8, 1711, No. 10, p. 8. From Bishop Meade: John Yates, 150 acres at Pig Point, upper parish of Nansemond County, Dec. 23, 1714, No. 10, p. 231.John Yates, 356 acres in 1735. John Yates was educated in England and lived at the Lower Parish Farm in Nansemond. He was a member of the vestry at Glebe Church and a justice at the court. In his will, he names books, lands, clothing, slaves and friends, no relatives.

Notes:

Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. On May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richard to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his daughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the John Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acres by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of his affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a neck of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshire and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.
[Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW]

Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. O n May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richa rd to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his d aughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the Joh n Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Familie s of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acre s by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of hi s affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a nec k of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshir e and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvani a County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.

Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. On May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richard to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his daughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the John Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acres by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of his affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a neck of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshire and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.
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Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. O n May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richa rd to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his d aughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the Joh n Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Familie s of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acre s by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of hi s affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a nec k of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshir e and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvani a County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.

Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. On May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richard to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his daughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the John Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acres by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of his affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a neck of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshire and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.
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Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. O n May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richa rd to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his d aughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the Joh n Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Familie s of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acre s by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of hi s affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a nec k of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshir e and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvani a County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.

Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. On May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richard to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his daughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the John Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acres by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of his affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a neck of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshire and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.
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Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. O n May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richa rd to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his d aughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the Joh n Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Familie s of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acre s by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of hi s affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a nec k of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshir e and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvani a County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.

Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. On May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richard to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his daughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the John Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acres by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of his affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a neck of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshire and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.
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Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. O n May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richa rd to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his d aughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the Joh n Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Familie s of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acre s by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of hi s affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a nec k of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshir e and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvani a County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.

Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. On May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richard to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his daughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the John Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acres by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of his affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a neck of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshire and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvania County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.
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Known as John the Emigrant, John Yates embarked on the America to be transported from England to New England from London, William Barker or Barber, captain, June 23, 1635, when he was 20 years old. O n May 4, 1636, John Yates received a grant of 150 acres in Elizabeth City county on a neck of land on the east side of the Elizabeth (Nansemond) River for transporting himself, wife Joan and son Richa rd to New England from England. (In other words, he was returning.) He received another 200 acres on the north side of the Elizabeth River for transporting four persons to New England, including his d aughter Mary, in 1636. Thus, apparently, he made three voyages in one year. He is probably also the John Yates, 19, transported in the Hopewell to Barbados, Feb. 17, 1634/5 and identical with the Joh n Yates, ship's carpenter, listed in the crew of the "Foxe" in 1646. He also received a grant of 600 acres in Lower Norfolk county on March 10, 1638 (Book 1, Bishop Meade's Old Churches and Familie s of Virginia, vol. I, p. 359). In a grant of Sept. 21, 1636, he is called John Gater, and his wife named as Joan Gater. His patents were renewed in the name of John Gater on July 26, 1638 (800 acre s by now). With his wife's 200, he owned an even 1,000 acres when he died. He was churchwarden of Lynhaven parish in 1642 and died before August 1648, when his widow Joan was made administrator of hi s affairs by the Lower Norfolk County court. An Epaphroditus Lawson sued him for a debt in 1639, prosecuting the affair for ten years. He lived in what became Dorchester in Norfolk County on a nec k of land bounded by the creek called Dun out of the Mire. His grants were on the Nansemond River in a place called Kicoughtan by the Nansemond Indians. Most of the land grantees were from Dorsetshir e and surrounding area in southern England. He was a shipwright, or as we might say today, "ship engineer." His descendants moved first to Halifax County (Brunswick, then Lunenburg), then Pittsylvani a County, Virginia. They also had land grants in North Carolina.

John married Joan Jobe. Joan was born about 1617 in , , , England; died after 1664 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]