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Where did the English Yates family come from? What is the English Yates family crest and coat of arms? When did the Yates family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Yates family history?

Yates is a name that first reached England following the Norman Conquest in 1066. It is a name for a gatekeeper. The name was originally derived from the Old English word geat, meaning gate. It was also sometimes applied to people who lived near a prominent gate.

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Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Yates, Yate, Yeats and others.

First found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat from early times, after the Norman Conquest in 1066.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Yates research. Another 234 words(17 lines of text) covering the years 1250 and 1575 are included under the topic Early Yates History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Yates Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Yates family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 175 words(12 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Yates name or one of its variants:

Yates Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Edward Yates, who settled in Virginia in 1619
  • Edward Yates, who landed in Virginia in 1619
  • Joe Yates settled in Bermuda in 1635
  • Joe Yates, who settled in Bermuda in 1635
  • Jo Yates, aged 48, landed in Bermuda in 1635


Yates Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Eliz Yates, who landed in Virginia in 1703
  • Eliza Yates, who arrived in Virginia in 1714
  • Bartholomew Yates, who arrived in Virginia in 1737

Yates Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Charles Yates, who landed in Virginia in 1807
  • Samuel Yates settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1820
  • Andrew Q Yates, who landed in Texas in 1835
  • T H Yates, who arrived in Charleston, SC in 1838
  • G E Yates, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850


Yates Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Robert Morrell Yates, who arrived in Alabama in 1911

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  • Joseph Christopher Yates (1768-1837), American politician, Governor of New York 1823-24
  • Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000), American Democratic politician, representative from Illinois, longest-serving member of the House of Representatives
  • Richard Yates (1926-1992), American author
  • Frederick Yates (1884-1932), English chess master
  • Dornford Yates (1885-1960), English novelist
  • Paula Yates (1960-2000), English writer and television hostess
  • Aubrey Yates, Australian Professor of Psychology
  • Edmund Yates (1831-1894), Scottish journalist and novelist


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  1. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  2. Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
  3. Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 Edited by Samuel Eliot Morrison 2 Volumes. New York: Russell and Russell, 1968. Print.
  4. Holt, J.C. Ed. Domesday Studies. Woodbridge: Boydell, 1987. Print. (ISBN 0-85115-477-8).
  5. Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
  6. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  7. Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  8. Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  9. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
  10. Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
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The Yates Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Yates Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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