Yate History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland
Scotland

The Yate name comes from the old English "geat," and was probably first used as a name for a keeper of a gate.

Early Origins of the Yate family

The surname Yate was first found in Gloucestershire, England where they were first on record in 1198. The name spread throughout England and Scotland, and possibly arrived in Ireland in the wake of the Norman invasion of 1172. Bearers of this name definitely came from Britain to Ireland with Cromwell's Adventurers for Land in the 17th century.

"The famous family of Yeats, which had formerly been in Dublin, settled in Co. Sligo at the end of the seventeenth century. There are a number of families of Yates and Yeates elsewhere unconnected with them. " 1

Early History of the Yate family

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Yate Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Yates, Yate, Yeats and others.

Early Notables of the Yate family

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Yate migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Yate Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Yate, who arrived in America in 1654-1679 2
John Yate, who settled in Virginia in 1656
George Yate, who landed in Maryland in 1670 2

Yate migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Yate Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Thomas Yate, who settled in Nova Scotia in 1774

Yate migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Yate Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

B.H. Yate a doctor, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Thomas Harrison" in 1839 3
Edwin Yate, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Madawaska" in 1849 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Yate (post 1700) +

Helen Marie Yate (1921-2020), English swimmer who competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) THOMAS HARRISON 1839. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839ThomasHarrison.htm
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) "MADAWASKA" 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Madawaska.htm