George Yate, Gent.

George was the second son and not the heir, so off to the New World he went to make his own way.

George Yate

• aka Yates
• Born about 1640 in England
• Died before 11 Nov 1691 in Maryland
• Son of John Yate Esq. and Mary Tattershall
• Brother of John Yate Esq., Thomas Yate and Elizabeth Yates
• Husband of Mary (Wells) Yate — married after 1671 in Anne Arundel, Maryland [uncertain]. She was Thomas Stockett's widow.
• Father of Elizabeth (Yate) Plummer, Anne (Yate) Prather, George Yate II and John Yates

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Yate-17

George Yate migrated from England to Maryland.
Flag of Maryland

George Yate, younger son of John Yate, Esq., and Elizabeth ______, was born after 1637 (he was a minor in 1658).[1][2] See Research Note, below, for a discussion of his mother's possible origins.

George was not named in the will of his grandfather Thomas Yate, but additional probate material of 1658 states that Thomas Yate left two minor grandchildren, George and Elizabeth Yate, both wards of their mother Elizabeth Yate.[3]

Immigration

George Yate immigrated by March 1664/5 to Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He served as the Deputy Surveyor for Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, under his "cousin" Jerome White, Esq., Surveyor General.[2]

Property

George patented several tracts of land from 1666 to 1685, some with names that reflected his English origins:

• Lyford (1000 acres)[2] in 1666[3]
• Ufton's Court (500 acres)[2] in 1668[3]
• Denchworth (250 acres)[2] in 1678.[3] He sold this parcel in 1683 to George Hope.[2]
• Rich Level (800 acres)[2]
• Padworth Farms (600 acres)[2]
• Yate's His Forebearance (770 acres)[2] in 1684[1]
• Charney Place (360 acres)[2]

Life in Maryland

The earliest reference found for George Yate was on 2 March 1664/5, when he served on the jury of the Provincial Court.[4]

In 1669, the General Assembly voted to award George 7,200 pounds of tobacco for services performed that year. He served in Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties as Deputy Surveyor from 1670 to 1684. In 1678, he was part of a punitive expedition against the Nanticoke Indians.[2]

Marriage and Children

George married Mary Wells, widow of Capt. Thomas Stockett and daughter of Richard Wells.[1] The date of their marriage is unknown and is estimated as after 4 May 1671, the date Thomas Stockett's will was proved.[2] They had two sons and two daughters:

1. Elizabeth[1] Born after 1671 in Anne Arundel, Maryland. Married Thomas Plummer, Jr.
2. George[1] Born about 1674 in South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland. Married Rachel Warfield.
3. John[1] Born about 1675 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Married Elizabeth Tucker.
4. Anne,[1] wife of William Prather[2]. Born about 1672 / 1677 in South River Hundred, Anne Arundel, Maryland. Married William Prather.

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Death

George Yate died between 6 June 1691 (date will was signed) and 11 November 1691 (date will was proved). His widow, Mary, died testate 21 January 1698/9.[1][2]

In his will, proved 1691 in Anne Arundel County, he named his wife Mary and his children George, John and Anne.[3] A transcription of the will of George Yate can be seen [HERE.

Research Note

Mother's LNAB

Richardson calls George's mother Elizabeth _______ and gives no other information about her except that she was living in 1658.[2]

Barnes states George's mother was "Mary Tettershall, dau. of George Tettershall of Finchampstead (by his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Biggs of Stapleford, Wilts.)". Probate material of 1658 states that Thomas Yate left two minor grandchildren, George and Elizabeth Yate, both wards of their mother Elizabeth Yate. Barnes goes further to state that George's mother was actually Mary Tattershall Yate, who was a recusant, and called herself Elizabeth to hide her identity.[3] The Tattershall pedigree in the Berkshire Visitations shows George and Elizabeth (Biggs) Tattershall's daughter, Mary, was the wife of John Yate of Lyford.[5] At that time, it was not uncommon for recusants to take an alias to cover Roman Catholic names.

Alternatively, this Blog makes an argument that Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard White and Catherine Weston. It is suggested that when Jerome White called George "cousin", he was referring to nephew, as was commonly done in those times, and that George was the son of Jerome's sister, Elizabeth.

Unsourced Son

Unsourced son not named by Richardson, Joseph Yates, will be detached unless source is provided Thiessen-117 14:25, 23 June 2020. Son detached 7 Oct 2020.

Source Lookup

Requested lookup for the following on G2G: John G. Hunt. "English Ancestry of George Yate (ca. 1640-1691) of Maryland" in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly vol. 64, no. 3, pages 176-179, 1976.

Biographical notes

https://colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I22880&tr...

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=david_hughey&id=I1...

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The Yate family of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, began with George Yate, Gent., who settled there on or before 1664. He was a scion of an armorial family of Great Britain, which is proved by the fact that he willed to his eldest son" my silver seal with my Coat of Arms Ingraven thereon," (Wills, Liber 2, folio 228, Hall of Records, Annapolis). Unfortunately the original will has not been preserved to ascertain if he placed in wax his arms beside his signature - a custom of the early Maryland gentry. Nor have any known private documents come down to the present generation with the seal to establish which branch of the English or Irish Yate families he belonged. Furthermore, no old silver has been found by the family displaying the crest or the arms. It was probably a goat's head of some form as that was the most common for the name Yate, particularly in Berkshire (Fairbairn's Book of Crests).

It is generally accepted, however that he was of the English branch, in as much as he was a "cousin" of Jerome Whyte, Esq., one time Surveyor General of the Province and Deputy Governor. During a controversy over a land survey of George Saughier, Gent., Jerome Whyte stated on Mar 13, 1670/1, the land be laid out by my cousin George Yate, who is best informed of the situation thereof." (Land Office, Liber 12, Folio 5589, Annapolis). George Yate was always styled "Gent," and was educated, being well versed in mathematics for he was His Lordship?s Deputy Surveyor with Anne Arundel County as his district. He always signed his name George Yate without the s --the latter being added by later generations.

Tha earliest reference found for George Yate was on 2 Mar 1664/5, when he was serving on the jury of the Province Court. (Archives of Maryland, Vol. 49, Page 393). No record as been found for his original application for land. The next record of George Yate is on 4 Nov 1665, when he conveyed to Daniel Johnson, of Anne Arundel County, the plantation known as "Great Brushy Neck" lying between the Severn River and Magothy Bay consisting of 150 acres of land. The deed was signed as George Yate, with Abell Browne and Abraham Child as witnesses. No wife waived dower. (A.A. Deeds, Liber IH no.2 Folio 240, Ha11 of Records, Annapolis).

It is therefore shown that George Yate was in the Province at a sufficient date prior to 2 Mar 1665 to qualify as a juryman, and by Nov 1665 had purchased land, holding it for a time and conveying it to another party. Unfortunately all recorded deeds in Anne Arundel County, were destroyed by fire in or about 1712, but the above named deed was brought to the Clerk of the Court by John Summerland (Sunderland) who was then seized of the plantation and requested that the deed be duly recorded.

It was not so long after settlement in Maryland that George Yate became actively engaged in public service. At the session of the General Assembly held at St. Mary?s City during April-May 1669, George Yate of A. A. County, was voted 7,200 lbs,, of tobacco for service performed during that year. (Archives of Mary1and, Vol. 2, Page 228).

He participated in the punitive expedition against the Nanticoke Indians of the Eastern Shore, and for his service he received by vote of the General Assembly in November 1678, 40 lbs of tobacco. (Archives of Maryland, Vol. 7, p.96). By this small amount of tobacco, it is believed that he served in a minor capacity and not as a commissioned officer. This fact somewhat disproves the tradition in one branch of the family that he was formerly an officer in the English Army, and was retired through the loss of an arm in the service. Furthermore, in as much as military titles were used quite frequently in those days, it is believed that If he were a retired English Officer, he would have been referred to or styled with his military title. His most honorable public service, however, seems to be that of Deputy Surveyor of Anne Arundel County, the earliest record of his service in this capacity being 17 May 17 1670. He served continuously until 1684, when he became incapacitated through lameness.

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 23 June 2020 by Thiessen-117.
George Yate is listed in Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (I:xxiii-xxix "List of Colonial Immigrants") and is in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. IV, pages 395-397 YATE). The Magna Carta Project identified an additional trail to Saher de Quincy. Both trails need further development against the project's checklist and are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section below.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Unbadged Richardson-documented trail to de Vere (MCA IV 395-397 YATE):
Gateway Ancestor George Yate (trail pending/100% 5-star)
1. George was the son of John Yate (trail pending/needs development)
2. John was the son of Thomas Yate (trail pending/needs development)
3. Thomas was the son of Jane Tichborne (trail pending/needs development)
4. Jane was the daughter of Nicholas Tichborne (trail pending/needs development)
5. Nicholas was the son of Ann White (trail pending/needs development)
6. Anne was the daughter of Robert White (trail pending/needs development)
7. Robert was the son of Eleanor Hungerford (trail pending/needs development)
8. Eleanor was the daughter of Robert Hungerford (trail pending/needs development)
9. Robert was the son of Katherine Peverell (trail pending/needs development)
10. Katherine was the daughter of Margaret Courtenay (trail pending/needs develpmt)
11. Margaret was the daughter of Thomas de Courtenay (trail pending/needs develpmt)
12. Thomas was the son of Hugh de Courtenay (badged/100% 5-star)
13. Hugh was the son of Hugh de Courtenay (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Hugh was the son of Isabel de Vere (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Isabel was the daughter of Hugh de Vere (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Hugh was the son of Magna Carta Surety Robert de Vere
Unbadged trail to Quincy:
15. Isabel de Vere was the daughter of Hawise de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Hawise was the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy

Note: He always signed his name "Yate".

While we don't have primary evidence that he was the son of John Yate and Mary Tattershall, the circumstantial evidence is fairly strong:

In seeking the origin of George's ancestry in England, both Newman in his works: Harry Wright Newman, Anne Arundel Gentry, 2 vols., Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1990, Vol 2, pp. 517-542; and John G. Hunt, "English Ancestry of George Yate (ca. 1640-1691) of Maryland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 64 (September 1976): 3, point to the five above named plantations with like names in Berkshire, ENG. This was not a common practice but other examples are known (see Ref. 6 to Hunt's article). All five were connected to a Yate family of recusants (Roman Catholics) who were under fire from the crown and the accepted Anglican Church. George seems to fit as a son of John Yate of Lyford, Berkshire, and Mary daughter of George Tattershall of Finchampstead, Berkshire. No will survives for John Yate and that of his father, dated 7 Aug 1654 and proved in 1660, names only one grandson, John Yate. The probate file as appended shows that in 1658 the testator had also two minor grandchildren, George Yate and sister Elizabeth Yate, both wards of their mother Elizabeth[sic] Yate (see Great Britain, Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, &c. [with Delinquents],1643-1660 [London,1891], 1660, p. 304). The Tattershall pedigree states that George and Elizabeth Tattershall's daughter Mary was the wife of John Yate of Lyford. https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=connectville&id=I...

• http://www.yatesville.net/hgen/getperson.php?personID=I9914&tree=01
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2385.htm#...
• 'George Yeats1
• M, b. circa 1640, d. 6 June 1691
• Father John Yeats1 b. 10 Jan 1612, d. b 1654
• Mother Mary (Elizabeth) Tattershall1 b. c 1613
• ' George Yeats was born circa 1640 at of Buckland [sic! Persistence of this error is due to confusion with the Yate Baronets of Buckland, who belonged to the senior line], Berkshire, England.1 He immigrated in 1665 to Anne Arundel, MD.1 He married Mary Wells, daughter of Richard Wells and Frances White, in May 1672 at Anne Arundel, MD. George Yeats died on 6 June 1691 at All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel, MD.
• 'Family Mary Wells b. c 1641, d. 21 Jan 1699
• Child
• ◦George Yeats+ b. 1674, d. 13 Sep 1717
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 790.
• _________

Known children: John, Elizabeth, Ann, George.

Came to Maryland prior to 1664, settling in Ann Arundel. It is on record he was chosen a Juror of the Provincial Court, March 2, 1664. He was a cousin of Jerome White, the Surveyor General of the Province of Maryland, who appointed him one of the Deputy Surveyors of the Lord Proprietor; he served in this office until 1684, and was called "The Great Provincial Surveyor." In 1683 he served on a commission to lay out the towns of Maryland. He had three children, John, George II, and Anne.

George Yates I was born in England, arrived in Maryland by 1664 and was descended from Emperor Charlemagne and several Magna Carta Sureties

• George YATES born ca 1640
• Died 1691
• Married after 1671 to widow Mary Wells Stockett

One source, Mrs. O. F. Weisgerber from Chula Vista Ca. lists a daughter, Elizabeth, by Mary's second husband, George Yates. She had several more sons and daughters with her second husband. She was widowed a second time when he died in 1691.

COAT OF ARMS He was also of gentile birth with a Coat of Arms on his silver.

GEORGE YATE, son of John and Mary, d. 1691 in Anne Arundale County MD. He m. Mary Wells Stockett. George was not named in the will of his grandfather Thomas Yate, but additional probate material of 1658 states that Thomas Yate left two minor grandchildren, George and Elizabeth Yate, both wards of their mother Elizabeth [sic] Yate (separate source suggests that as a recusant, Mary Tattershall Yate may have wished to hide her identity by calling herself Elizabeth after her mother). George Yate came to MD about 1665. George Yate, “cousin to Jerome White,” came to MD by 1670, and in 1680 was commissioned Deputy Surveyor of Anne Arundel County. Yate took up several tracts of land with names that reflected his English origins: in 1676 he patented Lyford in TA Co.; in 1668 he patented Ufton Court, and in 1678 patented Denchforth, both in BA Co. In his will, proved 1691 in Anne Arundel County, he named his wife Mary and the following children: GEORGE; JOHN; and ANNE.

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "George Yate (bef.1645-bef.1691)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Yate-17 : accessed 05 September 2024). cites
2. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 397, YATE 17.
3. Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. V, page 442, YATE. Info is updated from MCA 4:397.
4. Robert W. Barnes. British Roots of Maryland Families. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002). Online at Ancestry.com ($), page 484.
5. Archives of Maryland, Vol. 49, page 393. Online at Archives of Maryland Online.
6. The four visitations of Berkshire, 1532, 1566, 1623, 1665-6, (London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1907). Online at Archive.org, page 292.
7. Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
8. Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry. See also:
9. Warfield, J.D. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. (Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1905). Online at Ancestry.com ($), page 94.
10. Hunt, John G. "English Ancestry of George Yate (ca. 1640-1691) of Maryland" in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly vol. 64, no. 3 (1976), pages 176-179. Available online by subscription only.
11. Newman, Harry Wright. Anne Arundel Gentry. (Baltimore, MD: The Lord Baltimore Press, 1933). Online at Archive.org, pages 528-530.
12. Online tree at Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties.
13. Source:British Roots of Maryland Families Robert W. Barnes Copyright 1999 Genealogical Publishing 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore MD 21202 Library Congress Catalogue 99-71523 ISBN 0-8063-1615-2 P.483
14. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 25 2019, 18:23:32 UTC
15. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2288...
16. GEDCOM Note. Anne Arundel Gentry, Vol II by Harry Wright Newman page 377 < Archive.Org >
17. George Yate is a Qualifying Ancestor for "The First Families of Maryland" https://firstfamiliesofmaryland.com/qualifying-ancestors