Joshua Yates, Sr.

Joshua Yates, Sr.

Male 1741 - 1831  (90 years)

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  • Name Joshua Yates 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 28 Jan 1741  Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1786  Left Loudon, VA; Arrived Montgomery, VA-KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 6 May 1831  Montgomery, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 90 years 
    Person ID I11851  Base Tree
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2024 

    Father Samuel Yates,   b. 15 Aug 1703, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1773, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Johannah Gould,   b. Oct 1708, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1778, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage 1729  Fairfax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mehitable Nancy Boydston,   b. 30 Jun 1745, Prince William, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1824, Montgomery, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1761  Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Yates, Sr.,   b. 1762, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sibella Yates,   b. 17 Aug 1763, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1809 (Age 45 years)
     3. William Yates, Sr,   b. 26 Nov 1765, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1865, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)
     4. Benjamin Yates,   b. 17 Dec 1767, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1839, Shelby, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     5. Nancy Yates,   b. 30 Mar 1769   d. 28 Aug 1849, Henry, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Joshua Yates, Jr.,   b. 6 Jul 1772, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1849, Putnam, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     7. Samuel Yates,   b. 17 Sep 1774, Loudon, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. George Yates,   b. 30 Aug 1776, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1841, Montgomery, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     9. Enoch Yates, Sr.,   b. 21 Mar 1779, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1863, Franklin, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     10. Sarah Sally Yates,   b. 14 Feb 1782, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Elijah Yates,   b. 26 Feb 1784, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1856, Putnam, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     12. Elizabeth Yates,   b. 11 Dec 1787, Loudoun, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1864, Henry, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F5736  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • [September 2024, Pat Hatfield: He is a brother to George Yates. I believe he had two wives or either she is Nancy Ann....don't know. But my George has the same type of Lease for Life.. Joshua has a Lease for Life (20 yr. lease) that they both got out of. Joshua's lessee is Ann Edwards. He mentions wife Ann and a son William.]

      September 2024, this is a targeted placement based on DNA. New information can and should change placement laster;

      I recently returned from a field visit centered in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky. This was a successful venture connecting with new friends, new research clues, new material to digest and a personal perspective of the region’s distances, terrain, and transportation corridors. I have a new appreciation of transcribed lists and findings, even those I have read many times previously. Because any advancement on a Yates line helps the understanding of all Yates lines, I have included you on this update. Clearly when any better information are found, adjustments will be made accordingly.

      George Woodford Yates, Sr. was born on 2 Jul 1773 in Culpepper, Virginia (son of John Yates and Elizabeth Betsey Gaines); died in 1835 in Barren, Kentucky. George married Elizabeth Larimer Browning on 28 Nov 1793 in Culpepper, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles H. Browning and Mary Wade Strother) was born on 24 Jul 1774 in Culpepper, Virginia.

      I have a much better appreciation that when George’s parents migrated to Kentucky, they settle but a few miles from their son(s) already present in Kentucky. John Yates was born on 2 Jul 1750 in Caroline, Virginia (son of George4 Yates and Frances Fielding Lewis); died on 4 Jul 1823 in Adair, Kentucky. John married Elizabeth Betsey Gaines in 1772 in Culpepper, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Francis Gaines and Dorothy Boswell) was born in 1757 in Caroline, Virginia; died in 1820 in Adair, Kentucky.

      I now presume that John and Betsy had a second son resident in Barren, Kentucky. Samuel Yates was born about 1780 in Virginia (son of John Yates and Elizabeth Betsey Gaines). Samuel married Nancy Boyd on 1 Jan 1802 in Barren, Kentucky. Nancy (daughter of John Boyd, Sr. and Susannah Wade) was born about 1782. Children: George Yates was born on 17 Jan 1807 in Barren, Kentucky; died on 13 Aug 1878 in Pike, Illinois. Sally Yates was born in 1810 in Barren, Kentucky. [1810, married 1802, 1 Father abt 1784, 1 Wife abt 1784, 2 sons abt 1803, 2 daughters abt 1803, 1 grandmother abt 1765]

      I now have search radar alerted for any Boyd or Boydston connected to the Yates lines; I think they preceded things in Barren, Kentucky.

      The remaining Yates between 1800 and 1820 consists of my XXXXGF John Yates, his son Robert, and his son, my XXXGF John, Jr. Nothing stands alone as a fact while considering who belonged to whom and when. I believe there is a strong connection between all these Yates found. And, as this area was still a wild wilderness of the time, my presumption is a trusted family association would be of high value.

      I will use the Yates DNA study to give suggestions on the probability of placement in a presumed parent line (https://tinyurl.com/27w8qh5l ). When you test with autosomal kits you receive a report of matches, these are all DNA connected relations based on closeness and generation age. We are thinking of probabilities based on an as large of a Yates cousin match dataset possible.

      In this dataset, we have importantly excluded DNA matches that link to a distant ancestor ending in our ‘brick-wall’; this means any DNA connection that only leads to John Yates, Sr., is not in this dataset; we are only considering then, Yates DNA matches without the artificial cap of our ‘brick-wall’. This is the essence of the whole Yates Study.

      This dataset, without the brick-wall John Yates, Sr, matches have 302 unique Yates ancestral lines. The mean average of centimorgans is 17 cM and is similar in any subgroup of the dataset. The first descending split within the descending lines is between George Yates-Warfield (82 for 27%) and John Yates-Tucker (51 for 17%). We remain mindful that DNA inheritance is random and variable, it only takes one to prove the exception.

      Based on probabilities I have selected George Yates-Warfield (82 for 27%) as the split to target a targeted parent for John Yates, Sr. The mean average of cM for both split groups is 17 cM, so no marginal difference. Within the George Yates-Warfield descending lines, I have detected 5 prominent descending lines based on probability of volume.

      Joshua Yates-Boydston 5 matches for 2% of the total group.
      Michael Yates-Marshall 8 matches for 3% of the total group.
      George Yates-Elizabeth Betty 14 matches for 5% of the total group.
      William Yates-Tapp 14 matches for 5% of the total group.
      George Yates-Lewis 26 matches for 32% of the total group.

      Based on these guidelines provided by the Yates study, I will presume to find a logical parent for John Yates, Sr in the George Yates-Lewis descending line.

      U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Joshua Yates Gender: male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1741 Spouse Name: Nancy Boilston Spouse Birth Place: VA Spouse Birth Year: 1745 Marriage Year: 1761 Marriage State: VA Number Pages: 1

      A book printed 30 yrs ago on misc Yates Notes. It was sent by Gyneth Riley of So Ca-think she is deceased. Guppy's p 575-shows Yates of Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Darbyshire & Scottish border. Speeled Yate, Yeates, Yates; She sends Geo Yates II who m Rachel Warfield had 4 sons: Geo III, Joshua, Samue, Benjamin, Samuel & Benj settled in Loudon Co Va. Samuel had son Joshua SR in 1741, VA d Ky 1831, m Nancy Boylston b 1745 d 1824.

      They moved to Ky ca 1785, lived for a time at a fort called Stroud's Station. Joshua Yates, Sr had 11 ch, among them, William b 1766 Benj b 1767, Elija b 1874.

      He had son Joshua Jr who d 1849 m Nancy Higgins only 1 son, Larkin B. Yates b 1803, was a physician, they had 7 daus, the ygst Maria b 1815, d 1901 m 1831 Sam Darnell. A Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yeates Sould proved his Rev service (Joshua Yates Sr) & her natl no is 125470. she was living in Fairmount, KS at that time. She was 5 generations removed, Joshua, Elijah, Wilson, james.

      Many old letters say--there landed in Yorkton in 1690 3 bros, George, Samuel, Benjamin. As the parents of these 3 boys were not married till 1700 & their 7 ch were b before 1709 when their their mother died it is quite obvious this is in error. (From: "Ellen Byrne" dande@mail.tds.net; Subject: Re: [YATES-L] JOSHUA YATES Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998)

      Samuel sold off his land in Maryland by 1758 and moved to to Loudoun Co., VA, where he died testate as Samuel Yeates. The will was written on 1 Apr 1778 and probated 8 Jun, following. His wife was Johanna (Jeanne) and legacies were left to children: Rachel Money, Joshua Yates, George Yates, Mary Money, Frances Simmons, and Benjamin Yates, also to his grandson, Nicholas Money. NGS Quarterely, Vol. 27, p. 30.

      (SOURCE: From the notes of Capt. M. Lee Minnis USN (Ret))

      "KENTUCKY BRIGHTS AND THEIR KIN", Transcribed by Ron Yates 2012, Adlai Robin Yates, 1900-87; Papers, Mss 167, Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, SC.

      Joshua Yates, born 28 Jan. 1741; died 6 May 1831; married Nancy Boilston. She was born 30 June 1745; died 29 May 1824. They came from Loudon County, Va., and settled at Stroud's Station (Maysville), Kentucky, where they were living in 1786.

      "KENTUCKY BRIGHTS AND THEIR KIN", Transcribed by Ron Yates 2012, Adlai Robin Yates, 1900-87; Papers, Mss 167, Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, SC. (updated and generated by a GEDCOM)

      The names of the following children are known:

      1. Sibella Yates was born on 17 Aug 1763 in Loudoun Co., VA. She died on 30 Jan 1809. Sibella married William Owsley. William was born about 1763 in VA.

      2. William Yates was born on 26 Nov 1765 in Loudoun Co., VA. William married Susannah Higgins on 11 Jul 1793 in Clark Co., KY. Susannah was born in 1774. She died in 1825 in Montgomery Co., KY.

      3. Benjamin Yates was born on 17 Dec 1767 in Loudoun Co., VA. He died on 1 Dec 1830 in Shelby Co., KY. Benjamin married Verlinda Ford on 16 Jan 1794 in Clark Co., KY. Verlinda was born on 7 Apr 1778 in SC. She died on 9 Sep 1834 in Shelby Co., KY.

      4. Nancy Yates was born on 30 Mar 1769. She died on 28 Aug 1849 in Henry Co., KY. She was buried in Eminence City Cemetery, Henry Co., KY. Nancy married John Poston in 1793. John was born on 10 Jul 1769 in Loudoun Co., VA. He died on 9 Oct 1833 in Henry Co., KY.

      5. Joshua Yates Jr. was born on 6 Jul 1772 in Loudoun Co., VA. He died on 24 Mar 1849 in Putnam Co., IN. Joshua married Nancy Higgins in 1800. Nancy was born about 1772 in VA. She died in Jul 1820 in KY.

      6. Samuel Yates was born on 17 Sep 1774 in Loudoun Co., VA.

      7. George Yates was born on 30 Aug 1776 in Loudoun Co., VA.

      8. Enoch Yeates Sr. was born on 21 Mar 1779 in Loudoun Co., VA. He died on 15 Mar 1863 in Franklin Co., KY. He was buried in Pigeon Fork Cemetery, Shelby Co., KY. Enoch married Sarah Last-Unknown/Unproven. Sarah was born in Sep 1779. She died on 30 Mar 1832 in Shelby Co., KY. She was buried in Pigeon Fork Cemetery, Shelby Co., KY. Enoch also married Mary Ann Collins on 29 Dec 1835 in Franklin Co., KY. Mary was born about 1779.

      9. Sally Yates was born on 14 Feb 1782 in Loudoun Co., VA.

      10. Elijah Yates was born on 26 Feb 1784 in Loudoun Co., VA. He died on 26 Mar 1856 in Putnam Co., IN. Elijah married Mary Ann Woodruff on 12 Dec 1807 in Montgomery Co., KY. Mary was born on 25 Jan 1785 in Washington Co., TN. She died in 1853 in IN.

      11. Elizabeth Yates was born on 11 Dec 1787 in Loudoun Co., VA. She died on 12 Feb 1864 in KY. Elizabeth married Samuel Ford, son of John Ford Sr.. Samuel was born on 8 Apr 1761 in VA. He died on 23 Mar 1832 in Henry Co., KY.


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