Mary Yates b. 1665 d. 1742: Yates one-name-study

1665 - 1742 (77 years)

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Name	Mary Yates
Birth	1665
Gender	Female
Death	1742
Age	77 years
Person ID	I46010	Base Tree
Last Modified	25 Oct 2024

Father	Richard Yates, b. 1609, England d. 21 May 1679, Norfolk, Virginia (Age 70 years)
Mother	Jane Smith, b. 1625 d. 1666 (Age 41 years)
Family ID	F9884	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John Soper, b. 1661, England d. 1713, Prince George's, Maryland (Age 52 years)

Marriage 1686 Prince George's, Maryland

Children

	1. Samuel Soper, b. 20 Feb 1685 d. 27 Dec 1713 (Age 28 years)
	2. Elizabeth Soper, b. 4 Mar 1691 d. 17 May 1727 (Age 36 years)
	3. John Soper, II, b. 1702 d. 1768 (Age 66 years)
	4. Robert Soper, b. 1710 d. 25 May 1790 (Age 80 years)
	5. Esther Soper, b. 22 Jun 1714, Maryland d. 1750 (Age 35 years)

Family ID F16319 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Following DNA I made the connection then found this below; keep open mind.

http://johnsoperhouser.blogspot.com/

Monday, October 19, 2015
Why This Blog?

In September 2015 I discovered that the records in Family Search for John Soper and Mary Houser Soper and family had names changed, new members of the family merged, records removed from one parent and added to another.

The actual John Soper was given a different birth date and place, Mary Houser had her name changed to Mary Yate. Some of their children were moved to a different family, some one elses's childern became John and Marys children. Records were merged and re-merged and left unfix-able.

There are a number of people that claim John Soper as an ancestor, and there are two camps, those that claim Mary Yate as John's wife and those that claim Mary Houser. I am in the Mary Houser camp.

I will use land records to establish Mary Houser as John’s wife, with land records,who Mary Yate was and how she might fit into the mix and find the Location of The Vale of Benjamin on a current map.

All the reference material that I had gathered over the years was in folders and unorganized. As I progressed in the research, I realized I needed to make the information clear and readable and in one place; what would be better than a blog?

Regarding a Mary Yate, we know from land transactions:

That a John Soaper, referred to as a Cooper, trades 100 acres of Vale of Benjamin formally owned by Mary Yate a widow on 14 Jul 1716.
That a Mary Yate sold land on 24 Mar 1796 that was a part of a tract called Vale of Benjamin.
That a Mary Yate again sold land that on 29 Jun 1698 that was part of the Vale of Benjamin.
That a Mary wife of George Yate bought land on 10 Aug 1704 bordered on the Vale of Benjamin.
That a Mary Yate on 29 Mar 1699 wills to sons George and John Yate, residue of Vale of Benjamin.
That a Mary Wells married a Thomas Stockett, and after his death married George Yate. (and she was then known as Mary Yate.)