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Yates, a one-name-study
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 1599 -
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| Name |
John Gater |
| Birth |
1599 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
1620 |
England |
| Court |
21 Sep 1636 |
| 300 acres, Elizabeth City County |
| Person ID |
I57658 |
Base Tree |
| Last Modified |
25 Oct 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Mulberry Island, settled shortly after Jamestown, was established a few miles downriver in 1607. It was at Mulberry Island where the colonists who were preparing to leave Virginia during the Starving Time in 1610 were met by Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr with fresh provisions from England. By 1614, thousands of acres were under cultivation with tobacco, the export crop introduced by John Rolfe which saved the Virginia Colony financially. In 1619, Mulberry Island was part of the plantation held by William Pierce, Rolfe's father-in-law.[1] By the end of the century, Edward Digges owned a plantation on the island, and attempted to cultivate silkworms on the native mulberry trees.
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