The Descendants of
THE REVEREND ROBERT YATES
Submitted by:
George Miller, 9-9-99
Descendants of Reverend Robert Yates
Generation No. 1
1. REVEREND ROBERT1 YATES.
Notes for REVEREND ROBERT YATES:
Robert Yates was a Priest of the Church of England and the Rector of Christ
Church in Middlesex, Virginia.
Children of REVEREND ROBERT YATES are:
2. i. REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2 YATES, b. 1677, Middlesex County, Va;
d. July 26, 1734.
ii. WILLIAM YATES.
iii. BENJAMIN YATES.
iv. SAMUEL YATES.
v. FRANCIS YATES.
vi. RICHARD YATES.
vii. THOMAS YATES.
viii. JOHN YATES.
ix. MARGARET YATES.
Generation No. 2
2. REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2 YATES (REVEREND ROBERT1) was born 1677 in Middlesex
County, Va, and died July 26, 1734. He married (1) SALLY MICKELBOROS. He
married (2) SARAH STANARD September 14, 1704.
Children of REVEREND YATES and SARAH STANARD are:
i. SARAH3 YATES, b. 1707, Middlesex County, Va.
ii. CATHERINE YATES, b. June 24, 1706, Middlesex County, Va; d.
October 5, 1738; m. JOHN WALKER.
3. iii. BARTHOLOMEW YATES, b. February 9, 1711/12, Middlesex County, Va;
d. 1767.
4. iv. ROBERT YATES, b. January 8, 1714/15, Middlesex County, Va;
d. 1761, Petsworth, Glouchester County, Virginia.
v. FRANCES YATES, b. November 15, 1718, Middlesex County, Va;
m. (1) JOHN ROBINSON; m. (2) JOHN READE, February 2, 1737/38,
Middlesex County, Va.
5. vi. WILLIAM YATES, b. December 10, 1720, Middlesex County, Virginia;
d. 1764.
Generation No. 3
3. BARTHOLOMEW3 YATES (REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born
February 9, 1711/12 in Middlesex County, Va, and died 1767. He married (2)
ELIZABETH STANARD September 9, 1741 in Middlesex County, Va.
Children of BARTHOLOMEW YATES and ELIZABETH STANARD are:
i. SARAH4 YATES, b. October 29, 1742, Middlesex County, Va;
d. 1794; m. JOHN CHINN, March 16, 1763.
ii. ANNE YATES, b. Abt. 1744, Middlesex County, Va; m. ROBERT SPRATT,
September 19, 1772.
iii. ELIZABETH YATES, b. June 10, 1747, Middlesex County, Va; m.
SAMUEL KING.
6. iv. BARTHOLOMEW YATES, b. March 3, 1748/49, Middlesex County, Va;
d. 1777.
v. CATHERINE YATES, b. Abt. 1751, Middlesex County, Va; m. JOHN
MONTAGUE, December 14, 1776.
7. vi. HARRY BEVERLEY YATES, b. 1753, Middlesex County, Va.
vii. MARY YATES, b. Abt. 1755, Middlesex County, Va.
4. ROBERT3 YATES (REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born January 8,
1714/15 in Middlesex County, Va, and died 1761 in Petsworth, Glouchester
County, Virginia. He married MARY RANDOLPH.
Children of ROBERT YATES and MARY RANDOLPH are:
i. ROBERT4 YATES, d. 1806; m. MARY TOMKIES, October 20, 1777,
Glouster County, Virginia.
8. ii. ISSAC YATES, d. 1824, Knox County, Indiana.
iii. BARTHOLOMEW YATES, b. 1759; d. January 9, 1777.
iv. CATHERINE YATES, b. 1760; d. 1831; m. (1) JOHN THORNTON,
September 5, 1777, Glouster County, Virginia; m. (2) ROBET
WELLFORD, January 1, 1781.
5. WILLIAM3 YATES (REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born December
10, 1720 in Middlesex County, Virginia, and died 1764. He married
ELIZABETH RANDOLPH.
Notes for WILLIAM YATES:
William was rector at Abington Parish, Gloucester, Virginia.
In 1778, he was President of William and Mary College.
In 1774, he was rector at Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Children of WILLIAM YATES and ELIZABETH RANDOLPH are:
9. i. EDMUND RANDOLPH4 YATES.
ii. SARAH YATES.
10. iii. ELIZABETH YATES, b. Abt. 1744, Glouster County, Virginia.
11. iv. WILLIAM YATES, b. Abt. 1750; d. December 2, 1789, Dinwiddie
County, Virginia.
Generation No. 4
6. BARTHOLOMEW4 YATES (BARTHOLOMEW3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1)
was born March 3, 1748/49 in Middlesex County, Va, and died 1777. He
married ANNE DANIEL.
Child of BARTHOLOMEW YATES and ANNE DANIEL is:
i. BARTHOLOMEW5 YATES, b. January 17, 1770, Middlesex County, Va;
m. MILLEY DANIEL.
7. HARRY BEVERLEY4 YATES (BARTHOLOMEW3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND
ROBERT1) was born 1753 in Middlesex County, Va. He married (1) LUCY
MURRAY. He married (2) JANE MONTAGUE February 27, 1783 in Middlesex County, Va.
Children of HARRY YATES and LUCY MURRAY are:
i. RACHEL MURRAY BEVERLEY5 YATES, b. February 24, 1780, Middlesex
County, Va; m. THOMAS COOKE, January 15, 1799, Middlesex County, Va.
ii. ELIZABETH STANARD YATES, b. August 7, 1781, Middlesex County,
Va; m. JOHN QUARLES, October 12, 1797.
Children of HARRY YATES and JANE MONTAGUE are:
iii. CATHERINE KLUGG5 YATES, b. March 1, 1784, Middlesex County, Va;
m. JAMES BAYTOP, December 31, 1807.
iv. SARAH YATES, b. January 13, 1788, Middlesex County, Va.
8. ISSAC4 YATES (ROBERT3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) died 1824
in Knox County, Indiana. He married RACHEL JAMESON October 5, 1796 in
Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Children of ISSAC YATES and RACHEL JAMESON are:
i. WILLIAM JEFFERSON5 YATES.
12. ii. JOHN RILEY YATES, d. 1901, Knox, Indiana.
9. EDMUND RANDOLPH4 YATES (WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1).
He married ELIZABETH MURRAY.
Children of EDMUND YATES and ELIZABETH MURRAY are:
13. i. JOHN MURRAY5 YATES, b. Petersburg.
ii. MARY YATES, m. WILLIAM HAMLIN.
iii. ELAZABETH YATES.
10. ELIZABETH4 YATES (WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was
born Abt. 1744 in Glouster County, Virginia. She married WILLIAM BLAND.
Child of ELIZABETH YATES and WILLIAM BLAND is:
i. ANN5 BLAND, m. RICHARD PRYOR.
11. WILLIAM4 YATES (WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born
Abt. 1750, and died December 2, 1789 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He
married (1) ANN ISHAM POYTHRESS. He married (2) ELIZABETH BOOTH.
Notes for WILLIAM YATES:
"Yates Findings" by William A. Yates, 1972, refers to William as Colonel Yates.
He served in the Continental Army.
Children of WILLIAM YATES and ANN POYTHRESS are:
i. WILLIAM5 YATES, b. March 3, 1778, Brunswick County, Virginia;
m. ANNE.
14. ii. BENJAMIN POYTHRESS YATES, b. April 7, 1780, Petersberg , Dinwiddie
County , Virginia; d. March 18, 1818, Petersberg , Dinwiddie County
Virginia.
iii. THEODRICK YATES, b. Abt. 1782; m. ANNE.
iv. ANN YATES, b. 1788; d. 1855; m. THOMAS GHOLSON.
Generation No. 5
12. JOHN RILEY5 YATES (ISSAC4, ROBERT3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1)
died 1901 in Knox, Indiana. He married MARY RISLEY May 5, 1832.
Children of JOHN YATES and MARY RISLEY are:
i. WILLIAM JEFFERSON6 YATES, b. September 11, 1833; d. March 15,
1915; m. MARY ANNE MARRS.
15. ii. ISAAC RILEY YATES, b. February 13, 1836; d. January 5, 1898.
iii. DAVID RISLEY YATES, b. April 23, 1838; m. JANE OSBORN.
iv. JOHN YATES, b. November 1840.
v. SAMUEL YATES, b. January 1843.
vi. GEORGE YATES, b. June 6, 1846.
vii. MARTIN M. YATES, b. May 10, 1849.
viii. SARAH ELLEN YATES, b. December 5, 1851; m. THOMAS WELTON.
ix. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS YATES, b. June 10, 1865; d. 1931; m.
BERTHA WILSON.
13. JOHN MURRAY5 YATES (EDMUND RANDOLPH4, WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2,
REVEREND ROBERT1) was born in Petersburg. He married ANNE BALEY MORING.
Child of JOHN YATES and ANNE MORING is:
i. BENJAMIN LEWIS6 YATES, m. SOPHIA M. RALLS.
14. BENJAMIN POYTHRESS5 YATES (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2,
REVEREND ROBERT1) was born April 7, 1780 in Petersberg , Dinwiddie County
Virginia, and died March 18, 1818 in Petersberg , Dinwiddie County,
Virginia. He married (1) SOPHIA STITH December 18, 1805, daughter of
CAPTAIN STITH and ANN WALKER. He married (2) ELIZABETH FRANCES STITH
Unknown.
Notes for BENJAMIN POYTHRESS YATES:
Benjamin remarried after death of Sophia , and had two more children. See other
spouse.
Benjamin owned a plantation at Grampion Hills , Virginia.
Children of BENJAMIN YATES and SOPHIA STITH are:
16. i. WILLIAM6 YATES, b. November 18, 1806, Petersberg , Dinwiddie
County , Virginia; d. April 7, 1872, Springfield , Illinois.
ii. MARIENE YATES, b. 1808, Petersberg , Dinwiddie County , Virginia;
d. In infancy.
Children of BENJAMIN YATES and ELIZABETH STITH are:
iii. SOPHIA ANN6 YATES, b. December 18, 1811, Petersberg , Dinwiddie
County , Virginia; m. COLONEL FREDERICK FISHBACK.
iv. BENJAMIN LAFAYETTE YATES, b. 1812, Petersberg , Dinwiddie County
Virginia; m. MARY ELIZABETH FORBES.
Generation No. 6
15. ISAAC RILEY6 YATES (JOHN RILEY5, ISSAC4, ROBERT3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2,
REVEREND ROBERT1) was born February 13, 1836, and died January 5, 1898.
He married MARY ANN OSBORN.
Child of ISAAC YATES and MARY OSBORN is:
i. CLARA ROSELLA7 YATES.
16. WILLIAM6 YATES (BENJAMIN POYTHRESS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, REVEREND
BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born November 18, 1806 in Petersberg,
Dinwiddie County , Virginia, and died April 7, 1872 in Springfield,
Illinois. He married (1) FRANCES JANE HINTON April 19, 1835, daughter of
JOHN HINTON and ANNE BUCKET. He married (2) ELIZABETH ANN MURPHEY November
16, 1852.
Notes for WILLIAM YATES:
Residence per 1850 census was "between Macaupin and Apple Creeks", Greene County,
Illinois.
William was a merchant.
Remarried after the death of his first wife.
Children of WILLIAM YATES and FRANCES HINTON are:
i. JOHN HINTON7 YATES.
ii. DAVID STITH YATES, b. Abt. 1836.
iii. MARY ANN YATES, b. Abt. 1839; d. June 5, 1899; m. JOSEPH ROGERS
ARMSTRONG.
17. iv. BENJAMIN YATES, b. April 19, 1841, Illinois.
v. WILLIAM YATES, b. Abt. 1843.
vi. CHARLES HINTON YATES, b. Abt. 1846.
vii. POYTHRESS YATES, b. Abt. 1848.
Generation No. 7
17. BENJAMIN7 YATES (WILLIAM6, BENJAMIN POYTHRESS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3,
REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born April 19, 1841 in
Illinois. He married MARY COOPER Unknown.
Children of BENJAMIN YATES and MARY COOPER are:
i. WILLIAM B.8 YATES, b. 1878.
18. ii. FRANK HINTON YATES, b. April 27, 1879, Leon , Kansas; d. 1958,
Osawatomie , Kansas.
Generation No. 8
18. FRANK HINTON8 YATES (BENJAMIN7, WILLIAM6, BENJAMIN POYTHRESS5, WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born April 27, 1879
in Leon , Kansas, and died 1958 in Osawatomie , Kansas. He married (1)
CAROLINE (CARRIE) JANE PRIESTLY March 31, 1903 in Wichita , Kansas,
daughter of WILLIAM PRIESTLY and ELEANOR LINGO. He married (2) LOUISE
1912.
Notes for FRANK HINTON YATES:
Frank Yates was a salesman and an oil "wildcatter". He was also a talented
musician who could play ragtime piano, sing and dance the "soft shoe". He
performed in small town theaters with his second wife, who played the violin.
On April 9, 1922, he along with Nellie Yates and Dorothy Priestly, was confirmed
at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lawrence, Kansas.
Notes for CAROLINE (CARRIE) JANE PRIESTLY:
Carrie graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894 with a degree in
Pharmacy. In July 1894, she became a registered pharmacist in Oklahoma. In June
1899, she recieved a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Kansas University.
She worked as a pharmacist in Leon, Kansas and Woodward, Oklahoma Territory ,
and at the Yates Pharmacy in Latham, Kansas.
Child of FRANK YATES and CAROLINE PRIESTLY is:
19. i. NELLIE GERTRUDE9 YATES, b. November 10, 1906, Lawrence , Kansas
d. July 20, 1985, Lawrence , Kansas.
Generation No. 9
19. NELLIE GERTRUDE9 YATES (FRANK HINTON8, BENJAMIN7, WILLIAM6, BENJAMIN
POYTHRESS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2, REVEREND ROBERT1)
was born November 10, 1906 in Lawrence , Kansas, and died July 20, 1985 in
Lawrence , Kansas. She married JAMES WILLIS HOLMES September 4, 1929 in
Lawrence , Kansas, son of JAMES HOLMES and LOUELLA TRUSSELL.
Children of NELLIE YATES and JAMES HOLMES are:
20. i. CAROLINE LOUELLA10 HOLMES, b. October 22, 1932, Lawrence , Kansas.
21. ii. MARTHA NELL HOLMES, b. December 9, 1936, Lawrence , Kansas.
Generation No. 10
20. CAROLINE LOUELLA10 HOLMES (NELLIE GERTRUDE9 YATES, FRANK HINTON8, BENJAMIN
7, WILLIAM6, BENJAMIN POYTHRESS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW
2, REVEREND ROBERT1) was born October 22, 1932 in Lawrence , Kansas. She
married GEORGE MONROE MILLER April 23, 1955 in Lawrence , Kansas, son of
DELBERT MILLER and MAMIE THOMPSON.
Children of CAROLINE HOLMES and GEORGE MILLER are:
i. MELINDA JANE11 MILLER, b. April 9, 1957, Lawrence , Kansas; m.
LUCIAN RAYMOND BALANCE, September 17, 1983, Huntsville , Alabama.
ii. SARAH ELLEN MILLER, b. July 14, 1960.
iii. ELIZABETH ANN MILLER, b. June 27, 1963, Huntsville , Alabama;
m. MARION JEFFREY FRAZIER.
21. MARTHA NELL10 HOLMES (NELLIE GERTRUDE9 YATES, FRANK HINTON8, BENJAMIN7,
WILLIAM6, BENJAMIN POYTHRESS5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW2,
REVEREND ROBERT1) was born December 9, 1936 in Lawrence , Kansas. She
married CLARENCE BULLER June 10, 1960 in Lawrence , Kansas.
Children of MARTHA HOLMES and CLARENCE BULLER are:
i. JENNIFER LYNN11 BULLER, b. July 22, 1962, Lawrence, Kansas.
ii. DAVID D. BULLER, b. February 13, 1964, Lawrence, Kansas.
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