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Yates

Yates Name Meaning
English: from Middle English yates ‘gates’ plural of yate Old English geat ‘gate’ hence a topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or castle and who probably acted as the gatekeeper or porter. Compare Gates . Alternatively a variant of the singular form Yate with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Gates, Sales, Oates, Tates, Mates, Cates, Hales, Cater, Zales, Tate
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 116

John Yates 1786
Mary Yates 1807

Plot No. 118a

Christopher Yates 1744
Christopher Yates 1729

John Yates Plot 116

Christopher Yates Plot 118a

Inscription

Here
Lieth The Body Of John Yates Of
Birstwith Who Departed This
Life The First Day Of July 1786

Here Lieth The Body Of Chris
Topher Yates Late Of Padside
Who Died The 16 Of August
1744 Aged 70 Years
Also The Body Of Christopher
Yates Son Of The Above Said
Christopher Yates Who Died
The 1 Of August 1729 Aged 20 Years

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
#	Elizabeth YATES	27 Jan 1866	22
#	Hannah YATES	25 Feb 1818	72
#	James YATES	18 Sep 1840	< 1
116	John YATES	1 Jul 1786
#	Mary YATES	10 Jan 1798	86
116	Mary YATES	21 Jan 1807	64
#	William YATES	17 Jul 1860	50
#	William YATES	21 Apr 1861	1
118a	Christopher YATES	16 Aug 1744	70

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