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Elizabeth (Gaines) Yates (1752 - 1820)

Elizabeth "Betsy" Yates formerly Gaines
Born in Caroline County, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1772 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 68 in Adair County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 29 Mar 2014
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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1752. She passed away about 1825. [1]

Wife of John Yates [2]

6 Sep 1775, Culpeper Co., VA - The will of Francis Gaines names his daughter, Betty. [3]
24 Apr 1786, Culpeper Co., VA - The will of Doratha (sic) Gaines names her daughter, Elizabeth Yates. [4]

Sources for parents are still under consideration. Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. indicates that her father was Francis Gaines.

Elizabeth was born in 1757. She passed away in 1820.


Elizabeth Gaines married John Estes Yates, son of George Yates and Frances Fielding Lewis. Their children were Esther Yates and another. [5] [6]

Sources

  1. Unsourced family tree handed down to Rachael (Yates) Lord.
  2. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 Sep 2020), "Record of John Yates", Ancestor # A129437.
  3. Will of Francis Gaines. Culpeper Co., VA, WB B (1770-1783), pp. 169-170, written 6 Sep 1775, proved 15 Jul 1776. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9085/images/007644385_00354?pId=1470366
  4. Will of Doratha (sic) Gaines. Culpeper Co., VA, WB C (1783-1791), pp. 186-188, written 24 Apr 1786, proved 19 Jun 1786. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://tinyurl.com/m4af7znk
  5. Unsourced family tree handed down to Mark Yates.
  6. thepeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p73361.htm#i733604

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Gaines-2879 and Gaines-602 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse etc
posted by Paul Etheredge
Gaines-964 and Gaines-602 appear to represent the same person because: same name and husband, was attached to an incorrect John Yates
posted by Robin Lee
added back in husband that was removed with no explanation....
posted by Robin Lee
This memorial has no documentation.
posted by Susan (Knight) Gore
Gaines-2026 and Gaines-964 appear to represent the same person because: similar birth and same husband
posted on Gaines-964 (merged) by Robin Lee
What is the reasoning for the maiden name Gaines?
posted by Susan (Knight) Gore

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