Elizabeth (Haskins) Yates (abt. 1713 - 1809)

Born about 1713 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Wife of Michael Titus — married 6 Sep 1738 (to before 26 Dec 1753) in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts

Wife of James Yates — married 26 Dec 1753 in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1809 at about age 96 in Gainsville, Wyoming, New York, United States

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Biography

Marriage and Family

Elizabeth Haskins married Michael Titus 6 Sep 1738 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.^[1]Children born to Michael and Elizabeth Titus, all born Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

• Lanax, daughter born 9 Dec 1740 ^[2]
• Martha, daughter, born 4 Oct 1742.^[3]
• Elizabeth, daughter, born 11 Jul 1744^[4]
• Mickal, son, born 24 Oct 1746.^[5]
• Letise, daughter, born 12 Mar 1749.^[6]
• Beaverly, daughter, born 29 Jun 1751.^[7]

Widow Elizabeth Titus married James Yeats as her second husband and she was his second wife. The marriage was announced 18 November 1753 and they were married 26 Dec 1753 at Douglas, Massachusetts.^[8][9]

Death and Burial

An Elizabeth Yates is recorded dead 15 Dec 1809 and buried in the Yates Settlement Cemetery, Rock Glen, Wyoming, New York, United States of America.^[10]

Research Notes

Biography:

• Howland, Charles Roscoe. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical Record of Charles Roscoe Howland, Brothers, and Forebears. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1946. Print. Page 261.

Marriage:

• Vital Records of Douglas, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1906. Print. Page 163.
• Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1650-1850. First Series. Births, Marriages, Dearhs. A Family Register for the People, by James N. Arnold, Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Volume 3, Glocester, Part I. Providence, Rhode Island: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1892, page 42.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQH-Y4B : 28 December 2022), Michael Titus, 1738.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6H-D28 : 15 January 2020), Mickal Titus in entry for Lanax Titus, 1740.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ64-DBK : 15 January 2020), Mickal Titus in entry for Martha Titus, 1742.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ64-D2Y : 15 January 2020), Mickal Titus in entry for Elisabeth Titus, 1744.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6H-DZ8 : 15 January 2020), Mickal Titus in entry for Mickal Titus, 1746.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ64-X9Z : 15 January 2020), Mickal Titus in entry for Letise Titus, 1749.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6H-6R9 : 15 January 2020), Mickal Titus in entry for Beaverly Titus, 1751.
8. ↑ "Mr James Yeats of Uxbridge and widow Elizabeth Titus of Douglas were published according to law Novembr ye 18: 1753 by me Jerh Whiting T Clerk". https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-31543-8540-83?cc=2061550 Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2016), Worcester County, Douglas; Births, Marriages, Deaths, Town Records, 1749-1778, image 207 of 237; Douglas town clerk office, Massachusetts.]
9. ↑ 'A Brief Genealogical and Biographical Record of Charles Roscoe Howland, Brothers, and Forebears on page 261 states:

   "James Yeats, b. July 18, 1710 at Providence, R. I.; d. Apr. 1, 1772 from a fall from a horse; m. 1st, Jan. 6, 1733-4 at Glocester, R. I., Taborah Taft of Uxbridge, Mass.; she d. May 4, 1753 at Uxbridge; m. 2nd, Dec. 26, 1753 at Douglas, Mass., widow Elizabeth Titus of Douglas. He made his will 1772 which is filed as Case No. 67944 in the Registry of Will, Worcester, Mass."

10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26411793/elizabeth-yates: accessed 10 October 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Haskins Yates (unknown–15 Dec 1809), Find A Grave: Memorial #26411793, citing Yates Settlement Cemetery, Rock Glen, Wyoming County, New York, USA; Maintained by Marsha Redden (contributor 19682360).