Joseph Oates (1743 - 1824)

Born 11 Aug 1743 in Potter Newton, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Rayner) Oates — married 27 Mar 1777 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1824 at age 81 in Weetwood Hall, Leeds, Yorks, England

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Biography

Joseph Oates was born in Yorkshire, England.

Joseph Oates was born on 11 August 1743 at Low Hall, Potternewton, Leeds ^{[1] [2]} and baptised at Mill Hill Chapel on 1 September 1743. ^[3] He was the oldest of ten children of George Oates and Sarah (Jolley) Oates.

Joseph married Elizabeth Rayner of Leeds at St Peter's Church Leeds on 27 March 1777. ^[4] They had 6 children :

Sarah (Oates) Wood 1778

Ann Oates 1779

George Oates 1781

Mary Oates 1783

Joseph Henry Oates 1784

Edward Oates 1792

In 1797 Joseph was a merchant living at Low Hall, Potternewton, Leeds ^[5] where he lived from 1770 to 1800. ^[6] His wife Elizabeth died in 1798.

In 1800 Joseph moved to Weetwood Hall, Leeds ^[7] where he died on 20 Dec 1824 aged 81 and was buried at Mill Hill Chapel on 24 Dec 1824. ^[8]

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Sources

1. ↑ Familiae Minorum Gentium Rev Joseph Hunter Volume1. The Harleian Society London 1895 MS 116 & 117
2. ↑ Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire Volume II - West Riding Joseph Foster London 1874
3. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQXB-152 : 11 December 2014), Joseph Oates, 01 Sep 1743, Baptism; citing p. 14, Leeds, Yorkshire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
4. ↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP68/4/4/1
5. ↑ Ancestry.com U.S. and U.K. Directories sourcesd from A History of Kirkstall Abbey & a Leeds Directory., 1797, [WRIGHT, Griffith]. Leeds; Printed & Sold by all the Booksellers
6. ↑ The Leeds directory for the year 1798 page 39 accessed from ancestry.com UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946
7. ↑ 1817 Directory of Leeds; Publisher: pr. by Edward Baines page 121
8. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JC3H-1YH : 10 February 2018), Joseph Oates, burial 24 Dec 1824; citing Leeds, York, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 828,139.