John Yate Esq. (bef. 1613 - bef. 1653)

Born before 10 Jan 1613 in Hanney, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Tattershall) Yate — married about 1633 (to before 1640) in Lyford, Berkshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Yate — married about 1642 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 14 Sep 1653 at about age 40 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

John Yate, Esq., son and heir of Thomas Yate, Esq., and his second wife Dorothy Stephens, was baptized at Hanney, Berkshire on 10 January 1612/3.^[1][2][3]

John held lands in Lyford and Peasemore, Berkshire.^[1]

Douglas Richardson gives just one wife for John - Elizabeth, whose family origins are not known.^[1] Evidence points to there being two wives.

• The 1665-6 Visitation of Berkshire, in a Tettershall pedigree, says his wife was "Mary Tettershall". This pedigree was signed by Mary's brother George, and it is hard to believe he would have made a mistake about his sister's marriage.^[4]
• 1658 probate information for John's father Thomas refers to Elizabeth Yate, mother and guardian ("curatrix") of John's children George and Elizabeth.^[5][6] The 1653 record of the Interregnum Committee for Compounding relating to John Yate ("now dead") names his widow as Elizabeth.^[7]
  • In 2020 David Boles suggested that Elizabeth's maiden name may be White, and he believes her to be the daughter of Richard White and Catherine Weston.^[8][9] David Boles does not give firm evidence, and more research is needed to establish this connection.

John had four known children:

• John, Esq.:^{[1][10][11][12]} he was named as executor in the 1654 will of his grandfather Thomas Yate (which refers to him as "Gent."):^[5][6] this suggests he was of age in 1654, and the likelihood is that his mother was Mary Tattershall
• Thomas,^[1] admitted to Gray's Inn 9 May 1663,^[13] suggesting probable birth before 1645: he is not referred to in the will or probate record for his grandfather Thomas,^[5][6] and it is not certain whether his mother was Mary Tattershall or Elizabeth
• George, Gent.,^[1] a minor in 1658:^[10][11] his mother is named as Elizabeth in the probate record for his grandfather Thomas Yate^[5][6]
• Elizabeth,^[1] a minor in 1658:^[10][11] her mother is named as Elizabeth in the probate record for her grandfather Thomas^[5][6]

Robert William Barnes names Mary Tattershall as mother of all John's children, mentioning, in his paragraph on John's son George, the possibility that Mary, as a recusant, may have used the first name Elizabeth as a disguise, meaning that John married only once.^[10] There is no reliable evidence for this, and it seems unlikely. There is discussion in a 2020 blog post of David Boles, which refers among other things to the illegality of a false first name being used.^[11] John's entry in the records of the Committee for Compounding states categorically that Elizabeth was not a recusant^[7] and that seems fairly conclusive evidence that recusancy would not have been a reason for John's wife to try and disguise her name, making it even more unlikely that Mary Tattershall and Elizabeth were the same person.

John was identified as a recusant when he attempted to bid on some of his father's confiscated land in Lyford, Berkshire in 1652. His bid was denied.^[1]

John died before 14 September 1653,^[1] when claims were made on his estate.^[7] His widow was still living in 1658.^[1][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. V, pages 441-442, YATE 19.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 397, YATE 16. Google Books.
3. ↑ "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". FHL Film Number: 88485. Ancestry Record 9841 #37789582 ($). John Yate baptism 10 Jan 1612, son of Thomas, in West Hanney, Berkshire.
4. ↑ W. Harry Rylands, ed. The Four visitations of Berkshire ...1532...1566...1623...1665-66, Vol. I. London: 1907, online at Archive.org, page 292: Tettershall of Finchampsted (1665-6) and page 150: Yate of Lyford (1623).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} The National archives, PROB 11/302/44, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858". The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11, Piece: 302. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 5111 #1017739 ($). Will of Thomas Yate of Lyford, Berkshire, England, granted probate on 14 Jun 1659.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Mary Anne Everett Green, ed. 'Cases before the Committee: September 1653', in Calendar, Committee For Compounding: Part 4. London, 1892, pp. 3140-3141. British History Online.
8. ↑ David Boles. Blog posted 11 Jun 2020. 43. The Maternal Ancestry of George Yate of Maryland (d. 1691) at Wordpress.com.
9. ↑ David Boles. Blog posted 26 October 2020. 46. How Young was the Mother of George Yate of Maryland (d. 1691)? at Wordpress.com, accessed 21 September 2022
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Robert William Barnes. British Roots of Maryland Families. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1999. Vol. I, page 484. Ancestry.com($).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} David Boles. Blog posted 16 November 2020. 48. The Wives of John Yate at Wordpress.com, accessed 21 September 2022
12. ↑ "Coats of Arms in Berkshire Churches" in Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Volume 36. Berkshire Archaeological Society, 2008, p. 143.pdf.
13. ↑ The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889. Hansard Pub. Union, Ltd., 1889, page 295. Google Books.

• Hunt, John G. "English Ancestry of George Yate (ca. 1640-1691) of Maryland" in National Genealogical Society Quarterly. 64 (September 1976): 3. Not available online: requested lookup on G2G in June 2020.
• Page, William and P H Ditchfield, eds. 'Parishes: Hanney', in A History of the County of Berkshire. Volume 4. London: 1924, pp. 285-294. British History Online.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project on 12 June 2022 by Thiessen-117 and reviewed for the Project by Michael Cayley on 15 June 2022.

John Yate Esq. is named in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor George Yate to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. IV, pages 395-397 YATE) and the Magna Carta Project identified an additional trail to Saher de Quincy. These trails were badged in July 2022 and are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".