Born about 1713 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Husband of Deborah Johnson — married 14 Nov 1737 in Greenwich, Providence, Rhode Island Colony

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Biography

Jonathan Yates was born about 1713; however, his parentage is unknown.

Some genealogical websites, for example, Ancestry or Family Search, claim that Jonathan Yates is believed to be the son of John Yates, Jr. and Elizabeth Field in numerous family trees, but there is no documentation to support that claim on the parentage of Jonathan Yates.

Here is the transcription of the text in a marriage document of the original record in Greenwich, Rhode Island.

"Jonathan Yeats of [East] Greenwich in the County of Providence of ye Colony of Rhode Island &c. and Deborah Johnson of the Town County and Colony aforesaid Daughter of Elisha Johnson personally appeared the fourteenth Day of November Anno Domine 1737 and were Lawfully married by me John Fry, Justice"^[1]

Jonathan and Deborah Yates had the following children.

1. Benedict Yeats (1738)
2. Elizabeth (Yeats) Johnson (1740 - 1810)
3. Elisha Yeats (1743)
4. Waitey (Yates) Johnson (1746 - 1809)

Jonathan Yeats died sometime before his widow, Deborah Yeats married her second husband, Elisha Johnson on 9 July 1750 in East Greenwich, Providence County, Rhode Island.^[2]

Yates DNA

We need two men with the last name of Yates or Yeats who are the direct descendants of either Jonathan Yates or John Yates, Jr. (abt. 1666 - 1724) to be a volunteer to take the Y-DNA Big Y-700 tests at Family TreeDNA to find the SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) mutation to show if it is a match or not. To join the Yates DNA project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/yates/about.

These Y-DNA tests can help to find out if Jonathan Yates and John Yates, Jr. are related or not.

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. Vol. I. "Kent County: Marriages," p. 93. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3897/images/41384_2421406273_0004-00356?pId=106947.
2. ↑ Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. Vol. I. "Kent County: Marriages," p. 41. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3897/images/41384_2421406273_0004-00304?pId=6105726.

• Family Search: Jonathon Yeats. (Secondary source.)

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