When James Yates was born on 15 October 1736, in Elmton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Yates, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Hind, was 28. He married Mary Folds on 1 February 1759, in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 24 January 1803, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66.
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English: from Middle English yates ‘gates’, plural of yate, Old English geat ‘gate’, hence a topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or castle and who probably acted as the gatekeeper or porter. Compare Gates . Alternatively, a variant of the singular form Yate, with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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