The origin of the name Yates is English and the Coat of Arms contains Black and silver with a goat's head between three gates. The Crest is A goat's head. The family motto is Legle judicium parium.
Spelling variations include: Yates, Yate, Yeats and others.
First found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat from early times, after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Edward Yates settled in Virginia in 1619; one year before the "Mayflower"; Henry Yates settled in Virginia in 1636; John Yate settled in Virginia in 1656.
The origin of the name Yates is Irish and the Coat of Arms contains For Yeats of County Donegal: Black and silver three gates counterchanged. The Crest is A silver lion's head.
Spelling variations include: Yates, Yate, Yeats and others.
First found in Gloucestershire, England where they were first on record in 1198.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Edward Yates, who settled in Virginia in 1619; one year before the "Mayflower," Leonard Yeats, who settled in Virginia in 1623; Henry Yates, who settled in Virginia in 1636.
