Richard YATES^{[1, 2]}

- Abt 1679

• Name	Richard YATES
  Gender	Male
  anecdote	29 Dec 1662 - 15 Apr 1664	Lower Norfolk Co, VA   [3]
  	Richard was presented to the Court of Lower Norfolk County on 16 February 1662/3 for "absenting himselfe from ye Publique place appointed for the readinge of service." On 15 June of 1662 he was fined twenty pounds sterling for his continuing absence from his Parish Church. A year later his and his wife's names were included on a list of Quakers which was presented to Gov. William Berkley. In Feb 1663/4 Richard was fined two hundred pounds of tobacco for continuing to attend Quaker meetings. THIS IS OUT OF ORDER. NEED TO BE REDONE.
  Will	22 Nov 1678	Lower Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  Death	Abt 1679
  will probated	May 1679	Lower Norfolk Co, VA   [4]
  Person ID	I631	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John YATES,   b. c. 1595/1596   d. c. 1648 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Joane (UNKNOWN)   d. c.1666
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane SMITH   d. Aft 7 May 1689
  Children	1. Jane YATES,   b. Bef 21 Oct 1664   2. Elizabeth YATES,   b. Bef 21 Oct 1664   d. Bef 1690 (Age < 25 years)   3. Mary YATES,   b. Bef 21 Oct 1664   4. Richard YATES,   b. Bef 21 Oct 1664   d. Bef 22 Nov 1678 (Age < 14 years)   5. Faith YATES,   b. After 21 Oct 1664   d. Bef 1727 (Age < 62 years)
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2331] John Yates, Virginia land patents, 10 March 1638/9 [2 patents]. [S4443] Joane Yates, will (1664), Norfolk Co. VA Wills & Deeds Book "E", f. 11. [S202] Edward Wilson James, editor, James, The Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary, ((1895 - 1906, Rpt. New York: P. Smith, 1951)). Vol. III, pp. 141-146 and Vol. IV, pp. 33, 78, 110-113, 183. [S4421] will / Yates, Richard, Lower Norfolk Co, VA.