The surname Yates is most abundant in Lancashire and Derbyshire and is also found in the English counties of Buckinghanshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire

Current research identifies our line of the Yates family as originating around Lostock and Rivington in the Parish of Deane near Bolton, Lancashire in the early 1700s.

The earliest known member of our Yates line is James Yates born about 1714. However little is known of the Yates family before the migration to Australia of his grandson, David Yates

My Yates ancestry goes back 7 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links below

• James Yates ~1715
  • James Yates 1742 - 1827 
    • William Yates 1785 - ? married Betty Parkinson 
      • William Yates 1808 - 1872 married /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/6586468
        • David Yates 1851 - 1920 married Mary Hayes
          • /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/2195667
          • /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/2523416
          • /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/3276807
          • /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/2523419
          • Eva Mary Yates 1895 - 1967 married James Bashford Bain
            • Doreen Bain 1921 - 2000 married Douglas James Hardie
              • My father