To be Continued . . .
Yates Coat of
Arms
The English Surname Yates is first
found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat from early
times, after the Norman Conquest in 1066. It is a place name meaning
one who lived near a gate or in a gap through a ridge of hills.
Variant spellings are Yeates, Yate
and others.
Foreign Equivalents: Duerr (German)
and LaPorte (French).
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.
Arms: Per fess embattled argent
and sable, three gates counterchanged.
Yates
Symbolism
Gate:
Protection
and Defense.
Sable (black):
Constancy, sometimes grief.
Argent (silver, white):
Peace and sincerity.
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