'Oates1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Oates of Carr House, Oates of Nether Denby, Oates of Rawmarsh, Oates of Wakefield

                               
The pedigree starts with 3 brothers, shown here as sons of ...
?? Otes of Yorkshire
1. Thomas Otes of Thornhill Lees (b 1554, dsp before 05.1626)
2. Lawrence Otes or Oates of Woolley (near Barnsley) (d unm 1641)
3. John Otes or Oates
  A. William Oates of Nether Denby (Kirkheaton, near Barnsley) (b before 1594, bur 06.06.1659)
  m1. _ Greene (dau of George Greene of Nether Denby)
  i. John Oates (a 1628)
  m2. (09.11.1630) Ann Beaumont (bpt 25.02.1609, bur 05.12.1663, dau of Thomas Beaumont of Castle Hall/Hill in Mirfield)
  ii. John Oates of Nether Denby (bpt 09.10.1631, d 09.03.1709)
  m1. (30.03.1657) Susan Brooke (b 08.11.1632, a 1675, dau of William Brooke of Dodworth)
  a. William Oates (bpt 1663, a 1690, d unm)
  b. Joshua Oates of Kingston-upon-Thames, later in New York (b before 1665, a 1699)
  (1) Susanna Oates
  m. _ Wilson of Morton
  c. John Oates of Thornhill (bur 06.09.1737)
  m. Elizabeth (bur 24.08.1742)
  (1) Edward Oates of Wakefield (bpt 06.09.1701, bur 27.05.1750)
  m. Anne
  (A) John Oates of Wakefield (b 1727-8, d 13.04.1765)
  m1. Ellizabeth (b 1732-3, d 08.1761)
  (i) Edward Oates (b c07.1760, d 10.1760)
  m2. Elizabeth
  (B)+ other issue - Joseph (b 1729, d 1750), William (b 1734-5, d 1737), Elizabeth (a 1750)
  (2) Dorothy Oates
  m. Richard Oldroyd of Thornhill
  (3) Frances Oates
  m. John Burkett of High Town
  (A)+ issue - Dorothy, Betty
  (4)+ other issue (d young) - John, Anne
d. Ann Oates (bpt 1670)
  m. John Hey of Malton
  (1) Susan Hey
  m. _ Hicks of Leeds (shoemaker)
  m2. Hannah (or Mary) Wadsworth (b 1644-5, d 10.08.1691, housekeeper)
  e. Joseph Oates of Nether Denby (b 1678-9, d 01/03.02.1742)
m. (29.08.1706) Grace Allott (b 14.02.1685, d 24.12.1748, dau of Bartin Allot of Bilham Grange by Mary, dau/coheir of John Peebles of Dewsbury)
  (1) Richard Oates of Denby & St. Kitts (West Indies) (b 08.03.1709-10, dsp 1767)
  m. Martha Tildsley (or Tinsdale) of Leeds (d by 1767)
  (A) Elizabeth Oates (b before 1740, d by 1749)
  (2) James Oates of Southampton (b 14.11.1723, d 1747-8, 5th surviving son)
  m. Catherine St. Barbe (d 1747, dau of Poole St. Barbe of Bittern, m2. Capt. Edward Farmar)
  (A) Joseph Oates of Kilnahone (Green Hall), Sheriff of Cork (d before 12.1780)
  m1. (07.08.1763) Elizabeth Russell (d 1775, dau of Lt. Col. Christopher Russell, Governor of Minorca, widow of James Colthurst (brother of Sir John of Ardrum, Bart))
  (i) James Pool Oates (b 20.03.1766, dsp 04.04.1863, Lt. Colonel)
  m. (23.10.1817) Lucy Ann Wiffen (dau of Henry Wiffen of Chelmsford, widow of _ Davis)
  (ii) Henrietta (Harriet) Oates (b 31.07.1764)
  m1. Stephen Rossington Elms of Cork
m2. Rev. Andrew Taylor
  (iii) Catherine Oates
  m. _ Reeves (army surgeon)
  (iv)+ other issue - Joseph Allot (d young), Edward (settled in Canada)
  m2. Elizabeth Farmar (dsp 1810, dau of Hovell Farmar (or Fisher) of Mount Hovell (by sister of Elizabeth Russell))
  (3) Mary Oates (b 05.05.1707, a 1776)
m1. (28.03.1725) William Haigh of Almondbury (son of James)
  m2. Edward Middleton of Tidswell
  (B)+ other issue - Grace, Mary, Allan, Dorothy, Margaret
  m3. (sp) John Hough of Tidswell
  (4) Jane Oates (b 12.04.1708)
  m. Roger Hill of Heath
  (A)+ issue - Ann, Mary, Grace, Joseph, Susan
  (5) Anne Oates
  m1. Francis Armitage of Dudmanston (d 27.12.1744)
  m2. Joseph Scott of Woodsome
  The following comes from FMG (vol 2, Armitage, MS321).
  (A) Grace Scott (dsp)
  m. _ Bacon (vicar of Wakefield)
  (B)+ other issue - Francis (d unm), Ann (a 1824)
  (6) Sarah Oates (b 01.02.1714-5, bur 14.05.1763)
m. (sp) Thomas Shepherd of Leeds
  (7) Catharine Oates (b 07.07.1719)
  m1. John Wilkinson of Tidswell
  (A)+ issue - Joseph, Catherine, John, Ann
  m2. _ Parkes of Kexborough
  (8) Susanna Oates (b 28.10.1722, d 1796)
  m. (11.09.1746) John Wilson of Broomhead (antiquary)
  (9) Margaret Oates (b 25.07.1729, dsp)
  m. Samuel Watson of Bakewell
  (10)+ other issue - Joseph (b 24.11.1716, d unm 12.1748, tanner), Bryan (b 05.12.1717, d unm 1746), Bartin (b 08.11.1720, tanner), John (b 09.04.1709, bur 01.07.1709), Grace (d young), Anby (d infant), Hannah (d infant)
  f. James Oates of Dodworth & Wortley Forge (dsp 1738)
  m. Catharine Wilson (d 31.07.1750, dau/coheir of John Wilson of Wortby Hall)
  g. Samuel Oates or Otis of Barnstaple near Boston, America (bpt 26.06.1788, to America c1724)
  m. "a baker's dau. in London"
  (1) Samuel Allen Otis of Boston had issue?
  m. _ Gray (dau of Harriston Gray of Boston)
  (2) James Otis of Boston (a 1766, MP, Speaker of the House of Assembly) had issue (in Boston)
  h. Mary Oates
m. (30.10.1702) Richard Vevers of Sheffield then Potterton
  i. Martha Oates
  m. John Godley of Wakefield (farmer)
  j. Hannah Oates
  m. Benjamin Halst (Haigh or Haist) of Swillington (butcher)
  iii. Josias Oates of Chickenley Hall, Dewsbury (bpt 23.02.1643, d 22.03.1718, youngest son)
  m1. Elizabeth Fenton (d 28.08.1679, dau of William Fenton of Woodhouse Hill in Hunslet)
  a. William Oates of Wakefield (b 02.09.1673, d 16.11.1737)
  m. (05.06.1707) Gertrude Goodwyn (bpt 01.09.1680, d 03.12.1729, dau of Edward Goodwyn (Goodwin) of Rawmarsh)
(1) Edward Oates of Furnival's Inn, later of Rawmarsh (bpt 25.06.1708, d unm 24.03.1776)
  (2) Thomas Oates of Wakefield, later of Rawmarsh (bpt 22.04.1712, d 24.12.1783, 4th son)
  m. Elizabeth Foster (bpt 02.10.1710, d 05.09.1791, dau of Edward Foster of Thorne, brother/heir of Edward)
  (A) William Oates of Rawmarsh (b 1745-6, d unm 19.08.1803)
  (B) Susanna Oates (b 1740-1, dsp 04.1806)
  m. William Crowder of Wakefield (b c1744, bur 12.1810)
  (C) Elizabeth Oates (bpt 19.01.1748, d 21.06.1789)
  m. (11.05.1778) John Crowder of Brotherton (brother of William)
  (D)+ other issue (d young) - Edward (d 1744), Gertrude (b c1742, d 1746), Mary (d unm 1760), Gertrude (d unm 1750)
(3) Charles Oates of Burdon Flatts, Yorkshire (bpt 11.07.1723, dsp before 31.07.1789, Captain, youngest son)
  m. Elizabeth Charlton (sister of John Charlton)
  (4) Gertrude Oates of Rawmarsh (bpt 21.06.1710, d unm 1787)
  (5)+ other issue - William (bpt 06.06.1709, d unm 13.06.1730), Samuel (bpt 06.06.1711, d infant), Richard (bpt 18.01.1713, d young), George (bpt 17.01.1714, d c1734), Francis (d 1731), Goodwyn of Manchester (bpt 17.03.1721, d unm), Sarah (bpt 17.09.1718, d young)
b. Joseph Oates of Leeds (b 11.06.1675, d 27.11.1729)
  m. (11.02.1702) Mary Fenton (dau of Thomas Fenton of Hunslet by Mary, dau of James Ibbetson of Leeds)
  c. Mary Oates (bpt 03.09.1677, d 30.10.1741)
  m. (15.05.1700) Joseph Smithson of Low Laithes
  d.+ other issue - Anne (b 12.04.1672, d 03.1681), Elizabeth (bpt 30.08.1679, d unm 20.09.1757)
  m2. (29.03.1682) Hannah Fenton (d 15.05.1733, dau of Thomas Fenton (the younger) of Hunslet)
  f. Josias Oates of Wakefield (b 1682-3, d 21.05.1747)
  m. (1716) Ann Norton (dau of Gervase Norton of Kettlethorp)
(1)+ issue - Josias (d young), Hannah (d young), Ann (b c1718, d unm 1744)
  g. Samuel Oates of Wakefield (b 1688, d by 1733, 3rd son of this marriage?)
  m1. Catherine (b c1689, d 14.01.1719)
  (1)+ issue - Hannah (b c1717, d unm 1740), Elizabeth (d infant), Margaret (d infant)
  m2. Anne (bur 12.12.1724)
  (4)+ other issue - Francis (b 1721, d 1723), Henry (b 1723, d 1724)
  h.+ other issue - Thomas (d young), Benjamin of Wakefield (b 1690, a 1733, d unm?), Abigail (b c1688, d unm 1740)
  iv. Judith Oates (bpt 10.04.1637, bur 15.04.1664)
  m. (20.09.1659) Richard Nettleton of Earlsheaton (d 04.11.1700)
  v. Mary Oates (bpt 08.03.1645, d 25.06.1712)
  m. William Brooke of Dodworth
  vi. Anne Oates (bur 08.06.1728)
  m. John Brooke (rector of High Hoyland)
  vii.+ other issue - Joseph of Barnsley (bpt 02.12.1632, d unm before 22.09.1663), Joshua in Denby & Liverpool (bpt 26.10.1634, dsp 1665), Thomas (bpt 09.02.1639, d by 1650), Jonas (bpt 10.07.1642, d by 1659), Elizabeth (bpt 15.04.1651, d 1659)

Main source(s): BLG1886 ('Oates of Meanwoodside'), FMG (vol 1, MS114/115, 'Oates-Crowder', p 260+)
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