Family
Joseph was born to Christopher "Colonel Stoeffel" Yates and his wife Jannetje Bradt in the autumn of 1768.
In the course of his days he took three wives: the first was for love: Ann, widow of James Ellice; the second was for money, Maria, daughter of John Kane; the last was for clout, as he required it to further his ambitious political career, Elizabeth De Lancey, a daughter of John De Lancey, of Westchester County, New York.
Yates had three children, all daughters: Helen Maria, the oldest, was born on September 28, 1797. She was married to Colonel John K. Paige and died January 25, 1829. Anna Alida was born September 14, 1806, married to John D. Watkins, a resident of Georgia. Jane Jesepha was born November 6, 1811, married to Samuel Neil of New York.
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