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

The pedigree starts with 3 brothers, shown here as sons of ...
?? Otes
1. Thomas Otes of Thornhill Lees (b 1554, dsp by 05.1626)
2. Lawrence Otes or Oates of Woolley (near Barnsley)
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. Ann Beaumont (d 1663, dau of Thomas Beaumont of Castle Hall)
  ii. John Oates of Nether Denby (bpt 09.10.1631, d 09.03.1709)
  m1. (30.03.1657) Susan Brooke (dau of William Brooke of Dodworth)
a.+ 3 sons and 1 daughter "of whom the male line became extinct in the 4th generation"
  m2. Hannah Wadsworth (d 10.08.1691)
  e. Joseph Oates of Nether Denby (b 1678-9, d 03.02.1742)
  m. (29.08.1706) Grace Allott (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 of Leeds
  (2) James Oates of Southampton (b 14.11.1723, a 1741, 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 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 Oates
  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 of Mount Hovell)
  (3) Mary Oates
  m1. William Haigh of Almondbury
  m2. Edward Middleton of Tidswell
  m3. John Hough of Tidswell
(4) Jane Oates
  m. Roger Hill of Heath
  (5) Anne Oates
  m1. Francis Armitage of Dudmanston
  m2. Joseph Scott of Woodsome
  (6) Catharine Oates
  m1. John Wilkinson of Tidswell
  m2. _ Parkes of Kexborough
  (7) Susanna Oates (d 1796)
  m. (11.09.1746) John WIlson of Broomhead (antiquary)
  (8) Margaret Oates
  m. Samuel Watson of Bakewell
  (9)+ other issue - Joseph (b 24.11.1716, d unm 1748), Bryan (b 05.12.1717, d unm 1746), Bartin (b 08.11.1720), sons (d infant), Grace (d young), Hannah (d young)
f. James Oates 'of Dodworth' (dsp 1738)
  m. Catharine Wilson (dau/coheir of John Wilson of Wortby Hall)
  g. Samuel Oates of Barnstaple near Boston (to America c1724)
  h. Mary Oates
  m. Richard Vevers of Sheffield & Potterton
  i. Martha Oates
  m. John Godley of Wakefield
  j. Hannah Oates
  m. Benjamin Halst of Swillington
  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 (d 03.12.1729, dau of Edward Goodwyn 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 (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
  (C) Elizabeth Oates (bpt 19.01.1748, d 21.06.1789)
  m. (11.05.1778) John Crowder of Brotherton (brother of William)
  (D)+ 4 others (d young)
  (3) Charles Oates of Burdon Flatts, Yorkshire (bpt 11.07.1723, dsp 1789, Captain, youngest son)
  m. Elizabeth Charlton
  (4) Gertrude Oates of Rawmarsh (bpt 21.06.1710, d unm 1787)
  (5)+ other issue - William (bpt 06.06.1709, d 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 (d 27.07.1793, dau of Thomas Fenton of Hunslet by Mary, dau of James Ibbetson of Leeds)
(1) Thomas Oates of Leeds (b 02.07.1710, d 29.12.1750)
  m. (13.10.1740) Sarah Watson of Swanland & Forrilby (d 18.04.1744)
  (A) Elizabeth Oates (bpt 21.09.1743, dsp 07.1807)
  m. Thomas Leach of West Riddlesden Hall
  (2) George Oates of Potternewton, near Leeds, later of Carr House (b 18.05.1717, d 20.12.1779, 4th son)
  m. (31.12.1741) Sarah Jolley (d 11.05.1768, dau/heir of John Jolley of Manchester by Anne, dau of James Chadwick of Manchester)
  (A) Joseph Oates of Westwood (near Leeds) (b 11.08.1743, d 20.12.1824)
  m. (27.03.1777) Elizabeth Rayner (d 06.09.1798, dau of Joshua Rayner of Leeds by Sarah, dau of William Milnes of Chesterfield)
  (i) George Oates of Carr House, Meanwood (b 13.02.1781, d unm 21.06.1832)
  (ii) Joseph Henry Oates of Oatlands (near Leeds), later of Carr House (b 15.08.1784, d 17.01.1868) had issue
  m. (07.09.1819) Mary Dixon (d 21.06.1827, dau of Thomas Dixon of Bolton)
(iii) Edward Oates of Malta then Meanwoodside (b 28.01.1792, d 06.02.1865) had issue
  m. (17.10.1836) Susan Grace of Meanwoodside (dau/heir of Edward Grace of Burley)
  (iv) Sarah Oates (b 03.06.1778, d 27.07.1864)
  m. (22.11.1810) George William Wood of Singleton Lodge
  (v)+ other issue - Anne (b 27.10.1779, d 24.07.1797), Mary (b 24.02.1783, d unm 17.04.1869)
  (B) George William Oates of Leeds (b 20.08.1748, d by 1821, 3rd son)
  m. (11.08.1788) Mary Hibbert (d 14.04.1845, dau of Robert Hibbert of Manchester, sister of George of Clapham Common)
  (i)+ issue - George Hibbert of Greenwich Estate in Jamaica (b 31.08.1791, d 11.04.1837), Robert (b 30.12.1792, d unm 08.04.1816, Captain), Thomas Hibbert (d infant), William Washington (b 02.02.1796, d 24.07.1805), Hibbert of Whitney Estate in Jamaica (b 06.08.1797, d unm 14.12.1840), Anna Maria of Bath (b 05.05.1790, d unm 02.1870)
  (C) Frederick Oates of Belmont (near Leeds) (b 03.08.1750, d 14.08.1803)
m. (29.08.1776) Phoebe Anne Read (d 06.10.1823, dau/coheir of William Read of Leeds)
  (i) Frederick William Oates of Barlings House, Lincolnshire (b 03.02.1785, dsp 23.02.1862)
  m. (19.04.1820) Mary Anne Foster (d 24.03.1879, dau/heir of Charles Foster of Barlings)
  (ii)+ other issue - William Read (b 03.07.1777, d 05.09.1777), Mary Anne (b 26.05.1779, d unm 29.05.1864), Hannah Maria Harriet (b 17.01.1781, d unm 26.09.1828), Phoebe Caroline (b 31.08.1782, d unm 29.09.1869)
  (D) Louisa Anne Oates (b 27.12.1758, d 22.09.1806)
  m. (29.09.1780) Rev. William Woods of Leeds
(E) Sophia Carolina Oates (b 15.11.1760, d 09.07.1825)
  m. (13.10.1785) Thomas Robinson of Woodlands
  (F)+ other issue (d unm) - Benjamin (b 20.02.1745, d 03.03.1745), Mary (b 15.01.1746, d 11.02.1769), Anne (d 21.04.1756), Sarah (d 20.05.1758)
  (3) Josiah Oates of Allerton Hall (b 07.03.1721, d 24.02.1782)
  m. Mary Roebuck (d 19.04.1795, dau of John Roebuck of Sheffield)
  (A) Sarah Oates (d 01.10.1755)
  (4) Samuel Oates of Leeds (b 15.09.1722, d 21.12.1789)
  m. Mary Hamer (d 27.07.1793, dau of Samuel Hamer of Hamer Hall by Mary, sister of Sir Henry Ibbetson, Bart)
  (A) Samuel Hamer Oates of Allerton Hall (b 22.07.1752, d 11.11.1811, 2nd son)
  m. (04.11.1782) Sarah Sherbrooke (d 02.02.1834, dau of William Coape Sherbrooke of Arnold by Sarah, dau/coheir of Henry Sherbrooke of Oxton, sister of Maj. Gen. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor General of Canada)
  (i) William Coape Oates of Calverton Hall, etc. (b 04.03.1790, dsp 06.01.1863, Captain)
  m. (09.1822) Julia Henrietta Leacroft (dau of John Leacroft of Southwell)
  (ii) Henry Coape Oates of Paris, later of Calverton Hall, etc. (bpt 13.06.1791, d unm 21.12.1872)
  (iii) John Coape Sherbrooke Oates (b 10.02.1794, d 01.12.1846, RN, 4th son) had issue
  m. (11.1834) Ann Jane Falkner (d 03.1870, dau of Thomas Falkner of Lound Hall)
  (iv)+ other issue (d unm) - Charles (b 10.02.1785, d infant), Frances (bpt 30.09.1783, d 21.10.1863), Harriet Hamer (b 25.06.1786, d 10.12.1797), Mary Coape (bpt 11.02.1788, d 07.11.1810), Elizabeth Coape Sherbrooke (bpt 10.121792, d 12.03.1812)
  (B) Josiah Henry Oates of Burley (near Leeds) (b 05.1758, d 16.01.1832)
  m. Dorothy Lister (dau of Edward Lister of Langthorne)
  (i) Charles Oates of Seville (Spain) (b 06.03.1788) had issue (all d unm)
  m. Josephine de Bules, Seville
  (ii) Isabella Mary Oates (b 13.11.786, d 09.03.1836)
  m. (02.05.1811) William Borrowdaile (son/heir of Richardson of Bedford Hill)
  (iii)+ other issue (d unm) - George Hamer of Bolton Lodge (b 13.01.1794, d 08.03.1871), Eliza Hamer (b 29.03.1789, d 17.02.1869), Anne Margaret (b 28.09.1796, d 16.02.1818), Jane (d 07.11.1793)
  (C) Henry William Oates of Fieldhead (b 24.05.1761, d 17.04.1831)
  m. Margaret Cockshott (dau of Edward Cockshott of Morley)
  (i) Hannah Oates (d infant)
  (D) Edward Oates of Bradford (b 17.10.1770, d 12.06.1833, 6th son) had issue
  m1. (22.04.1801) Rebecca Lodge (d 26.08.1817, dau of William Lodge of Pontefract)
  m2. (23.08.1818) Elizabeth Taylor (dau of Joseph Taylor of Bradford)
  (E) Ann Oates (b 25.03.1754, d 1796)
  m. Thomas Bond of Lancaster
  (F)+ other issue (d unm) - Joseph (b 10.02.1749, d infant), William (b 24.03.1764, d 1796, Captain), Mary (bpt 10.05.1750, d 14.06.1765), Margaret (b 14.03.1756, d 17.05.1828)
  (5) Elizabeth Oates (b 19.12.1703, d 10.09.1779)
  m. Hugh Marshall of Leeds
  (A) Alice Marshall
  m. John Parker of Woodthorpe
  (6) Lydia Oates (b 24.04.1715, d 1795)
  m. Thomas Sanderson of Enwood
(7)+ other issue (d unm) - Joseph (b 10.04.1712, d infant), Josiah (b 10.04.1713!, d 28.04.1719), Anne (b 14.09.1705, d 14.07.1787), Mary (b 15.04.1708, d 21.11.1782), Rachael (b 10.12.1718, d infant)
  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 30.0831679, d unm 20.09.1757)
  m2. (29.03.1682) Hannah Fenton (d 15.05.1733, dau of Thomas Fenton (the younger) of Hunslet)
  f.+ other issue (sps?) - Josias, Thomas, Samuel, Benjamin, Abigail
  iv. Mary Oates (bpt 08.03.1645, d 25.06.1712)
  m. William Brooke of Dodworth
  v. Anne Oates (bur 08.06.1728)
  m. John Brooke (rector of High Hoyland)
  vi.+ other issue - Joseph of Barnsley (bpt 02.12.1632, d unm before 22.09.1663), Joshua (bpt 26.10.1634, dsp 1665), Thomas (bpt 09.02.1639, d young), Jonas (bpt 10.07.1642, d young), Elizabeth (bpt 15.04.1651, d young)

Main source(s): BLG1886 (Oates of Meanwoodside)
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