The Descendants Of Seth Yeats (or Yates) Of Newport, Rhode Island, and the Descendants Of John Yeats (or Yates) Of Providence, Rhode Island
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Second Generation 5. JACQUES MUIR (James), son of James Muir and Marie Archange Hébert, was born 3 January and baptised at St Marc-sur-Richelieu parish, Vercheres, Québec, 4 January 1799. He died 2 November and was buried at St. Charles-sur-Richelieu, Vercheres, 4 November 1843 age 44. He married in St. Mathieu de Beloeil Church, Vercheres, 26 January 1818 MARIE LOUISE DUCHESNEAU/[DUCHAINEAU], born 19 January 1802 and baptised at St. Marc-sur-Richelieu parish the same day, daughter of Andre Duchesneau and Josèphe Nadeau. She was living with her son Leon in 1871. Louise married secondly in St. Charles-sur-Richelieu Church 8 September 1851 Jean Baptiste Plamondon, widower of Marie Mayotte [sic, Maillotte]. He was baptised at Notre Dame du Rosaire parish, St. Hyacinthe, 12 December 1789, son of Pierre Plamondon and Magdeleine Deranteau. He died 24 June and was buried at St. Hyacinthe Cathedral 26 June 1865 age 75 years 8 months. On 22 January 1818 they had a marriage contract drawn up by the notary Louis Chicou Duvert, when Jacques was 19 and Louise was 16. Jacques owned 80 acres of land at St. Jean Baptiste parish and consented to douaire prefix (a specified sum paid by the future husband to his wife) and préciput (a sum reserved to the survivor). Louise brought a dot (dowry, clothes, animals, furniture). Witnesses were both of their parents as well as William Muir (brother), Jean Baptiste Hébert (great uncle), Angelique Brissett (great aunt), Philippe Hébert (uncle), Jean Baptiste Hébert (uncle), Marie-Anne Beaudry (aunt), Josephte Hébert (Aunt), Christopher Brodeur, Michel Meunier, Antoine Chicoine, Marie Anne Poulin, Joseph Vegiard dit Labonté, Julie Blanchard, Alexis Gervais, Catherine Gelineau, Charles Duhamel, Geneviève Dion, Jean Baptiste Brodeau, Constant Brodeur, Joachim Lemoine, Andre, Jean Baptiste, Charles and Josephte Duchesneau, Antoine Dion, Pierre Champoux, Brigite Adams, Antoine Brodeur, Michel St. Pierre, Christine Veraneau, Jean Côté, Gervias Gosselin and Lucien Dion! On 12 April 1820 James Muir, Sr., granted a mortgage to his son James, Jr. (Jacques) for a sum of 700 livres and 20 shillings, a sum that had been granted by James Muir (Sr.), under the terms of a land rent by Joseph Hébert, to François Noiseaux on 8 March 1802. James, Jr. put up a 78 acre lot at St. Jean Baptiste to guarantee the mortgage from his father. This land was south-west of Michel Champoux, next to Joseph Courtemanche, behind Yamaska lands, and next to Charlotte ___. On 26 December 1827 James Muir, Jr., agreed to pay Joseph Toussaint Drolet, Esq., Merchant of the parish of St. Marc, the sum of twelve hundred eighty two pounds, plus six percent interest for a promissory note. Apparently James did not pay and the court of the King’s Bench ordered the sheriff to issue a summons for James to appear in court in October 1828. James did not appear and on 18 October 1828 the court issued a judgment by default to Joseph Drolet, Esq., for fifty-three pounds nine shillings and a penny, plus interest, which was the balance of the promissory note dated 11 September of the previous year. In 1861 at St. Hyacinthe the Confessor parish, Jean Baptiste Plamondon was a meunier (miller) age 73, and Louise Duchesneau his wife was age 66. In 1871 at St. Hyacinthe parish, Louise was a widow age 69, and was living with her son and daughter-in-law Leon and Sophronie Plamondon. Children of Jacques and Louise (Duchesneau) Muir: + 28. LOUISE MUIR, born 18 March and baptised at St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville parish 19 March 1819; married JEAN BAPTISTE PLAMONDON. + 29. JACQUES MUIR, born 4 March 1821 and baptised at St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville parish the same day; married SOPHIE YON/DION/GUYON. + 30. MARCEL[LIN] MUIR, born 6 April and baptised at St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville parish 7 April 1824; married MARIE AMABLE COUILLARD. + 31. ADELAIDE “DELIA” MUIR, born 14 March 1826 and baptised at St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville parish the same day; married AMABLE “EMIL” TARDIF/[TARDY]. 32 CYPRIEN MUIR, born 28 February 1830 and baptised at St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville parish the same day; died 3 August and was buried there 5 August 1830 age 5 months. 33. ANATHALIE/VITALINE MUIR, born 9 May and baptised at St. Damase parish, Saint Hyacinthe Co., 10 May 1831; died 22 December and was buried there 24 December 1837 age 6 years. 34. LOUIS THOMAS MUIR, born 31 August 1832 and baptised at St. Damase parish the same day; died 21 or 23 September and was buried there 24 September 1832. 35. NATALIE MUIR, born 3 January and baptised at St. Damase parish 4 January 1835; married in St. Dominique de Bagot Church 8 August 1854 AUGUSTIN FONTAINE, son of Augustin Fontaine [dit Laroche] and Agathe Poulin; no further record. + 36. SOPHRONIE MUIR, born 9 February and baptised at St. Damase parish 10 February 1837; married LEON PLAMONDON. 37. MARIE SOULANGE MUIR, born 25 April 1839 and baptised at St. Charles-sur-Richelieu parish the same day; died 19 May and was buried there 20 May 1839 age 25 days. 38. PHILOMENE MUIR, born 1 November 1840 and baptised at St. Charles-sur-Richelieu parish the same day; died there 10 November 1840.
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The descendants of Seth and John Yates documents for the first time the families of
these two men using all extant records that could be located during an exhaustive
search of early New England records. Seth’s children and grandchildren moved
between Newport and Providence during the American Revolution and most
of the descendants through to the early twentieth century were still found
in New England except for his grandson Jonathan whose children moved to
Michigan and Wisconsin and contained some very prominent individuals of
their time. The daughters married into the Carder, Melvill, Burr, Cahoone,
Cranston, Hammett, and other prominent Newport and Providence families.
John’s line moved first to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and within two more
generations had spread to New York State, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Iowa. These families were pioneers of their times, fought in
the American Revolution, the Civil War, and participated in public affairs.
One of John’s daughters married Shem Drown and his children have been
documented with never before found records. His grandsons Amariah and
Barzillai were pioneers in Genesee and Tioga counties, New York, leaving
numerous descendants. John’s granddaughter Elizabeth married Benjamin
Read and had a child who married her cousin, identified here for the first time.
About the Author
Edward Wallace Phillips has been a professional genealogist for the past eight years under the name New England Ancestors Revealed and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. He is a member and past employee of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. His specialty is New England ancestries.