Yeats of Aberdeen, Scotland
Also "Yates".
See
notes on spelling.
Marriage of
Alexander Yeats and Elizabeth Leslie, 20 June 1748.
See
full size.
Alexander Yeats.
Listed as "merchant" at marriage.
He
mar 20 June 1748
to
Elizabeth Leslie
[bapt 1723,
descendant of
Robert III, King of Scotland
and of
Henry I].
Alexander was a merchant in
Rotterdam, Holland.
Many Scottish merchants traded through Rotterdam at this time,
and often went to live there.
His children were bapt in Aberdeen in 1750 to 1756.
Moves to Holland before 1765:
He went to live in Holland. Took his family.
"Alexander Yeats" and his wife
were added on
20 Oct 1765 to
List of Members
of
Scots Church, Rotterdam.
He is listed as a "deacon".
He is listed as merchant in
Rotterdam
at his dau Barbara's mar 1769.
Alexander and Elizabeth had issue:
- Barbara Yeats,
born 16 July 1749,
would be named after her grandmother
Barbara Ædie.
She was apparently born in Scotland, moved with father to Holland before 1765,
and then came back to Scotland with marriage 1769.
"Barbara Yates" was
added to list of
Members of Scots Church, Rotterdam
2 Apr 1767.
She
mar
16 Aug 1769
to Capt. Robert Gibbon
[born 23 Aug 1738]
and had issue.
They mar at the
Scots Church, Rotterdam.
She was age 20, he was age 30.
See marriage entry under G.
They were married by Rev. William Walker
(father of Rev. Robert Walker,
"The Skating Minister").
- Elizabeth Yeats,
bapt 14 Aug 1750 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].
"Elizabeth Yates" was
added to list of
Members of Scots Church, Rotterdam
2 Apr 1767.
She
mar Alexander Martin.
Their dau's mar notice says he is Alexander.
One source says "Mynhur Martin", but this must be a mis-reading of hand-writing.
They
lived Nellfield, Aberdeen
(later the home of the Gibbon sisters).
"Mr. Martin"
is shown at Nellfield on 1789 map.
There is a miniature of Alexander Martin of Nellfield, Aberdeen,
dated
1793.
His
dau's mar notice 1796 says he was of Nellfield.
In
letter of 15 Apr 1857
(almost impossible to read)
Arthur Gibbon (born 1780)
recalls Nellfield when he was young and his aunt and uncle lived there.
Elizabeth and Alexander had issue:
- Elizabeth Martin,
mar notice says she was the only dau,
mar 1796 to Capt. Hay Livingston
[bapt 14th Dec 1774]
and had issue.
- William Yeats,
bapt 19 July 1755 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].
- Anna Yeats.
She may be "Anne Yates", bapt 7 Nov 1756 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen], dau of Alexander Yates and --- Ross. (A second marriage?)
"Anna Yeats"
was added to list of
Members of Scots Church, Rotterdam
on
29 Sept 1772.
She mar Dr. James Somerville [NOT William].
They had issue:
- Bethea Somerville,
bapt 23 June 1781, Whitburn, W Lothian.
- Karthrine Somerville,
bapt 7 Jan 1783 [Whitburn].
- Barbara Somerville,
bapt 1 Aug 1784 [Whitburn].
She was
bur Nigg Bay.
See
p.4 of first sheet of
notes on Gibbon graves at Nigg.
- Alexander Martine Somerville,
bapt 15 Aug 1786 [Whitburn].
- 1 other child, Somerville [Barbara Yates Gibbon].
(todo) Search for baptisms.
The Scots Church, Rotterdam.
Print of 1757.
From
Rotterdam City Archives.
Alexander Yeats and family moved to Rotterdam before 1765
and lived somewhere near the Scots Church.
Barbara Yeats.
Portrait perhaps c.1790.
(She died 1791.)
See larger
and full size.
See other scan.
See label at back
and second label at back.
Miniature of Alexander Martin of Nellfield, Aberdeen,
dated
1793,
by John Bogle.
For sale as at 2012 on
eBay
at
this shop.
See inscription
(and wider shot)
and signature.
See other shot
and other shot.
Some notes on Yeats in
Gibbon papers.
Not sure who these people are.
The dates do not fit William and Anna above.
