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Jannet
Van Ness Yates
Jannetje/Janet/Jane Van Ness was born about 1739.
She
married Schenectady native Robert Yates in March
1765. The couple set up their first home in Albany's
second ward. Their six children were baptized in
the Albany Dutch church between 1767 and 1783 where
their parents were longtime members.
Attorney,
public official, and jurist, Robert Yates's rapid
rise was mirrored by the elevated status that accompanied
success. By the outbreak of the War for Independence,
his family had taken up residence in a landmark house
on upper State Street where Jane raised their children
and hosted many of the leaders of the new New York
State.
Robert
Yates died in 1801. Jane continued to live in the
home at 110 State Street which she shared with her
son and husband's successor, John Van Ness Yates.
She died in June 1818 at the age of seventy-nine.
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Notes: The
life of Jannetje/Jane Van Ness Yates is CAP biography
number 965. This profile is derived chiefly from
community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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