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Christoffel
Yates
Christoffel Yates was born in Albany in April 1684. He was the eldest son of soldier/blacksmith Joseph Yates and Huybertie Marselis Yates.
He
married Albany native Catalina Winne in July 1706.
The following spring, the first of their ten children
was baptized in the Albany Dutch Church where both
parents were members and frequent baptism sponsors.
This
Yates family set up their modest home in the second
ward near Foxes Creek. Like his father, Christoffel
was a blacksmith. In 1715, he was identified as a
private in an Albany militia company. During the
1710s and 20s, he also served as a second ward firemaster
and as high constable for the city in 1715.
Four
of his sons went on to establish families that were
prominent in Albany crafts and trades. Younger son
Abraham Yates, Jr. became an attorney, revolutionary
leader, and later mayor of Albany.
Christoffel
Yates died in 1754 at age sixty-nine. He was buried
in the Dutch church cemetery on February 26.
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Notes: The
life of Christoffel (Christopher) Yates is CAP
biography number 4419. This profile is derived chiefly
from family and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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