MARGARET YATES
THE STORY AS I KNOW IT.
Margaret Yates was born about 1780 in Baltimore. According to the book Revolutionary Patriots of Baltimoretown 1775-1783 by Henry C. Peden Jr., her father was Thomas Yates and her mother, Mary Myers.
The book also states that Margaret married Jacob Walsh. The Baltimore
Federal Gazette reported on Saturday, June 26, 1802
that "Jacob Walsh Jr. married at Springfield
on Thursday evening by Rev. Mr. Bend. Jacob Walsh
Jr., merchant to Margaret Yates daughter of
Thomas Yates, Esq. All of this city."
Jacob and Margaret Walsh had at least 4 children
who were christened at St. Paul's Episcopal church:
re Maryland Birth & Christenings Index, 1662-1911
They were:
1. Mary Walsh, born March 22, 1803, christened June
26, 1803 she probably died before 1816. see #4
2. Elizabeth Ann re 1850 census, Baltimore
page 196b she was born in 1807, christened Jan 2,
1810, a note on Ancestry.com stated
that she wed Archibald
Stirling. He served as President of the Baltimore
Savings Bank
3. Thomas Yates - a biography held
in the Baltimore Historical Society states he was born
1809 - died 1865. He was also christened on Jan 2,
1810. Find A Grave adds death date as
Jan 20, 1865. T. Yates Walsh was a Baltimore
lawyer and served as US. Representative from 1851-1853.
5. William
Henry Myers Walsh, born Feb. 18, 1820, christened
March 18, 1820. Williams's first son was named
Thomas Yates. and the biography of
T. Yeates Walsh, attorney at law names Wm. H. Walsh as a
younger brother and His father was named Jacob Walsh "one time
opulent merchant. but suffered business reverses.
4 Another daughter was found via her obituary in
the Baltimore Sun, dated Oct. 19, 1888. Mary
Atkinson Yates Penniman, widow of Augustus
Penniman, died,,,,,It went on to state she was
daughter of Jacob Walsh, sister to T. Yates
Walsh and Mrs. Stirling. So she belongs
to our family. She was born in 1816. So the
questions are, did the first daughter Mary die,
and this was the 2nd and where does the name Atkinson
come from?
The Baltimore city Directory 1816 on page 163 lists Jacob Walsh Jr. at 71 Smith's Wharf, dwelling 40 Albemarle St. Smith's Wharf is very likely the Wharf where the aquarium now resides.
It is not known when Margaret died. She was
listed on an 1821 deed. One Ancestry tree lists her
death year as 1824, but gives no source. Find
A Grave states that her husband is buried in Old
Saint Paul's cemetery. She probably is also.
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