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Reverend William Yates, rector of Bruton Parish from 1759 to 1764, was the son of Rev. Bartholomew Yates, and his wife, Sarah Mickelborrough, and grandson of William and Katherine Yates, of Shockley, Chestershire, England. He married Elizabeth Randolph, daughter of Edward Randolph and his wife, Elizabeth Grosvenor, of England, and granddaughter of the English emigrant, William Randolph, of Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia. They had:

1) Col William Yates, who married 1) Ann Isham Randolph, and had: a) Benjamin Poythress, who married Sophia Stith, daughter of Buckner Stith and Anne Walker, by whom he had William (m. Frances Jane Hinton, then Elizabeth Amie Murphy), and a daughter, Marienne, who died in infancy? He married next, Elizabeth Frances Stith, and had Sophia (m. Frederick Fishback) and Benjamin D (m. Elizabeth Forbes). b) William, who married and moved to Mississippi, where he died, leaving no issue. c) Theoderick, who died in infancy. Col. William Yates married 2) Elizabeth Booth, by whom he had Ann, who married Thomas Gholson.

2) Edward Randolph Yates, who married Elizabeth Murray, daughter of John Murray, of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, by whom he had John Murray Yates, of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, who married Ann Bailey and had John; Edward Randolph, who migrated to California; William Moring, of Halifax County; Joseph A, who never married; Benjamin Lewis, who married Margaret Sophia Rails; Louise Murray, who never married; Ann Bailey, who married Henry Tucker; Mary E, who married John H Tisdale; Martha J, who married 1) Dr Leroy Murrell 2) William Campbell; and Susan Dean, who married Daniel W Tisdale.

The handsome Rev. Henry M Denison, a native of Pennsylvania, served as rector of Bruton Parish for four years, from 1848 to 1852. He married Alice Tyler, daughter of President John Tyler and his wife, Letitia Christian. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married first, an Allen, and later, Rev. Williamson.