In the 1851 census High Street, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. Head Samuel Yates, age 62, Wine Merchant, born Eccleshall, Staffordshire. Wife Marianne Yates, age 51, born Wybunbury?, Cheshire. Son Samuel Yates, age 22, unmarried, Wine Merchant, born Eccleshall. Son William Yates, age 20, unmarried, Scholar of Lincoln College Oxford, born Eccleshall. A groom, cook and housemaid.

In the 1861 census High Street Eccleshall. Head, Samuel Yates, age 72, Landed Proprietor, born Eccleshall. Wife Marianne Yates, age 61, born Wrenbury, Cheshire. Son William Yates, unmarried, age 30, Fellow of Brasenose College Oxford, born Eccleshall. 2 servants.