Jasper Yeates (Colonial judge)

Jasper Yeates
Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
In office
December 3, 1707 – April 11, 1710
Preceded byWilliam Clark
Succeeded byJohn Healey
In office
August 1, 1717 – May 2, 1720
Preceded byRichard Birmingham
Succeeded byJohn French
Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
In office
1704–1710
In office
1717 – May 2, 1720
Member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council
In office
December 25, 1696 – May 2, 1720
Member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly from New Castle County
In office
October 1699 – 1703
Member of the Delaware General Assembly from New Castle County
In office
1703–?
Personal details
Born1670
Yorkshire, England
Died(1720-05-02)May 2, 1720
New Castle, Delaware
SpouseCatharine Sandelands (m. 1690)
RelativesJasper Yeates (grandson)

Jasper Yeates (1670 – May 2, 1720) was an English-born colonial American judge who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties of Delaware (now known as the Delaware Supreme Court) from 1707 to 1710 and from 1717 until his death in 1720. He also served on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, was chief burgess of Chester, was on the Pennsylvania Provincial Council, served as a New Castle County representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and was speaker of the Delaware General Assembly.

His grandson, also named Jasper Yeates, also served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.