BATES, John

John married SPALDING, Deborah 1693, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of SPALDING, John and HEALD, Hannah) was born 12 Nov 1670, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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In his will, dated July 18, 1716, John Bates calls himself a "cooper" and gives his age as "seventy-four years or thereabouts." He mentions his son John, daughters Mary Cleveland, Elizabeth Richardson, and Sarah Butterfield. He also wills to the children of Lydia Cotton "that shall be alive at my death," from which it appears that she was then deceased. His son-in-law Jonathan Richardson was named sole executor. He d. in Chelmsford, April 11, 1722, "aged about 80 ye ars." His wife d. there Mar. 7, 1713-14.

John married FARWELL, Mary 22 Dec 1665, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of FARWELL, Henry and WELBY, Olive) was born 26 Dec 1640, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 7/07 Mar 1713/1714, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

John married HEALD, Hannah 18 May 1658, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of HEALD, John and ROYLE, Dorothy) was born 14 Sep 1635, Alderly, Cheshire, England; died 14 Aug 1689, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Edward's birthdate is estimated at 1616 based on his admittance as afreeman. Edward immigrated to Massachusetts in 1633 and took up residencein Boston. He was admitted freeman on March 9, 1636/7. Edward was involved with the Boston Church as noted in the following, "Edward Baytes, one of our brother Thomas Leveritt's men servants," was admitted to Boston church in November 1633. On 20 November 1642 Edward Bates was excommunicated "for sundry scandalous thefts committed by him and for many lies and unclean dalliances with another man's wife," and on 28 April 1644 he repented and was readmitted to the church.
Official duties assigned to Edward included Fenceviewer for Corn Field at Muddy River, 25 March 1639.
Edward's property ownership was recorded in the following, on 12 June1637 "Edward Bayts" was granted fourteen acres of upland and marsh at Pullen Point Neck [Boston Town Records 1:18, 28]. On 30 March 1640 the Boston selectmen ordered that "Edward Baytes (in regard of his absence at Isle Sables) shall be allowed 6 months to build upon his lot; otherwise he consents to leave it to the town, his charges being allowed to the value". Mentioned as an abutter of Robert Scott in Boston Book of Possessions.
Edward died after 28 April 1644 [Boston Church Records 41] and before 7 November 1645.
COMMENTS: Pope has combined two men by the name of Edward Bates, one from Boston and one from Weymouth. Since we now know that Edward Bates of Weymouth was in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, as late as 1636, there is no longer reason for confusion [TAG 65:33-43, 89-96]. Most other published accounts make the distinction. Edward Bates of Boston was one of those disarmed on 20 November 1637 for siding with Anne Hutchinson and John Wheelwright in the Antinomian Controversy [MBCR 1:211]. There is no direct evidence for the conclusion that the widow of Edward Bates was the Lydia Bates who married William Fletcher at Concord in 1645, but the circumstances make it a high probability: the last record of Edward Bates is in 1644, and the marriage of Lydia Bates takes place in 1645; and John Bates, presented to the Chelmsford church on 1 February 1656/7 as a child of William Fletcher, was said to be about fifteen at that time [Fiske Notebook 113], which is exactly what the John Bates baptized in Boston as son of Edward Bates would be. Lydia had several additional children by William Fletcher. Some secondary sources suggest thatLydia (____ _) (Bates) Fletcher may have been daughter of RICHARD FAIRBANKS of Boston. The latter source, for instance, says "there is evidence of some association between the two families" (Richard Fairbanks and Henry Farwell), but does not produce the evidence. Nothing in the career of Richard Fairbanks suggests that he had a daughter Lydia.

Edward married FAIRBANKS, Lydia Abt 1638, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of FAIRBANKS, Richard and DAULTON, Elizabeth) was born 13 Jun 1622, Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died 12 Oct 1704, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Henry married WELBY, Olive 16 Apr 1629, Boston, Lincoln, England. Olive (daughter of WELBY, William and BUCKELEY, Frances) was born Abt 1604, Moulton, Lincolnshire, England; died 1/01 Mar 1691/1692, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Edward married ELLIOT, Margaret 1632, Redenhall, Norfolk, England. Margaret was born Abt 1613; died 10 Apr 1640, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

John married ROYLE, Dorothy Alderly, Cheshire, England. Dorothy was born 1615, Alderly, Cheshire, England; died 29 Oct 1694, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]