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James Bates (Bate)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Biddenden, Kent, England
Death: June 16, 1689 (63-72)
Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Clement Bate of Hingham and Anna Bate
Husband of Ruth Bates
Father of Hopestill Bates, Died Young; Clement Bates, Died Young; John Bates, Sr.; Joseph Bates; Benjamin Bates and 4 others
Brother of Clement Bates, Died Young; John Bates, Died Young; Rachell Bates, Unmarried; Joseph Bate, Sr.; Infant Bates and 3 others

Occupation: Schoolmaster
Managed by: Ruth Amanda Thomas
Last Updated:

About James Bates

He and Ruth lived in Scituate between apprx 1642 and 1650 where some of their children were born. They returned to Hingham.

Note: Hingham was founded in 1635 as the 12th town of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was included within Suffolk County when the county was created May 10, 1643. MBC was merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay on May 14, 1692. Cohasset was originally the 2nd Parish of Hingham, and it became a separate town in 1770. The southern section of Suffolk (including Cohasset, Hingham, and Hull) was split off to Norfolk County in 1793. and then then Hingham and Hull joined Plymouth County in 1803 - leaving Cohasset as an exclave of Norfolk County. The location of the cemetery is listed with current geographical place names to facilitate identification.

Also see the profile of his father, Clement Bate, for listings of siblings and info on father Clement in Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. {Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999

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James Bates's Timeline

1621
1621
Biddenden, Kent, England
1644
1644
Hingham, Plymouth County, MA, United States
1645
October 19, 1645
Hingham, Plymouth County, MA, United States
1649
October 7, 1649
Scituate, Plymouth, MA, United States
1653
November 20, 1653
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1655
July 15, 1655
Hingham,Plymouth,Massachusetts
1657
August 23, 1657
Hingham, Plymouth County, MA, United States
1659
September 6, 1659
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1661
June 9, 1661
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States