Samuel Bates, Sr.

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. 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