William Bate Esq (bef. 1685 - 1733)

Born before 1685 in Foston Hall, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Arabella (Chambers) Bate — married 20 Mar 1718 in Ripley, Derbyshire, England

Descendants

Died 1733 after age 48 in Derbyshire, England [uncertain]

Biography

William Bate was born in about 1685 in Foston, Derbyshire, England. He was the son of Richard Bate of Barbados and Foston, Derbyshire, and his wife Sarah nee Newton.

Foston Hall in South Derbyshire was sold to William’s father, Richard Bate of London, merchant, in 1679.

William married Arabella Chambers (27) (born in 1690 in Derby, Derbyshire; daughter of Thomas Chambers) on March 20, 1718 in Scropton, Derbyshire.^[1] Their children were:

• Sarah Bate (1719–1804)
• Arabella Bate (1720–1804)
• Chambers Bate (~1724–<1764)
• Margaret Sophia Penelope (1726-)

William inherited Woodland estate in St George, Barbados, from his mother Sarah. He was described as of Foston, Derbyshire, brother and heir at law of Raynes Bate deceased late of Foston and the Island of Barbados in 1720. William Bate brought several Chancery cases in the 1720s and 1730s.

William married secondly Anne Clavering.

Will

PROB 11/664/52 - extracts

William Bate late of Foston, Derbyshire Esquire.

All my family pictures to my son Chambers Bate.

To my dear wife Anne Claverina all my messuages, lands and hereditaments in Suffolk lately purchased by me and all my messuages, lands and tenements in Derbyshire which I have purchased since intermarriage with Arabella my first wife.

Also to my wife all the rest of my goods, chattels and personal estate. She to be my sole executrix.

Signed 01/03/1733.

Proved at London 02/03/1733 by Anne Clavering Bate.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN8F-VX5 : 12 March 2020), William Bate, 1718 (accessed Feb 2022)

See also:

• Barbados Department of Archives, Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations: see estate information for Woodland.
• https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/07/54-agard-of-foston-hall.html [accessed 20/05/2020].
• Bate v. Cavendish, TNA C 11/846/62; Bate v. Warner, C 11/1501/5; Bate v Woolley, C 11/878/8; Bate v. Tryon, C 11/787/41
• https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665131
• ‘William Bate', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665131 [accessed 22nd August 2023].