William Bateman (1590 - bef. 1658)

Born 1 Mar 1590 in Toppesfield, Essex, England

Husband of Frances (UNKNOWN) Bateman — married 1615 in England

Descendants

Died before 20 Oct 1658 before age 68 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, New England

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Disambiguation

Note: This profile is for the Sergeant William Bateman who was made freeman on May 18, 1631. He is the man who was trading with William Pynchon.

Please do not confuse this profile with William Bateman b. about 1558 who died at Pullens Point.

Please do not confuse this profile with William Bateman b. 1 Mar 1585 Bedford, England who appeared at Concord about 1640 and moved to Fairfield a few years later.

Note: this profile needs to be rewritten and compared with William Bateman so it complies with the Disambiguation notice above.

Biography

William Bateman immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony by 18 September 1631 when he attended the inquest of another William Bateman's death in Charlestown. [Were they father and son?] He had arrived with his wife and two or three children.

1632 William was the defendant Sgt. William Bateman in a case 5 June

1634 The general court revoked William Bateman's freeman oath 14 May

1638 William was granted planting ground in Charlestown, upon settling title with the local Indian leaders (possibly the same)

William Bateman of Concord/Fairfield was a different person (as the above had already taken the Freeman's oath in 1631):

1640 William had moved to Concord where he took the freeman's oath 2 June

1641 William and son Thomas estate valued at ££348 in Concord

1644 William moved to Fairfield, CT with Concord minister John Jones whose congregation went with him to Fairfield

1650 Bought land from Thomas Sherwood

1654 William sold his home lot to son-in-law Henry Lyon

1656/57 William wrote his will 24 March left £5 to grandson Joseph Middlebrook upon 18 years and divided the estate, half to son Thomas in Concord and half to Elizabeth's husband, Henry Lyon.

1657 William Bateman died 27 April 1657 in Fairfield, CT

Clues of William Bateman's origin: Concord was settled in 1635 by Watertown residents; he may have come from there. Or from Cambridge where other early Concord settlers originated.

Will

The Will of William Bateman was dated 24 Mar 1656. It was exhibited in Court 20 Oct 1658. William left one half of his estate to his son Thomas, now of Concord. He left the other half to his son-in-law Henry Lyon; except he left £5 to his grandson Joseph Middlebrook then under 18, with the provision, should Thomas die the £5 to be divided between Thomas and Henry.^[1]

Children

• Thomas of Concord, b. about 1615; d. Feb 1668/9 ae 54; m. Martha _____^[1]
• Daughter m. Henry Lyon^[1]
• Daughter m. Joseph Middlebrook.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930. Vol 1. p. 38 HathiTrust

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Three Volumes. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. vol 1, pp 301-302. American Ancestors (Subscription)

• A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage. 1860-62. Little, Brown & Co., Boston (reprinted 1965, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore.

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Arrival: 1630 Massachusetts; Page Number: 213.

Charlestown, Massachusetts; Year: 1630; Page Number: 130.

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