John Bates (1685 - 1770)

Born 16 Jan 1685 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Shaw) Bates — married 1709 in Weymouth, MA

Descendants

Died Feb 1770 at age 85 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John was born 16 Jan 1685. He was the son of Edward and Elizabeth (_______) Bates. He married Alice Shaw the daughter of Nicholas and Deborah (Fuller) Shaw. Together they had the following known children:

1. Joshua b 19 Nov 1708 (died in infancy)
2. John b 13 July 1710 m Thanfull Randall
3. Joshua b 20 April 1712 m. Martha Orcutt
4. Jacob b 16 Sep 1714 d 16 Oct 1742
5. Elisha b 8 Jul 1717 m Silence Bates
6. Alice b 22 Mar 1720 d 6 Aug 1742
7. Hannah b 9 Feb 1721 d 10 Oct 1742
8. Abraham b 29 Feb 1724 m Sarah Tower
9. Elizbabeth b 1 Sep 1724 d 24 Sep 1742
10. Susanna b 26 Nov 1728 d 24 Oct 1742

John died in February 1770.

Sources

• The history and genealogies of Weymouth, Massachusetts, in four volumes, published in 1923 by the Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass.) Vol. 3, compiled by George Walter Chamberlain, page 24.
• Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889. Tower genealogy: an account of the descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. / compiled under the direction of Charlemagne Tower. Cambridge [Mass.] : John Wilson and Son, 1891-2003. p.163