Joshua Bates (1671 - 1757)

Born 14 Aug 1671 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Tower) Bates — married 15 Jan 1695 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1757 at age 86 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joshua Bates was born in Hingham on 14 Aug 1671, the son of Joseph and Ester (Hilliard) Bates^{[1] [2][3][4][5][6] [7]}

On 15 Jan 1695/96, he married Rachel Tower, the daughter of Ibrook and Margaret (Hardin) Tower also of HIngham^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}.

Their children included:

1. Rachel, born July 4, 1696, who married Andrew Beal December 14, 1715^{[2] [4] [5]}
2. Joshua, born June 15, 1698, who married Abigail Joy December 28, 1721^{[2] [4] [6]}
3. Bathsheba, born Feb 9, 1699, who married Joseph Clark^[2] on July 30, 1731^[4]
4. Elizabeth, born November 23, 1703, who married Ebenezer Woodward October 8, 1724^{[2] [4]}
5. Solomon, born April 13, 1706, who married Deborah Whiton and lived in Chesterfield Mass^{[2] [4]}
6. Isaac, born March 3, 1707, who married Martha Clark December 28, 1732^{[2] [4]}
7. Jacob, born August 20, 1710, who married Mary Clark November 19, 1730^{[2] [4]}

Some sources give the date of his death as April 1757^{[5] [7]}, and others give September 23, 1757^[4]. He is believed to have been buried in the Cohasset Central Cemetery, but the gravestone has not survived^[9].

Joshua's will dated 7 February 1754 was proved October 14, 1757. In it he leaves bequests to his beloved wife Rachel, sons Joshua, Sollomon, Isaac and Jacob and daughters Rachell Beals, Elizabeth Woodward and Bathsheba Perry.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897M-Y4YV?i=22&cc=2061550 : 5 November 2017), Joshua Bate, 14 Aug 1671; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.41
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Bates bulletin by Bates Association; Publication date 1907, Vol 1, p.110
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} The Bates bulletin Vol 3 p.42
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Who Begot Thee? Some Genealogical and Historical Notes Made in an Effort to Trace the American Progenitors of One Individualy Bent, Gilbert O., b (D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1903), pages 49, 50
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} A Munsey-Hopkins Genealogy, Being the Ancestry of Andrew Chauncey Munsey and Mary Jane Merritt Hopkins the Parents of Frank A. Munsey by Lowell, Daniel Ozro Smith, (Boston: privately printed, 1920), page 70
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Tower Genealogy: An Account of the Descendants of John Tower of Hingham, Mass by Tower, Charlemagne, (Cambridge: J. Wilson and Son, 1891), page 74
8. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 1, page 109, found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states: BATES, Joshua & Rachel TOWER; 15 Jan 1695/6; Hingham {Hingham 2:41; Bates Bulletin 1 ser. 110, 3 ser. 42; Bent Anc. 49, 50; Munsey-Hopkins 70; Tower 74; Chickering Anc. (Chart); Reg. 85:40}
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #128372943
10. ↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 11618: Will.

• Tower, Charlemagne Tower Genealogy (John Wilson & Son, Cambridge,Mass, 1891), p.74

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritage who share a 9.5 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Rene (King) Thompson, Garrett M. Turner and Paul C. Their most recent common ancestor is [[Bates-1555] Clement Bates]], the 11th great-grandfather of Rene (King) Thompson, Garrett M. Turner, and Paul C.. Rene is the daughter of Freida Wilder who is the 10th great-granddaughter of the common ancestor Clement Bates.