Eleazer Bates (1749 - 1826)

Born 11 May 1749 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Stocking) Bates — married 25 Oct 1774 in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1826 at age 76 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Private Eleazer Bates served with 6th Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Eleazer Bates is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A007434.

^[1] Eleazer Bates was born on 11 May 1749 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut. He was the son of David Bates. ^[2] (His name also appears as Eleazor in some records and family trees.)

He is descended from James Bate, son of James and Mary Martine Bate of Lydd, Kent, England, who immigrated to New England in 1635 with his wife Alive Glover and four children. He died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1655. ^{[3] [4]}

He enlisted in the Second Regiment of General Spencer's first company on May 13, 1775. He is listed in Captain Stevens' Company as a non-commissioned private ^[5]He fought in the American Revolution for five years including time directly under Washington whom he worshiped. He kept a tavern in Hadden, Connecticut and the old sign is still preserved. ^[6] He was a private in the 6th Battalion in Connecticut, military date: 4 Mar 1779 ^[7]

He married Hannah Stocking on 25 October 1774 in East Hampton, Connecticut. ^{[8] [9]} His wife Hannah Stocking was admitted into the Haddam Church in October 1777. Children recorded in Haddam, Connecticut were ^[10] include: Ascenith, Temperance, Molly, Alford, Sylvester, Sylvester, and Sarilla.

Children of Eleazer Bates and Hannah Bates include the following and additional children may also exist:

1. Ascenith or Asena, b. 8 Nov 1778^[2]; baptized as Sena Dec 1778; d. 29 Nov 1831; m. Gibbins Lay
2. Temperance (Tempe), b. 12 Dec 1782; baptized Feb 1782/3. ^[11]; m. Jacob Bailey ^[12]
3. Mary or Polly, b. 8 Feb 1784; m. West Springfield, Mass. 11 Oct 1802, Rodney Leonard ^[13]
4. Alfred, b. 7 June 1786; baptized as Ethan, July 1786; d. 25 Sept 1831 ^[12]; 5 Oct 1808, Polly Norton ^[13]
5. Sylvester, baptized Oct 1777 ^[11]
6. Sylvester, baptized Jan 1791
7. Sarah, b. 1789; (Sarilla Bates was baptized Oct 1795) d. 20 Dec 1870; ^[14] m. 27 Nov 1810, Arthur Burbank ^[13]
8. David Bates, b. 10 Feb 1799, West Springfield, Mass. ^[12]; m. Elizabeth Brant

In 1820, at the age of eight, his daughter Sarah's son Abraham Burbank came to live with him at his successful farm. Abraham would later become the largest real estate owner and most extensive builders in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He taught his grandson the old proverb, "Honesty is the best policy, the world over." Abraham was twelve when his grandfather passed away at age seventy-seven. The last words to his grandson were, "Take good care of the stock." The young grandson did indeed care for the thirty sheep, one yoke of oxen and other young animals until they were sold the following spring. ^[15]

He passed away in 1826. ^[12] His will was in probate in 1826 in Hampden, Massachusetts. ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 25 July 2016), "Record of Eleazer Bates", Ancestor # A007434.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
3. ↑ Smith, Claire E., complier. Ancestry and descendants of Eleazer Bates and Hannah Stocking of Haddam, Conn., and West Springfield, Mass.
4. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 50, 1896 . New England Historic Genealogical Society. (1896) reprint, index, illus., p 174
5. ↑ Henry Phelps Johnston. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783. Genealogical Publishing Com, Jun 1, 2009. p 46, 390. GoogleBooks
6. ↑ Charles Henry Wright. The Stocking ancestry : comprising the descendants of George Stocking, founder of the American family by Stocking [1]
7. ↑ Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C. Archives.gov
8. ↑ Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
9. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Volume 027, East Hampton.
10. ↑ The Bates bulletin by Bates Association, 1907. p 24, 68. Archive.org
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
14. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
15. ↑ Joseph Edward Adams Smith, Thomas Cushing. History of Berkshire County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men, Volume 2. J.B. Beers & Company, 1885 - Berkshire County Mass., p 473.
16. ↑ Probate Records, 1809-1881, Hampden County, Massachusetts; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Hampden County); Probate Place: Hampden, Massachusetts. Case Number 823.

See also:

• Year: 1800; Census Place: West Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 15; Page: 1242; Image: 347; Family History Library Film: 205614
• Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C.