Rachel (Joy) Bates (1741)

Born 25 Dec 1741 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Isaiah Bates — married 15 May 1760 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Rachel was born in 1741. She is the daughter of Jedediah Joy and Mary Stowell.^[1]

She married Isaiah at Hingham , second precinct on 13 Sep 1770.^[2]

Military

Private Isaiah Bates, born 02 September 1739 in Abington, Massachusetts, died 03 October 1810 in Cummington, Massachusetts, and his wife (1) Rachel Joy and (2) Mollie X, married @1768, are honored for service in Massachusetts: 1) CAPTS. REED, SNOW & COBB, COLS. BAILEY 2) & MITCHELL, GEN. CUSHING. Mollie and Isaiah Bates' daughter Bathsheba Bates, who married Joseph Ford, was baptized 13 November 1768 in Abington, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Sources

• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893)

1. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol II, p.398
2. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol II, p.43
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 11, 2022), "Record of Isaiah Bates", Ancestor # A007447.