Do you have this family on WikiTree? I have the following sites that list the descendants of Thomas Bates & Lucy Lee Thurman. A couple of these sites give their ancestries as well as descendants. The sites are:
http://longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F6230&tree=Denton
http://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Bates/6000000002919085168?through=6000000000888601453
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/o/Lynn-Brown-Longmont/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1071.html
http://macomberkin.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I88050&tree=macomberkin
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/u/l/Debbie-J-Mulherin-Wynne/FILE/0028page.html