Born in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Merritt
and Abigail (Woodworth) Merritt
Sister of
Abigail (Merritt) Simmons, Amy Merritt, Mary (Merritt) Cudworth, Thomas Merritt and Daniel Jenkins [half]
Wife of
Clement Bates
— married
15 Jun 1730 in Hanover, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died
at age 74
in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Agatha Merritt was born on February 11, 1711 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, daughter of Thomas Merritt (~1685–1724) and Abigail Woodworth (1685–1736).[1][2]
Agatha (18) married Clement Bates (22) (born on December 27, 1707 in Scituate, Massachusetts Bay; son of Joseph Bates and Anna (Sylvester) Bates) on June 15, 1730 in Hanover, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay.[3]
Agatha died on December 25, 1786 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, aged 74.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Merritt, Douglas. Revised Merritt Records, Rhinebeck, New York, 1916 (page 14).
- ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LS-L5Q : Thu Oct 26 05:05:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Egatha Merritt and Thomas, 17 Feb 1711.
- ↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-93M8 : 24 November 2022), Clemond Bate and Agatha Meritt, 1730.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80040420/agatha-bates
- Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to 1850 Volume I- Births Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1909
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