Sarah (Sprague) Bates (1674 - 1751)

Born 23 May 1674 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Caleb Bates — married 10 Jun 1716 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1751 at age 77 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah Sprague was the sixth child and second daughter of Anthony Sprague and Elizabeth Bartlett born on May 23, 1674 in Hingham, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Children

The 2004 edition of the Warren Mayflower Silver Book confirms that Sarah Sprague and Caleb Bates had only one child:

• Caleb Bates, b. 9 Nov. 1718^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.164, Vol. II, p.40-41
2. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 73

• Wakefield, R. S., & General Society of Mayflower Descendants. (1999). Mayflower families through five generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 1620, vol. 18, pt. 1. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants. p.65
• Sprague, W. V. (1998). Sprague families in America. Boston: Photoduplication Program of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Notes

There is no documentation that links Sarah Bates Burr to Sarah Sprague Bates being her mother.

Confusion between Sarah Bates married to Elisha Burr and Sarah Sprague who married Caleb Bates and thus became Sarah Sprague Bates continues-

"Yet time and again these volumes are used as a source reference for Sarah Bates d. Jul 1790 in Hingham, who married Elisha Burr. It is in Burr's family genealogy that Sarah's vital records are shown.

• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.102

It seems evident that a Sarah Bates was conceived and born (1716) out of wedlock. Sarah's birth and the marriage of Caleb and Sarah (1716) coincide."^{[citation needed]}