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Edward “Edward of Boston” Bates

Birth
Boston, Boston Borough, Lincolnshire, England
Death
8 Oct 1644 (aged 37)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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BASIC INFO: Edward Bates (1606-1665) was born in Boston, ENGLAND, the son of Edmund Bates (1579-1610) and his wife Elizabeth (Leverett) Bates (1571-1610). He came to Massachusetts in 1633. In 1640, he married Lydia Fairbanks (1622-1704). Edward Bates died in 1665 in Boston, Massachusetts. CHILD: John Bates (1641-1672).

BURIAL: As an original resident of Boston, Massachusetts, Edward would have been buried in Kings Chapel. No stone has been found, perhaps because many of the earliest American stones have deteriorated.

SOURCES: Ancestry.com has four records for Edward: a "Family Data Collection - Births" record, a "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900" record, a "Family Data Collection - Deaths" record, and a "Family Data Collection - Individual Records" record. Information also appears in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts," by Charles Henry Pope.Born by 1616 based on date of freemanship. Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1633 & settled in Boston. Died after 28 April 1644 and before 7 November 1645.
MARRIAGE: By 1641 Lydia _____; she probably married (2) Concord 7 November 1645 William Fletcher, as his second wife; she died at Chelmsford 12 October 1704.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project
BASIC INFO: Edward Bates (1606-1665) was born in Boston, ENGLAND, the son of Edmund Bates (1579-1610) and his wife Elizabeth (Leverett) Bates (1571-1610). He came to Massachusetts in 1633. In 1640, he married Lydia Fairbanks (1622-1704). Edward Bates died in 1665 in Boston, Massachusetts. CHILD: John Bates (1641-1672).

BURIAL: As an original resident of Boston, Massachusetts, Edward would have been buried in Kings Chapel. No stone has been found, perhaps because many of the earliest American stones have deteriorated.

SOURCES: Ancestry.com has four records for Edward: a "Family Data Collection - Births" record, a "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900" record, a "Family Data Collection - Deaths" record, and a "Family Data Collection - Individual Records" record. Information also appears in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts," by Charles Henry Pope.Born by 1616 based on date of freemanship. Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1633 & settled in Boston. Died after 28 April 1644 and before 7 November 1645.
MARRIAGE: By 1641 Lydia _____; she probably married (2) Concord 7 November 1645 William Fletcher, as his second wife; she died at Chelmsford 12 October 1704.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project


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