Edward Bates married by 1641 Lydia _____;
They had one child of record: John.
Some secondary sources suggest that Lydia (_____) (Bates) Fletcher may have been daughter of RICHARD FAIRBANKS of Boston. The latter source, for instance, says "there is evidence of some association between the two families" (Richard Fairbanks and Henry Farwell), but does not produce the evidence. Nothing in the career of Richard Fairbanks suggests that he had a daughter Lydia.
She probably married (2) at Concord MA, 7 November 1645, William Fletcher, as his second wife. Lydia had several additional children by William Fletcher. She died at Chelmsford 12 October 1704.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
Edward Bates married by 1641 Lydia _____;
They had one child of record: John.
Some secondary sources suggest that Lydia (_____) (Bates) Fletcher may have been daughter of RICHARD FAIRBANKS of Boston. The latter source, for instance, says "there is evidence of some association between the two families" (Richard Fairbanks and Henry Farwell), but does not produce the evidence. Nothing in the career of Richard Fairbanks suggests that he had a daughter Lydia.
She probably married (2) at Concord MA, 7 November 1645, William Fletcher, as his second wife. Lydia had several additional children by William Fletcher. She died at Chelmsford 12 October 1704.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.