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Daughters of American Revolution Magazine, Volumes 50 - 51.
According to Jones" History of Waitsfield, Vt Mary Bates " whom a Wells" was the dau of John Bates, b Westford, Mass ab 1722, who moved in 1750 fr. Westford to Ashburnham, Mass. where he was an assessor at the first election, 1765. His farm fell within the limits of Ashby, which was set off in 1767. Ab 1774 he moved to Shelburne, Mass. where in 1776 he was appointed adx. of the estate of his brother, Oliver Bates who was Capt. of a company in Col. Prescott's regiment of Minute Men and received a wound from which he d July 4, 1775. John Bates m in Westford, Mass. June 7 1744, Martha Foster of Littleton, Mass and in 1777 was drowned while crossing the Deerfield river.
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Died in Shelburn, Ma
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Daughters of American Revolution Magazine, Volumes 50 - 51.
According to Jones" History of Waitsfield, Vt Mary Bates " whom a Wells" was the dau of John Bates, b Westford, Mass ab 1722, who moved in 1750 fr. Westford to Ashburnham, Mass. where he was an assessor at the first election, 1765. His farm fell within the limits of Ashby, which was set off in 1767. Ab 1774 he moved to Shelburne, Mass. where in 1776 he was appointed adx. of the estate of his brother, Oliver Bates who was Capt. of a company in Col. Prescott's regiment of Minute Men and received a wound from which he d July 4, 1775. John Bates m in Westford, Mass. June 7 1744, Martha Foster of Littleton, Mass and in 1777 was drowned while crossing the Deerfield river.
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Died in Shelburn, Ma
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Daughters of American Revolution Magazine, Volumes 50 - 51.
According to Jones" History of Waitsfield, Vt Mary Bates " whom a Wells" was the dau of John Bates, b Westford, Mass ab 1722, who moved in 1750 fr. Westford to Ashburnham, Mass. where he was an assessor at the first election, 1765. His farm fell within the limits of Ashby, which was set off in 1767. Ab 1774 he moved to Shelburne, Mass. where in 1776 he was appointed adx. of the estate of his brother, Oliver Bates who was Capt. of a company in Col. Prescott's regiment of Minute Men and received a wound from which he d July 4, 1775. John Bates m in Westford, Mass. June 7 1744, Martha Foster of Littleton, Mass and in 1777 was drowned while crossing the Deerfield river.
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Died in Shelburn, Ma
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Daughters of American Revolution Magazine, Volumes 50 - 51.
According to Jones" History of Waitsfield, Vt Mary Bates " whom a Wells" was the dau of John Bates, b Westford, Mass ab 1722, who moved in 1750 fr. Westford to Ashburnham, Mass. where he was an assessor at the first election, 1765. His farm fell within the limits of Ashby, which was set off in 1767. Ab 1774 he moved to Shelburne, Mass. where in 1776 he was appointed adx. of the estate of his brother, Oliver Bates who was Capt. of a company in Col. Prescott's regiment of Minute Men and received a wound from which he d July 4, 1775. John Bates m in Westford, Mass. June 7 1744, Martha Foster of Littleton, Mass and in 1777 was drowned while crossing the Deerfield river.
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Died in Shelburn, Ma
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