A 450 YEAR HISTORY OF
THE BATES FAMILY
from
WILLIAM BATE, OF ASTON CLINTON,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND
to
OTTO FRANCIS BATES, OF BELLEVILLE, KANSAS, U.S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface....................................................................................................... ii
Introduction ............................................................................................... 1
The Origin of the Bates Name .................................................................. 4
The English Setting of Otto Bates’ Ancestors ........................................ 5
Ancestors of Otto Bates in America ........................................................ 7
The “Edward Problem” ........................................................................ 7
Biography of Elder (or Deacon) Edward Bates, the Emigrant .......... 9
From Massachusetts to Kansas ....................................................... 11
Heraldry ................................................................................................... 18
Background ........................................................................................ 18
Bates Coat of Arms ............................................................................ 25
Genealogy of Otto Francis Bates........................................................... 28
Children of Otto and Mamie Bates .................................................... 32
The Lives and Times of the Otto Bates Family
and their Ancestors .......................................................................... 34
Map of Great Britain................................................................................ 42
Map of Buckinghamshire (“Bucks”) England ....................................... 43
Table of Consanguinity .......................................................................... 44
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A 450 YEAR HISTORY OF
THE BATES FAMILY
from WILLIAM BATE, OF ASTON CLINTON,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND,
to OTTO FRANCIS BATES, BELLEVILLE, KANSAS, U.S.A.
PREFACE
I first compiled this report in May 2000 for my mother, Margaret Genevieve
(Bates) Hoard, daughter of Otto and Mamie Bates. I have amended it and updated it in
May 2002, primarily to correct certain information with regard to Elder (or Deacon)
Edward Bates (now correctly noted as 3rd generation), our ancestor who emigrated to
America from England in the early 1600s.
The original inspiration for this project came from The Bates Lifeline and other
materials researched or written by Marjorie Olive Bates Iske provided by her to my late
maternal uncle, Robert Eugene Bates. Sometime before his death, Uncle Bob gave my
mother a copy of Mrs. Iske’s materials, and Mom allowed me to use them to do further
research into her family history. Some of what appears here is verbatim from Mrs.
Iske’s work, some has been edited, corrected and updated, and some portions are
arranged differently than it was originally. The important point, however, is that what
you see here is, in the main, the work of Mrs. Iske and others, and not me. It is not my
intention to take any credit for the work of Mrs. Iske or anyone else. I take full credit,
however, for any errors that may appear here.
After I had compiled my May 2000 report, I came to know Mary Jean (Bates)
Evans, former President of The Bates Association, long regarded as a preeminent
Bates genealogical society. Mary Jean helped me discover and clarify errors in Mrs.
Iske’s materials, particularly with regard to the “Edward problem” (See page __). There
has been a fair amount of confusion over the years about Edward Bate, as there was a
man of the same name who settled in Boston at about the same time Elder Edward
Bate was in Weymouth, Massachusetts, which is not far from Boston. Thus, Mrs. Iske
was not alone in mixing up details about the two Edwards. The controversy now seems
settled, however, and I am convinced that Mom’s lineage is through Elder Edward Bate
of Weymouth, not Edward Bate of Boston. As a result, you will see that with this
correction, we can now only trace our Bates lineage back to about 1550 in England, and
not to 1380 or so, as we originally thought.
E. David Hoard
Arlington, Virginia -- May 2002
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INTRODUCTION
This little history of the ancestors of Otto Francis Bates goes back to the midsixteenth century. Research into the family line disclosed several Bates figuring
significantly in English and American history. Some records indicate a Bates family was
prominent among the citizens of Lydd, Kent County, England, as early as the 12 th
century. It seems clear now, however, that Otto Bates did not descend directly from
them. A John Bate was a legendary soldier at the Battle of Agincourt. Although the
date is not noted, one source indicates a Bates served as Lord Mayor of London, the
highest ranking commoner in England, at one time.1 A Nathaniel Bate was noted as
one of the knights of the proposed order of the Royal Oak, and a Thomas Bate was a
major in the army of King Charles I. The chaplain of Charles II was William Bate.
Although this family history traces Otto Bates’ lineage to William Bate of Aston Clinton,
Buckinghamshire, England, there is no evidence this William (Charles II’s chaplain) was
the direct ancestor of Otto Francis Bates. In fact, it is unlikely, as the reign of Charles II
began in 1660, some 22-25 years after Elder Edward Bate emigrated to America.
Further, William Bate, the father of Elder Edward Bate, if he were alive, would have
been some 90 years old at the beginning of the reign of Charles II.
Since their arrival on these shores, the Bates in America have served in the
establishment, operation and defense of their country. An Israel Bates was a
Minuteman who apparently fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American
Revolution. Several other Bates relatives were also in the Continental Army. A Colonel
Jacob Bates, apparently from that branch of the family which settled in Virginia, is
1
reported to have been with Washington when he crossed the Delaware. A Jacob Bates
fought in the War of 1812. An Edward Bates was a candidate for the Republican
Presidential nomination in 1860, and later served as a member of Lincoln’s Cabinet.
From 1907 to 1937, the Bates family was the only family in America with its own
newspaper, The Bates Bulletin.2 The Bates Association was founded by John L. Bates,
who was a former governor of Massachusetts.3
Otto’s branch of the Bates family begins in America with Elder (or Deacon)
Edward Bate (or Bates), who is believed to have arrived in Weymouth, Massachusetts,
around 1637 on a ship of unknown name. The American ancestors of Otto Bates
eventually left Massachusetts for Connecticut. After a generation or two in Connecticut,
the family moved to New York state for a relatively short time, then to Ohio, then after a
few more generations to Iowa, Nebraska, and finally, by the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, to Kansas. Some of the late 19th century Bates in Otto’s lineage appear to
have had some connections with the Mormon religion, although it is not clear as to
whether any of those Bates were themselves Mormons.
There have been several prominent, if not interesting, American Bates
personalities, although not necessarily in the direct lineage of Otto Francis Bates. For
example, Katherine Lee Bates, who taught English at Wellesley College and wrote
“America the Beautiful”, is probably the most well known Bates in America. Joshua
1
See “Bates Family Background”, at http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/bates/bates.html.
See “Bates Family Background”, at http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/bates/bates.html. This website
indicates that copies of the bulletin are still available in reprint, but notes they are expensive. You may
obtain reprints of the bulletin published in a series of volumes, available from Bates Books, 120 Hillcrest
Road, Berkely, CA 94705, phone (415) 658-5461.
2
3
Id.
2
Bates was a financier and benefactor of some note – his company made foreign
payments of some sort for the U.S. government, for which he was later reimbursed. He
built and equipped the main Boston library with 50,000 leather bound books. Bates Hall
in the library is named after him. Abigail and Rebecca Bates helped frighten off a British
warship when it threatened Scituate Harbor in 1814. They marched toward the sea,
playing loudly on drum and fife, causing the British to think there was an approaching
column of militia, and then to turn around and flee in their longboats.
Another Joshua Bates, General Joshua Hall Bates, born in Boston in 1817,
attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and served in several battles,
including the Civil War. Between his active duty tours in the Army, General Bates
practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio. A Republican, he also served in the Ohio state senate
after the Civil War.
There is a Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, recognized as one of the nation’s
finest colleges of the liberal arts and sciences. When it was founded in 1855, Bates
College was the first coeducational college in New England, admitting students without
regard to race, religion, national origin or sex. It was originally founded as the Maine
State Seminary by Freewill Baptist minister Oren B. Cheney. Within a few years it
became a college, and Cheney obtained financial support from Benjamin E. Bates, the
Boston manufacturer for whom the school is named. 4
4
See http://www.bates.edu/
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THE ORIGIN OF THE BATES NAME
No very satisfactory theory has ever been advanced to account for the name
“Bates”. “Bate” is a frequent form of the name in England and early America. About the
end of the 18th century, “Bates” came into general use. Earliest spellings of the name
appear to have been Bette, Batte and Bate. Some authorities derive the name, “Bate”
or “Bates”, from “Bartholomew’s son”, and some insist that it comes from the old Saxon
word, “bate”, which means “contention”. The interchange of spelling Bette and Batte,
Bette and Bate, as derivatives of Bartholomew’s son or Batson, did not survive the
earliest times.
There appear to be several viewpoints as to the precise meaning and history of
the Bates name. The Family Chronicle provides this entry:
BATES (British): Son of diminutive of "Bartholomew"; or "boat(man)" with
a Northern England accent; or "profit, gain" (Old Norse).5
Another source adds a little more:
Bates: Sometimes a shortened form of Bartholemew. It may come from
the Norse bati, meaning "someone who lived on rich pastureland".
Another possibility is from bat, the Old English for boat, and hence a
boatman.6
Yet another source provides another possibility for the history of the Bates name:
The English surname Bates is one of the most well known in English
history. There are about 300,000 Bates in the English speaking world, . . .
In the years of the Viking invasions of England, about 700-800 AD, some
people of Scandinavian descent by the name of "Bati" settled in what is
now Kent County England. The name Bati meant, "those who came in
The Family Chronicle, described on the internet as “The magazine for Families Searching Their Roots”.
Family Chronicle, Surname Origin List at http://www.familychronicle.com/namesae.htm . See also “The
Bates Association” website at http://www.angelfire.com/in/yeschwartz/batesassoc.html. and “The Bates
Connection” at http://www.angelfire.com/in/yeschwartz/origins.html.
5
Draconis Trading, “Heraldic Design, The Whole List of Surnames and What They Mean” at
http://www.draconis.co.uk/products/hed/names.html.
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boats". This name later became "Bate". . . . "Bates" . . . became the
plural form of that name. This change was made during the 1400s. Some
of the original people with the name "Bate" changed it to "Bateson" and
"Bateman". There is another group of people with the name Bates that
originated from Germany, but those with this lineage are really "Betz".
Their ancestors were Hessions brought to America by the British during
the American Revolution to fight as mercenaries. They changed their
name to the English version of Bates so they would not face reprisals from
the Early Americans after they lost the war.7
THE ENGLISH SETTING OF OTTO BATES’ ANCESTORS
The ancestors of Otto Francis Bates lived in the town of Aston Clinton, county of
Buckinghamshire, England.8 A short history of Aston Clinton states:
Before the Norman Conquest [in 1066], the manor of Aston Clinton was
held by Wlwen, a 'man' of King Edward. Wlwen is a woman’s name, and
she seems to have been the predecessor of Edward de Salisbury who at
the time of the Domesday Book held Aston Clinton which was assessed at
20 hides. At that time there was enough land for 17 ploughs. There were
28 villagers and 4 smallholders and 13 slaves. There was also a mill,
woodland and 300 pigs.
Edward de Salisbury was the standard-bearer of King Henry I at the battle
of Brenville in 1100 and was made Earl of Salisbury. It is not certain
whether the tenancy descended to his heir Walter de Salisbury, but at the
end of the 12th century it belonged to the family of Clinton. 9
Aston Clinton lies in the southeast of Buckinghamshire, or “Bucks”, a county of
about 175,000 in population covering some 730 square miles just northwest of London,
located between London and Oxford. The county town (i.e., county seat) is Aylesbury,
located toward the southern end of Buckinghamshire. According to the internet website
“GenForum”, a sort of internet “chat room” for folks interested in genealogy, found on the “web” at
http://genforum.genealogy.com/bates/messages/2547.html. This entry with regard to the history and
origin of the Bates name was posted by Leon Bates, February 7, 2000. I cannot vouch for its accuracy,
and have edited it somewhat. - EDH
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8
See maps at pages 42 - 43.
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touting tourism there, the county has many hidden villages, friendly rural pubs, thatched
cottages and gentle country walks plus historic houses and museums, and there are
many small market towns to explore with a multitude of antique shops.10
Bucks is intersected by the chalk range of the Chiltern Hills, which extend
northeast from Oxfordshire on the west to Bedfordshire on the northeast. The country
there is said to be beautifully wooded, chiefly with oak and beech. South of the Chiltern
Hills is much excellent grazing land. The "Vale of Aylesbury" lies in the middle of the
county, with rich meadows and pasturage. Further north, small farms grow wheat,
beans, and the like, and pigs and calves are raised on numerous dairy farms. Making
wooden spades, brush-handles, bowls, etc., from beech is a considerable industry, and
the manufacture of thread-lace and straw plaiting appears to be a fairly large industry in
Bucks, as well.11 The Prime Minister's country residence, Chequers, is located in the
Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire. Its name notwithstanding, the county does not
contain Buckingham Palace. Buckingham Palace remains where it has always been -in the center of London.
As a matter of interest, a number of famous people live or have lived in
Buckinghamshire, such as John Milton, the author of Paradise Lost, who lived in a
cottage in Chalfont St Giles in the east of Buckinghamshire. The 19th-century prime
minister Benjamin Disraeli grew up at Bradenham Manor and later bought Hughenden
Manor near High Wycombe, where he lived until his death. Contemporary jazz
This text is taken verbatim from the Gen UKI – UK and Ireland Genealogy web site, which can be found
at http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/AstonClinton/Index.html#Descriptions.
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10
http://www.uktouristinfo.com/counties/buckinghamshire/
11
http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/, citing Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887.
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composer and saxophonist John Dankworth and his wife, singer Cleo Laine, live at
Wavendon. Sir John and Lady Mills live at Denham, and Hugh Grant and Andie
MacDowell had their first night of passion at the Crown Hotel, Amersham, in the film
Four Weddings And A Funeral.12
ANCESTORS OF OTTO BATES IN AMERICA
The first member in the direct ancestry of Otto Francis Bates to emigrate to
America was Elder Edward Bate, son of William Bate and Margery Phillips. Edward
emigrated to Massachusetts about 1637 on a ship whose name is presently unknown.
The “Edward Problem”
There has been a fair amount of confusion over the years about Edward Bate.
Prior research into American Bates genealogy often confused Elder Edward Bate of
Weymouth, Massachusetts (now a suburb of Boston), with another Edward Bate who
came to Boston from England in September 1633 aboard the ship Griffin. 13 However, it
is clear that Otto Bates descended from Elder Edward Bate of Weymouth, as we can
12
Id.
13
See The Bates Bulletin, Series V, v. III, April 1930. See also Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great
Migration Begins – Immigrants to New England 1620 – 1633, Volume I, A – F, Great Migration Study
Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 1995. I do not have the specific page
number from this work, as I obtained a photocopy of the cover page and the page with this information on
it which did not contain the page number. Specifically, this work states at the “Comments” portion of the
page: “Pope has combined two men by the name of Edward Bates, one from Boston and one from
Weymouth. Since we now know that Edward Bates of Weymouth was in Aston Clinton,
Buckinghamshire, as late as 1636, there is no longer any reason for confusion.”
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trace his line through Increase Bates, the son of Elder Edward Bate.14 Edward Bate of
Boston did not have a son named Increase.
The summary of Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Bates of Weymouth,
Mass, by Samuel Bates, states Edward was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1605.15
However, those reports appear to refer to the Edward Bate of Boston, not Elder Edward
Bate of Weymouth. Also, some reports have erroneously traced the lineage of Edward
Bate of Weymouth as far back as 1380 to a John Bate of Lydd, Kent County, England.
Many earlier genealogical reports, however, confuse and combine the family histories of
the two Edwards. Later research has indicated that, in fact, there is no record of an
Edward Bate in Lydd. Existing records indicate that Elder Edward Bate of Weymouth,
Massachusetts, was born in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England.16
According to Mrs. Iske’s report, between 1630 and 1640 five of the Bates name
came from the old country to Massachusetts, settling in Boston or near it. There were
Clement and Ann; William, who came in the Freelove, in 1635; James, with wife, Alice;
George, a freeman; and Edward of Weymouth.
Because Edward was the direct ancestor of Otto Bates who emigrated to
America from England, we offer some detail about his life here.
14
Immigrants to America Before 1750, page 214. See also Mrs. Iske’s The Bates Lifeline.
15
http://www.genealogy.org/~ajmorris/catalog/0231.htm.
16
See, e.g., Nicholson, Frederick J., The English Origin of Macuth (or Matthew) Pratt and Edward Bates
of Weymouth, Mass., The American Genealogist, Vol. 65 (1990), pg. 94. That document states that most
sources give Edward’s birth date as about 1605, as he was reported to be 81 years of age when he died
on March 25, 1686. The Bates Home Page, citing the Nicholson work, indicates Edward Bates was
baptized on November 23rd, 1606 at the Parish Church in Aston Clinton. See
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lsfeist/bateshome.htm
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Biography of Elder (or Deacon) Edward Bates, the Emigrant
Edward Bate settled as a freeman in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1637. He
was a Deputy of the General Court from 1639-42 and again in 1660, and Commissioner
of Marriages on June 2, 1641. He held the office of townsman in 1643. On February 3,
1651/52, he was an Elder of the Weymouth church. He was an Elder of the church at
Weymouth for more than thirty years. This was an important position at that time.
According to the Cambridge platform, it was the duty of the ruling elder “to open and
shut the doors of God’s House (officially) by admission, ordination, excommunication
and restoring; to call the church together; to prepare matters in private for public church
meetings; to moderate church meetings; to be leaders and guides in church actions; to
see that none of the church live without a calling; to prevent and heal offenses in life or
church doctrine; to feed the flock, visit the sick, and pray with them when sick and at
other times.”
A large landowner, he had a part interest in a corn mill and a saw mill. When his
October 22, 1682, will was proved on July 22, 1686, after his death on March 25 of that
year, the inventory for his estate amounted to £657, 15s (657 pounds, 15 shillings). 17 In
2002, an English pound (£) is worth about $1.50 American. Thus, using today’s
exchange rates, he was “worth” about $1,000 when he died – perhaps in 1686 a small
fortune were it calculated in today’s money. Of course, since Elder Edward Bate died
90 years before the Revolutionary War, there was no “exchange rate” from English
pounds to American dollars at that time.
17
See Immigrants to America Before 1750, p. 214.
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Mrs. Iske’s report states he was appointed June 6, 1639, to be chairman of a
board to end small business in Weymouth and was reappointed to the same office May
10, 1643. Mrs. Iske also notes that he took an active part in the business of the General
Court is evident from the fact of his being selected as one of their number both June 6,
1639, and May 13, 1640, to make a levy or tax upon the several towns, then composing
the colony of Massachusetts.18 January 28, 1640-41, he with two others was appointed
to determine between Henry Waltham, merchant, and Wealthia, wife of Thomas
Richards, deceased, of Weymouth. December 10, 1611, he with two others was
appointed to view the way at Braintree and certify to the next General Court. He is then
called “Goodman Bates”. He was also reappointed June 14, 1642, to view the same
way, which is now called Commercial street. January 1668, “Elder Baitts, Deacon Dyer
of Weymouth and Capt. Foster of Dorchester were appointed by the court to hear the
matter in difference between the town of Braintree and Mrs. Anna Thompson and make
a return of it to the court.” Mrs. Anna was the widow of Rev. William Thompson, pastor
of the church in Braintree.
He was also chosen on various important committees during his long life as the
records of the town of Weymouth show. Mrs. Iske reported that we have no record of
his marriage, but that at his death he mentioned his beloved wife Susanna, whose
maiden name or the date of her birth were unknown. However, today we know that he
married Susanna Putnam on January 26, 1632, at Drayton Beauchamp,
Buckinghamshire, England.19
I am not certain how much of Mrs. Iske’s report confuses Edward of Weymouth with Edward of Boston
in these “facts”.
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19
From http://www.gendex.com/users/rtwgen/mwheeler/d0049/g0000069.html.
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They had eight children, three sons and five daughters (Prudence, Susanna,
Increase, John, Mary, Anna, Edward and Jehoshabeath), although only some of their
births are recorded . . . . [Their son,] Increase, born December 28, 1641 [the child in the
direct lineage of Otto Bates], resided in Weymouth on a part of the old homestead. He
had nine children by wife Mary [Whitmarsh] and died Feb. 20, 1717, aged 76 years.
Per Mrs. Iske’s report, Elder Edward Bate resided at the time of his death near
the spot now occupied by the Weymouth Iron Works. His body was buried in the
cemetery at Burying Hill and a gravestone erected which is still standing and bears the
following inscription: “Here Lyeth Buried ye body of Elder Edward Bate aged 81 years
departed this life ye 25 day of March 1686.”20
From Massachusetts to Kansas
Edward Bates, the first in the direct lineage of Otto Bates to emigrate to America,
settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Weymouth, the second oldest town in the
Commonwealth, and originally called Wessagusset, is in Norfolk County, was formed in
1733 from Suffolk County, which was in turn formed in 1643 from the Massachusetts
Bay Colony.
Weymouth (then “Wessagusset”) was originally established for a short time in
1622 by a group led by Thomas Weston, a London merchant who helped fund the
Pilgrim’s voyage. What was then known as the Wessagusset settlement soon ran into
difficulties, however.21 Located between the Fore River and Back River, the site
See Mrs. Iske’s report for more detail about the Will of Edward Bates and other information about Bates
not in the direct lineage of Otto Francis Bates.
20
21
See http://www.key-biz.com/ssn/Weymouth/history.html.
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seemed ideal for a trading post, especially since the two rivers could act as a natural
defense against a surprise attack from the Indians. However, inadequate preparations
for cold weather resulted in a food shortage that grew more critical as the first winter
progressed. Several men became ill and died, while others became so weak that they
could not search for food. To make matters worse, they had alienated the Indians who
became more aggressive as the plight of the settlers worsened.
Fearing an Indian attack, those who survived the harsh winter sought help from
Plymouth Colony in the spring of 1623. Myles Standish came to Wessagusset in a
shallop with eight men, and in the first military action in New England, killed five Indians.
The settlement was then given up, some of the settlers returning to Plymouth with
Standish, while others returned to England.
However, Wessagusset did not remain abandoned for long. In the early autumn
of 1623, Captain Robert Gorges discovered the settlement and landed with a company
of 120 men and women. Gorges had a charter from the Council of New England and
was intent on establishing a prosperous colony. The hardships of pioneering soon
caused Gorges to become disenchanted with the New World and he left Wessagusset
within the year. Somehow, despite the dangers of famine and Indian attacks, those
remaining in the settlement survived until the arrival of a company of about 100 people
from Weymouth, England in July 1635. On September 21, 1635, Wessagusset was
incorporated into Massachusetts Bay Colony and officially renamed Weymouth.
Edward and Susannah Bate arrived a couple of years later.
In 1639, the Old North Church, located on Burying Hill in Weymouth Heights,
became known as the First Church of Weymouth. Among the ministers who served at
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the First Church was William Smith, ordained in 1734. His daughter, Abigail, born in
Weymouth, married John Adams, a Braintree lawyer who became the second President
of the United States. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was the sixth President.
Weymouth was a fishing and farming community for almost 200 years. In 1771
bog iron was found in the two town ponds, leading to the establishment of the
Weymouth Iron Works in East Weymouth in 1837. At its height more than 200 men
were employed making nails, anchors, chains and shovels, but competition from the
steel mills of Pennsylvania forced it out of business in the late nineteenth century.
Shoe manufacturing in Weymouth began in small shops at the end of the 1700’s
and by 1870 there were over 50 shoe factories from small shops to large plants,
employing three quarters of the town’s wage earners. The Stetson Shoe Company was
the last remaining shoe factory in town when it closed its doors in 1973. Today,
Weymouth is primarily a residential suburb of Quincy and Boston. Yet, since the
completion of the Southeast Expressway and Route 3 opening up new areas for
business and industrial development, a number of industries have rediscovered
Weymouth.
The Bates in the direct lineage of Otto Bates appear to have resided in
Weymouth, Massachusetts, from about 1637 until sometime in the mid-eighteenth
century, as William Bates22 is noted as having been born in Connecticut in 1761. The
portion of Mrs. Iske’s report captioned “Lorain County, Ohio”, contains the following
information about William Bates:
22
7th generation.
13
William Bates . . . was born and reared in Connecticut, but passed the
greater portion of his life in Lewis county, NY, near the town of Lowville.
His vocation in life was that of a farmer. He married Mrs. Sarah Woods,
and the results of this union were ten children; by a previous marriage five
were born.23
In about 1836, then in his seventy-fifth year, he removed to the then
wilds of Ohio, whither several of his sons had preceded him a year. The
journey was made overland, the means of locomotion being four strong
horses, and the conveyance a large covered wagon, into which were
crowded the family and many personal effects. The remaining years of his
life were passed with his children, all of whom were located in Lorain
county, Ohio. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, bravely fought
for liberty as a trooper, and was commended by his officer for gallantry
and bravery in the battle against the British at Sacket’s Harbor. He
departed this life in 1848, at the age of 84 years. His good wife survived
him some thirteen years, and was a like number of years his junior. . . .
They were formerly Presbyterians, but after removing to Ohio they joined
the Methodists, and they were exemplary Christian people. The following
children accompanied and located in Lorain county with their father: . . .
[Several children are listed, including] Charles [8th generation in this report
- EDH], all now deceased.
After a relatively brief stint in New York state, the Bates moved to Ohio, and then
to Iowa in 1842.24 Mrs. Iske notes that in the year of 1842, a wagon train arrived in
“District 13”, which later became known as Iowa. One of the travelers was Charles
Bates [i.e., the great grandfather of Otto Bates]. He had come from Portage County,
Ohio, and had brought his wife, Mary Crouch Bates, and five of his sons and two
daughters with him [including Demetrius Ypsalanti, Otto’s grandfather]. They settled in
the northeast corner of what is now known as Pleasant Township in Monroe County,
Iowa. The area lies southwest of Eddyville, Iowa. It is said this Charles Bates and his
family were responsible for populating the (then) new Monroe County. They were very
active in helping to develop the territory into counties and the State of Iowa.
23
Otto Francis Bates is descended from this prior marriage, which was to Sally Snow. –EDH
24
See Charles Bates, 8th generation, page 31.
14
Charles had bad luck with his family during the year following his arrival. He lost
his wife, Mary, and two of his sons, William and Gershon, in 1843. As no coffins were
available at that time, friendly Indians hollowed out a log and lined it with some moss for
Mary’s burial. There were no cemeteries, and Mary and the two sons were buried in
open prairie southwest of Eddyville. Many years later a farmer plowed up the grave
stones of these early Bates people. He notified a gentleman who had an interest in
Iowa history to verify the graves.25
With regard to Demetrius Ypsalanti Bates, Mrs. Iske reports that he was fifteen
years old when he came with his parents on a Mormon wagon train and settled in Iowa.
The Mormons had an influence on his life and family, as he had lived in their midst for
some time while growing to manhood. He taught his family how to share and respect
nature, and what to take from it. Demetrius, one of 14 children in the Charles Bates
family, worked as a farm laborer for several years until he was 21. He then married a
fifteen year old girl, Fanny Hatfield, on July 1, 1848.26 Fanny belonged to the Dunkard
religion (Church of the Brethren).
Mrs. Iske’s history of the Bates family also refers to the Dunkards as “German
Baptists”. She notes:
This organization near Cuba, a few miles east of Avery in Monroe County,
Iowa, was of German origin. Plain dress and quaint manners brought
about a division in 1888 when the “Old Order” and the younger native born
and English membership sang to discard the plain dress and manners so
eccentric of the time. The “Old Order” passed out of existence about
1892. However, the younger ones carried on as the Progressive
Dunkards.
25
Mrs. Iske notes that she had never found the burial site for Charles Bates. Her report notes that the
last census records of him show him at the age of 82 in 1870.
26
See also RootsWeb.com at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
15
About 1885, a church was built of the plainest architecture. It stood two
miles east of Avery. The size of it was 36 x 70 feet. Plain clothes and
dress was not an issue.
Many of the Bates people were members of this church. When they
passed away, they were buried in the Dunkard cemetery, known as Cuba,
just a few miles east of Avery.
Fanny Hatfield Bates was the mother to 13 children of Demetrius Bates. They
started their married life in the northeast corner of Pleasant Township, Monroe County,
Iowa. He became a millwright and carpenter and served his community well with his
trade. Demetrius and Fanny moved to Mantua Township and took up residence in the
Cuba (Iowa) coal camp, where he had purchased the land onto which they moved. In
the mid-late 1870’s they moved to Wayne County, near Lewisburg, Iowa. It was in this
area where Fanny died on April 18, 1883; she was buried in the Lewisburg cemetery in
the same plot with her daughter Rachel who had died in 1881.
On April 27, 1884, Demetrius then married Lucinda Morris in Wayne County,
Iowa, and had two children with her.27 Their years together were few, as Lucinda lost
her life at the age of 25 on July 26, 1890. She was buried in the same plot in the
Lewisburg cemetery as was Fanny and Rachel. After losing his wife, Demetrius went to
Kansas to live with his daughter, Harriett. There he died on September 10, 1903, at the
age of 75. He was buried in the Fairview Park cemetery at St. John, Stafford County,
Kansas.
Mrs. Iske’s history provides the following interesting information about Demetrius
Ypsalanti Bates:
27
Id.
16
In May of 1961, I visited Uncle Wayne Bates in Mystic, Iowa, to
hear what he could tell me of his father and mother, my grandparents [i.e.,
Demetrius and Fanny Bates]. He said really there was little to tell. He
went on to say his father lived down by Eddyville and as a young man had
married an Indian maiden also of that area. He said his father was of
Mormon faith, and that he had two wives, one down by Eddyville, and the
other up by Garden Grove. He said his mother’s name was Fanny
Hatfield, and that she was of Mormon faith. This was everything he could
tell me of his parents. . . .
The first time I found Grandpa Demetrius in early Iowa census, he
stated he was born in Ohio. Fanny also gave that she was born in Ohio,
and that she had been in Iowa 6 years. I have searched every possible
means to locate a Hatfield family belonging to her. None have been
counted in Iowa since the first census. One member of my family tells of
hearing our father, John G., saying his mother had run away from the
Mormons.
Grandmother Fanny may have been born in Ohio and traveled with
the group of Mormons known as the “Cart People”. This group pulled little
carts, containing their belongings, by hand and so many of them starved
and died as they traveled through the Midwest. Their route was across
the border of Iowa and Missouri and it is possible Fanny was with this
group, lost her parents and fled into Iowa and on into Monroe County.
There are no records of any kind about her, other than her marriage to
Grandpa Demetrius.
I considered the possibility of her being an Indian maiden, and
inquired of the department head of Indian census as to whether I could
find if she was Indian. I was told that kind of census had to have an Indian
name listed.
When she stated of her being born in Ohio, I feel she may have
said that because Grandpa had said that. She was very young and her
first experience of being counted by a census taker could have resulted in
no proper information on her. At this time, I’m assuming Uncle Wayne
could have been right, when he said she was an Indian. Several
members of Demetrius’ family appear to have Indian features, so until I
find proof otherwise, all of the family will still have the question: Do we
have Indian blood?
When new information is found, a copy will be made for each
holder of a Bates Family History, and given out during the main family
reunions.28
When Uncle Bob was given Mrs. Iske’s report, she provided no further information as to whether it was
ever determined whether Fanny Hatfield was, in fact, of Native American heritage. –EDH
28
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HERALDRY
Background29
Among other things, “heraldry” is the study or art of determining and designing
coats of arms with regard to tracing genealogies.30 No family history would be complete
without at least an attempt to determine whether a coat of arms has been granted to
someone with the family name, hopefully in one’s direct lineage. The Bates coat of
arms is discussed later in this text, but first a little background on heraldry, in general.
The earliest mention of heraldry as it is known today is in the Bible:
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with
the ensign of (his) father's house . . . And the children of Israel . . .
pitched by their standards and so they set forward, every one after their
families, according to the house of their fathers.31
Mention of the subject is then seemingly lost to record for centuries, although isolated
examples of banners or heraldic devices as distinct from heraldry as we know it today
can be found throughout history.32 The Egyptians used devices by which civil and
military authority was recognized. The Roman standards carried religious and martial
symbols such as the now famous Roman Eagle which was later adopted as the device
of the Roman legion.33
Historically, heraldry began as a mark of social identification and found its full
flowing as a useful art in the middle ages, when it came to be used to distinguish the
Unless otherwise indicated, this background information on heraldry is an edited version of “History of
the Hore Family Coat of Arms,” Lyon J. Hoard, 1991, at http://pages.prodigy.net/hoard/history.htm, which
I used in compiling a history of the Andrew Johnson Hoard family in 1999. -EDH
29
30
Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988.
31
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 2, verses 2 and 34.
32
Alvey, Jeff, “Some Notes and Fun With Heraldry,” at http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/jeffhera.html.
33
Id.
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warriors of the battlefield.34 Marks and designs were used to mark a warrior’s armor
and his surcoat, which was the garment that he wore over his coat of mail. From this
comes the expression “coat of arms”. Originally, a knight was free to choose his own
device, but by the 15th century, the multiplication of arms resulted in the complete
systemization of the practice, and heraldry became an exact science. These marks
were not at first hereditary, but gradually became so by 1390, and were recognized as
evidence of the wearer’s noble or gentle birth.35
The use of armorial insignia on a knight's shield and surcoat developed during
the period of the Crusades (1096-1260). There is some uncertainty whether or not they
were used primarily to identify individual knights and magnates in battle. It seems likely
that they developed, rather, to identify the armored individuals participating in the
pageantry of the tournaments which became popular at this time as a means of training
for combat. These feats of arms were soon adopted as a competitive sport among the
elite warriors, becoming public spectacles with attendant pageantry to lend an air of
festivity, boasting and feasting. The pageantry of heraldry that developed as a result,
was easily transferable to the battle fields. The badges and arms of the leaders were
painted on the banners and used as rallying points easily identifiable at a glance
through the dust and confusion of battle.
During the Crusades the simple knight began to wear on his surcoat, or linen
mantle used to protect the metal armor from the heat of the sun, a cross painted across
his chest and shoulders to identify his nationality and order of knighthood, such as
Wolf, Joseph C., “Heraldry”, The Churchill Society (London) at http://www.churchill-societylondon.org.uk/heralry.html.
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35
Id.
19
Teutonic Order, Knight Templar, etc. Following the First Crusade, say 1100, the knights
defending Christ's tomb in the Holy Land began to use the arms of the newly founded
Kingdom of Jerusalem.
*****
With the rapid development of the tournament in France by the returning
Crusaders, distinct, personalized coats of arms were needed to identify the helmeted
participants. Out of this necessity developed an heraldic art form that rapidly spread,
along with the colorful tournaments themselves, throughout Western Europe.
*****
Crests were also placed on the helmet as a further means of identification and
decoration for the pre-combat displays and ceremonies. Crests were not practical to
wear in the bouts, however, and were always removed before starting the jousts.
Participation in the tournaments was very expensive, so the sport remained the
preserve of the wealthy and powerful, plus a few exceptional knights who accumulated
fortunes as professionals. As a result, coats of arms were first used by the greater
aristocracy. About 1150, simple arms, without the superfluous crest, began to be
awarded by the greater nobility to the common knights in their service as awards and
marks of distinction for exceptional service and valor in combat, the knights already
being considered as belonging to the untitled nobility.
*****
From the mid 12th until the latter part of the 14th centuries, only those families
directly descended from a knight were permitted to use coat armor or to carry weapons.
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These prerogatives set the knightly families apart and were the signs of their superior
social status or gentility. These rights were jealously guarded and any infringements
were dealt with harshly.
Following the first of the great plagues, or Black Death, as it became known,
(1349 in England), the country was freed from over population. As a result, the general
population began to prosper and to gain some freedom from its crushing feudal
obligations. New families began acquiring wealth and property, making it ever more
difficult to prevent them from assuming pretense to gentility and adopting unauthorized
arms.
At first, as indicated above, each great lord maintained his own army and a
herald to assist him in matters pertaining to heraldry and the granting of coat armor to
his knightly followers. In cases of conflict, such as two knights discovering they were
bearing identical arms, the king could be called upon to arbitrate the dispute in a "Court
of Chivalry."
This proved inadequate to meet the continuing problem of bogus arms, so it was
ordained that the power to grant (or confirm) arms would be taken over by the king, or
rather by his heralds who were members of his household. Consequently, on 2 March
1484, King Richard III founded the present English College of Arms. The number of
heralds were increased and put under a "King of Arms." Each herald was given his own
territory of responsibility.
*****
21
The territorial tours of the early heralds were limited, however, and the abuse of
arms continued unabated; whereupon the Crown commissioned extensive periodic
tours, known as "Visitations," throughout the provinces, beginning in 1530. The heralds
were given almost unlimited authority to eradicate abuses within their territory and to
restore the legitimate used of coat armor by private citizens. They were even
authorized to invade private homes and to confiscate family silver and other valuables
engraved with false arms, and to deface and destroy all illegal arms displayed in public
places, even within the churches and on the tombs.
Also, during the Visitation, the heralds were to examine all persons using
questionable titles of dignity such as esquire and gentleman. All the gentry were
enjoined to meet with the herald to confirm their arms and update their family pedigree.
Other members of the community were asked to cooperate by reporting and helping
ferret out all those they suspected of not being legitimate armigers. All offenders were
to be denounced before their community through public proclamations. A copy of the
denunciation was to be nailed to the door of the parish church. The "Major Visitations"
took place circa 1580, 1620 and 1666, with various minor tours occurring between
times.
Thus, during the period of the Visitations it was possible to tightly control all uses
of armorial display and titles of gentility. The rules were so stringent, however, that
many families with the right to use arms were reluctant to register them for confirmation
for fear the herald might find their records lacking, and so suffer the humiliation of being
refused the right to their ancient arms. It would seem that some of these families
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preferred to wait until a following Visitation, giving themselves time to collect all the
necessary documents and pieces of evidence.
*****
Visitations, with the concomitant strict regulations, came to a close in 1687,
perhaps because, when the next Visitation was due, England was involved in a long war
over the Spanish Succession. The undiminished popularity of heraldry and the resultant
weakness of the authority vested in the College of Arms led to the multitudes of
spurious arms during the 18th and 19th centuries. The College of Arms is now limited to
the control and some amount of protection in the use of legitimate arms and the
granting of new arms.
*****
Women’s rights to coat armor are strictly limited, unless she is a sovereign. She
is granted the right to use a coat of arms bearing the arms of her father or husband, but
not on a shield. She uses a “lozenge”, a diamond shaped frame. Since a woman was
not a warrior, she could not use the shield, helmet, crest, mantling or war-cry motto.
Until her marriage, she used her father’s arms in a lozenge, often surmounted with a
true lover’s knot of light blue ribbon. After marriage, she used her husband’s arms on a
lozenge, and continued the practice if she became a widow.36
Sometimes the husband “impaled” his arms with those of the wife’s father. At
first, “impaling” was the placing of the two shields side by side, but later it became the
practice to place the husband’s arms on the “dexter” (left, as you face the shield), and
Wolf, Joseph C., “Heraldry”, The Churchill Society (London) at http://www.churchill-societylondon.org.uk/heralry.html.
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the arms of the wife’s father on the “sinister” (right, as you face the shield). If a woman
was a heraldic heiress (having no brothers to inherit the coat of arms), her husband
placed a small shield with the arms of his wife’s father in the center of his own, so it
would show he was carrying the arms for the benefit of his children, the grandchildren of
his wife’s father. This was called the “escutcheon of pretense”. The children carried
both of the arms, which were quartered.37
****
If an American citizen wishes to obtain a legal English arms he must prove his
descent from an ancestor who was a British citizen and he must also obtain witnesses
as to his good character. Obtaining confirmation for the legal right to bear the arms of
an ancient ancestor can be an expensive and time consuming ordeal, and is hardly
worth the trouble. The New England Historic Genealogical Society's Committee on
Heraldry maintains an approved list of those colonial immigrants whom they recognize
to have had the right to bear arms. Apparently the requirement is that the immigrant’s
name, or the name of a close ancestor, must appear in a Tudor period Visitation
pedigree.
37
Id.
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Bates Coat of Arms
Mrs. Iske reports that the Coat-Armor was “blazoned” for the name spelled Bate
and granted in 1565 as:
Sable, a fesse engrailed argent, between three dexter hands couped
bendways or.
The crest: A stag’s head slightly erased, vulned through the neck with an
arrow and can be feathered.
Her report notes this is the Coat-Armor of the Bate family of Kent and Yorkshire, as well
as those of Derbyshire and Leicestershire, but the crest differs for the Bate families of
Leicester and Derby. (This may or may not be the appropriate coat of arms for the Otto
Francis Bates family, as his ancestors were the Bate family of Buckinghamshire.)
Mrs. Iske’s report describes another very similar coat of arms for the Bate name,
citing Burke’s Peerage as the authority. The only significant difference between that
coat of arms and this one is that the three “dexter hands” in the Burke’s Peerage coat of
arms are “argent” (white or silver) rather than “or” (gold). Also, the motto under the coat
of arms with the silver hands is noted by Mrs. Iske as Et Corde et Manu, rather than Et
Mano Et Corde.38 Mrs. Iske’s report, at the portion entitled, “The Bates Family”,
describes yet another very similar coat of arms for the Bate name (color of hands not
specified) which has a motto of Fert Palmam mereat.
So, what does this mean “in English”? First, a definition of all the unusual
heraldic terms (in the order they appear in the description, above):
“Blazoned” means “described”39.
“Sable” means “black”.
38
See Mrs. Iske’s report at the portion entitled, “Genealogy”.
All the terms defined here are from Pimbley’s Dictionary of Heraldry (See
http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/pimbley.htm).
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“A fesse engrailed argent” means a white or silver band across the center
of the shield.
More specifically, “a fesse” means a strip or band placed
horizontally across the shield, occupying one-third of the field.
“Engrailed” means “indented in a series of curves”.
“Argent” means white, or the silvery color on coats of arms. In
the arms of princes it is sometimes called “lune”, and in those of
peers, “pearl.” In engravings it is generally represented by the
natural color of the paper. It represents purity, innocence,
beauty or gentleness.
“Three dexter hands couped bendways or” means three gold right hands.
Specifically, “dexter” means “right” (or “situated on the right”.
The dexter side of the shield is on the left as you face the shield);
“couped” means appearing as if cut off from the arm or body, and
“or” means “gold”.40
With regard to the crest:
“A stag’s head slightly erased” means a deer’s head appearing as if it
were forcibly torn off from the body, leaving jagged or uneven
ends.
“Vulned” means “wounded”; applied to an animal or bird depicted as
wounded and bleeding.
“Feathered” means the feathers of the arrow are of a different color from
the shaft.
As a matter of interest, the various colors and “charges” (i.e., in this case, the
hands) on the coat of arms carry some meaning.41 For example, “or” (yellow or gold)
symbolizes generosity; argent (white or silver) symbolizes peace and sincerity; while
sable (black) stands for constancy, sometimes grief. The “fess” might symbolize a
I have not been able to determine precisely what “bendways” means. James Parker’s A Glossary of
Terms Used in Heraldry, first published in 1894, states that “bendwise” or “bendways” indicates “when the
charge (figure on the shield) is placed lengthways in the middle of the shield. See http://www04.upage.so-net.ne.jp/ta2/saitou/ie401/index.htm. If that is the case, the depictions I have been able to locate
of the Bate Coat of arms may not be quite accurate, but I have found no other. -edh
40
41
From “Symbolisms in Heraldry”, at http://digiserve.com/heraldry/symbols.htm.
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military belt or girdle of honor. The hands symbolize faith, sincerity and justice, while
the stag symbolizes policy, peace and harmony.
What, then, would the Bate/Bates Coat of arms and crest look like? From all
depictions I have been able to locate [and they are few – EDH], it would a black (sable)
shield, with a wide white/silver horizontal stripe occupying one-third of the field, with
three golden (or white or silver) right hands in the black portions of the shield, two above
the stripe (fesse) and one below. The crest is a male deer’s head with an arrow through
it’s neck. A motto sometimes appears under the shield, stating, “Et mano et corde”
(“Both by hand and by heart”).42
Finally, it should be remembered that coats of arms were not granted to families,
but rather, to individuals. As noted above, however, after a time such armory could be
inherited. This coat of arms may be the one attributed to the direct ancestors of Otto
Bates. Other Bates families may have different heraldry.
42
I obtained this translation of the motto from a friend who is a Latin scholar. The internet homepage of
Wayne E. Bates, of Meredith, New Hampshire, at http://homepage.fcgnetworks.net/bates/bates.html,
however, translates it as “Bound by the Hand”. Mr. Bates’ webpages also contain a hand drawn image of
the Bates Coat of arms. My Latin-scholar friend explains it this way: “In my humble translation effort, I
looked at the following: (1) “Et” followed by “et” in the same phrase generally means "Both...and”; (2)
mano is likely the ablative form (by or from) of the word manus (hand); (3) Corde is the ablative form of
Cor (heart). . . . Ergo, . . .’Both by hand and by heart’.”
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GENEALOGY
OF
OTTO FRANCIS BATES
1. William Bate
b. before 1550,43 possibly at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England; d. before
August 15, 1695, at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England. m. Alice Oslington
on July 20, 1564, at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England (b. 1550; d. bef. July
22, 1609).
Children: William Bate (b. before Feb. 24, 1570; m. Joan Dover; m. Margery
Phillips); Henry (b. bet. 1571-77; d. bef. March 25, 1629; m. Joyce bef. Nov 1,
1598), Catherine (d. May 5, 1621; m. Wm. Kingham, Dec. 2, 1592), Winifred (m
___ Daniel, bef. Sep. 23, 1605; m. ____ Turney, bef. Mar 10, 1608), and Ellen
(m. ____??; m. ___ Hall bef. Sep. 23, 1605).
2. William Bate
b. before Feb. 24, 1570, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England; date of death
unknown.44 m. Joan Dover, Nov. 5, 1601, at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire,
England (Joan d. before Jan. 27, 1606). m. Margery Phillips, Jan. 27, 1606, Aston
Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England.
Children: With Joan Dover -- William Bate III. With Margery Phillips -- Edward
Bate (b. before Nov. 23, 1606; d. Mar. 25, 1686; m. Susanna Putnam); Elizabeth
(b. 1607/08), Mary (b. bef. Jun. 24, 1614; d. Jun. 9, 1635; never married), and
Anna (b. bef. Aug. 11, 1616; d. Jan. 28, 1634; never married).
43
From http://www.gendex.com/users/rtwgen/mwheeler/d0049/g0000032.html.
44
From http://www.gendex.com/users/rtwgen/mwheeler/d0049/g0000057.html.
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3. Edward Bates – Emigrant to America 45
b. before Nov. 23, 1606, at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England; d. bef. Mar.
25, 1686, at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (buried at Burying Hill in
Weymouth). m. Susanna Putnam Jan. 26, 1632, at Drayton Beauchamp,
Buckinghamshire, England; Susanna b. bef. Jan. 28, 1610, at Tring, Hartfordshire,
England. Son of William, Jr. and Mary. Came to New England in the 1630’s and
settled at Weymouth, MA.
Children: Prudence (d. 1639), Susanna (m. Nathanial Blanchard), Increase (b.
Dec. 26, 1641; m. Mary Whitmarsh), John (baptized 1642-3; m. Mary Farwell),
Mary (d. before Oct. 22, 1683; m. John Rogers, Jan. 8, 1662, at Weymouth,
MA),46 Anna (m. James Stuart), Edward (b. Dec. 10, 1655; m. Elizabeth Shaw),
Jehoshabeath (d. single).
4. Increase Bates
b. December 28, 1641; d. February 20, 1712. m. Mary Whitmarsh (d. Dec. 21,
1717) Son of Edward and Susanna.
Children: Edward (b. Jan. 21, 1681), Ebenezer (b. Mar. 1, 1686; m. Catherine
Arnold), Samuel (b. about 1693; m. Grace _____ and Hannah Ward), Anna (b.
Aug. 23, 1695), Ruth (b. July 9, 1700), John (m. Remember _____), Mary (m.
_____ Burrill), Judith (M. Aaron Renouf Jan. 7, 1725), Sarah (m. Ephriam
Richards May 17, 1720).
5. Samuel Bates
b. 1693; d. 1752. m. 1st Grace ______. Son of Increase and Mary. He is called a
miller and cordwainer.
Children: Deborah (b. Sept. 4, 1711; d. Nov. 7, 1711), William (b. Dec. 7, 1712;
m. Mary Ward), Lydia (b. Oct. 8, 1715; d. 1781), Sarah (b. Nov. 1717; m. Isaac
Beal Jan. 11, 1753), Samuel (b. Nov. 14, 1720; d. Dec. 25, 1724), Deborah (b.
1721; m. Johnathan Bates, Nov. 20, 1744), Samuel (b. Dec. 9, 1724). 47
m. 2nd Hannah Ward, int. Sept. 18, 1725. She was b. Feb. 2, 1693; d. July 13, 1794.
Children: Hanna (b. Aug. 25, 1726; m. Joseph Dyer Jr. Jan. 8, 1756),
Mary (b. Feb. 13, 1728; m. John Reed, Dec. 26, 1745).
45
From http://www.gendex.com/users/rtwgen/mwheeler/d0049/g0000069.html.
46
www.my-get.com.
The records available do not explain why there are two children named “Samuel”, the second being
born just a few days before the death of the other, who died at age 4. It is possible that the parents knew
the death of the first Samuel was imminent and gave their last child the same name. It is also possible
the records are simply incorrect. -EDH
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6. William Bates
b. Dec. 7, 1712; d. 1785. Son of Samuel and Grace. Is called a yeoman and
cordwainer. m. 1st Mary Ward Oct. 12, 1735.
Children: William (b. Oct. 27, 1736; m. Sarah Webb and Ruth Shaw), Persis (b.
Aug. 9, 1738; m. Theodore French, May 27, 1781), Asa (b. Sept. 26, 1739; m.
Abigail Sprague, int. Apr. 27, 1765), Mary (b. Mar. 29, 1741), Jesse (b. Dec. 7,
1742; d. young about 1751), Grace (b. July 13, 1744; d. young), Joseph (b. May
24, 1746), Zebiah (b. Nov. 14, 1748; d. Mar. 15, 1790, single), Sarah (b. Aug. 26,
1750; d. Apr. 11, 1817), Jesse (b. Mar. 4, 1753; m. Ruth Burrill Aug. 14, 1777).48
William m. 2nd Mary Merrow, Nov. 9, 1761. d. Dec. 30, 1794. They had several
children, but no records show names or dates. A small notation in the Boston
Transcripts tells of the William in the following (7th) generation, claiming the above
William and Mary Merrow to be his parents.
7. William Bates
b. in Conn. in 1761. d. 1848. Son of William and Mary Merrow Bates. m. 1 st Sally
Snow Mar. 24, 1785.
Children: Charles (b. 1789), Rosemond (b. May 3, 1791), Wm. Snow (b. May
22, 1793), Sarah (b. Dec. 25, 1794), Wealthy (b. Oct. 13, 1796), Miriam (b. Dec.
14, 1978).
William m. 2nd Sarah Woods on Sept. 17, 1799. She d. 1858-9.
Children: Francis (b. 1800 New York; m. Marie Obits 1820, d. 1858), Ottis (b.
1803 Mass.), Bennett (b 1808; d. 12, 1892), Hannah, Moses (b. 1814, New York;
d. Oct. 7, 1868), Thaxter (b. 1816, New York; d. Mar. 10, 1892), Norton, Lyman
(b. 1820, New York; d. Oct. 12, 1873), Eliza.
Again, the records available to me do not explain why there are two children named “Jesse”, the
second being born about 11 years after the first. -EDH
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8. Charles Bates
b. 1789 in Connecticut. m. Mary Crouch (b. in Odessa, Russia; d. 1843 in Iowa).49
They were married in New York state and moved to Ohio about 1825. Removed to
Iowa 1842.
Children: William (b. N.Y.; d. 1843 Iowa), Gershon (b. N.Y.; d. 1843 Iowa);
Arnold (b. 1807 N.Y.; m. Harriett Green b. 1811 Conn.), Sarah (b. 1815 N.Y.; d.
1900; m. Philander Lorenzo Tyrrell Sept. 17, 1834), Francis (b. 1816 N.Y.; m.
Sarah Jane Inman b. Ohio), Dorliska (b. 1817 N.Y.; m. John Stevenson Jr., Mar.
2, 1836), Benjamine (b. Nov. 4, 1819 N.Y.; m. Vilenta Ray b. Ohio 1823), Calvin
(b. 1821 N.Y.; m. Mary ___ b. N.Y. 1827), Amanda (b. about 1824 N.Y.; m. Orrin
Judson), Demetrius Ypsalanti (b. 1828 Ohio; m. Fanny Hatfield Jul. 1, 1948),
Noble W. (b. 1832 Ohio; m. 1st Eliza J. Driven Jan. 1, 1842 and Ruesina Fuller),
Lucy Ann (b. 1833 Ohio; m. Abram Johnson), Sheldon (b. 1834 Ohio; m. Sarah
Ann), Ulysses (b. 1837 Ohio; m. Margaret A. Judson Jan. 2, 1859, she b. 1843
Wisconsin).
9. Demetrius Ypsalanti Bates
b. Feb. 22, 1828, Portage County, OH; d. Sept. 10, 1903, St. John, Stafford County,
KS; bur. in Fairview Park cemetery, St. John. Son of Charles and Mary Crouch
Bates. m. 1st Francis (Fanny) Hatfield Jul. 1, 1848. (Fanny b. Jul. 22, 1833 in Ohio;
d. Apr. 18, 1883 in Iowa.)50
Children: Charles Milton (b. Aug. 5, 1849; d. Feb. 17, 1922; m. 1st Mary A.
Eledridge; 2nd Hannah Brown), Rachel A. (b. Dec. 22, 1850; m. Cyrus Judd on
May 9, 1868; d. Oct. 22, 1881), Harriott Viola (b. Apr. 5,1853; d. June 29, 1924),
Sara A. (Sade) (b. Aug. 6, 1855; m. 1st to John Archibald, Mar. 23, 1873; 2nd
Erwin Robinson), Francis Marion (b. Aug. 22, 1857; d. Oct. 8, 1936; m. Sara
Celeste Sofie Gibbs, Jan. 1, 1876), William D. (b. May 5, 1859; d. 1937; m. to
Anna Z. Houghland on Mar. 14, 1888), Minerva Rosella (b. Sept., 1861; m.
Thomas Henry Myers on Dec. 25, 1877), John Grant (b. Dec. 1, 1863; m. May
Agnes Boyd March 16, 1887), Mary (b. July 1, 1866; m. John Curtis), Robert
Bruce (b. Nov. 17, 1868; m. Emma Potts), Semer Laffeyette (b. Jun. 12, 1871;
First married Ida Wales, then Mary Couch, widow, 2nd), Eva (b. Feb. 13, 1874; m.
John Boyd), Wayne Lewis (b. Jan. 18, 1877; d. 1962; m. Cora Rebecca Davis).
m. 2nd Lucinda Morris of Wayne County, IA in 1884 (d. Jul. 26, 1890, at age 25).
Children: Flossie N. (b. Mar. 20, 1889; m. Ottor Moore),
Elmer B. (b. July 18, 1890; adopted out as a child and raised as Lester Turpin)
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Exactly when Charles and Mary were born and married seems to be the subject of some confusion. I
believe the dates and places noted here to correct, however.
Fanny, her daughter Rachel, who died at 30 years of age, and Fanny’s daughter, Lucinda, who died at
25 years of age, are all buried in the same plot in the Lewisburg cemetery in Wayne County, IA, in Clay
township.
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10. Francis Marion Bates
b. Aug. 22, 1857, Monroe County, IA;51 d. Oct. 8, 1936, Peru, Nemaha County, NE.
Bur. Mt Vernon Cemetery, Peru, NE. Son of Demetrius Ypsalanti and Francis
(Fanny) Hatfield Bates. Married Sarah Celestia (or Celeste) Sofia Gibbs, January
1, 1878 (or 1876?), at Corydon, Wayne County, IA. Humeston, IA (?).
Children: Fanny Elizabeth Bates Patterson (H.E. (Bert) Patterson); b. Dec. 25,
1879), Lucy May (b. Aug. 16, 1881, Lucas County, IA), Lottie Jane (b. Aug. 15,
1883, Lucas County, IA), Charles Marion (b. Mar. 31, 1885, Louisburg, Wayne
County, IA), Samuel Leonard (b. May 6, 1887, Garden Grove, Decatur County,
IA), Otto Francis (b. Jan. 26, 1889, Garden Grove, Decatur County, IA), Herbert
Collie (b. Jan 25, 1894, Mullen, Hooper County, NE), Everett Darrel (b. Nov. 28,
1897, Minnie Kata, South Dakota (Edgemont)), Sadie Adeline (b. June 13, 1901,
Peru, Nemaha County, NE).
11. Otto Francis Bates
b. Jan. 26, 1888, Garden Grove, Decatur County, IA; d. Apr. 23, 1969, Belleville, KS;
buried at Grace Hill Cemetery, Belleville, KS. Son of Francis Marion and Sarah
Celestia (or Celeste) Sofia Bates. m. Mamie Avis Breazile, March 23, 1912, in
Rock Port, MO. Mamie b. Sept 13, 1893, Rock Port, MO; d. May 16, 1968,
Belleville, KS; buried at Grace Hill Cemetery, Belleville, KS. Daughter of Otho and
Anna Mildred Mather Breazile.
Children of Otto and Mamie Bates:
Mildred Sarah. b. Apr. 10, 1912, Peru, NE. d. Apr. 8, 1926, Hebron, NE; buried
at Hebron. Single. No children.
Fannie Marie. b. Jul. 14, 1913, Talmage, NE. d. July 15, 1995, at Belleville, KS.
m. Clarence Albert (“Abie”) Williams Mar. 5, 1930 in Beloit, KS.
Abie b. Aug. 31, 1902, Belleville, KS. d. Aug. 24, 1994, at
Belleville. Fannie and Abie had 7 children: Donna, Katherine,
Robert, Dennis (Dennis d. May 1997), Norman, Nancy, and
Wayne (Wayne d. on Sept. 6, 1985 at Halstead, KS.
Frank Ivan. b. Jun. 27, 1915, Peru, NE. d. __?__ at Missouri City, TX. m. Daisy
__?__ on __?__ at Houston, TX. Daisy d. __?__. Frank and Daisy
had 3 daughters: Betty, Jeanne and Lisa.
Jack Darrel. b. Aug. 3, 1916. d. Mar. 13, 1993. 1st m. Leora Mae West on Aug.
3, 1937 at Belleville, KS (Leora d. May 21, 1971); 2nd m. Rube
Restine Moser on Sept. 3, 1971, at Courtland, KS. Jack and Leora
had 4 children: Richard, Barbara, Carolyn Mae, and Stephen.
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One source indicates Francis Marion Bates was born on this date in Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa.
See RootsWeb.com at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
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Children of Otto and Mamie Bates (cont.):
Otho Grant. b. Aug. 15, 1917, Peru, NE; d. __?__ at DesMoine, IA. 1 st m.
Katherine Welch; divorced, then 2nd m. Juanita __?__ on __?__ at
Chillicothe, MO. Grant and Catherine had two sons: Paul and Gary.
(Grant and Catherine also had Steve and Wynona, whom they gave
up for adoption.) Grant and Juanita had 2 children: Jimmy and
Esther. (Jimmy d. Mar. 24, 1957 at Chillacothe, MO, of leukemia.)
Juanita had Peggy before she married Grant.)
Homer Paul. b. Nov. 26, 1918, Petersburg, NE; d. Apr. 13, 1945 (killed in action
in WW II at Leipzig, Germany). m. Geraldine Prencler on Dec. 24,
1944, at Houston, TX. No children.
Dewey Lee. b. Nov. 25, 1922, Primrose, NE. m. Darlene (“Fuzzy”) Burwell Jun.
4, 1946 at Mankato, KS. Darlene b. Apr. 19, __?__. Dewey and
Darlene had Lois, Bernice and Curtis.
Helen Louise. b. Apr. 29, 1922, Primrose, NE; d. May 18, 1987, at Joplin, MO.
m. Theodore (“Ted”) Williams May _?_, 1941, at Joplin, MO. Ted
d. Aug. 27, 1975, at Joplin. Helen and Ted had 5 children: Jerry
Joe, Earl Lee (Earl Lee d. __?__ at __?__, MO), Theodore
(“Teddy”), Jr., Louise and Billie Jean.
Martha Louisa. b. Dec. 29, 1923, Primrose, NE. m. Kenneth Swartz Aug 31,
1946 at Jefferson City, MO. Kenneth d. Nov. 2, 1984, at
Moberly, MO. Martha and Kenneth had one daughter: Janice.
Margaret Genevieve. b. Dec 13, 1925, Hebron, NE. m. Elmer Johnson Hoard
(brother of Harry Lee Hoard, Avis’ husband) Feb. 2, 1946,
in Scandia, KS. Elmer b. Feb. 11, 1917, Miltonvale, KS.
Margaret and Elmer, living in Moberly, MO, since 1981 had
2 children: Elmer David (b. Nov. 14, 1947, Belleville, KS)
and Mary Margaret (b. Oct. 13, 1954, Belleville, KS).
Allen Wayne. b. Jul. 7, 1927, Peru, NE; d. Sept. 24, 1927, Peru, NE.
Avis Lorene. b. Nov. 5, 1929, Peru, NE. m. Harry Lee Hoard (brother of Elmer
Johnson Hoard, Margaret’s husband) Sept. 13, 1947. Harry Lee d.
Mar. 9, 1965. Avis and Harry Lee had 3 children: Mildred Ann,
Marian and Elvis Lee.
Robert (“Bob”) Eugene. b. Jul. 21, 1931, Holdrige, NE; d. Feb. 23, 1999, at El
Dorado, KS. m. Betty McKinney Jun. 16, 1955, at
Chillicothe, MO. Bob and Betty had 7 children: Michael,
Marcia, Debra, Brenda, Robert Lee, Sharla and Timothy.
Walter William (“Bill”). b. Jan. 2, 1933, Earth, TX. m. Kay __?__, on __?__
1956, at Reno, NV. Kay d. Mar. _?_, 1995. No children.
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THE LIVES AND TIMES OF THE OTTO FRANCIS BATES FAMILY
AND THEIR ANCESTORS
This chart lists, on the left, the Otto Bates family line from the first known ancestor, William Bate, and on
the right, a few of the significant events in world history during the lifetimes of his descendants.
1546: Martin Luther dies.
1547: Reign of Henry VIII ends. Edward VI, “The
Boy King,” succeeds to the throne.
William Bate
(~1550 – ~Aug. 15, 1695)
Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire,
England
1552: Walter Raleigh is born.
1553: Reign of King Edward VI ends. His sister,
Mary I, succeeds.
1558: Reign of Mary I ends. Elizabeth I, at age 25,
succeeds to the throne.
1560: Triangulation introduced into surveying.
1563: Although not as devastating as the earlier
outbreak of “Black Death,” an outbreak of bubonic
plague in London kills about 20,000, or roughly a
quarter of the population.
1564: William Shakespeare born at Stratford Upon
Avon. Gerard Mercator publishes the first fine, largescale map of Britain.
William Bate
~Feb. 24, 1570 - ?
Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire,
England
1571: Spain colonizes the Philippines.
1577: Sir Francis Drake sets out on the first
circumnavigation of the globe.
1582: Julian calendar replaced by Gregorian
calendar. Although English government opposition to
the new calendar persisted for almost 200 years, the
general populace began observing 1 January as New
Year’s Day at once (rather than 25 March, as under
the Julian calendar), leading to “double dating” for
many documents and records.
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1584: Walter Raleigh knighted by Queen Elizabeth I.
She gives him the patent for colonization of America
and permission to name the new colony “Virginia.”
1585: Sir Walter Raleigh forms the first English
colony in North America on Roanoke Island. The
settlement did not succeed, however, and the
colonists returned to England in 1586.
1587: Second Virginia colony established by Sir
Walter Raleigh. (The “Lost Colony”)
1588: Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English
1596: Sir Francis Drake dies at sea. Sir John Harington,
a godson of Queen Elizabeth I, describes a valve water closet
he’d invented, in a book called The Metamorphosis-Ajax (Ajax
was a pun on “a jakes” – a latrine). His invention did not catch
on until increasing urbanization and epidemics of cholera in the
19th century necessitated improvements in sanitation.
1599: The Globe theater opens in Southwark,
London (to 1644). East India Company formed.
1603: On 24 March, James I ascended the English
throne upon Elizabeth’s death. Ordered the
preparation of a new translation of the Bible.
1605: Failed “Gunpowder Plot” by Roman Catholics
to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November.
Edward Bates
(~Nov. 23, 1606 - ~Mar 25,
1686
Born in Aston Clinton,
Buckinghamsire, England.
Emigrated to America ~ 1637. Died
in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
1606: Colony at Jamestown, VA, founded.
1611: King James Bible published.
1620: Pilgrims come to Plymouth, MA, in the
Mayflower.
1625: King James I dies. Charles I assumes the
throne of England.
1628: John Bunyon, author of Pilgrim’s Progress,
born.
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1629: Charles I rules autocratically from a room
called the “Star Chamber.”
1634: Harvard College founded.
Increase Bates (Dec. 28, 1641
– Feb. 20, 1712)
1642: English Civil War begins.
1649: Charles I beheaded. Oliver Cromwell
dissolves Parliament and rules as “Lord Protector”
from 1653 until his death in 1658; succeeded by his
son, Richard Cromwell.
1660: Charles II returns from France and assumes
the throne.
1662: Great Plague in London. Great Fire destroys
London.
1667: First edition of John Milton’s Paradise Lost
published.
1681: Pennsylvania founded.
1685: Charles II dies. James II is crowned King.
1688: William and Mary invited by Parliament to
remove James II. They do so in a bloodless,
“Glorious Revolution.” Parliament declares William
and Mary joint monarchs in 1689.
1692: Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
Samuel Bates (1693 – 1752)
1702: Anne crowned Queen of England upon
William’s death.
1707: England and Scotland unite.
William Bates
(Dec. 7, 1712 – 1785)
1714: Queen Anne dies. George I crowned King.
1727: George I dies; George II crowned.
1732: Georgia founded. Benjamin Franklin publishes
Poor Richard’s Almanac.
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1738: Methodist movement founded by John and
Charles Wesley.
1742: Handel’s Messiah first performed.
1752: Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1754: French & English War begins.
1755: Dr. Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary
of the English Language.
1758: First threshing machine. Appearance of
Halley’s Comet.
1760: George II dies; his grandson crowned George
III. French surrender Montreal to British.
Wedgewood opens pottery works.
William Bates (1761 – 1848)
Born in Connecticut.
1763: French and Indian War.
1770: Boston Massacre.
1773: Boston Tea Party.
1775: Watt’s first efficient steam engine
1776: American colonies declare independence.
1781: Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at
Yorktown, VA.
1788: US Constitution ratified by states.
Charles Bates ( 1789 - ?)
Born in Connecticut. Removed to
Iowa in 1842.
1789: George Washington elected first President of
the USA. Bastille falls; French Revolution begins.
1793: Louis XVI executed in France. England and
France at war.
1797: John Adams elected President.
1801: Thomas Jefferson President. Great Britain and
Ireland unite.
1804: Napoleon Emperor of France.
1809: James Madison President.
1812: War of 1812 (England v. US).
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1814: Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon exiled to St.
Helena.
1817: James Monroe President.
1820: George III dies; succeeded by George IV as
King of England.
1825: John Quincy Adams President.
Demetrius Ypsalanti Bates
(Feb. 22, 1828 – Sept. 10,
1903)
Born in Portage County, Ohio. Died
in St. John, Stafford County, Kansas.
1829: Andrew Jackson President.
1830: George IV dies. William IV succeeds as King
of England.
1833: Slavery abolished throughout the British
Empire.
1837: Martin Van Buren President. King William IV
dies in England. Succeeded by his neice, Victoria.
1840: Queen Victoria marries her cousin, Albert.
1841: William Henry Harrison President; dies in
office. Succeeded by John Tyler.
1845: James Polk President. Irish Potato famine.
1849: Zachary Taylor President. Gold discovered in
California.
1850: President Taylor dies; Millard Fillmore
becomes President.
1853: Franklin Pierce President.
Francis Marion Bates
(Aug. 22, 1857 – Oct. 8, 1936)
1857: James Buchanan President.
Born in Monroe County, Iowa. Died in
Peru, Nebraska.
1858: First Atlantic cable laid.
1861: Lincoln Elected President. Civil War begins.
1865: Lincoln assassinated; Civil War ends. Andrew
Johnson becomes President. Salvation Army
founded in England by William Booth.
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1869: Ulysses S. Grant President. Suez Canal
opened.
1874: Barbed wire invented.
1875: Custer’s Last Stand. Bell invents the
telephone.
1877: Rutherford B. Hayes President. Edison invents
the phonograph.
1879: Edison invents the light bulb.
1880: Salvation Army arrives in US.
1881: James Garfield elected President and
assassinated the same year. Chester A. Arthur
becomes President. Booker T. Washington starts the
Tuskegee Institute.
1885: Grover Cleveland President.
Otto Francis Bates
(Jan. 26, 1888 – Apr. 23, 1969)
Born in Garden Grove, Decatur
County, Iowa. Died in Belleville,
Republic County, Kansas.
1889: Benjamin Harrison President. Oklahoma
opened.
1893: Grover Cleveland elected President for a
second time.
1897: William McKinley President.
1898: Spanish-American War. Hawaiian Islands
annexed.
1899-1902: Boer War.
1901: President McKinley assassinated; succeeded
by Theodore Roosevelt.
1902: Queen Victoria dies. Edward Prince of Wales
succeeds as King of England.
1903: Wright Brothers first flight. U.S. acquires
Canal Zone from Panama. Ford Motor Company
starts.
1906: San Francisco earthquake.
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1909: William Howard Taft President. Model T
introduced.
1912: Titanic sinks. Former President Teddy
Roosevelt is shot on his way to a rally for his
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party. He delivered a
speech for 90 minutes with the bullet still in his chest.
1913: Woodrow Wilson President.
1914–18: World War I.
1917: Russian Revolution.
1921: Warren Harding President.
1923: Harding dies in office. Calvin Coolidge
becomes President.
Margaret Genevieve (Bates)
Hoard (Dec. 13, 1925 - _____)
Born in Hebron, Nebraska. Married
Elmer Johnson Hoard, February 2,
1946. Had David and Mary. Living in
Moberly, Missouri, as of May 2000.
1926: First rocket.
1929: Herbert Hoover President. Stock Market
crashes.
1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt President.
1936-38: Spanish Civil War.
1939: World War II begins in Europe.
1941: Pearl Harbor attacked by Japan on 7
December.
1945: F.D.R. dies in office. Harry Truman becomes
President. First atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, Japan, ending WW II.
1946: Winston Churchill delivers his “Iron Curtain”
speech at Westminster College, Fulton, MO.
1950: Two Puerto Rican nationalists, with the intent
to assassinate President Truman, shoot and kill a
police officer and injure another guarding Blair House.
1950-53: Korean War.
1953: Dwight Eisenhower President.
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1957: First man-made satellite, Sputnik, launched.
1961: John F. Kennedy President.
1961: Vietnam War (to 1975).
1963: JFK assassinated. Lyndon Johnson becomes
President.
1969: Richard Nixon President.
1974: Watergate scandal. Nixon resigns. Gerald
Ford becomes President.
1975: President Ford escapes two assassination
attempts.
1977: Jimmy Carter President.
1980: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington.
1981: Ronald Reagan President (wounded in
assassination attempt on 30 Mar 81).
1986: Shuttle orbiter Challenger explodes 73
seconds after launch, killing its seven-member crew.
1989: George H.W. Bush President.
1991: Gulf War with Iraq.
1993: William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton President.
1998: Clinton impeached by the House of
Representatives, but Senate acquits.
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GREAT BRITAIN
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND
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Table of Consanguinity
Showing Degrees of Relationship
4Great-Great
Grandparents

3Great
Grandparents
5Great-Grand
4Great
6First
Uncles/Aunts

2Grand-parents

1Parents
3Uncles/Aunts

YOU
1Children
2Brothers
3Nephews
4Grand
Nephews
Nieces
3Great
Grandchildren
Cousins
Sisters
Nieces
2Grandchildren
4First
5Great-Grand
Nephews
Nieces
Uncles/Aunts
Cousins
Twice
Removed
5First
Cousins
Once Removed
7Second
6Second
8Third
Cousins Once
Removed
Cousins
Cousins
5First
Cousins
Once Removed
7Second
6First
Cousins
Twice
Removed
8Second
Cousins Twice
Removed
Cousins
Twice
Removed
7First
9Second
11Third
Cousins Thrice
Removed
Thrice
Removed
Cousins
Thrice
Removed
Cousins Once
Removed
9Third
Cousins
Once Removed
10Third
Cousins
How to Use This Table
To determine the degree of relationship you have to a particular person, count up (diagonally)
from YOU to the common ancestor you and that person share, then (straight) down to the
relative in question – one generation for each step down. For example, if you are a grandchild
of Otto Bates, and you know someone who is the great-great grandchild of Demetrius Ypsalanti
Bates (and the great grandchild of say, Charles Milton Bates, Demetrius’ brother), count up
(diagonally) from YOU through “Parents” (i.e. your parents), through “Grandparents” (i.e., Otto
Bates) through “Great Grandparents” (i.e., Francis Marion Bates), to “Great-Great
Grandparents” (which Demetrius would also be to you). Then, count (straight) down from
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“Great-Great Grandparents, one generation at a time until you get to the great-great grandchild
generation from Demetrius. This person, then, would be your Third Cousin, related to you in the
8th degree of consanguinity.
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