In a message dated 97-05-29 13:58:50 EDT, you write: << I haave just started working on the family of Susannah Bates , d/o John Bates, who had come to the colony on the "Southampton" in 1623. Susannah Bates md Stephen Tarleton and their dau., Susannah Tarleton md Charles Fleming. Help appreciated. Betty Jo McDaniels, 2566 Va. Good source for history of allied families Fleming, Tarleton, Woodson, Winston, and Bates of Virginia may be found in book ....... "Tidewater Virginia Families," by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis Wayne Witt Bates, Editor The Bates Booster Newsletter The Bates Family of Old Virginia Beach Blvd., Va. Beach, Va. 23452 Will repay copy/postage fees. >>