I'm a new lister to Bates site, so I'll post my son-in-laws BATES lineage in hopes of helping him find some "cousins". John Bates (1598) md Eliz WINSTON - need dates and birthplace for her George Bates (no dates) married Mary ? John Bates II born md Eliz DANIEL - need dates/places for them John Bates III born md Susannah FLEMING - need dates/places for them James Bates born 1721 place not known md Winifred HICKS (no info on her) Wm BATES born 1749 md Mary ROYALL born 1750. They may have been born in Virginia Fleming BATES born 1780 md Eliz ECHOLS (no info on her) Thomas "Royal" BATES born 1818 md Sarah Ann Martin born 1824 but no marriage record -----Thos and Sarah had Sarah, Mary, Wm, Amanda, James, Ransom, Nancy, Emily, Ellene and Alpha Bates Wm Fleming Bates burn 1853 md Mary J. M. Tucker "Dora" born 1855 and they had: ----Martha, Ransom, James, Elisha md Sall Wilcutt, Durenia who md Annie Wilcutt; Priscilla, Wm, Charlie, Amy, Cora and Minnie Sorry, just realized I left a page at home - skips here down to Audrey Amelia Bates (1907-1995?) md Eunice Marshall Pittman born 1894, death info not known