According to an informal family history that has floated around our family for years (typewritten, I don't know who prepared it): "It is recorded that three brothers, Clement, Edward and James, came from Lydd, County of Kent, England, and settled in Hingham (1635), Weymouth and Dorchester, Massachusetts." However, I now read in the latest Bates Bulletin that Edward of Weymouth was unrelated to the Lydd clan. I can believe this, because I couldn't reconcile the Edward of Weymouth with the dates for Clement & James. Sooo, did Clement and James have other siblings? LDS records show a brother, Edward Bates, who was born 8 Oct 1592 in Lydd, and died 3 Oct 1616 in Lydd (AFN 9BTZ-FS). Has anyone looked into this Edward from Lydd? Many thanks, Amy Bates Grant