Since I've yet to receive replies from descendants of Alpheus BATES, I thought I'd go back 1 more generation and see if there are any takers on descendants of James BATES. James was born in Chesterfield, MA on August 9, 1767 and married Rebecca COLLIER on January 12, 1792 in Chesterfield. By 1806 they had made their way to Onondaga County, NY, where my ggggrandfather, Alpheus BATES was born. In 1815, we find James BATES in Ellington, Chautauqua Co., NY, where he lived for the rest of his life (I don't have a death date on James). James children were: Anna BATES, b. 1792, married a BURROUGHS Calvin BATES, 1797-1810 Relief BATES, b. 1799, married a ROBBINS (Relief was also known as "Leafy") James BATES, 1801-1891, married Sallie GROVES, d. 1870, in 1824, they had 2 sons, Rensselaer Millard and James M. Eunice BATES, b. 1803, married Alvah HADLEY, b. 1794, one of their sons, Ozro, was acting governor of Arkansas from 3/17/1871-1/6/1873 Alpheus BATES, 1806-1872, married Wealthy HOWARD, 1806-1890, in 1831 (see my previous e-mail for children of Alpheus and Wealthy) I would love to hear from other descendants of James! I would also love to hear from anyone that has information about this BATES family. Lee Taylor