Do hope you can help with the ancestry of Lydia and James Bates! LYDIA BATES b. 13 April 1749, Coventry, Kent, RI. and d. Sept. 1822, Champaign Co., OH. She married abt 1770 Coventry, Kent, RI., JOSEPH MORSE. Lydia was the daughter of JAMES BATES and PHEBE RICE, md. 1746 RI. Anything you can add?? Karla dolly@thegrid.net