Hi -- We descend from the same emigrant. My chart shows as follows: 1, William Hilliard, b. 1614 England Wife Esther____________ 2. Esther Hilliard b. Boston March 25, 1642; d. June 134, 1709 m. Jan 9, 1657/8 Joseph Bates born 1630 England 1630, son of Clement Bates, b. 1595 England and Anna________ 3. Caleb Bates b. March 30, 1666 (like my birthday :-) ) d. Aug 15 1747 Hingham MA m. April 14, 1691 Mary Lane Sept 29m 1671 - Dec 11, 1715, dau of John Lane, son of William Lane. 4. Ruth Bates b. 1702 m.Joseph Mansfield Dec 15, 1727 b. Aug 12, 1693 d. Dec 1756 Regards, Jean - ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3. On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:12:14 EST Repuls@aol.com writes: > have been watching with interest the recent letters with info about >John >Bate b-25 Oct.,1415 in Lydd, England. I follow down the line pretty >much >agreeing with your information. My branch leaves yours with the family >of >Clement and Ann. My line descends from their son, Joseph who was born >in >Lydd, England and came to America with his family on the ship >"Elizabeth" in >1635. This is what I know about my line. Is there anyone out there >with the >same ancestory ? > >*Joseph Bates b. 1630 - d. 30 April, 1706 - m. Esther Hilliard >b._____ d. >03 June 1709 > Children > Joseph Bates B 29 Sept, 1660 > Esther Bates B. 29 Aug., 1663 m- Richard Cobb > Caleb Bates B.30 March, 1666 m- Ruth > Hannah Bates B.31 Oct. 1668 > *Joshua Bates B.14 Aug. 1671 > Bathseba Bates B.26 Jan. 1674 > Clement Bates B.20 Sept. 1676 > Eleanor Bates B.29 Aug. 1679 > Abigail Bates B. 16 Oct., 1680 > >Joshua Bates B. 14 Aug., 1671 in Hingham, MA d._______ -m- Rachael >Tower >b.16 March 1674/75 > Rachael Bates b. 1695 in Hingham > Joshua Bates b. 16 June 1698 in Hingham > Bathsheba Bates b. 1700 in Hingham > Elizabeth Bates b. 1703 in Hingham > *Solomon Bates b 13 April 1706 in Hingham > Isaac Bates b. 1708 in Hingham > Jacob Bates b. 1710 in Hingham > >Solomon Bates b. 13 April 1706 d. 1779 -m- Deborah >Whiton > -m- 14 Dec. 1732 Deborah Studley of > > Scituate > > Benjamin Bates b. 9 Aug., 1733 in Hingham -m- 8 Dec. >1757 >Huldah Cudworth > Abner Bates b. 29 May, 1735 in Hingham -m- Elizabeth > Deborah Bates b. 28 Oct., 1737 in Hingham -m- 15 May, >1757 John >Ewell Jr. > *Nehamiah Bates b. 19 June 1740 in Hingham d.20 May,1817 -m-5 >Dec., >1761 Mehitable Marble > Solomon Bates baptized 15 Aug., 1742 in Hingham > James Bates b. 19 May 1743 in Hingham -m- Abigail > Desire, baptized Lucy, 27 June, 1747 in Hingham > >Nehemiah Bates baptized 15 Aug., 1742 -m-5 Dec., 1761 >Mehitable >Marble > Joab Bates b., 11 May in Scituate - m- 26 Aug., 1786 >Azuba >Amidon > Nehemiah Bates b. 28 Jan. 1764 > Nathaniel Bates b. 28 Jan 1766 d. 1787 > Ephriam Bates b. 14 Dec., 1767 > Asa Bates b. 3 Dec., 1769 in Hingham d.19 April, 1840 -m- >Jemima >Kingman > Levi Bates b. 9 Sept., 1771 in Chesterfield -m- Lovina >Hersey > Eliab Bates b. 24 May, 1775 > Mehitable Bates b. 24 March, 1777 -m- Jonathan Luce > Gershom Bates b. 1 Oct ., 1778 -m- Patty Parker > *Solomon Bates b. 26 Nov., 1780 in Chesterfield -m- Abigail >Willcutt > Ruth Bates b.9 May, 1785 died in infancy > >Solomon Bates b 26 Nov., 1780 d.19 June 1843 -m- 16 April, >1802 >Abigail Willcutt > b.est. 1783 d. 19 Nov. 1878 > > Hudson Bates > Myrenda Bates > *Lucinda Bates -m- George Justus Sheldon > Lilly Bates > Rohada Bates > Lecta Bates > Hiram Bates > Hortentia Bates > > > > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >12.8 million individuals and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.