Hello, I am new to this list, but since it's so quiet I thought I'd post this Ahnentafel. If anyone should see any errors or have anything to add please comment. I pieced this together from several sources, some perhaps unreliable. I wonder about the Bates-Bate difference in the 6th generation. David Glasser Sit tibi copia, sit sapientia, formaque detur, Inquinat omnia sola superbia si comitetur. Descendants of John Bate of England (1415-1445) 1 John Bate 1415 - 1445 ... +[?] Agnes 1421 - ........ 2 Thomas Bate 1440 - 1485 .............. +Mary or Margaret Caulkins, [?] 1440 - ...................3 John Bate 1460 - 1522 ......................... +Margaret ..............................4 Andrew Bate(s) 1494 - 1531/32 .................................... +Joan or Catherine [?] .........................................5 John Bates 1521 - 1580 ............................................... +Mildred Ward 1526 - 1577 ....................................................6 James B. Bate 1562 - 1613/14 .......................................................... +Mary Martin 1563 - 1610 ..............................................................7 Robert Bate 1579/80 - ..............................................................7 James B. Bate, Jr. 1582 - ..............................................................7 Anna Bate 1584 - ..............................................................7 Anna Bate 1586 - ..............................................................7 John Bate 1588 - ..............................................................7 Mary Bate 1589 - ..............................................................7 Thomas Bate 1590 - ..............................................................7 Joseph Bate 1592 - ..............................................................7 Edward Bate 1592 - ..............................................................7 Clement Bate 1594/95 - 1671 ..................................................................+Anna Dalrymple 1595 - 1669 .........................................................................8 Joseph Bates 1628 - 1708 ............................................................................... +Esther Hilliard 1642 - ....................................................................................9 Caleb Bates 1666 - 1747 ..........................................................................................+Mary Lane 1661 - 1751 ...............................................................................................10 David Bates 1698 - 1760 ..................................................................................................... +Patience Farrow 1700/01 - 1757 ...............................................................................................10 Comfort Bates 1690/91 - ...............................................................................................10 Mary Bates 1693 - ...............................................................................................10 John Bates 1700 - ...............................................................................................10 Ruth Bates 1702 - ....................................................................................9 Joseph Bates 1660 - 1714 ..........................................................................................+Mary Lincoln 1662 - 1752 ...............................................................................................10 Mary Bates 1684 - 1750 ................................................................................................... +George Wilson ..............................................................7 Isaac Bate 1599 - ..............................................................7 Rachel Bate 1603/04 - ..............................................................7 Martha Bate 1605 - ....................................................6 John Bates 1562 - 1613/14 ........................................................+Mary Martine 1562 - 1610 ..............................................................7 Edmund Bates 1579 - 1610 .................................................................... +Elizabeth Leverett 1572 - ......................................................................8 Edward Bates 'of Weymouth', the Elder 1605 - 1686 ........................................................................+Susanna Putnam 1609 - ....................................................................................9 Edward Bates, Jr. 1655 - 1725 .......................................................................................+Elizabeth Shaw 1655/56 - 1748 ...............................................................................................10 Mary Bates 1697 - ..................................................................................................... +Caleb Campbell 1699 - ...............................................................................................10 Susanna Bates 1679/80 - ...............................................................................................10 John Bates, Sgt. 1685/86 - ...............................................................................................10 Edward Bates 1681/82 - ...............................................................................................10 Joseph Bates 1692 -