How do I unsubscribe? Bob Jenkins wrote: > I came across the following which may be of some importance to the > Bates families. It adds some information to what I've previous > known and lists two (rather cryptic) sources for additional > information. > > Hope it is of use to some. > > >From the English Origins of New England Families, Series 1, Volume > 1, Page 155: > > Bates Entries in the Register of All Saints Church, Biddenden, > Kent, England > > 1624 - John, son of Clement Bates, bapt 18 October > 1624 - John, son of Clement Bates, buried 18 December > 1626 - Rachell, daughter of Clement Bate, bapt. 22 October > 1628 - Joseph, son of Clement Bate, bapt. 28 September > 1631 - A child of Clement Bat, buried unbaptized 2 April > 1632 - Benjamin, son of Clement Bate, bapt. 24 June > > [These entries show the English home of Clement Bates or Bate who > came to New England in 1635 and settled at Hingham > (REGISTER, vol 14, p. 305), and give information about his children > which supplements that given in Water's Gleanings, vol 2, p. 1308. > .... > Bob Jenkins