> I have a different set of parents for the Mary Lillie who married H. Bates. I > have her born abt 1825 - the daughter of Jonathon Lillie and Christina Drake. > Jonathon was a son of Jeremiah Lillie and Rachel Thomas. Christina Drake was a > daughter of Jesse Drake and Abigail Tyler (Abigail's first husband was Moses > Thomas). My information comes from Williard Tyler Brigham's The Tyler Genealogy, The Descendants of The Branford Connecticut Line of Roger Tyler. This information in the book is largely undocumented - but where I have been able to document in primary or reliable secondary sources - it has been fairly accurate. Sorry I can't be more help. Hopefully Iris will jump in soon and help us get the Lillie line straightened out. <grin> Patty > Subject: Re: [PAWAYNE-L] Bates & Lillie > Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:01:34 +0800 > From: Frederick Myers <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Sheila Bates wrote: > > > > I am trying to find information on Henry N. Bates. > > He is believed to have been born in MA in 1803. > > He married Mary Lillie of Damascus,PA on April 16, 1826. > > Mary Lillie was the daughter of Jonathan Lillie, son of > > Jeremiah and Rachael Thomas Lillie. > > I have no doubts that Iris will add more comments as this is her line. > > But I have a problem with the problem.... > Jonathan son of Jeremiah was born according to Iris' records > in 1794 and his wife Eleanor Hendrickson was born abt 1804 > > http://www.dsdata.com.au/cgi-bin/fgs_scr.cgi?2560 > > Thus it would not be possible for Mary to be Jonathan's daughter, > if she were having children in 1827. I probably do not have all > of the records for Jonathan's siblings but that would be a more > feasible explanation. > > http://www.dsdata.com.au/cgi-bin/fgs_scr.cgi?2559 > > > Henry N. Bates and Mary Lillie had three children born in Damascus. > > Rhoda Satina, born 1827 > > Erastus Spelman, born in 1830 > > Jonathan Calvin born in 1833. > > The family moved to Illinois about 1839 > > Fred > > -- > _-_|\ Frederick W. Myers [email protected] > / \ 187 Mondurup St Mt Barker WA 6324 Australia > \*.-._/ Perhaps your most distant relative :-) > v > > http://www.dsdata.com.au/genealogy/nepa