Person:Benjamin Bate (2)

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Lieutenant Benjamin Bate
chr.24 Jun 1632 Biddenden, Kent, England
m. Abt 1621
  1. James BateCal 1621 - 1689
  2. Clement BateCal 1623 - 1639
  3. John Bate1624 - 1624
  4. Rachel Bate1626 - 1647
  5. Joseph Bate1628 - 1706
  6. Unknown BateEst 1631 - 1631
  7. Lieutenant Benjamin Bate1632 - 1678
  8. Samuel Bate1638/39 -
  • HLieutenant Benjamin Bate1632 - 1678
  • WJane Weeks
m. Bef 29 Jan 1666
Facts and Events
Name[1] Lieutenant Benjamin Bate
Alt Name[2][3] Lieutenant Benjamin Bates
Gender Male
Christening[1] 24 Jun 1632 Biddenden, Kent, England
Marriage Bef 29 Jan 1666 to Jane Weeks
Other[3][4] 15 May 1672 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Will[2] 14 Nov 1678
Death[2] 28 Nov 1678 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[2] 30 Jan 1678/79 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Clement Bate, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    1:197.

    "Benjamin (Bate), bp. Biddenden 24 June 1632 [NEHGR 66:54]; …"

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 4. Benjamin2 Bates, in Lincoln, George; Thomas T. Bouve; Edward T. Bouve; John D. Long; Walter L. Bouve; Francis H. Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles W. S Seymour; and Town of Hingham. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts . (Hingham, Massachusetts: The Town, 1893)
    2:39.

    "4. Benjamin2 (Clement1), was one of the constables of Hing. in 1665; Selectman in 1676, and a soldier in King Philip's War. He m. Jane Weeks, a dau. of George Weeks of Dor. She survived him, and m. secondly, in June, 1679, Moses Paine of Boston. Lieut. Benjamin Bates d. in Hing. 28 Nov. 1678, æt. 45 yrs. He left no ch. In his will, dated 14th of Nov. 1678, and proved Jan. 30, 1678-79, provides for w. Jane, and gives also 'to my servant Nathaniel Wilson.' The bulk of his property after his wife's decease, he bequeathed 'to my brother's children;' and requests that 'my brother Amiel Weeks, and my cousin Samuel Clapp of Dorchester, ensign John Thaxter, and John Cutler of Hingham will be helpful to my dear and loving wife in council for direction.'

  3. 3.0 3.1 Benjamin Bates, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:137-138.

    "Benjamin Bates, Hingham, youngest s. of Clement that he brot. from Eng. was freem. 1672, and d. of smallpox 28 Nov. 1678. He was a lieut. had w. Jane, nam. in his will, made two weeks bef. his d. giv. est. to her and the ch. of his br. hav. as we are therefore led to infer, no ch. of his own."

  4. Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
    3:240-41.