Person:Oliver Bates (4)

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m. Aft 7 Feb 1719/20
  1. Capt. Oliver Bates1720/21 - 1775
  • HCapt. Oliver Bates1720/21 - 1775
  • WRuth Wright1721 - 1800
m. 16 Jan 1744
Facts and Events
Name Capt. Oliver Bates
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 13 Jan 1720/21 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 16 Jan 1744 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ruth Wright
Death? 4 Jul 1775 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
    p. 22.

    BATES, Oliver, s. Edward and Mary, [born] Jan. 13, 1720-21.

  2. Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
    p. 11.

    BATES, Oliver, Capt., [born] Jan. 13, 1721. GR3
    [From tombstone. GR3=Hillside Cemetery. See also death record.]

  3.   Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
    p. 265.

    BATES, Oliver, Capt., [died] July 4, 1775. GR3
    [GR3=Hillside Cemetery]

  4.   Massachusetts; Ellis Ames; Melville Madison Bigelow; John Henry Clifford; Abner Cheney Goodell; Alexander Strong Wheeler; and William Cross William. Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: to Which are Prefixed the Charters of the Province with Historical and Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Wright & Potter Print Co., 1910)
    Vol. 19 (1775-1776), p. 600.

    Petition of Ruth Bates setting forth, that her late Husband Oliver Bates of Westford was Captain of a Company of Militia, & march'd on the Alarm the 19th of April 1775. to Cambridge, where he remained with his Men and received Orders to inlist a Company under Col'o W'm Prescot, which he accomplish'd; but in consequence of his Fatigues, & Hardships, he contracted a nervous Disorder; which render'd him incapable of supporting his Rank in the Army; in consequence thereof he was bro't to his home in Westford on the 24th of May following, and died in 6 Weeks afterwards and praying, for some allowance for nursing him &c. as he sacrific'd his Life in the cause of his Country. &c. [She was granted £4.10.10 on 17 Oct 1776.]