"Joseph (Bate) … m. Hingham [blank] January 1657/8 Esther Hilliard (this marriage immediately follows a marriage dated 8 January 1657/8, and so may have occurred on that day or later in the month. [NEHGR 121:107])."
"Joseph2 (Bates) … m. in Hing. Mass., Jan. 9, 1657-58, Esther, dau. of William Hilliard."