Person talk:Edward Bates (21)

incorrect parents [16 October 2013]

Grasping at straws to find a birth date? Literature (various vital records, The Farwell Family by John Dennis Farwell, undoubtedly others) says Edward Bates, s/o John Bates and Deborah ---, b. 1696, m. Mary Snow and she lived until 1776 in Westford, Massachusetts. Ruling out a marriage to Jane in Virginia in 1729, etc., etc. Proposign a migration from Massachusetts to Virginia, fairly uncommon, would seem to demand some kind of evidence be presented to have any credibility. In any event, need to find another Edward Bates. --Jrich 15:58, 16 October 2013 (UTC)