Barnabas Bates I (1718 - 1795)

Born 15 Jan 1718 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Gibbs) Bates — married 17 Sep 1747 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1795 at age 77 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Barnabas BATES I was born ^[1] 15 Jan 1718 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.

In 1734, between the age of 14 and 21 years, Barnabas made the choice of Mr. Israel Fearing of Plymouth to be his guardian.^[2]

Barnabas married ^[3] Phebe GIBBS 17 Sep 1747 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.

Barnabas Bates I performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Barnabas Bates I is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A007415.

Patriotic - he served as a Member of the Comte of Correspondence Inspection and Safety, Wareham, MA ^[4]

Barnabas died 02 Apr 1795 in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Probate

The will of Barnabas Bates of Wareham was dated 12 June 1794 with a codicil dated 30 March 1795 and proved on 15 April 1795 in Plymouth. He mentioned his wife Phebe Bates, and his children, Barnabas Bates, Joseph Bates, Asa Bates, Thomas Bates, Joshua Bates, John Bates (codicil states he died without issue), Isaac Bates, Betty Blankenship, wife of Charles Blankenship, Phebe Bates, Abigail Besse, wife of Silas Besse, Mercy Swift, widow of Jesse Swift, decd., and Zilpah Briggs, wife of Dean Briggs. .^[5]

His inventory was taken on 20 January 1796 in Wareham. An account of his estate by Barnabas Bates was recorded which included coffin, doctor, debts paid, legacies paid, uncollectable debts, and administration fees.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-G3YG : 13 July 2016), Barnabas Bates, 15 Jan 1718; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-D2FC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 42 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC4-KXD : 13 July 2016), Barnabas Bates and Phebe Gibbs, 17 Sep 1747; citing Marriage, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 482,235.
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 18 March 2024), "Record of Barbabas Bates", Ancestor # A007415.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V431 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 365-366 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V4YK : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 501-502 of 545; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-F5T : accessed 1 June 2017), Barnabas Bates, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 649, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLN-5WXR : 13 December 2015), Barnabas Bates, 1795; Burial, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Agawam Cemetery; citing record ID 100642523, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgments

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