Generation 1

EDWARD BATES of Boston

Parents: Unknown

Edward Bates married Lydia Unknown. [Ref, 1;45]

Children of Edward Bates and Lydia Unknown:

1. John Bates was baptised on 23 Jan 1641/2 in Boston. He died on 11 Apr 1722 in Chelmsford. He married Mary Farwell.

LYDIA UNKNOWN (d. 1704)

Parents: Unknown

Lydia Unknown died on 12 Oct 1704. [Ref] She married first Edward Bates. [Ref, 1;45] She married second William Fletcher 7 Oct 1645 [Ref, 1;45] in Concord. [Ref]

Generation 2

JOHN BATES (bp. 1642 - 1722)

Parents: Edward Bates and Lydia Unknown [Ref, 1;44]

John Bates was baptised on 23 Jan 1641/2 in the First Church of Boston. [Ref, 1;45] He died on 11 Apr 1722 in Chelmsford. [Ref, 1;45] He married Mary Farwell on 22 Dec 1665. [Ref, 1;45] in Chelmsford. [Ref]

In his will, dated 18 Jul 1716, John Bates called himself a cooper. [Ref, 1;44]

Children of John Bates and Mary Farwell:

1. Sarah Bates was born about 1677. She died on 5 Apr 1735. She married first Sgt. Benjamin Butterfield. She married second David Carver. She married third Ens. Richard Hildreth.

Generation 3

SARAH BATES (c. 1677 - 1735)

Parents: John Bates and Mary Farwell [Ref, 1;64]

Sarah Bates was born about 1677. She died on 5 Apr 1735, age 58. [Ref, 1;64] She married Sgt. Benjamin Butterfield on 16 Feb 1697 in Chelmsford. [Ref] She married second, as his third wife, David Carver of Canterbury, Windham, CT after 14 Jan 1721 (int.) in Chelmsford. [Ref, 1;64] He died on 17 Sep 1727 in Canterbury. [Ref, 1;64] After his death, Sarah returned to Chelmsford and married third, as his second wife, Ens. Richard Hildreth.

Children of Sarah Bates and David Carver:

1. Benjamin Carver was born on 10 Dec 1722 in Canterbury. [Ref, 1;64][Ref] He was baptised in the Congregational church there on 16 Dec 1722. [Ref] He died on 18 Jul 1804 in Westford. [Ref, 1;64][Ref] He married Edith Fletcher on 23 May 1745 in Westford. [Ref, 1;64][Ref] Edith was the daughter of Capt. Joseph Fletcher and Sarah Adams.

References

Farwell, John Dennis, The Farwell Family: A history of Henry Farwell and his wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass., 1605-1927, with twelve generations of their descendants: also lineages of many allied families: records of John Dennis Farwell, Orange, TX, F.H. Farwell and F.B. Farwell, 1929.

Fletcher, Edward H., Fletcher Genealogy: An Account of the Descendants of Robert Fletcher of Concord, Mass., Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1871.

Jones, William, "'Robert Carver of Marshfield and some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 88, 1934, 215-231.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.