Alexander Bates

Brief Life History of Alexander

When Alexander Bates was born on 22 January 1793, in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, his father, Frederick Bates Jr., was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Campbell, was 24. He married Mary Starbird on 3 November 1814, in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Richmond, Lincoln, Maine, United States in 1850 and Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States in 1860. He died on 1 January 1883, in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Litchfield Plains Cemetery, Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Bates
1793–1883
Mary Starbird
1794–1848
Marriage: 3 November 1814
Helena Bates
1816–1818
Emily Bates
1816–1898
Frederick Bates
1818–1890
Mary Bates
1822–1838
Sarah A. Bates
1824–
Rachel Jane Bates
1826–1905
Alexander Bates Jr
1829–1906

Sources (30)

  • Alexander Bates, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Alexander Bates, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Alexander Bates, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"

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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1795

Historical Boundaries: 1795: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.

Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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