Brief Life History of Mercy
When Mercy Bates was born on 28 February 1699, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Bates, was 45 and her mother, Anna Silvester, was 29.
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Family Time Line
Joseph Bates
1653–1740
Anna Silvester
1669–1742
Anna Bates
1688–1688
Naomi Bates
1692–1737
James Bates Sr
1690–
Ruth Bates
1695–1742
Joseph Bates Jr.
1697–1759
Mercy Bates
1699–
Mary Bates
1701–1730
Solomon Bates Sr.
1702–1787
Amos Bates
1705–1785
Clement Bates
1707–1788
Rachel Bates
1711–1778
Sources (2)
- Mercy Bates, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Mercy Bates, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (11)
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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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