When Hugh Bates was born in 1789, in Donacavey, County Tyrone, Ireland, his father, Robert Bates, was 33 and his mother, Ann Barry, was 30. He married Mrs. Susanna Bates in 1807. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
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Battle of Antrim.
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
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 .
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