When Hopestill Bates was born on 12 December 1644, in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, James Bates, was 24 and his mother, Ruth Lyford, was 26. He died on 12 December 1644, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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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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