Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Bates was born on 9 April 1695, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Bates, was 41 and her mother, Anna Silvester, was 25. She married Joseph Josselyn on 19 December 1726, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 6 January 1742, at the age of 46, and was buried in Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ruth Bates, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ruth Bates, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Ruth Bates, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1730
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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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