Edward Bates1

b. 1616, d. after 28 April 1644

7th great-grandfather of Louise Underwood.
9th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Louise Underwood
     Edward Bates was born by 1616 based on date of freemanship. He married Lydia by 1641.2 He died after 28 April 1644 and before 7 November 1645.3
     
     "Edward Baytes," one of "our brother Thomas Leveritt's men servants," was admitted to Boston church in November 1633.4 He took the Freeman's Oath on 9 March 1636/37.5,6 On 12 June 1637 "Edward Bates" was granted fourteen acres of upland and marsh at Pullen Point Neck.7 Edward Bates of Boston was one of those disarmed on 20 November 1637 for siding with Anne Hutchinson and John Wheelwright in the Antinomian Controversy.8 He was fenceviewer for Corn Field at Muddy River 25 March 1639.9 On 30 March 1640 the Boston selectmen ordered that "Edward Baytes" (in regard of his absence at Isle Sables) shall be allowed 6 months to build upon his lot; otherwise he consents to leave it to the town, his charges being allowed to the value."10 On 20 November 1642 Edward Bates was excommunicated "for sundry scandalous thefts committed by him and for many lies and unclean dalliances with another man's wife," and on 28 April 1644 he repented and was readmitted to the church.11

Child of Edward Bates and Lydia (—?—) (Bates-Fletcher)

Citations

  1. [S185] William S. Appleton, ed., Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Boston Births, 1700-1800, 2 volumes in 1 (Boston: The Registry Department of the City of Boston, 1883 and 1894; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), 12.
  2. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-16?? (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-200?). The Great Migration Study Project is ongoing. Several volumes have been published in hardcopy, and new sketches appear frequently in the "Great Migration Newsletter" (online subscription or hardcopy). The database is online and may be viewed at New England Ancestors.org or Ancestry.com, both of which are subscription sites. It is also available in hardcover and CD-ROM from NEHGS.
  3. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins.
  4. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing The Records of the First Church in Boston, 1630-1868, Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volumes 39, 40 and 41, Richard D. Pierce, ed. (Boston 1961), 17.
  5. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 (Boston 1853-1854), 1: 372.
  6. [S183] Lucius R. Paige, "List of Freemen", New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 3 (1849): 95, citing C.R. 1: 194.
  7. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing "Boston Town Records," in Second Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston; containing the Boston Records, 1634-1660, and the Book of Possessions, 2nd ed. (Boston 1881), 1: 18, 28.
  8. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 (Boston 1853-1854), 1: 211.
  9. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing "Boston Town Records," in Second Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston; containing the Boston Records, 1634-1660, and the Book of Possessions, 2nd ed. (Boston 1881), 1: 39.
  10. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing "Boston Town Records," in Second Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston; containing the Boston Records, 1634-1660, and the Book of Possessions, 2nd ed. (Boston 1881), 1: 52.
  11. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing The Records of the First Church in Boston, 1630-1868, Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volumes 39, 40 and 41, Richard D. Pierce, ed. (Boston 1961), 37, 41.