38 Bates. 



BATES (Bate; Batte). 



1. Clement, aged 40 yrs. with Anna his wife, who also was 40 

 yrs. of age, and five ch. embarked at London for JSTew England, Apr. 

 6,1635, in the ship "Elizabeth," of which William Stagg was master. 

 He came to Hing. ab. the time Kev. Peter Hobart and his followers 

 arrived, and on the 18th of Sept. 1635, received a grant of land on 

 Town (South) St. This lot contained five acres, and was bounded 

 on the N. E. by George Russell, and S. W. by Thomas Johnson. It 

 was the fifth in number from Bachelor (Main) St. and has been in 

 possession of the descendants of the original grantee for nearly two 

 and a half centuries. In 1883 the estate, including the ancient dwell- 

 ing-house formerly known as the "Anchor Tavern," was sold to the 

 owners of the land adjoining. A portion of the estate, however, has 

 since been repurchased ; and on the spot where the old house stood a 

 dwelling of modern style has been erected, which is occupied by 

 a descendant. 



The name Bate was a common one in England for nearly two cen- 

 turies before the Puritans took their departure for New England, and 

 the ancestors of Clement are traceable for five generations prior to 

 that period ; thus, Thomas Bate ^ of Lydd, Parish of All Hallows, d. 

 in 1485, leaving a s. John, who d. in 1522. John ^ (Thomas^), had a 

 s. Andrew, who d. at Lydd in 1533, leaving four sons. Andrew ^ 

 (John ^ Thomas ^), had a s. John * of Lydd, who d. there in 1580, leav- 

 ing three sons, one of whom, James ^, who d. at Lydd in 1614, was 

 the fa. of Clement of Hingham, Mass., and also of Edward, who settled 

 at Wey., Mass., and of James of Dor., Mass. Anna, wife -of Clement, 

 d. in Hing. 1 Oct. 1669, set. 74 yrs. Clement d. 17 Sept. 1671, at. 76 

 yrs. In his will, dated at Hing. 12 Oct. 1669, gives to eldest s. 

 James, "my house-lot next adjoining to my son Joseph, containing 

 four acres, which was given unto me by the town. To sons Joseph 

 and Benjamin, land and other valuables. To son Samuel, my now 

 dwelling-house with the lot of five acres which the house stands 

 upon. Also all my household stuff to my four sons," etc. 



The ch. of Clement and Anna Bates were — 



2. i. James, 1621. 



ii. Clement, 1623, drowned Nov. 1639. 

 iii. Rachel, 1627, d. June, 1647. 



3. iv. Joseph, 1630. 



4. V. Benjamin, 1633. 



5. vi. Samuel, bt. in Hing. March 24, 1639. 



2. James ^ (Clement ^), b. in Eng. ab. 1621. m. in Hing. Mass., 

 Apr. 19, 1643, Ruth, dau. of John and Sarah Lyford. She d. in Hing. 

 9 March, 1689-90. He d. 5 July, 1689, ddi. 68 yrs. His will, dated 

 • 27 June, 1689, was proved 1 Sept. foil. " Schoolmaster," and in 1678 

 Selectman. Resided on South St. Was in Scit. several years, i.e. 

 between 1642 and 1650. 

 Ch., — 



i. HoPESTiLL, bt. Dec. 12, 1644, d. same day. 



ii. Clement, bt. Oct. 19, 1645, d. young. 



iii. James (and John mentioned in their fa's will, but not on Hing. records). 



iv. John, Deane's History says, " b. in Scituate, 1649," d. 7 June, 1690. 



V. Ruth, bt. in Hing. Sept. 2, 1651. 



