Edmund and Martha may have 4 children I can identify, Ann, b. Based on parish records I found, they appear to related to Betts in Tivetshall St. Mary may be the daughter of Edmund and Martha Betts of Yelverton. , the base son (illegitimate child) of Mary Bates, Yelverton, Norfolk. I should mention, however, that I did an England-wide search for a John Bate, and did not find any likely candidates. Here are the ones I see as the highest probability. The John Bate(s) arrested at Morningthorpe has a few more possibilities. Incidentally, there are 8444 individual baptisms recorded in Norfolk from 1550 to 1879 with persons bearing a name that sounds like Bates ( FreeReg.uk.org). Regardless, I believe that many Bates and Betts in Norfolk are of the same family. Maybe some preferred one, and some the other. But after being there, and realizing that many of these people could not write, and signed their name with an X, and perhaps the spelling was up to the interpretation of the person writing it down. I found 2 individuals that one pastor recorded them at Betts, and later as Bates. I found members in the same family that were both Bates and Betts. The decedents of Thomas and Mary have been documented, but I could not find a death, burial, marriage, or other information for this John.Īs far as Betts, Bates, Bites, etc., this is what I learned.
1746, Old Warden, BedfordshireĪnn Bates, b. Here is what was reported about his family on Ancestry, and verified by parish records: John Bates, born 1746, in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, chr. I am fairly confident that the John Bates, age 27 in 1771, that stole the ducks in Biggleswade one of these two persons: So, after hours of searching through the parish records of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Bedfordshire, as well as the National Archives, who are the most likely persons to be our grandfather? In no particular order, here goes: 1762), daughter of James and Elizabeth Beall. Anne Arundel County is about 20 miles from Prince George's County, where I believe he met and married Rebekah Beall (b. About 5 years later, he got married and joined the Continental Army. Indications are that he ran away in the first year of his servitude, before the Revolutionary War broke out. However, before John's seven to fourteen-year servitude was completed, he ran away. Howard was a prominent landowner in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, and the son of Phillip Howard. Goods of William Cole and James Cole, Executors of John Cole, deceased.īoth men were indentured servants of Benjamin Howard. Reprieved - Now ordered to do Transport for 14 years. Stealing 1 live drake and 6 or 4 live ducks, goods of John Britton. Verdict - John Bates, Laborer, 13th January, Last, at Biggleswade. įrom this we know that there were two different John's, one younger than the other.įrom the Norfolk Assize Court files in the UK National Archives, we read about these two men's cases: John Bates, about 27 or 28 years of age, a stout well looking fellow, of fair complexion, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches tall. Had on when he went away a blue halfthick jacket, a felt hat, about half worn, a new Ofnabrig shirt, old crocus trousers, no shoes or stockings John Bate, about 23 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high, of fair complexion, with short straight brown hair. Ran away from the subscribers plantations, near Elk Ridge Landing, the four following convict servants. In the Maryland Gazette, 20 June, 1771, we read, in part: Twenty Pounds Reward From Benjamin Howard, Anne Arundel Co MD (MG 8 June - 13 July 1771)īates, Rowland, age 23.
After 3 days in Lancashire, it was off to Norfolk to look for our ggg grandfather John Bates.Īfter pursuing all the leads that I am aware of, below is the current facts that we know about his early life:įrom the book "The King's Passengers to Maryland and Virginia," by Peter Coldham, it appears that our grandfather, John Bates, was an indentured servant that was sent from England in 1770 and he was born in either 1744 or 1748.īates, John, English, age 27.
We found sources for both of them, and many likely clues which she is diligently pursuing. Rural England is very friendly, and beautiful.Īlisa was looking for her great grandmother. We met many wonderful people on our journey that we now call friends. A Journey to Norfolk to Look for John BatesĪ couple of weeks ago Alisa and I went to England on a family history search.
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