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Barrette, one ; Barratt, one; Barrett, thirty ; Barrit, one ; (Ja- maica. )
BARRET, JONATHAN, of Hartford, and wife, Rebecca, had Bathsheba, b. Jan. 1, 1716 ; Dorothy, b. Feb. 14, 1717.
BARRET, THOMAS, aged sixteen years, embarked for New England, in the Increase, Robert Lea, master, April 15, (probably 1635.)
BARROWS, ROBERT, of Wethersfield, 1645.
BARROWS, BENJAMIN, of Windsor, d. in 1763. Goods and chattels, £20.
BARROWS, SYLVANUS, from Windham, to Mansfield, wife Ruth ; issue : Mehitabel, b. March 29, 1756 ; Francis, b. Feb. 13, 1758, d. Sept. 24, 1781 ; Sylvanus, m. Trephea Webster, Sept. 14, 1786, and had a son Francis, b. Sept. 4, 1787 ; Lydia, b. May 5, 1790 ; Lenard Hensley, b. Feb. 5, 1795; his daughter Mehitabel, m. Joseph Johnson, of Windham, for his second wife, June 19, 1783, and had issue : Betsey, Bela, Dan, second Dan, Harry and Guy, b. Feb. 23, 1799.
Barrow has eleven coats of arms; Barrowe, one. The s has probably been added to the name since the emigrant came to this country, as the s is omitted in all the coats of arms.
BARSTOW, WILLIAM, and wife, of Dedham, Mass .; his son Joseph, was b. there in 1639.
BASTOWE, MICHAEL, made free in Mass., March, 1635-6. This name came to Connecticut after 1700, and is found in Fairfield county.
BARTHOLOMEW, (Bartlemewe,) HENRY, had a suit in court at Hartford, vs. Thomas Marshfield, of Windsor, in June, 1643.
Bartholomew has two coats of arms.
BARTHOLOMEWE, WILLIAM, freeman in Mass., March 4, 1634-5.
BARTHOLOMEWE, HENRY, free in Mass., May 7, 1637. Henry, of the first church in Boston, freeman in 1681.
BARTHOLOMEW, HENRY, of Salem, wife Elizabeth, d. Sept. 1, 1682, aged about sixty years. Richard, freeman in Mass., 1641.
BARTHOLOMEW, REV. ANDREW, graduated at Yale Col- lege, 1731, and settled at Harwinton, about 1736 or '7, and d. 1776. This name was early in the New Haven colony, and several fami- lies are yet in New Haven county.
BARTAN, WILLIAM, of Kensington, d. 1745.
BARTON, JAMES, of Hartford, d. and his widow's dower set out to her, 1787.
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This name was much earlier in Mass. and R. I., than in Conn.
BARTON, WILLIAM, aged sixteen years, in 1756, chose Josiah Burnham, of Farmington, for his guardian.
BARTON, RUFUS, of Providence, R. I., 1648. Thomas, in Mass., 1646. (Farmer.)
May 12, 1664, Mr. Barton, Henry Pering, and others, of Long Island, were made freemen by Connecticut.
Barton has twenty-eight coats of arms ; Barton or Burton, one.
BARTON, EDWARD, took the oath of fidelity at Pamaquid, 1674.
BARTRAM, EBENEZER, of Fairfield, had a son Job, who m. Jerusha Thompson, daughter of Mr. David Tomson, Nov. 18, 1762. Job, Jr., and Mary Bartram, b. May 10, 1767; wife Jerusha, d. Nov. 24, 1773 ; Job m. for second wife, Abigail Starr, widow of Daniel Starr, Jr., and daughter of Wakefield Dibble, of Danbury, Nov. 7, 1774, and had a son, Daniel Starr Bartram, b. Jan. 2, 1776. His wife, Abigail, d. Jan. 14, 1776, aged 27.
BARTLETT, ROBERT, was b. in England, in 1603 ; he came to Plymouth, in the Ann, in 1623 ; he m. Mary Warren, (daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Warren.) He d. in 1676 ; his wife d. a few years after ; they had children, viz :
Benjamin, m. first, Sarah Brewster, 1656, second, Cicely -, 1678 : he d. 1691.
Joseph, b. 1638, m. Hannah Fallowell, who was b. 1638, and d. 1710 : he d. 1712.
Mary, m. first, Richard Foster, Sept. 10, 1651 ; second, Jonathan Marcy, July 8, 1659.
Rebecca, m. William Harlow, Dec. 20, 1649.
Sarah, m. Samuel Rider, of Yarmouth, Dec. 23, 1656.
Elizabeth, m. Anthony Sprague, of Hingham, Dec. 26, 1661, and d. Feb. 7, 1712-13.
Lydia, b. June 8, 1647, m. first, James Barnaby, and second, John Nelson, of Middleboro.
Mercy, b. March 10, 1650-1, m. John Ivey, of Boston, Dec. 25, 1668. (See Judge Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, and Russell's Guide to Plymouth.)
BARTLETT, CHRISTOPHER, of Newbury, b. about 1623 ; he m. first, in 1645. Mary Hoyt, his second wife, in 1660. He had issue : Christopher, b. June 11, 1655, m. Deborah Weed, 1677 ; Jon- athan, b. 1657, d. 1659 ; John, d. young ; Mary and Martha ; JOHN, of Newbury, 1637, d. 1679, aged 66 ; Richard, of Newbury, 1637,
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d. May 25, 1647, left sons, Richard and Christopher ; Richard, his son, b. 1621, settled at Newbury, which he represented from 1679 to 1681, also in 1684. He d. in 1698, aged 77 ; his wife, Abigail, d. March 1, 1687 ; had sons : Samuel, b. 1646, m. Elizabeth Titcomb, 1671 ; Richard, b. Feb. 21, 1649, m. Hannah Emery, Nov. 18, 1673, and had nine sons and two daughters ; Thomas, b. Sept. 7, 1650, m. Tirzah Titcomb, 1685 ; John, born June 2, 1655, m. Mary Rust, 1680. Richard, the eldest of the nine sons of Richard, b. 1676, was the grandfather of Dr. Richard Bartlett, of Pembroke, New Hampshire, whose grandson Richard was Secretary of State, of New Hampshire. Stephen, the sixth son of Richard, was grandfather of Gov. Josiah Bartlett, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. (Farmer.)
There was also another Robert Bartlett, who was an early settler at Hartford ; he resided south of Little River in Hartford, between the lots of John Barnard and Thomas Richards, in 1640, and received eight acres in the land division at Hartford, in 1639. His daughter Deborah, was baptized at Hartford, March 18, in 1645; he was made free in 1645 ; was a viewer of chimneys and ladders at Hart- ford, in 1649. He removed to Northampton, about 1656, yet he held land in East Hartford, as late as 1664. The town of Hartford ap- plied to purchase it, on condition that if he refused to sell, to call on him for security not to sell it to improper inhabitants. Robert, last above, was killed by the Indians, March 14, 1675-6. (Northampton Records.)
There was still another Robert Bartlett, who was a resident at " Pequett," (New London,) Conn., in 1646, (probably Saybrook.) In June, 1646, he was sentenced by the court (for slandering lady Mary Fenwick) to stand on the pillory, on Wednesday, during the lecture, then whipped, fined £5, and be imprisoned a half year. The same session of the court he was ordered to be whipped for giv- ing ill counsel to the prisoners, &c. (Col. Rec.)
BARTLET, JOSIAH, was early at Windsor.
*BARTLITT, JOHN, was early settled at Windsor, Conn., and
* John Bartlitt, Edwards Francis, George Griswold, and Thomas Holcombe, all of Windsor, (re- moved into the woods at Poquonack, west of Windsor.) The Gen. Court held Sept. 13, 1649, considered the many dangers to which they and their families were exposed by "their remoate Jiving from neighbours and nearness to the Indians, in case they should all leaue theire families togather without any guard ," freed " one souldger of the forementioned families from training vppon eury training day ; each family aforesaid to share herein according to the number of souldgers that are in them : provided that man wch tarryes at home stands about the aforesaid houses vppon his sentinell posture." (Col. Rec.)
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as early as Sept., 1649, he removed to Poquonnack, into the woods, in the west part of Windsor, with the families of Thomas Holcombe, Edward and Francis Griswold, and George Griswold, all of Wind- sor. The General Court of Connecticut considered the many dan- gers to which they were exposed by the Indians, by their remote location from neighbours and nearness to the Indians, and provided for their protection.
John Bartlitt had children : Esaza, b. June 13, 1641 ; Benjamin, baptized March 26, 1643; Hepsiba, b. July 14, 1646 ; Jehoiada, baptized Dec. 23, 1649 ; Mehitabell, baptized May 11, 1651. John, the father, d. 1670. Ephraim, of Windsor, d. 1648. Benjamin, son of John Bartlett, of Windsor, m. Debra Barnard ; children, Debra, b. Aug. 3, 1666; Benjamin, Jr., b. June 21, 1668, d .; Esaza, b. - 9, 1670 ; another son, b. July 26, 1672; Ephraim, b. June 17, 1673 ; Jehoiada, b. Nov. 2, 1675 ; second Benjamin, Jr., b. Oct. 15, 1677. Edward, of Windsor, d. in 1676, and left no family. He gave a part of his estate to " Benoni Case, of Simsbury, a son of Christopher Crow." JOHN BARTLET kept the ferry at Windsor, in 1648. ( Windsor Records)
BARTLETT, JEHIJADA, purchased a house and land, in 1678, of Thomas Huxly, of Hartford, for £20, and signed his name to the contract ; had a daughter Martha, b. at Hartford, July 28, 1674.
BARTLET, WILLIAM, of New London, d. about 1658, and gave all his out-lands to his brother Robert, and all the goods in his house, to his wife ; estate, £250, 10s .; J. Brewster and Robert Roys, appraisers.
BARTLETT, WILLIAM, of Pequett, forfeited his bond, as did Edward Higbye, being called upon their recognizance before the particular court at Hartford, April 24, 1649. In May, 1649, he for- feited his recognizance of £20, and Edward Higbye, his security, for not bringing him into court, forfeited £10. In June, 1649, he again before the court, recognized in £20, and Cary Latham also, in £20, that said William should appear before the particular court at Hart- ford, upon the first Thursday of September (then) next, and be of good behavior during the time. Sept., 1649, he was freed from training, with orders to keep his arms in order for service.
BARTLETT, EDWARD, will dated Feb. 24, 1675, made when he was about entering into service against the Indians. He speaks of his house and land at Greenfield, (Poquonnock,) of money due him from James Hillier, and from the country, and other property. He
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gave property to Benoni Crow, son of Christopher, of Simsbury, also to Josiah Clark ; will proved April 12, 1676.
BARTLETT, BENONY and Mary, of Lebanon, had children : Charles, b. May 1, 1752; Sarah, b. March 9, 1754 ; Stephen, b. July 3, 1756 ; Priscilla, b. June 1, 1758.
BARTLET, JOHN, James Lockwood and Samuel Keeler, Jr., were allowed to erect a platform from the gallery of the meeting- house in Norwalk, in 1709.
BARTLETT, JOHN, of Norwalk, m. Elizabeth Haynes, daugh- ter of Mr. William Haynes, Feb. 20, 1706 ; they had five daughters and sons, William and John. His wife d. Feb. 26, 1723-4. “ Sir John Bartlett departed this life August 5, 1761, in ye 85th year of his age."
BARTLETT, SAMUEL, of Hartford ; inventory dated 1711; personal estate about £25.
BARTLETT, SAMUEL, JR., of Bolton, gave his mother Sarah £100 in case his daughter Abigail died without issue ; his will dated July 30, 1740. He died soon after, Rev. Thomas White, ex- ecutor ; he refused, and his relict Margaret, was appointed adminis- tratrix, in 1741, with the will annexed ; had an only child Abigail.
BARTLET, SAMUEL, of Haddam, d. 1711.
BARTLETT, REV. MOSES, settled in the third society of Mid- dletown, June 6, 1733.
BARTLET, REV. NATHANIEL, settled at Reading, May 23, 1753.
BARTLETT, THOMAS, at an early period owned seven lots in Watertown, Mass., freeman 1634-5.
BARTLETT, ROBERT, was rated for public use, 9s., payable in corn, at six shillings per bushel, in 1632-3, at New Plymouth, and 9s. in 1633-4.
BARTELET, JOHN, was a freeman at Windsor, Conn., as early as 1669.
BARTLETT, JOHN, freeman in Mass., 1637. This has been an old name at Northampton, Mass.
BARTLET, ROBERT, of Marblehead, Mass., made free 1683. John, of Newbury, made free, 1684.
BARTLET, ROBERT, d. at Northampton, March 1, 1675, (killed by the Indians. )
" BARTLET, RETCHERD, JUNIR," of Medfield, was admitted to the freedom of Mass., in 1677.
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BARTLETT, SAMUEL, and Nathaniel, took the oath of allegi- ance at Northampton, Mass., in 1678, (O. S.)
BARTLET, SAMUEL, of Newbury, freeman, 1673.
Whether the Bartlets of Connecticut are relatives of Judge Bartlet, afterward Governor of New Hampshire, is not known to the compiler. BARTLET, GEORGE, an early settler at Guilford.
BARTLET, REV. MOSES, graduated at Yale College, in 1730, and settled at Middlefield, a society in Middletown, June 6, 1733.
Bartlet has six coats of arms ; Bartlett has one. Bartlett also has one.
BARTLETT, SAMUEL, an early settler at Stafford ; was from Haverhill, on the Merrimack. He offended the Indians and left there for his safety, and was pursued by them. He went first to the house of Edward Kibbe, in Somers, where he remained some months, and m. his daughter Rebecca, after which he settled in West Stafford, and became one of the first men in the town in standing and influ- ence.
The townsmen of Windsor thought " meete" April, 2, 1698, to send Josiah Bartlett, of Windsor, to Hadley, to the wife of Caleb Smith, to procure her to cure his lameness, and desired Sergeant Porter to send him thither.
BATEMAN, WILLIAM, had a grant of land from the town of Fairfield, oftwo and a half acres, Jan., 1649, and other lands ; one tract purchased of Thomas Sherwood ; one lot on Bartow's Plain. Na- thaniel, of Watertown, Mass., 1640. Thomas of Concord, freeman, 1642, d. 1669, aged 55 : sons, Thomas, Peter, d. at Woburn, 1676 ; John and Ebenezer. William, of Concord, brother of Thomas, free- man, 1641 ; he removed to Chelmsford. William, perhaps father of William, was admitted freeman, May 18, 1631. (Farmer.)
BATEMAN, ROBERT, Henry Burkett, Henry Bannester, Jo. Baylie and others, imbarked in the Transport, of London, Edward Walker, Master, for Virginia, per certificate from the minister of Gravesend, of their conformitie to the orders and disipline of the church of England.
BATEMAN, THOMAS, free in Massachusetts, 1642.
BATEMAN, WILLIAM, freeman, 1641, in Massachusetts.
BATEMAN, WILLIAM, took freeman's oath at Boston, in May, 1631.
BATEMAN, ELEAZER, of Woburn, free, 1690.
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This is an old name in Fairfield county, and at Southbury, in New Haven county.
Bateman has nineteen coats of arms.
BATES, MR. (JAMES,) probably came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1635 ; selectman there in 1637, 1638 ; one of the raters of the town also in 1638; also townsman in 1642. James Bates, selectman in 1651. (Dor. Rec.) Freeman, 1636 ; Farmer says Deputy from Hingham, 1641.
BATES, ROBERT, an early settler in Stamford, 1641-whether of the family which settled at Haddam, is not known.
Robert Bates, was one of the first settlers of Stamford, and prob- ably went there from Wethersfield, with the first settlers of Stam- ford, in 1641. He was assessed in 1641, by the company, three bushels and one peck of corn, towards paying New Haven, for pur- chasing the place, &c., for them. Robert d. at Stamford, June 11, 1675.
BATES, ENSIGN JOHN, was one of the patentees of Stamford, from the Governor and Company, 1685.
BATES, JAMES, at Saybrook, in 1669 and '77.
BATE, SAMUEL, (now Bates,) of Saybrook, m. Mary Chap- man, May 2, 1676 : Samuel, b. April 4, 1677, d. 1677 ; Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1678 ; Sillens, (Silence,) b. July 27, 1680 ; 2d Samuel, b. Nov. 8, 1682 ; James, b. Dec. 16, 1683 ; Robert, b. Dec. 22, 1686 ; Stephen, b. June 1, 1689 ; Ephraim, b. May 29, 1692 ; Dan- iel, b. Aug. 18, 1697. The father, Samuel, d. Dec. 28, 1699.
BATES, LIEUT. JAMES, of Haddam ; his estate distributed 1732, over £900 : widow Mary ; grand-daughter, Elizabeth Fuller : chil- dren, Ruth Gibbs, £158, 3s. 4d. ; Rebecca Comstock, £158, 3s. 4d. ; Cloe Hall, £158, 3s. 4d. ; Mary Comstock, £158, 3s. 4d. ; Abigail Bates, same ; Eunice Bate, Annah Bates : no sons. The mother of Elizabeth Fuller, d. before her grand-father James. Each child had over £158.
John Bates, of Haddam, d. Jan. 15, 1718-19. Inventory £286, 12s. ; widow Elizabeth : children, John, Solomon, Joseph Graves, Jonathan, James Ray, Jr., Elizabeth Baily ; all signed a distribu- tion of the estate, as his children signed, 1718-19.
James Bates, of Haddam, d. March 13, 1718. Inventory £596, 5s. 10d. He was one of the twenty-eight proprietors of the town of Haddam, and purchaser.
John and James Bates, of Middletown, in 1677.
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BATE, MR. JAMES, had several parcels of land at Thirty Mile Island, recorded June 18, 1668.
BATES, JAMES and Dorothy, of Colchester, had Zachariah, b. June 27, 1742 ; Ephraim, b. May 13, 1744 ; Dorothy, b. Aug. 10, 1746 ; Oliver, b. July 17, 1748 ; Sarah, b. July 8, 1750 ; Rachel, b. June 30, 1754.
John Bates, his son John, Jacob Bates, Nathaniel and David Bates, emigrated from Durham, Conn., to Granville, Mass., as did David, Ebenezer and Aaron Curtiss, with Samuel, Enoch and Aaron Coe. These Bates's are descendants of the family at Saybrook, East Had- dam and Durham.
BATES, ELIJAH, EsQ., son of Nathaniel, of Granville, late deceased, 1850; graduated at Yale College, 1794 ; settled at West- field as Attorney and Counsellor at Law; m. Miss Mary Ashley, daughter of Mr. Ashley, of Westfield. Hon. Wm. G. Bates, son of Elijah Bates, Esq., graduated at Yale College, 1825 ; m. Jane P. Ashley, only child of Maj. Wm. Ashley, late deceased, of Sheffield, Mass.
Hon. Isaac C. Bates, son of Col. Jacob Bates, graduated at Yale College, 1802 ; an eminent lawyer ; he d. while a member of the Uni- ted States Senate, in 1845. Charles F. Bates, Esq., of Granville, son of Nathaniel. These men have been, and some of them now are, distinguished men in Massachusetts. Col. Jacob Bates was a Lieutenant in the war of the revolution, and was at the attack on Princeton, N. J. Eight persons of the name of Bates have gradu- ated at Yale College. This branch of the Bates family has pro- duced several eminent men. (See AUSTIN.)
BATES, CLEMENT, freeman in Massachusetts, 1636. Ed- ward, at Boston, about 1636, freeman 1638, deputy of Weymouth, from 1638 to '41, and 1660. George, Boston, freeman, 1636. (Farmer.)
This name is often spelt Bate, on the Connecticut Records. One by the name of Bate, and eleven by the name of Bates, had gradu- ated at Harvard College, before 1848, and eight at Yale College, before 1849.
BATES, CLEMENT, of Middletown, m. Mary Horton, daughter of Benoni and Mary, and had a son Joseph, b. April 9, 1732. His wife d. Aug. 11, 1732.
BATE, JAMES, Elder of Dorchester, made his will Nov. 22, 1655 ; noticed his " sonne Richard Bate, of Lid. Towne, in Kent, in Old England," by giving him all his lands, moveable goods and
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debts, that he then had, or should have in Old or New England, as his own, unless altered by the Testator, and made Richard sole Executor. On the 26th of Nov., 1655, his codicil provided that his son James should be joined as Executor with Richard, only for the purpose of receiving such debts as were owed him in New Eng- land, and to sell such lands and goods, excepting such as he had di- rected to be given to his grandchild, James ffoster, provided he made a true inventory, and conveyed the estate to his son Richard. (See his will signed and codicil signed, James Bate, Elder, in No. 3, His. and Gen. Register, July, 1851, p. 297.)
After the decease of Elder Bate, Gabrell Meade and Mr. Robt Howard, Noty Publics witnessed his will, and Rob' deposed to the will Jan. 14, 1655. Roger Clap of Dorchester, aged about 46 years, testified that he visited Mr. James Bate, in his sickness, and he en- treated him to take a witness with him, that it was his will that his daughter Gibson should have £10 for her own use and disposal, and not her husband. Roger Clap informed Mr. Bate, that if he had a written will, it should be added to his will, he replied with earnest- ness, that he would have done." These facts were proved before Gov. Jo. Endecott, by Roger, Edwd and Nicho Clap, Jan. 22, 1655 : also by James Bate the son, in part. In Elder Bate's later directions, he notices his former will, and gave to the three children of his son James, viz., Samuel, Allice and Mary, £100 each, when 21 years old, and his son James to have the use of the £300 for, and towards bringing up said children, provided he should go with his family to live in England, and give security to pay the £300. His house, or- chard, and three acres of planting land, adjoining with the meadow, back of the dwelling house in Dorchester, N. E., he gave his grand- son, James ffoster, provided his wife Allice Bate had her support out of the house, &c. He also gave Rev. Mr. Mather, of Dorchester, £20, and the then wife of Gabriel Mead, £20, &c. Signed by James Bate, the Elder. (See same No., and page 298, Gen. Reg.)
BATES, RICHARD, W.m. Barnes, Wm. Brown, Humphrey Buckley, Wm. Burton, Mathew Bateman, Lucie Bucklie, Wm. Bar- loe, Nicholas Bate, Wm. Bate, Margaret Baylie, Debora Barrie, Francis Bullock : the above were transported to Virginia, and em- barked in the Globe of London, Jeremy Blackman, Master ; were ex- amined by the Minister of Gravesend, of their conformity, and took the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, Aug., 1635. (See H. G. Som- erby.) ( See N. E. His. G. R., No. 15, pp. 261, 262.)
BATE, EDWARD and Elizabeth, his wife, of Weymouth, had
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children recorded there, viz., Susanna, b. Feb. 6, 1679; Edward, Jr., b. 1682 ; John, b. 1685; Mary, b. 1697, perhaps others.
BATE, INCREASE, and Mary, of Weymouth, had a son Ed- ward, b. Jan., 1681 ; Ebenezer, b. 1686 ; Anna, b. 1695, freeman in 1691, perhaps others.
BATE, JOHN, and Susan, his wife, of Weymouth, Mass., in 1655, son Edward. Clement Bates, freeman, Mass., March, 1635- 6. Geo. Bate, freeman, Mass., May, 1636. James Bate, freeman, Mass., 1636. Edward Bates, freeman, Mass., March 9, 1636-7.
BATE, JOSEPH, Samuel and Benjamin, of Marlb., freeman, 1672. Clement Bate and James of Hingham, free 1673. Jno. Bates, of Chelmsford, freeman, 1682.
BATES, ROBERT, children b. at Lynn, John, b. March 5, 1673 ; Rebecca and Sarah.
BATES, JOHN, of Chelmsford, freeman, 1689-90.
The name of Bate has six coats of arms, and the name of Bates has eight coats of arms. The name now uniformly called Bates, in the early settlement of Connecticut, was generally recorded Bate.
Clement Bates, a tailor, aged 40, and Ann Bates, embarked in the Planter, April 6, 1635, for New England. James Bates, aged 14, Clement, aged 12, Rachel, 8, Joseph, 5, and Benjamin Bates, em- barked in the Elizabeth, Wm. Stagg, Master, bound for New Eng- land, with certificates from the Justices and Minister of the Parish, about 1635.
James Bate, a farmer, aged - years ; Alice, his wife, aged 52 : Lyddia, aged 20, Marie 17, Margaret 12, and James Bate, embarked from England, in the Elizabeth, Wm. Stagg, Master, for New Eng- land, April 17, (about 1635. )
BATTELL, BATTLE, BATTEL. This name came into the Con- necticut Colony, from Milford to Torrington, in the early settlement of the town. Joseph Battle, Esq., a son of the emigrant to Torrington, settled at Norfolk, Conn., m. Miss Robbins, a daughter of Rev. Mr. Robbins, of Norfolk, where he became a gentleman of large estate, and sustained an estimable character, and had a large and highly respectable family. His widow survived him, and is yet living at Norfolk, sister of Dr. Robins, of Hartford.
THOMAS, of Mass., in 1654. Battell has two coats of arms.
BATTERSON, GEORGE, and WILLIAM, brothers, are the first of the name found in Connecticut, at Fairfield : tradition says they were from England, probably Scotch. George m. Mary Oys- terbanks, of Welch extraction, a weaver by trade. George was there
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some time before he married : his children were Stephen, Powell, George, Sellick and Betsey.
BATTERSON, STEPHEN, son of George, m. Sarah Ward- well, at Norwalk, Oct. 20, 1784, and had children b. there : Abi- gail, William, Isaac and Stephen, Jr.
BATTERSON, POWELL, son of George, Sen., m. Betsey Wil- son, at Norwalk, Jan. 30, 1788, and had children : Clara, b. Oct. 23, 1788 ; Lewis M., Powell, Jr., and Betsey.
BATTERSON, GEORGE, Jr., m. Mary Seely, of Weston, Conn., who is now, if living, 89 years old : she m. when 16 years old and had children viz.,
Rebecca, m. Joshua Bonny, of Warren, and had five sons and three daughters.
Amelia m. Charles Gilbert, of Warren, and had five sons.
Polly m. Seth Morse, of Warren, and moved to Hockhocking, Ohio, and had eight children.
Anna m. Jonathan Todd, and had six sons and three daughters.
Nathan m. Polly Black, and had issue ; five sons and one daugh- ter.
Simeon d. young.
Abigail m. Samuel Thomas, of Roxbury, and had three sons and two daughters ; settled in Tallmadge, Ohio, about 1816.
Simeon S., m. Melissa Roberts, of Bloomfield, May 28, 1820 ; had twelve children.
Lucinda m. Andrus Dickinson, of Litchfield, had three daughters.
Albert m. Eliza Brown, of Bloomfield, Conn., Jan., 1830; five sons and one daughter.
Laura m. Harvey Griswold, of Roxbury, had six children.
Cyrus m. Marsha -, of Ithica, N. Y., and had a daughter Elvira, all dead.
BATTERSON, SIMEON S., son of George, Jr., now resides at Hartford. He m. Melissa Roberts, of Bloomfield, May 28, 1820. He and his son James G., are doing a large business in manufactur- ing tombstones, monuments, and all kinds of sculpture in marble, for all parts of the United States. His children are, Melissa M., b. July 23, 1821 ; James Goodwin, b. Feb. 23, 1823 ; Sherman S., b. Feb. 26, 1825, d. Aug. 30, 1828; Hermon G., b. May 28, 1827; George Tomlinson, b. Jan. 24, 1830; Henrietta Campfield, b. March 3, 1832 ; Mary Eliza, b. March 19, 1834, d. April 14, 1834 ; Mary Jennette, b. May 6, 1836; Fanny R., b. Sept. 10, 1838.
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