Lydia

Abt 1620 - 1704  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Lydia   [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1620  [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Oct 1704	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I34376	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	7 May 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Edward Bates,   b. Abt 1616   d. Aft 28 Apr 1644, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age ~ 28 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1641  [4]
  Children	+ 1. John Bates,   b. 9 Jan 1642, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 11 Apr 1722, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F19742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2021

  
  

  Family 2	William Fletcher,   b. Abt 1618, England d. 6 Nov 1677, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1645	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Fletcher,   b. 4 Oct 1658, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Aft 1708 (Age > 51 years)
  Family ID	F20224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "There is no direct evidence for the conclusion that the widow of Edward Bates was the Lydia Bates who married William Fletcher, but the circumstances make it a high probability: the last record of Edward Bates is in 1644, and the marriage of Lydia Bates takes place in 1645; and John Bates, presented to the Chelmsford church on 1 February 1656/7 as a child of William Fletcher, was said to be about fifteen at the time, which is exactly what the John Bates baptized in Boston as a son of Edward Bates would be." [Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, volume 1, p. 132]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1273] Parker in America 1630-1910 by Augustus G. Parker. Buffalo, New York: Niagara Frontier Publishing Company, 1911. [S141] The Farwell Family: A History of Henry Farwell and His Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass by John Dennis Farwell, Jane Harter Abbott, and Lillian M. Wilson. Orange, Texas: Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929. [S628] The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part IV: The Ancestry of Linda Anna Powers 1839-1879 by Dean Crawford Smith; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.