Husband: Edward Flint BATES
Birthdate: 9 March 1809
Birthplace: Strong, Somerset,Maine
Death date: 6 February 1889
Place of death: Boston,Suffolk,Massachusetts
Burial:
Father: BATES, Nicholas
Mother: FLINT, Elizabeth or Betsey
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 20 December 1832
Marriage place: Temple,Kennebec,Maine

Wife: Roxanna TRUE
Birthdate: 21 March 1812
Birthplace: Temple,Kennebec,Maine
Death date: 11 June 1885
Place of death: Worcester,Worcester,Massachusetts
Burial:
Father: TRUE, Zebulon
Mother: KANNADY, Martha
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: BATES, Edward True
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 November 1833
Birthplace: Strong,Somerset,Maine
Death date: 25 June 1887
Place of death: Boston,Suffolk,Massachusetts
Marriage date: 19 May 1861
Marriage place: Congregational Church,North Chelsea (now Revere),Massachusetts
Spouse's name: Burgess, Mary Ann

Child No. 2: BATES, Nicholas
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 September 1835
Birthplace: Strong,Somerset,Maine
Death date: 14 March 1838
Place of death: Strong,Somerset,Maine
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 3: BATES, Eliza Ann
Sex: F
Birthdate: 8 August 1839
Birthplace: Strong,Franklin,Maine
Death date: 2 March 1910
Place of death: Worcester,Worcester,Massachusetts
Burial:
Marriage date: 16 June 1865
Marriage place: New Haven,New Haven,Connecticut
Spouse's name: DICKINSON, Thomas Adams

Child No. 4: BATES, Olive Roxanna
Sex: F
Birthdate: 24 October 1842
Birthplace: Strong,Franklin,Maine
Death date: 1 March 1931
Place of death: Allston,Suffolk,Massachusetts
Burial:
Marriage date: 18 November 1869
Marriage place: Worcester,Worcester,Massachusetts
Spouse's name: BURLINGAME, John Stutley

Child No. 5: BATES, Martha True
Sex:
Birthdate: 27 July 1845
Birthplace: Strong,Frankiln,Maine
Death date: 1933
Place of death: Somerville,Middlesex,Massachusetts
Burial:
Marriage date: 18 November 1869
Marriage place: (Intention) Strong,Franklin,Maine
Spouse's name: KINNEY, Jesse Savage

Child No. 6: BATES, Albert Nicholas
Sex: M
Birthdate: 19 June 1852
Birthplace: Strong,Franklin,Maine
Death date: 11 October 1918
Place of death: Allston,Suffolk,Massachusetts
Burial:
Marriage date: 20 June 1876
Marriage place: First Parish Church,Norwood,Norfolk,Massachusetts
Spouse's name: BROOKS, Martha Jane

Child No. 7: BATES, Alfred Reed
Sex: M
Birthdate: 19 Jun 1852
Birthplace: Strong,Franklin,Maine
Death date: 19 February 1924
Place of death: Northborough,Worcester,Massachusetts
Burial:
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Documentation:
1. 1798 Maine Direct Tax Census: Various townships in Lincoln County, Maine, District 11, 5th Division.
2. 1799 Petition to incorporate the locality as a town called Harmony. March, 1801, Strong not Harmony was incorporated namimg it for Caleb Strong, governor of the Commonwaelth of Massachusetts. Original source: Chapter 37, Massachusetts Acts at Massachusetts State Archives.
3. Vital Records of Farmington, ME 1784 - 1890
4. Genealogical Abstracts of the Revolutionary War Pension Files
5. 1810 US Federal Census, Somerset County, ME
6. 1850 and 1860 US Federal Census, Franklin County, Strong,ME
7. 1860 US Federal Census Norfolk County, Massachusetts
8. US Government Civil War Veterans Military Records
9. Somerset and Frankiln Counties, ME Registry of Deeds
10. Suffolk County, Massachusetts Probate
11. Strong and Temple, ME Records of Births, Deaths, and Intentions Strong and Temple, Maine
12. Records of Deaths Boston, Worcester, Somerville, Northborough, MA
13. Records of Marriages Worcester, Chelsea, Norwood, MA
14. Records of Burials Evergreen Cemetery in Brighton, MA.
15. Deed to BATES gravesite in this researcher's possession.
16. Boston and Worcester, MA City Directories.
17. Descendants private journals with source documentation.
18. BATES photos, correspondence, household items and other itmes.