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Captain John Forrest Bates[1]

Male 1716 - 1765  (49 years)


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  • Name John Forrest Bates 
    Prefix Captain 
    Born 1716  York Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Nov 1765  Halifax Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I810  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Mitchell
    Last Modified 13 May 2021 

    Family Elizabeth Alford,   b. 1 Jul 1719, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1757, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 5 Aug 1735  Goochland Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Unity Bates,   b. 8 Apr 1754, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1824, Wayne County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2021 
    Family ID F8696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L6YW-Q14/captain-john-forrest-bates-sr-1716-1765.
      Captain John Forrest Bates Sr
      17 April 1716?9 November 1765 (Age 49)
      York, Virginia, British Colonial America
      Elizabeth Alford 1 Jul 1719-1757
      St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Virginia Colony
      Marriage: 5 August 1735, Goochland, Va, British Colonial America
      Children
      (10)
      William James Bates, 1735?1800
      John Forrest Bates, 1736?1777
      Elizabeth Bates, 1738?1802
      Susannah Bates, 1738?1771
      Ursula Bates, 1739?1802
      Hannah Bates, 1740?1796
      Martha Bates, 1745?Deceased
      Anne Bates, 1749?1796
      Joseph Bates, 1750?1777
      Unity Bates, 1754?1824

      Parents
      John Alford, 1693?1726
      Grace Hartfield, 1690?1724

      Siblings, (6)

      Higgins Alford, 1714?1715
      Francis Alford, 1717?1726
      Isaac Alford, 1718?Deceased
      Elizabeth Alford, 1719?1757
      Unity Alford, 1724?1787

      When Captain John Forrest Bates Sr was born on 17 April 1716, in York, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John "The Quaker" Bates, was 32 and his mother, Susanna Fleming, was 26. He married Elizabeth Alford on 5 August 1735, in Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America in 1764. He died on 9 November 1765, in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 49, and was buried in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, British Colonial America.