Elizabeth Bates1

#2149, (say 1614 - )
Relationship8th great-grandmother of William David Lewis
Father*James Bates2

Family

Thomas Lawrence b. s 1608, d. 1655
Children 1.Mary Lawrence2 (s 1637 - )
 2.Nicholas Lawrence7 (s 1640 - )
 3.Elizabeth Lawrence+2 (1642 - 1704)
 4.Sarah Lawrence+8 (c 1644 - 1713)
Elizabeth Bates was also known as Bate (variant.)2 
Her married name was Lawrence.3,2 
Birth*say 1614She was born say 1614.4 
Marriage*circa 1635She married Thomas Lawrence circa 1635.3,2 
5 November 1655Death of her husband Thomas on 5 November 1655.4 
circa 1656She removed to Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG, circa 1656.5 
Probate*16 March 1674/75Her estate was probated on 16 March 1674/75 at Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG; Edward Bate aged 67 years or thereabout testifieth that Thomas Lawrance of hingham [gave] a little before his [decease] being on his death bed as his last act and will all his estate both in land and goods some [small] thing excepted if there were any thing excepted if there [were] any to his wife Elizabeth Lawrance and what shee left at her death should be given to his Children equally devided the decease of the sd Thomas Lawrence was aboute 17 or so yeares agoe, John Smith of Hingham aged 49 yeares or there aboute testifyes that which is above written is the truth. Edward Bate and John Smith above named testifieth that they were both present and did heare the sd Thomas Lawrance express what is above written
Taken upon Oath 16 of 3 75 Before mee -- Elea Lusher Asist
Jno Smith Owned this in Court
29th 2 1675 as Attests Freegrace Bendall Recordr

To the honored County Court now in Boston, The humble petition of Elizabeth Lawrance widdow now liveing in dorchester that for as much as my husband Thomas Lawrance deceased did upon his death bed a little Before hee dyed very solumly in the presents of my Brother Elder Edward Bate of waymouth and leftte John Smith of Hingham give as his last will and testamt that smale estate hee was then possest of to mee the sd Elizabeth Lawrance his then wife desireing my brother Edward Bate to bee my Counceller when hee was gone and by whose Counsell I acted in Refferance to the estate my husband left mee and in this following perticular in selling a small psell of land to Leftt John Smith who then gave to the vallue of itt and unto whome I gave a deed under hand and seale about twenty yeares agoe. But throw my Ignorance doing it without Legall adminestration though agreable to my husbands Will as by testimoney upon Oath by my Brother Edward Bate and Leift Smith doth appeare the said Left Smith being afrayd that hee or his should bee Molested or wronged after my deth and not injoy there Just Right which hath bene honestly p an unknown person formed on his part as I Could my humble request to your honnors is that you would doe that for my selfe or him that may tend to the quiet injoymt of what hee hath soe honnest aright unto I Rest your honnors
humble servant,
---------------------------------- Elizabeth E Lawrance.6 
ChartsAncestors of William D. Lewis

Citations

  1. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, large standing modern memorial to forty-eight victims of the Deerfield Raid. Narrative: Elizabeth Lawrence, dau. of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth Bates, b. Mar 1642, Dorchester, Suffolk Co. MA, d. 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin Co. MA; marr. William Smead (1635-1703); children: William Smead III, Elizabeth Smead Janes, Judith Smead Hawks, Mehitable Hull Smead Nims, Samuel Smead, John Smead, John Smead, Ebenezer Smead, Thankful Smead Hawks, and Waitstill Smead Warner.Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin Co. MA. Memorial 32160198, created by and photo added by Kevin Avery.
  2. [S814] George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol. II (Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co. (reprint), 1893), pp. 426-7.
  3. [S1220] Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, online AmericanAncestors.org, Vol. 2, p. 928/1482. Thomas ( -1655) & Elizabeth Bates ( -1679, Dorchester MA), marr. ca. 1635; res. Hingham/Dorchester; various citations. Originally published as New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (AA).
  4. [S520] VWH.
  5. [S2647] John B Lawrence, The Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence (Boston: S K Whipple and Company, 1857), p. 189. "Mr. Thomas Lawrence died Nov. 5, 1655, at Hingham. The “Widdow Lawrence,” named on the town-records, shortly after the decease of her husband, removed with her family to Dorchester."
  6. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, Memorial 18582267. Quoted as a transcript but no source given. Poss. from Suffolk Co. Probate Records, vol. 5.
  7. [S165] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, four volumes (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), III:63; Nicholas, b. at Hingham, removed with mother widow Elizabeth to Dorchester after 5 Nov 1655.
  8. [S814] George Lincoln, History of Hingham II, pp. 429-7, bapt. Hingham 4 Mar 1643/4.