No actual source date of birth could be located but calculating her date of birth from her death age in the town records and on the gravestone, her birth was between 1712-1713,
Mrs. Mary Bates, died in Milton, Norfolk, Masschusetts 30 December 1799 at the age of 86 years. [Her age in the Vital Records differs from the entry of 87 years on her gravestone]
Source: Vital Records of Milton, Massachusetts
Deaths: Page 207
Mrs. Mary Bates, died in Milton, Norfolk, Masschusetts 30 December 1799 at the age of 86 years. [Her age in the Vital Records differs from the entry of 87 years on her gravestone]
Source: Vital Records of Milton, Massachusetts
Deaths: Page 207
No actual source date of birth could be located but calculating her date of birth from her death age in the town records and on the gravestone, her birth was between 1712-1713,
Mrs. Mary Bates, died in Milton, Norfolk, Masschusetts 30 December 1799 at the age of 86 years. [Her age in the Vital Records differs from the entry of 87 years on her gravestone]
Source: Vital Records of Milton, Massachusetts
Deaths: Page 207
Mrs. Mary Bates, died in Milton, Norfolk, Masschusetts 30 December 1799 at the age of 86 years. [Her age in the Vital Records differs from the entry of 87 years on her gravestone]
Source: Vital Records of Milton, Massachusetts
Deaths: Page 207
Inscription
In memory of
MRS. MARY BATES
widow of Mr. William Bates, of Weymouth
who died Dec. 30th 1799
aged 87 years
"The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish when they sleep in dust"
Source:
Watts: "The History of Milton, Mass. 1640 to 1887" Press of Rockwell & Churchill; Boston: 1887
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