Ancestral Trails 2016 » Thomas BATES (1750-1823)

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• Hij is geboren december 1750 in Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
• Hij is gedoopt op 23 december 1750 in Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Bronnen 1, 2
• Beroepen:
• in het jaar 1800 Church Warden in Offley.Bron 3
• in het jaar 1807 Tenant Farmer at Westbury Farm, Offley.
• in het jaar 1823 Yeoman in Offley.
• (Event) in het jaar 1803 in Paid for the 6th bell in Offley Parish Church.
• (Witness) op 16 december 1773 in Offley: Marriage of brother John.
• Hij is overleden op 30 december 1823 in Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, hij was toen 73 jaar oud.Bron 3
• Hij is begraven op 5 januari 1824 in Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Bron 1
• Testament op 28 december 1823 naar Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
• Een kind van John BATES en Elizabeth PESTELL

Gezin van Thomas BATES

Hij is getrouwd met Sarah WELCH.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 15 april 1773 te St Mary Magdalene, Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.Bronnen 1, 4

Kind(eren):

1. George BATES  1773-> 1838 
2. Mary Elizabeth BATES  1781-1839
3. Lydia BATES  1786-1867
4. Rebekah BATES  1783-1861
5. Benjamin BATES  1777-1780
6. Joseph BATES  1787-1837 
7. Sarah BATES  1780-???? 
8. John BATES  1785-1869 
9. Thomas Welch BATES  1775-1846 
10. Benjamin BATES  1789-1863 
11. Hannah BATES  1779-1848 
12. Abel BATES  1790-???? 
13. James BATES  1776-???? 

Notities over Thomas BATES

As Parish Churchwarden Thomas was responsible for the accounts. . For example, in 1810, on May 23rd, Thomas Bates was paid 4 shillings for removing a man bit with a dog to Stopsley. In 1810 he received several payments for killing polecats and sparrows - they were a particular nuisance to farmers at harvest time - and in 1821 he was paid 3 shillings for killing 6 dozen sparrows.

Evidence exists in Offley Church of Thomas Bates' importance. Originally hanging over the North door, then over the West door, (at present it hangs in the bell tower while repairs and renovations take place) is a magnificent painting of the Coats of Arms of George III. Inscribed on the painting are the words, "Thomas Bates, Churchwarden, 1800". On the back of the painting, faintly inscribed, are the words "John Elster - Hitchin, Painters". Also inscribed are the words "Isaac Newton - 1800". Thomas Bates celebrated his 50th Birthday in 1800 and it seems likely that the painting was commissioned to honour this event.

As well as being churchwarden he also became a successful and prosperous tenant farmer at Westbury Farm, and one of the largest farms in Offley and was part of the Offley Place estate. His son Thomas Welch Bates appeared to have continued the tenancy after his father's death.

In his Will dated 28th December 1823 he described himself as a yeoman and in it he was able to leave varying sums of money totalling over £4,600 to 10 of his children and an unspecified amount to the other 2 children who had been settled upon earlier. Clearly, with stock and other farm equipment as well as household effects and other property, Thomas was a man who had become very prosperous during his life-time and able to set up his family very handsomely on his death. SOURCE: Peter Bates

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