Display Patriot - P-110845 - Solomon BATES Sr

Solomon BATES Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-110845

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Corporal

DAR #: A007509

Birth: 1741 Hanover / / MA
Death: 1815 Fayette / ME Dist / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private in Captain Eel's Seconnd Plymouth Company, Lexington Alarm. Corporal in Captain Joseph Stetson's Company, Colonel Dyke

Additional References:

MA Soldiers and Sailors in the Rev War, Volume 1, pg 802

Spouse: Aquila Bates
Children: John; Abigail; Solomon; Samuel; Caleb; Alexander; Lydia; Doughty;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1963-10-23	ME	Unassigned	Wilfred George Berdan (90478)	Samuel
2014-05-27	GA	59029	Robert Forrester Waterman Jr. (191176)	John
2017-02-28	TN	73435	Richard Allen Prescott (201546)	Abigail

Burial:

River Road Cemetery_(C-0052283)

Location:

Greene / Androscoggin / ME / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

90455

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

44.201069 / -70.194649

Find A Grave Memorial #:

35456412

Marker Type:

Vertical VA

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photos displayed courtesy of Rick Prescott, COSSAR.

The headstone was requested and approved from the War Department in 1933

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

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Author: Richard Allen Prescott

Solomon Bates was born 29 June 1741 at Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He initially served as a Private in Captain Eel's Plymouth County Militia Company, when they mustered for the "Lexington Alarm," following the initiation of hostilities at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. He served as a Corporal in Captain Joseph Stetson's Company of Colonel Nicholas Dyke's Massachusetts Militia Regiment under George Washington at Dorchester Heights during the siege of Boston. In early March 1776, General Washington's soldiers occupied and fortified Dorchester Heights with cannon brought to Boston by Henry Knox from the captured Fort Ticonderoga at upper New York state. Realizing Boston was now indefensible against the new American positions on the heights overlooking Boston and its harbor, British General Howe evacuated all his forces from Boston, 17 March 1776, and the siege came to an end. It was a great victory for Washington and the young American Army.

Solomon married Aquila Bates (1743-1826), a daughter of John Bates and Abigail Bailey, 20 November 1760, at Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. At Hanover, Solomon was a shipwright by trade. They had 13 children: Douty (1761-1835), Levi (1763-1825), Solomon (1765-1857), Abigail (1767-1832), Samuel (1768-1849), Lucinda (1771-1853), Lydia (1773-1870), John (1774-1840), Caleb (1780-1844), Alexander (1782-1864), Sarah "Sally" (1784-1846), Sylvia (1786-?), and Reuben (1788-1859). All of their children except Reuben were born at Hanover.

In 1787, Solomon and Aquila moved their family to Kennebec County, Maine District, Massachusetts, where they were early settlers, and helped to establish the town of Greene. Solomon owned a farm at Greene, but also maintained his shipwright trade by building several vessels for use on the Kennebec River. He was regarded by his neighbors as "…an honest man, a good citizen, and a stern and inflexible Republican." Solomon and Aquila later moved to Fayette, Kennebec County, Maine, with their son, Solomon. He died at Fayette in 1815 at the age of 74 years. Aquila died at Fayette in April 1826 at the age of 82 years. Both were buried at River Road Cemetery near Greene, Maine.

References:

History of the Town of Hanover Massachusetts, Pg. 40.
Sesquicentennial History of the Town of Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine, 1775-1900; Pg. 395-396. Compiled by Walter L. Mower, Pg. 395-396.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 1, Pg. 802.

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