| Generation No. 1 | |||
| 1. John T. Bates, corn and coal merchant He was born 1840 at Hastings, Sussex | |||
| He married Elizabeth on c 1861. She was born 1841 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children: | |||
| i | Harry F. who was born 1876 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent | ||
| ii | Edward S. who was born 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent | ||
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