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Mary <I>Snow</I> Bates

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Mary Snow Bates

Birth
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
7 Feb 1776 (aged 76)
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.6074029, Longitude: -71.4446044
Plot
Lot 44
Memorial ID
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Daughter of John and Sarah (Stephens) Snow.

Wife of Edward Bates. They filed the intention of marriage in Chelmsford, MA, Feb. 11, 1719-20.

Children:
(b. in Chelmsford)
Oliver, Jan. 13, 1720/21 - Jul. 4, 1775
Joseph, Nov. 3, 1725 -
(b. in Westford)
Sarah, Aug. 29, 1733 -

(baptized in Westford at First Congregation Church, birth date and loc unk)
Betty, bp. Dec. 3, 1727
Hannah, bp. Sept. 12, 1736

"The first woman who taught in the public schools was Mrs. Edward Bates, whose maiden name was Mary Snow. She was employed in the years 1740-'43." (From The History of Westford, Mass., p. 308)

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Woburn VRs, births, pg 243

Chelmsford VRs, marriages, pg 184 & 318

Westford VRs, deaths, pg 265
Bates, Mary, w. Edward, Feb. 7, 1776, in her 78th y. *GR3

Note: GR3 in the VRs means information taken from headstone. Does not necessarily mean died in that town.
Daughter of John and Sarah (Stephens) Snow.

Wife of Edward Bates. They filed the intention of marriage in Chelmsford, MA, Feb. 11, 1719-20.

Children:
(b. in Chelmsford)
Oliver, Jan. 13, 1720/21 - Jul. 4, 1775
Joseph, Nov. 3, 1725 -
(b. in Westford)
Sarah, Aug. 29, 1733 -

(baptized in Westford at First Congregation Church, birth date and loc unk)
Betty, bp. Dec. 3, 1727
Hannah, bp. Sept. 12, 1736

"The first woman who taught in the public schools was Mrs. Edward Bates, whose maiden name was Mary Snow. She was employed in the years 1740-'43." (From The History of Westford, Mass., p. 308)

___________
Woburn VRs, births, pg 243

Chelmsford VRs, marriages, pg 184 & 318

Westford VRs, deaths, pg 265
Bates, Mary, w. Edward, Feb. 7, 1776, in her 78th y. *GR3

Note: GR3 in the VRs means information taken from headstone. Does not necessarily mean died in that town.

Inscription

Memento mori
Here lies the
Body of Mrs Mary
Bates wife of Mr
Edward Bates
who departed
this Life Feb
7th 1776 In the
78th year of her age



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  • Created by: Denise
  • Added: Mar 28, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35293513/mary-bates: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Snow Bates (13 Aug 1699–7 Feb 1776), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35293513, citing Hillside Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).