Notes
Ref#253:
William Bateman (c1590-27 Apr 1657) immigrated to Massachusetts Bay
Colony by 18 Sep 1631, when he attended the inquest on another William
Bateman's death in Charlestown. Possibly, the two were father and son.
Ancestor William Bateman's English origins are unknown, largely because
many Bateman records are extent and present too wide a range of possible
parentage. He arrived with his wife, whose name remains undiscovered,
and two or three children.
William appears as defendent Sgt. William Bateman in a case 5 Jun 1632.
Yet unexplained, the general court revoked William Bateman's freeman oath
14 May 1634; whether this refers to the disceased Bateman is unknown.
In 1638, William was granted some planting ground in Charlestown, upon
his settling title with the local Indian leaders. William moved to
Concord by 1640, and took the freeman's oath 2 Jun 1640. With his son,
Thomas, William owned an estate valued at £348 in Concord 1641.
Concord had been settled in 1635 largely by Watertown residents; William
may have come from there. Alternately, he may have come from Cambridge,
where other early Concord settlers originated.
William moved to Fairfield, CT, probably in1644 with Concord minister
John Jones, who brought most of his congregation to Fairfield. The
Fairfield public library lists William among the "Concord Planters" who
settled Fairfield with John Jones. On 28 Jan 1650, William recorded
deeds to a 2.5 acre grant, tract bought of Thomas Sherwood, and a lot in
Barrow's Plain. William sold his home lot 4 Feb 1654 to his son-in-law
Henry Lyon. William's will 24 Mar 1656 left £5 to grandson Joseph
Middlebrook upon 18 years and divided the estate, half to son Thomas in
Concord and half to Elizabeth's husband, Henry Lyon.
Four known children: William (cc1610-30). Thomas (1614-6 Feb 1669) m
Martha Brooks; m2d Margaret Knight (c1635-18 Apr 1709). Thomas stayed in
Concord. Margaret m 2d Nathaniel Bell of Concord. Ancestor Elizabeth.
Mary m Benjamin Turney, m2d Joseph Middlebrook. Both men were
memorialized as Concord Planters at the Fairfield Public Library, which
suggests that Mary married Joseph Middlebrook in Fairfield.
Elizabeth Bateman (cc1630-89) married 4 May 1652 Henry Lyon in Fairfield,
CT.
SOURCES: Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigration to
New England 1620-1633 (1995); Alfred S. Hudson, History of Concord, Mass.
(1904); NEHGR; Bradley B. Ridge, The Bateman Connection 39-43 (1978).
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