Four or more generations of descendants of Benjamin Edward Bates (1808-1878) if they are properly linked:
1. Benjamin Edward Bates (1808-1878)
- 2. Josephine Bates (1839-1886)
- 2. Benjamin Edward Bates (1863-1906)
- 2. Sarah Hersher Bates (1867-1937)
- 2. Lillian Gilbert Bates (1872-1951)