Elkanah Bates was born 7 January 1779 in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States to Benjamin Bates (1749-1818) and Abigail Billings (c1750-) and died 1841 Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Hannah Copeland (1780-1834) 18 October 1803 in Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Biography
Elkanah Bates, was a cotton manufacturer and prominent merchant. Him and his wife were religious and belonged to the Congregational Church of Mansfield. In 1838, the new denomination split from the church to create a theologian association that questioned the divinity of Christ, Elkanah Bates was picked to lead the movement.
- Source: Johnnett, R. F. (1878). Bates Student: A Monthly Magazine. Edmund Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine: Bates College. p. 4.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Loretta Bates (1804-1807) | |||
| Stella Bates (1806-1843) | |||
| Benjamin Edward Bates (1808-1878) | 12 July 1808 Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | 14 January 1878 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Josephine Louisa Sheppard (1815-1842) Sarah Chapman Gilbert (1832-1882) |
| William Billings Bates (1811-1880) | 24 January 1811 Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | 10 June 1880 Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | Mary Willard Lane (1816-) |
| Charlotte Bates (1813-) | |||
| Elkanah G Bates (1816-1881) | |||
| Alfred Bates (1819-) | |||
| Elizabeth Bates (1823-) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Billing Bates (1770-1770) | |||
| Betsey Bates (1771-1843) | |||
| Salley Bates (1773-1851) | |||
| Eunice Bates (1775-) | |||
| Elkanah Bates (1779-1841) | 7 January 1779 Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States | 1841 Massachusetts, United States | Hannah Copeland (1780-1834) |
| Polly Bates (1782-) | |||
| Alfred Bates (1784-1786) | |||
| Charlotte Bates (1787-) | |||
| Harriot Bates (1789-1870) | |||
References
- Elkanah Bates - disambiguation
- Bates in Bristol County, Massachusetts -
- Bates Family of Boston - Boston Brahmin.