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Mary Sylvester Bates

Birth
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
18 Jun 1852 (aged 82–83)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Possibly near husbands in B section
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Daughter of Abner and
Abigail (Washburn) Sylvester.

Mary married first: Capt. Edward Taylor,
she married second, John B. Bates.

Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts
to the Year 1850
Book Two [p. 157]
In order for Marriage [Intentions]
[Oct.] 17, 1789
Edward TAYLOR & Mary SYLVESTER
both of Plimouth

[p. 273]
Marriages solemnized by the
Rev. Mr. Chandler Robbins
of Plimouth at Plimouth
Nov. 8, 1789
Edward TAYLOR & Mary SYLVESTER
both of Plimouth

[p.363]
The children of Edward Taylor &
Mary his wife
1) Jane Samson Taylor
born Aug. 21st 1790
2) Jacob Taylor Born July 15th 1792
3) Abner Sylvester Taylor
born June 1st 1795
4) Edward Taylor
born April 28th 1797; decd. Sept. 15th 1798
5) Mary Edward Taylor born Dec. 22nd 1798

Edward Taylor, the father of the above
family, decd. Nov. 25th 1798. He was
drowned in Plymouth harbor not far from
Saquish; his body was found and buried in
Plymouth July 10th 1799.

[p. 189]
Publishments for Marriage
Jan. 3, 1807
John B. BATES & Mary TAYLOR
both of Plymouth

[p. 375]
Marriages solemnized by the
Rev. Mr. James Kenall [sic]
of Plymouth at Plymouth
Jan. 14, 1807
John B. BATES & Mary TAYLOR
both of Plymouth

MASSACHUSETTS, TOWN CLERK, VITAL AND
TOWN RECORDS 1626 - 2001
Deaths in the Town of Plymouth in 1852
Name: Mary Bates
Age: 83 years, (11?) months
Date of death: June 18, 1852 Boston
Place of interment: Burying Hill
Disease or cause of death: Old Age
Place of birth: Plymouth
Name and surname of parents. If
married female, the name of husband:
Widow of John B. Bates
Informant: *C. Bates
v. 4 p. 386
GS film #416336
Digital folder #007009253
Image #00435 familysearch

*Clement Bates (1792 - 1885)
Sexton of the First Parish and of the town.
His duties have been to ring the church
bells daily, and to bury the dead.

A gravestone for Mary was not documented
in "Epitaphs from Burial Hill," published
1892 by Bradford Kingman, or in "Burial
Hill its Monuments and Gravestones,"
published 1894 by Benjamin Drew. Also,
when Burial Hill was mapped in the 1990's
by the Robinson family a gravestone was
not found.
Mary's death record indicates that she
is buried here.

Year of birth estimated from age at death.

Mary is probably buried near her husbands:
Capt. Edward Taylor, Section B, plot 192
John B. Bates, Section B, plot 191

Daughter of Abner and
Abigail (Washburn) Sylvester.

Mary married first: Capt. Edward Taylor,
she married second, John B. Bates.

Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts
to the Year 1850
Book Two [p. 157]
In order for Marriage [Intentions]
[Oct.] 17, 1789
Edward TAYLOR & Mary SYLVESTER
both of Plimouth

[p. 273]
Marriages solemnized by the
Rev. Mr. Chandler Robbins
of Plimouth at Plimouth
Nov. 8, 1789
Edward TAYLOR & Mary SYLVESTER
both of Plimouth

[p.363]
The children of Edward Taylor &
Mary his wife
1) Jane Samson Taylor
born Aug. 21st 1790
2) Jacob Taylor Born July 15th 1792
3) Abner Sylvester Taylor
born June 1st 1795
4) Edward Taylor
born April 28th 1797; decd. Sept. 15th 1798
5) Mary Edward Taylor born Dec. 22nd 1798

Edward Taylor, the father of the above
family, decd. Nov. 25th 1798. He was
drowned in Plymouth harbor not far from
Saquish; his body was found and buried in
Plymouth July 10th 1799.

[p. 189]
Publishments for Marriage
Jan. 3, 1807
John B. BATES & Mary TAYLOR
both of Plymouth

[p. 375]
Marriages solemnized by the
Rev. Mr. James Kenall [sic]
of Plymouth at Plymouth
Jan. 14, 1807
John B. BATES & Mary TAYLOR
both of Plymouth

MASSACHUSETTS, TOWN CLERK, VITAL AND
TOWN RECORDS 1626 - 2001
Deaths in the Town of Plymouth in 1852
Name: Mary Bates
Age: 83 years, (11?) months
Date of death: June 18, 1852 Boston
Place of interment: Burying Hill
Disease or cause of death: Old Age
Place of birth: Plymouth
Name and surname of parents. If
married female, the name of husband:
Widow of John B. Bates
Informant: *C. Bates
v. 4 p. 386
GS film #416336
Digital folder #007009253
Image #00435 familysearch

*Clement Bates (1792 - 1885)
Sexton of the First Parish and of the town.
His duties have been to ring the church
bells daily, and to bury the dead.

A gravestone for Mary was not documented
in "Epitaphs from Burial Hill," published
1892 by Bradford Kingman, or in "Burial
Hill its Monuments and Gravestones,"
published 1894 by Benjamin Drew. Also,
when Burial Hill was mapped in the 1990's
by the Robinson family a gravestone was
not found.
Mary's death record indicates that she
is buried here.

Year of birth estimated from age at death.

Mary is probably buried near her husbands:
Capt. Edward Taylor, Section B, plot 192
John B. Bates, Section B, plot 191



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