Re: Phineas Bates/Nancy Sample
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Re: Phineas Bates/Nancy Sample
Laurie Johnson 1/07/02
Phineas was born in Madison County, New York about 1805.He later moved to Parma, Monroe Co., NY, where he married Esther Stowell and the couple had two children: Harriet and George.She died in 1846 and in Lyon Twp. on 6 Feb. 1847 he married Nancy Sample, widow of Peleg Myres.She had three children:Stephen, Harry and Miriam.
About 1834 Phineas came with Esther, a daughter and her father, Jesse Stowell, and settled on land located on Commerce Road just west of Hickory Ridge Road in Milford Township, Oakland County, Michigan.In 1856 he owned 273 acres.By 1872 he had moved to Rose Township, Oakland County, where he died 22 Oct. 1880.His surname was Baits/Baites.Although it appears as Bates in many records.Three of his children by his second wife appear to have grown to adulthood.
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