William Bates (Quaker)

William Bates
Died8 November 1700
Newton Colony, Camden County, New Jersey
OccupationCarpenter
ChildrenJeremiah
Joseph
Abigail
William
Sarah

William Bates, or William Bate, (died 8 November 1700) and other Quakers emigrated from Ireland to Gloucester County (now Camden County), New Jersey where in 1682 they established Newton Colony, the third English settlement in West Jersey.[1] William Bates was the first English-speaking settler of present-day Oaklyn, New Jersey.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Clement, John (1877). "William Bates". Sketches of the first emigrant settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. Camden: Sinnickson Chew. pp. 47-56
  2. ^ Lang, Carole Ann (16 October 1975). "William Bates, a builder of freedom". Weekly Retrospect.