| Generation No. 2 |
| 2. John T. Bates, corn and coal merchant He was born 1840 at Hastings, Sussex |
| He married Elizabeth on c 1861. She was born 1841 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children: |
| i | Harry F. who was born 1876 Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| ii | Edward S. who was born 1877 Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
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| 3. Elizabeth Bates She was born 1841 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| She married John T. Bates, corn and coal merchant on c 1861. He was born 1840 at Hastings, Sussex. They had the following children: |
| i | Harry F. who was born 1876 Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| ii | Edward S. who was born 1877 Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
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