Bates

Bates
This interesting surname has three distinct possible origins, the first and most likely source being the medieval male given name "Bate", itself a petform of "Bartholomew", from the Aramaic patronymic "bar-Talmay" meaning "abounding in furrows" or "rich in lands". One Bate le Tackman was recorded in the 1273 Hundred Rolls of Lincolnshire. The name may also be occupational for a boatman, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "bat" (Northern Middle English "bat"), a boat. A Herbert Bat was noted in the 1182 Pipe Rolls of Shropshire. Finally, the Old Norse "bati", profit or gain, used in the transferred sense of "lush pasture" may have given rise to the surname. Early examples from this topographical source are Thomas del Bate (Yorkshire, 1297). The final "s" in the name indicates the patronymic form, "son of Bate". One Matilda Battes, appears in the 1279 Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire. In April 1635, Clement Bates, a tailor, aged 40 yrs., along with his wife, Ann, his five children James, Clement, Rachell, Joseph and Ben, and his two servants, departed from the port of London bound for New England, aboard the "Elizabeth". These were some of the earliest settlers of the name in the New World. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Roger Bate, which was dated 1275, in the "Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • bates — bates·i·an; …   English syllables

  • Bates — is a popular surname, originating in Scotland and the North of England, is often used to refer to Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in the United States. People named Bates * Alan Bates (1934 2003), British actor * Albert Bates, U.S.… …   Wikipedia

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  • Bates — (spr. Vehts), Canton im westlichen Theile des Staates Missouri in den Vereinigten Staaten von NAmerika, an Kansas grenzend; Flächenraum 63 QM., reich an Prairien; Hauptstadt: Papinsville; Bevölkerung: 3700 Ew. (darunter 150 Sklaven) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bates — (spr. bēts), Henry Walter, Naturforscher und Reisender, geb. 18. Febr. 1825 in Leicester, gest. 16. Febr. 1892 in London, kam mit 14 Jahren als Lehrling in eine Wollwarenhandlung, studierte nebenbei Naturgeschichte und ging 1848 mit seinem… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Bates —  Cette page d’homonymie répertorie des personnes (réelles ou fictives) partageant un même patronyme. Le nom de Bates est porté par plusieurs personnalités (par ordre alphabétique) : Alan Bates (1934 2003), acteur britannique. Arlo Bates …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bates, H.E. — ▪ British author in full  Herbert Ernest Bates  born May 16, 1905, Rushden, Northamptonshire, Eng. died Jan. 29, 1974, Canterbury, Kent       novelist and short story writer of high reputation and wide popularity.       Bates gained his knowledge …   Universalium

  • Bates, H.W. — ▪ British naturalist and explorer in full  Henry Walter Bates  born Feb. 8, 1825, Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng. died Feb. 16, 1892, London  naturalist and explorer whose demonstration of the operation of natural selection in animal mimicry (the …   Universalium

  • Bates — I Bates   [beɪts],    1) Henry Walter, britischer Naturforscher und Forschungsreisender, * Leicester 8. 2. 1825, ✝ London 16. 2. 1892; erforschte (1848 59) hauptsächlich die Tierwelt Amazoniens (beschrieb u. a. 8 000 neue Insektenarten).   Werk:… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Bates — /beɪts/ (say bayts) noun 1. Sir Alan Arthur, 1934–2003, British stage and film actor; films include Zorba the Greek (1964) and The Fixer (1968). 2. Daisy May, 1863–1951, Australian social worker, born in Ireland; noted for her work with… …  

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