Book - THE BATES FAMILY OF KENTUCKY 1394-2006 BY JACKIE DEAN MILLER, I TRACES Bates/Bate/Bats Family from Lydd, Kent, England to Hingham, Massachuetts to THE LINE OF WILLIAM BATES OF WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA WHO MARRIED MARGARET YOUNG THE FIRST TIME. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ROBERT YOUNG, SR. WHO SETTLED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. WILLIAM BATES FAMILY CAME AND SETTLED IN LETCHER, FLOYD, KNOTT, JOHNSON, CLAY, JACKSON, PERRY, AND OWSLEY COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. THIS FAMILY HAS TIES TO KENTUCKY GOVERNOR BERT COMBS, U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH BATES OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY AND CAPTAIN MARTIN V. BATES, C.S.A. A.K.A. THE KENTUCKY GIANT. This family includes Edward Bates of Weymouth, Massachuetts; James Bate-Bates, Sr. born 1562 married Mary Martine; Clement Bate-Bates, Sr. born 1595 married Ann (Taylor) Dalrymple: Brian Keith Bates; Captain Thomas Keith; Katherine Lee Bares; William Hunt-Quaker Minister; Levi Parsons-22nd U.S. Vice President; Robert Lee Mullins-Pro Boxer; Fred McFeely Rogers-Mister Rogers Neighborhood; Thomas Lanier "Tennessee Williams" Williams-Playwright; and a whole lot more. There is over 60 plus family pictures. Some legal documents. This is the update of The Bates Family of Kentucky 1415-1992. This update includes all Bates data to date of printing the new Bates Book. Keep sending your family data, pictures, and documents. Also I recommend all Bates Family to support and join The Bates Association you can locate them on the internet. This group is the rebirth of a fine old group The Bates Bulletin. I'm a proud member of this great family group. The Bates Family of Kentucky 1394-2006 was PUBLISHED 2006