William Bates b 2 Feb 1737 Wythe Co., VA d 3 Feb 1811 VA; s/o Joseph Bates and Mary King. (Joseph Bates b 6 May 1714 Seven Mile Ford, VA). William Bates m. 15 Jan 1765 to Margaret Young b Rockbridge Co VA d 11 Jul 1793 Montgomery Co VA; d/o Robert Young and Mary Unknown. (Robert Young s/o Israel Young born Scotland). Children of William Bates and Margaret Young;

1. John Wallis Bates b 17 May 1779 Broadford, VA d May 1843 Letcher Co., KY; buried Bates Cemetery, Kona, KY; m. 22 Apr 1812 to Sarah Walthrop b 1793 NC d 1853 Letcher Co., KY; buried Bates Cemetery, Kona, KY.

2. James Alexander Bates b 1 Dec 1760 Prince Edward Co., VA d 1814; m. 10 Aug 1786 to Mary Maurphy (Murphy?).

3. Robert Bates b 30 Jan 1766 at Prince Edward, VA d 11 Dec 1840 Madison Co., IL; m. 9 Jul 1795 Washington Co., VA to Sallye Bates.

4. Joseph Bates b 5 June 1777 d 1849 Batesville, Overton, TN; m. 10 Mar 1808 to Mary K Gentry b 1790.

5. Elijah A Bates b 20 Feb 1768 Wythe Co., VA d 11 Apr 1811; m. 15 Sept 1789 to Priscilla Patrick b 1767 VA d Bates Co. MO.

6. Henderson Wesley Bates b 1779 Montgomery VA d 1845 Batesville, Overton, TN; m. Mar 1810 to Sarah Gentry.

7. Mary Bates b 1783; m. 1806 to Jacob Beeson.

8. Thomas Fletcher Bates b 15 Apr 1784 d 4 Aug 1835 Audrain MO; m. 5 Apr 1820 to Nancy McCarty b 29 Sept 1791 d 2 Sept 1838.

9. Jane Bates b 1781 d 1807; m. William Talbert.

10. Charles Bates b 6 May 1787; m. 4 Feb 1806 to Eda McCollan.