I have a William Bates of Marsworth m 1805 Mary Timson (1778-1828) with children William (1806-1836), Phebe (1809-?) who married Isaac Randle of Wing, Charles (1811-?), Thomas (1815-?), Marianne (1818-1819), Jemima (1820-1823) and Elizabeth (1824-?).
I am descended from a Thomas Bates (?1819-?) of Marsworth who married Elizabeth Cartwright of Tring in 1839 and had children James (1841-?), Joseph, William, Lucy (1846-?), Marianne (1849-?), Emma (1849-?), Maria (1851-1918), Joseph 1853-?), Eliza(1858-?), Clare( 1860-?).