Descendants of Charles BATEMAN and Martha ELLIS of Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland
Second Generation
2. Matthew BATEMAN (Charles ) was born about 1765 in Ireland. He died before 1850 in Coshocton County, Ohio. He was buried in Bateman/Parrott Burial Ground, Coshocton County, Ohio.
Placement uncertain. Matthew and his family moved from New Brunswick to Ohio in 1837. According to the obituary of their daughter Sarah, Matthew and Sarah had eight children: two sons and six daughters. The names of three of the daughters are unknown--they may have died young.
Matthew married Sarah SUTTON before 1799 in Ireland. Sarah was born about 1775 in Ireland. She died in Coshocton County, Ohio. She was buried in Bateman/Parrott Burial Ground, Coshocton County, Ohio.
1850 census has Sarah aged 75.
Matthew and Sarah had the following children:
+ 10 F i Dorendo BATEMAN + 11 M ii Charles BATEMAN 12 F iii Martha BATEMAN 1 was born in Ireland. She died before 1900. Martha married Isaac HEATON. Isaac died before 1900.
Ancestry.com index for Ohio census lists Isaac Heaton in Coshocton County in 1820 (Perry Tp, p. 26) and in 1850 (two listings, both in Bedford Tp, p. 21). Other Ohio listings for this name are in Mahoning and Trumbull counties.13 M iv Robert BATEMAN 1 died before 1900.
The age of Robert Bateman buried in the Bateman cemetery suggests that he must be the son of Matthew and Sarah. Placement not proven.+ 14 F v Sarah BATEMAN
3. Robert BATEMAN (Charles ) was born about 1769 in Kilbrittain, County Cork, Ireland. He died on 21 Aug 1844 in Coshocton County, Ohio. He was buried in Bateman Cemetery, Bethlehem Tp, Coshocton County, Ohio.
This family apparently emigrated to New Brunswick from Ireland, and then moved on to Coshocton County in Ohio, where Robert and Sarah are buried. This supports the belief that this Robert, and Matthew and Swanton who travelled to Ohio in 1837 were all brothers. Robert Bateman (Baytman) died 1844 age 75 is buried in the Bateman Cemetery. The following information probably refers to this couple: "10/23/1836 Robert Bateman farmer & Sara his wife of New Bandon in the County of Gloucester and Province of New Brunswick for the sum of 50 pounds sell to Henry Smith of Innishannon in the County, and Province aforesaid, the third part of the one half of lot #30 New Bandon occupied by Charles Bateman 50 acres more or less." (E-mail message to Chaleur Bay List, 14 April, 2003)
Robert married Sarah SMITH in 1793. Sarah was born about 1770 in Ireland. She died on 25 Mar 1851 in Coshocton County, Ohio. She was buried in Bateman Cemetery, Bethlehem Tp, Coshocton County, Ohio.
1850 census has Sarah aged 75; cemetery record says she was 82 when she died in 1851. The census noted that Sarah was unable to read or write.
Robert and Sarah had the following children:
15 M i Charles BATEMAN.
May be the Charles Bateman who married Martha Hender in 1834 (MLB, Diocese of Cork and Ross).16 F ii Mary BATEMAN was christened 1 on 24 Feb 1805 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland.
This could be the Mary Bateman who married Henry Smith 28 March 1826; witnesses were John Parrott and Charles Bateman.17 F iii Sarah BATEMAN was christened 1 on 24 Jan 1813 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland.
4. George BATEMAN (Charles ) was born about 1770. He was christened on 25 Apr 1790 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland. He died on 9 Sep 1828 in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Canada West. He was buried in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario.
George was "received into the Church" 25 April 1790. He was buried in the Bateman Private Cemetery on Lot 11, North Longwoods Road Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario.
George married Catherine ELLIS in 1797 in County Cork, Ireland. Catherine was born about 1777 in Ireland. She died before 1828.
They had the following children:
+ 18 M i William BATEMAN 19 F ii Dorothea BATEMAN 1 was christened 2 on 14 Feb 1802 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland. She died on 21 Jun 1870 in Ekfrid Twp, Middlesex, Ontario. She was buried in Mayfair Cem, Ekfrid Twp, Middlesex, Ontario.
John Elliott, Yeoman of Caradoc married Dorothy Bateman of Caradoc after Banns, 28 November 1825 (Parish Register of the old St. Thomas Church, now called Trinity Church, St. Thomas, Ontario, Rev. A. Mackintosh. Witnesses: Stephen Randal, William Bateman, Jane Elliott.
On 1852 Census (Caradoc Twp, p.75) Dorothea was living with her sister Catherine (wife of John P. Bateman). She had no children. Dorothea died of "inflamation of the stomach."Dorothea married John ELLIOTT on 28 Nov 1825 in St. Thomas Ch., St. Thomas, Ontario. John was born about 1805 in Ireland. He died on 9 Feb 1860 in Ekfrid Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario. He was buried in Mayfair Cem., Middlesex Co., Ontario. 20 M iii John BATEMAN was christened 1 on 12 May 1805 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland. He died on 19 Mar 1885 in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario. He was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario.
Baptism sponsors: Swanton Bateman, William Bateman, Elizabeth BatemanJohn married (1) Jane BERRIHILL on 6 Jan 1855 in London, Ontario. John married (2) Louisa MILLS on 6 Jan 1855 in St. Thomas, Canada West. Louisa was born in May 1817 in Ireland. She died on 21 Nov 1887 in Caradoc Tp, Middlesex County, Ontario. She was buried on 23 Nov 1887 in Christ Church, Delaware, Ontario.
Louisa was a widow when she married John Bateman; her former husband was a McCann.+ 21 M iv Edward BATEMAN + 22 F v Esther (Hester) Patricia BATEMAN 23 M vi Charles BATEMAN was born about 1808 in Kilbrittain, Cork, Ireland.
Most dates for this person are unknown, but he was living 8 Sep 180824 M vii Robert BATEMAN was christened 1 on 1 Nov 1810 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland. He died on 15 Sep 1895 in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Delaware, Ontario. Robert married Margaret SUTHERLAND on 7 Nov 1838 in Delaware, Ontario. Margaret was born in 1821. She died in 1905. 25 F viii Martha BATEMAN was christened 1 on 19 Sep 1814 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland. She died on 29 Sep 1887 in Ekfrid Twp, Middlesex, Ontario. She was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario. Martha married George CORNEIL. George was born in 1813. He died in 1882. 26 F ix Catherine BATEMAN was born 1 in 1817 in Kilbrittain, Cork, Ireland. She died on 29 Sep 1884 in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario. She was buried on 30 Sep 1884 in Christ Church Cemetery, Delaware, Middlesex County, Ontario.
Will in Middlesex Surrogate Court records, November 1883 - August 1887, #2732, p.242: identifies Edward C. Bateman of Lot 12, First Concession, Caradoc as a cousin. No children.Catherine married John Papineau BATEMAN son of Charles (Jr.) BATEMAN and Elizabeth HAGGERTIE on 8 Dec 1836 in Christ Church, Delaware, Canada West. John was born in 1808. He died on 22 Jan 1879 in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario. He was buried in Christ Church, Delaware, Ontario.
No children. 1852 Census indicates that the household consisted of John (43) and Catharine (34), and also Catharine Nagle (17), John Bateman (14) and Dorothy Elliott (Catherine's sister).
After John P. died in Caradoc, Ontario, his nephew Rowland Bateman Jr. moved from New Brunswick and took over the farm.
Will in Middlesex Surrogate Court records, August 1868 - November 1879, #1700, p.407.
5. John BATEMAN (Charles ) was born before 1772. He was christened on 25 Apr 1790 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland.
John was "received into the Church" 25 April 1790. Family legend suggests John may have immigrated to Australia, but this is unconfirmed. Some have suggested that the John Bateman who is recognized as having purchased land which is now the location of the city of Melbourne, Australia from the Aboriginal people. However, I have been able to determine that the Melbourne John Bateman (sometimes spelled Batman) was born in Australia and that both his mother and father were transported there as convicts.
This is probably the John Bateman who married Catherine (possibly Bourke) and/or Martha Ellis. My working hypothesis at this time (February 2003) is that John first married Catherine and had two or more children, including Catherine baptised in 1808 and Charles baptised in 1812; I think Catherine must have died, possibly in childbirth or shortly after, and that John married Martha within the next several months and had more children, including Martha baptised December 1814, Dorothea baptised 1817 (evidently died at a very young age), William baptised 1819 and another Dorothea baptised in 1824. I further think that the family that has been attributed to a Charles Bateman and Martha Ellis: Esther m John Bateman 1822; Mary m William Holland in 1826; Catherine m John Good 1830; Charles m Ann Ellis 1835; and Dora m William W. Smyth in 1841 are probably John Bateman's children, and the grandchildren of Charles Bateman and Martha Ellis who married in 1863. I think one more child from this family is Martha Bateman baptised 1824 and married Thomas Smyth in 1834. All of these marriages were by license and are listed in the Cork and Ross Marriage License Bonds. They also are recorded in the Rathclaren Parish Register.
Previous thinking has been that there were two Charles Batemans who married women named Martha Ellis; one couple is listed in the Cork and Ross Marriage License Bonds as having married in 1763. That couple would be the parents of this John Bateman and his several brothers, most of whom emigrated to New Brunswick in the early 1800s. The other alleged couple were said to be the parents of Esther, Mary, Catherine, Charles and Dora listed above. The family history for this family was put together by Arthur Bateman in the 1960s, apparently from memory. A descendant of Dora and William Smyth, has compiled the history of these families, starting with Arthur's history. She verified as much of the history as was possible--especially the New Brunswick years. Those records have been submitted to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I received a copy from the compiler in 1992. That version notes that Dora Bateman's birthdate was 13 December 1825, the date recorded by Dora in her family Bible. The Rathclaren Parish baptism record for Dora, daughter of John Bateman, is 16 December 1824, further suggesting these are the same person (and that the year of birth was out by one year--not unusual in these early days). However, it is still not certain if Esther, Mary, Catherine, Charles and Dora were the children of John or of another Charles Bateman and Martha Ellis.
John married (1) Catherine BOURK about 1796 in County Cork, Ireland.
Surname tentative.
John and Catherine had the following children:
+ 27 F i Esther BATEMAN + 28 F ii Mary BATEMAN + 29 F iii Catherine BATEMAN
John married (2) Martha ELLIS before 1814 in Ireland. Martha was born in 1785 in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. She died on 29 Jan 1868 in Bathurst, Gloucester County, New Brunswick. She was buried on 20 Jan 1868 in St. George's Anglican Church, Bathurst, NB.
Martha emigrated from Ireland about 1849 with her daughter and son-in-law, Dora and William W. Smyth. They first settled in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. About 1853 they moved to Teteagouche, near Bathurst, N.B. Many of her brothers, sisters and kinsmen had come to New Brunswick as early as the 1810s and later during the famine. Family records are found in the parishes of the Anglican Church (Church of England). Martha's tombstone in St. George's Anglican Church Cemetery, Bathurst indicates that she died 29 (or possibly 20) January 1868, age 83. Her father may have been Edward Ellis who married Jane Clear 1788 in Cork Ireland. It is thought he emigrated to New Brunswick with 10 of his 13 children and his second wife, Jane Parrott. A petition for land on the south side of the Bay of Chaleur, near Salmon Beach, Gloucester county is dated 15 July 1819.
St. George's Parish Register, Bathurst also indicates Martha was 83 at the time of her death.
1861 Gloucester County, Bathurst North Census, p.46, confirms that Martha was living with the Smyth family at that time.
John and Martha had the following children:
+ 30 M iv Charles BATEMAN + 31 F v Martha BATEMAN 32 F vi Dorothea BATEMAN was christened on 5 Jan 1817 in Rathclaren, County Cork, Ireland. She died before 1824.
Baptism sponsors were James Stawell, Ellen Donnellan and Jane Hungerford.33 M vii William BATEMAN was christened 1 on 8 Oct 1819 in Rathclaren, County Cork, Ireland.
Baptism sponsors: Charles, Thomas and Dora Bateman.34 M viii George BATEMAN 1 was born about 1820 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland. He died before 1900.
Believed to have died young in Ireland.+ 35 F ix Dora BATEMAN
6. Thomas BATEMAN (Charles ) was christened on 9 Nov 1781 in Rathclaren Parish, County Cork, Ireland.
Thomas was baptised privately. Thomas was received into the church 25 April 1790, sponsored by William Bateman, Catherine Hodnett and Thomas Bateman. It is believed that this is the Thomas who married Hannah Hales and that he was the father of John Thomas Bateman. It is not known if he remained in Ireland or immigrated to North America.
Thomas married Hannah (Anne) HALES daughter of HALES in 1808 in County Cork, Ireland. Hannah was born about 1785 in Ireland. She died in 1815 in County Cork. She was buried on 15 Nov 1815 in Ballymodan Parish, County Cork.
Sons' baptismal sponsors included Thomas, Richard and Nicholas Hales--may have been Hannah's brothers or one a father? Hannah was buried in Ballymodan Parish, whose register indicates she was the wife of Thomas and a resident of Kilbrittain. This suggests that Ballymodan may have been her home parish prior to her marriage. Ballymodan parish includes the town of Bandon.
Thomas and Hannah had the following children:
+ 36 M i Charles BATEMAN + 37 M ii John Thomas BATEMAN + 38 M iii Richard BATEMAN
7. Swanton BATEMAN (Charles ) was born about 1787 in County Cork, Ireland. He was christened on 8 Apr 1787 in Rathclaren Church, County Cork, Ireland. He died on 8 Jun 1868 in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario. He was buried on 14 Jun 1868 in Christ Church Yd, Delaware, Ontario.
Swanton was received into the church 25 April 1790, sponsored by Robert Bateman and Anne Hosfort. He is known to have lived in Bathurst, New Brunswick in the early 1800s. His eldest son, Charles, was born in Ireland. The other children known to have survived to adulthood were born in New Brunswick. Notes on the genealogy of those children were reported and recorded at family reunions held in Ontario in the late 1930s and early 40s.
There may have been two Swanton Batemans in early New Brunswick, and if so, they were probably cousins. The Swanton Bateman who was the father of Charles, John Swanton, Mary and Jane spent his later years living with his daughter Mary and her husband in Caradoc Tp, Canada West (now Ontario). He died in Ontario and is buried in Delaware, Ontario. Family stories were that his wife was named Mary Hales, but there is no documentation to support this. There was a Charles Bateman who did marry a woman named Mary Hales; they settled in Caradoc tp as well, and it is possible that the stories got confused. Donald Parrott said there was a Swanton Bateman buried in the Bateman-Parrot cemetery in Bethlehem Tp, Coshocton County, Ohio, who would be the other Swanton. However, I think it more likely that Swanton's wife Jane was buried there and that Swanton's name was on her tombstone, but that Swanton was not actually buried there. Recently a resident of Bethlehem went to the cemetery to investigate and was unable to find a stone with the name on it. I have not been able to find any other record to support the claim that a Swanton died and was buried in Ohio. The Parrott family stories did have Swanton Bateman accompanying his brother Matthew and family when they moved to Ohio. This is certainly possible and suggests that he must have later moved on to Ontario from Ohio. His son Charles did leave records in both Ohio and Ontario, as well as Kansas, where he finally settled.
Land records from New Brunswick indicate the following: Swanton and his brother Robert petitioned for land in 1817. Subsequent petitions were submitted by Swanton in 1818 and 1819. In 1818 Swanton was the witness at the marriage of William Bateman and Lydia Smith in Fredericton. In 1835 Swanton received a grant for Lot 6 on the south side of the Nepisiquit River, an area that is sometimes called Big River and is now part of Bathurst. In August 1838 Swanton and Jane sold the lot to their son John [S] Bateman for 130 pounds. In December 1841 John Swanton Bateman sold the north half of Lot 6 to John and Mary Bateman (Mary was the sister of John Swanton). A mortgage on Lot 6 was discharged in October 1846 when John T. Bateman (husband of Mary) paid it off.
My current theory is: There was probably a single Swanton, born and christened in Rathclaren parish, Cork, married Jane Bateman in 1809, immigrated to New Brunswick in 1816. At the time he submitted a petition for land in 1816 he said he was 29 years old, married and the father of two children. The two children included Charles and another child who did not survive--possibly the second Martha. John Swanton, Mary and Jane were born and married in New Brunswick. Swanton and Jane may have moved to Ohio about the time he sold Lot 6. Jane died and was buried in Ohio. After her death Swanton moved to Caradoc to live with John T. and Mary Bateman, who left New Brunswick in 1846/47. His son Charles may have accompanied Swanton to Ohio and then on to Canada. Charles and his family left for Kansas in 1855, as did Jane with her husband, Matthew Smith and their children.
Swanton's burial was recorded in the Christ Church (Delaware) parish register, but I have been unable to find a tombstone with his name. Susan Meyer recorded his name from the tombstone when she was there in June 1959. There is a stone for Mary and John T. Bateman.
Swanton married Jane BATEMAN in 1809 in County Cork, Ireland. Jane was born about 1790 in Ireland. She died in New Brunswick or Ohio?.
They had the following children:
39 F i Martha BATEMAN was christened 1 on 11 Jun 1809 in Rathclaren Parish, Cork, Ireland.
Baptism sponsors were Abraham Cambridge, Catherine Tape (also a sponsor for one of Thomas Bateman's sons) and Mary Hayes.+ 40 M ii Charles S. BATEMAN 41 F iii Martha BATEMAN was christened 1 on 20 Apr 1815 in Rathclaren Parish, Cork, Ireland.
Baptism sponsor was John Bateman.+ 42 M iv John Swanton BATEMAN + 43 F v Mary BATEMAN + 44 F vi Jane BATEMAN
9. Charles BATEMAN (Charles ) was born in 1796 in Kilbrittain, County Cork, Ireland. He died on 14 Oct 1858 in Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Canada West. He was buried in Christ Church, Delaware, Middlesex County, Ontario.
I am not convinced this Charles was the son of Charles and Martha. If so, he was born 33 years after his parents married and his mother would have been over 50 when he was born. There is no baptism record for such a child. Moreover, his eldest son was called Edward, suggesting his father was more likely to be named Edward. I think it more likely he was the son of Edward Bateman and Catherine Hodnett (note that Charles also had a daughter Katherine).
In 1852 the Caradoc tp. census (p. 22) reported that the family lived in a frame house. Charles was 57, Mary Ann 44 (his second wife), Elizabeth and Katharine 23, Thomas 21 and Charles 12. Charles' will is available in Middlesex Surrogate Court records, 29 November, 1858.
Charles married (1) Mary HALES in 1816 in Diocese of Cork and Ross, County Cork, Ireland. Mary was born in 1792 in Ireland. She died in 1847 in Middlesex County, Canada West.
They had the following children:
+ 45 M i Edward C. BATEMAN + 46 F ii Martha BATEMAN + 47 M iii John C. BATEMAN + 48 F iv Catherine BATEMAN + 49 F v Elizabeth BATEMAN + 50 M vi Thomas H. BATEMAN + 51 M vii Charles Swanton BATEMAN
Charles married (2) Mary Ann EMERSON on 10 Jul 1849 in Wesleyan Mission, Caradoc Twp, Middlesex County, Canada West.
