Bates, James (1),
a Congregational minister, was born at Randolph, Vt., Jan. 17, 1799. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1822; studied theology at Andover; was ordained colleague with Rev. Dr. Homer at Newton, Mass., in 1827, remaining there till 1840, when he was installed at Granby, Mass. His next charge was Central Village, Plainfield (1853-55). He died at Granby, Dec. 9, 1865. See Cong. Quarterly, 1860, p. 377; 1866, p. 126.