TALCOTT BATES (originally IRA TALCOTT BATES), a son of Daniel and Anne Bates, of Durham, Connecticut, was born in Durham on July 15, 1802.
He entered the Yale Divinity School in the fall of 1824, and remained until 1827.
On January 10, 1827, he married Betsey Diana, eldest daughter of Colonel Benjamin and Betsey (Chittenden) Baldwin, of North Guilford.
He was ordained as an evangelist in Woodbury on August 26, 1829; and after over-exertion during revival labors, he undertook without sufficient rest the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian Church in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, where he was installed on July 13, 1831. Consumption set in, and he was obliged to resign his post on April 14, 1832. Over fifty persons had been added to the membership of the church on profession of their faith during his brief pastorate.
He returned to Durham, and died there on October 23, in his 31st year.
He had two daughters.
His widow married Silas









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