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Emerson was born on September 14th, 1812 in Westhampton, MA.1   Emerson's father was John Bates and his mother was Nancy Cogswell.  His paternal grandparents were Abner Bates and Elizabeth Vinal; his maternal grandparents were Ezra Cogswell and Elizabeth Dewey. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Horace N., Nelson, Harrison, John, Samantha, Climena, Lucy, Lucretia and Maryann.  He was the third youngest of the ten children.1 

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Further source/citation:
World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1377