William Bates, or William Bate, (died 8 November 1700) and other Quakers emigrated from Ireland to Gloucester County (now Camden County), New Jersey where in 1682 they established Newton Colony, the third English settlement in West Jersey.
The amount of acreage was specified but the precise location would be selected by its owner upon arrival and subject to a survey.
[2][4] That winter, the five proprietors were joined by Robert Zane, who had been living in Fenwick's Colony since its founding, during a trip up the Delaware River to the Irish Tenth.
[7] William Bates claimed 250 acres fronting the south bank in present-day Oaklyn.
[3][7] The others claimed five contiguous properties, totaling 1600 acres, fronting the north bank in present-day Collingswood.