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made by Yates and Carey after a decade of study. When Yates made the translation he had chosen to translate the word "Baptise" as "Immerse". This aligned with the
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on 4 September 1839. Catherine died in 1838. In 1841 Yates married Martha Pearce, the widow of a colleague, William
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