Gates

My Gates ancestors

01. Stephen Gates was born in 1599 in Norfolk, England.  He came from Hingham, England with his wife Anne Veare and three children in 1638 in the Diligent of Ipswich, John Martin master. He settled in Hingham, MA where he received a grant of a three acre planting lot. His house lot was on Town (now North) Street, bounded north by the street, east by William Buckland, and west by the town swamp. He received a grant of half an acre of salt marsh in 1647. He and his wife probably joined the Hingham church about May 3, 1646 when their children Simon, Thomas, Isaac, and Rebecca were baptized.

02. Stephen Gates, son of Stephen Gates was born in Hingham in 1640, and died in Acton, Massachusetts, in 1706. He married Sarah Woodward, daughter of George Woodward and Mary Gibbson.  He settled first in Boston, but in 1673 bought a tract of three hundred acres of land on the Assabet river, in the town of Stow, and was one of the first proprietors of that town. His brother Thomas also located at Stow, and the name of Gates has been numerous there. He was one of the early proprietors of the town of Preston, Connecticut, and some of his children settled there.

03. Stephen Gates, son of Stephen and Sarah was born in Lancaster, Worcester, MA on July 17, 1665.  He married Jemima Benjamin, daughter of Joseph Benjamin and Jemima Lambert on November 8, 1686 in Stow, Middlesex, MA.  He was a man of considerable wealth for his time.  Stephen died on November 4, 1732 in Preston, New London, CT.

04. Thankful Gates, daughter of Stephen and Jemima was born on August 7, 1687 in Stow, Middlesex, MA.  She married Daniel Woodward, son of Daniel Woodward and Elizabeth Dana on March 1, 1701 in Preston, New London, CT.  They had 9 children.  I descend from their daughter Sarah Woodward who married Thomas Clark.

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