Thankful GATES: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1760 -

Generation: 1

Thankful GATES was born on 9 Jul 1760 in Spencer, Worcester Co., Massachusetts (daughter of Oldham GATES and Thankful ADAMS).

Family/Spouse: Paul CROCKER, Jr.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Mahitable CROCKER was born in 1795 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Jan 1858 in Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Wiswall Cemetery, Wilmot, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

Generation: 2

Oldham GATES was born on 03 Sep 1716 in Brookline, Massachusetts (son of Amos GATES and Hannah OLDHAM); died between 1 May 1797 and 22 Jun 1798 in Wilmot, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 30 Sep 1716, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Military service: He served as a sergeant from 9 April until 3 Nov. 1755 under Capt. Solomon Keyes in the Crown Point Expedition. He was again in service in Capt. John Newhall's Company which marched in August 1757 on the Alarm for the relief of Fort William Henry. He is described as a private.
He became a resident of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, by 1761 and in 1763 was commissioned Captai of the Militia.

Oldham married Thankful ADAMS in 1759. Thankful was born in 1734 in Grafton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thankful ADAMS was born in 1734 in Grafton, Massachusetts.

Children:

1. Thankful GATES was born on 9 Jul 1760 in Spencer, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
Mary GATES died about 1840.
Hannah GATES was born about 1763; died about 1840.
Oldham GATES was born about 1765; died in 1850.
Amos GATES was born about 1768.
Samuel GATES was born about 1772; died on 24 Jul 1830.