Paul GATES

Notes:

Paul was born in the town of Stow, and there grew to manhood. After his marriage he removed to the town of Ashby, Massachusetts, where he bought a tract of 91 acres on which he made extensive improvements, enlarging the dwelling-house and other buildings. On this property he spent the remainder of his life, engaged in general farming, and prospered by hard work and close application to his business affairs.

Paul married Elizabeth HAYWARD on 13 Feb 1800 in Boxboro, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Paul HAYWARD and Anna WHITE) was born on 07 Oct 1776 in Boxboro, Massachusetts; died on 08 May 1855 in Ashby, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Paul GATES was born on 08 Apr 1817.
2. Howard GATES was born on 20 Feb 1801.
3. Susan Hartwell GATES was born on 28 Jun 1814; died on 03 Nov 1828.
4. Mary GATES was born on 13 Mar 1809.
5. Elizabeth GATES was born on 08 Dec 1802.
6. Ann White GATES was born on 16 Oct 1811.
7. Paul GATES was born on 06 Jan 1805; died in Infancy.
8. Cyrus Pierce GATES was born on 21 Nov 1819.
9. Pearly GATES was born on 19 Jan 1806 in Ashby, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 13 May 1888 in Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Notes:

Silas made his home at the old Gates homestead, where he followed farming and spent his life. During the revolutionary war he did his part in the ranks of the patriots, it being recorded in the records of the Massachusetts soldiers and sailors in the Revolution that Silas Gates was among the men belonging to the alarm list of Captain Benjamin Monroe's Sixth Company, Fourth Middlesex County Regiment, indorsed a few years before the close of that great struggle.

Silas married Mary GRAVES on 08 May 1769. Mary (daughter of Peter GRAVES and Lydia ?) was born on 10 Aug 1735 in Stow, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1831 in Ashby, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daniel settled on a farm in Stow, on land which was purchased from Indians in 1684 by his father. Here Daniel Gates made his home all his lfie, and took quite an active part in town affairs.

Excerpt from "New England Historical and Genealogical Register": Daniel lived on a farm at Sprindle Hill, Stow, which was part of the farm owned by his father. By a deed, made 25 March 1741 and recorded 20 May 1757, he conveyed the farm to his son Silas. He searved as selectman in 1724, 1738, 1747, 1751 and 1752; also served on town committees and as tithingman and fence viewer.

Daniel married Anna ? about 1714. Anna was born about 1684; died on 09 Aug 1759 in Stow, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Lydia ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]