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Silas GATES

Male 1770 - 1809  (38 years)


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  1. 1.  Silas GATES was born on 27 Mar 1770 in Stow, Massachusetts (son of Silas GATES and Mary GRAVES); died on 07 Mar 1809 in Wendell, Massachusetts.

    Silas married Elizabeth JOHNSON on 06 Aug 1791. Elizabeth died on 06 Jan 1866 in Leverett, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Silas GATES was born on 10 Jul 1718 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (son of Daniel GATES and Anna ?); died on 16 Jun 1779 in Stow, Middlesex Co., 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]


  2. 3.  Mary GRAVES was born on 10 Aug 1735 in Stow, Massachusetts (daughter of Peter GRAVES and Lydia ?); died on 19 Jun 1831 in Ashby, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Paul GATES was born on 16 Dec 1772 in Stow, Massachusetts; died on 28 Aug 1819 in Ashby, Massachusetts.
    2. Thomas GATES died in Infancy.
    3. Reuben GATES died in Infancy.
    4. 1. Silas GATES was born on 27 Mar 1770 in Stow, Massachusetts; died on 07 Mar 1809 in Wendell, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Daniel GATES was born on 25 Apr 1685 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (son of Stephen GATES and Sarah WOODWARD); died on 22 Mar 1759 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

    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]


  2. 5.  Anna ? was born about 1684; died on 09 Aug 1759 in Stow, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 2. Silas GATES was born on 10 Jul 1718 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 16 Jun 1779 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
    2. Margaret GATES was born on 23 Mar 1721.
    3. Paul GATES was born on 10 Jul 1718 in Stow, Massachusetts.
    4. Elizabeth GATES was born on 30 May 1724; died on 16 Jun 1791.
    5. Thomas GATES was born on 20 May 1715 in Stow, Massachusetts; died on 20 Apr 1740.
    6. Reuben GATES was born on 12 Dec 1716 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 15 Dec 1787 in Leominster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
    7. Anna GATES was born on 05 Jul 1722.

  3. 6.  Peter GRAVES

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


  4. 7.  Lydia ?
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary GRAVES was born on 10 Aug 1735 in Stow, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1831 in Ashby, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Stephen GATES was born about 1634 in Norfolk, England (son of Stephen GATES and Ann BEARE); died on 09 Jul 1707 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1638, From England with parents
    • Will: 05 Sep 1701, Stow, Middlesex Co., Mass
    • Will Proved: 15 Sep 1707, Stow, Middlesex Co., Mass

    Notes:

    Stephen came to this country with his parents, locating in the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Later he removed to Boston. But in 1673 bought a tract of 300 acres of land on the Assabet river, in the town of Stow, and ws 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. He remained in Stow. His will was dated September 5, 1701, and proved in 1707.

    Stephen married Sarah WOODWARD about 1664 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of George WOODWARD and Mary ?) was born on 03 Feb 1642/3 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died after 15 Sep 1707 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah WOODWARD was born on 03 Feb 1642/3 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (daughter of George WOODWARD and Mary ?); died after 15 Sep 1707 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Stephen GATES was born on 17 Jul 1665 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 04 Nov 1732 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Simon GATES was born on 05 Jun 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died in 1752 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
    3. Thomas GATES was born on 31 Dec 1669 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 26 Aug 1752 in Preston, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Cove Burial Grounds.
    4. Isaac GATES was born in 1673 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Nov 1748 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
    5. Nathaniel GATES was born about 1675 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 06 Dec 1731 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    6. Sarah GATES was born on 27 Apr 1679 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1724 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
    7. Rebekah GATES was born on 23 Jul 1682 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1754 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Lower Village Cemetery, Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
    8. 4. Daniel GATES was born on 25 Apr 1685 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 22 Mar 1759 in Stow, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.


  

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