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Stephen Gates, Sr.

Stephen Gates, Sr.

Male Bef 1599 - 1662  (62 years)


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  • Name Stephen Gates 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Bef 20 May 1599  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1662  Cambridge, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I53068  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2005 

    Family Ann Veare,   b. 1603, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1683, Stow, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. Stephen Gates,   b. 1640, Hingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1706, Acton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F21921  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2009 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Bef 20 May 1599 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1662 - Cambridge, MA Link to Google Earth
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      Gates Family Crest


      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.

       
      The information given by Charles Otis Gates in his 1898 publication "Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster, Massachusetts and his Descendants" regarding the parentage of Stephen Gates the immigrant is apparent erroneous. He claimed that Stephen's father was a Thomas GATES and that his paternal Grandparents were Peter GATES of London and Mary Josselyn. According to the Harlein Society publication "The Visitation of Suffolk, 1561, 1577 and 1612", London 1981, this Peter Gates was age 29 in 1612, thus could not have been a grandfather of our Stephen Gates (who we know was born about 1599). Also, Peter Gates and Mary Josselyn apparently had one son, Jocelyn, bapt. Feb 1606/07 at St. Mary Woolchurch Haugh, London and perhaps two daughters. Also, the NEHGS Vol. 137, Apr 1983, pg 146 has an article about further errors made by C.O. Gates regarding the ancestry of Stephen Gates.
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