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Elisha Simon Gates 1667–1752 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 JUN 1667

Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Death Date: 22 JUN 1752

Death Location: Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Father: Stephen II

Mother: Sarah Woodward

Spouse(s): Hannah Benjamin

Children(s): Mary Gates

Elisha Simon Gates was born in 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, the child of Stephen Gates Ii And Sarah Woodward. Elisha Simon Gates married Hannah Benjamin, and had children including Mary Gates. Elisha Simon Gates passed away in 1752 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • Elisha Simon Gates was born in 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, the child of Stephen Gates Ii And Sarah Woodward.
  • Elisha Simon Gates married Hannah Benjamin, and had children including Mary Gates.
  • Elisha Simon Gates passed away in 1752 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

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Elisha Gates's Ancestors

Self
Elisha Gates
1667–1752
Birth Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Parents
Stephen Gates II
1634–1707
Hingham, Norfolk, England
Sarah Woodward
1642–1706
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Grandparents
George (J.) Woodward
1621–1676
West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Mary Gibson
1620–1659
IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elisha Gates's Descendants

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Elisha (Simon) Gates (5 JUN 1667–22 JUN 1752) m. Hannah Benjamin (3 FEB 1667–7 SEP 1750)
  1. 1. Mary Gates 1696–1741 m. Joseph Haynes 1687–1775
    1. 1. Hannah Haynes 1723– m. Joseph Blodget 1721–1775
      1. 1. Ludim Blodgett 1764–1849 m. Submit Eames 1764–1831
        1. 1. Joseph Blodgett 1792–1874 m. Caroline Catlin 1796–

Elisha Gates's Timeline

3 Records

1667
5 JUN 1667
Birth of Elisha Simon Gates in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1752
JUN 1752
Age 85
Burial of Elisha Simon Gates in Preston City, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Preston City, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1752
22 JUN 1752
Age 85
Death of Elisha Simon Gates in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 JUN 1667
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 21 July 2019, 21:54), entry for Simon Gates(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LZ84-BD3
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Stephen Yates." Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Stephen Yates. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2018. <
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Simon Gates, 05 Apr 1666; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, " Simon Gates in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots ." Simon Gates in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots . N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015..
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, " Simon Gates in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 ." Simon Gates in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 . N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015..
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, " Simon Gates in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 ." Simon Gates in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 . N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015..
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Ancestry.com - Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II." Ancestry.com - Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015..
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Simon Gates, 05 Jun 1666; citing CAMBRIDGE,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Simon Gates in entry for Hannah Gates, 13 Feb 1688; citing STOW,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873749 IT 2.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source number: 24043.003; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 5
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1667; Birth city: Cambridge; Birth state: MA
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1667; Birth city: Cambridge; Birth state: MA
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [20] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [21] FamilySearch Family Tree, Salt Lake Family History Library and on line
    [22] FamilySearch Family Tree, Automated Archives, United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees. CD-100., Page number: Record #9-392
    [23] FamilySearch Family Tree, Report of Lynn Hayes
    [24] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Cambridge,Middlesex,MA, Page number: page 284.
    [25] FamilySearch Family Tree, John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his Descendants 1634-1899, Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson, photocopy reprint, Salem: Higginson Books, ca 1985, Old Pub Date,Washington: McGill & Wallace, 1900, Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 25 (probably incorrectly states "b. Cambridge, 1666;" all other~~references give 1667 date)
    [26] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Woodward - Woodard Family - Richard Woodward 1590 - Including a fewRelated Families, McCrackin, Francis A., San Bernardino: typescript in NEHGS, 1975, rev. 1977, NEHGS Library, Boston~~Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 92
    [27] FamilySearch Family Tree, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and his Descendants:A preliminary work subject to addition and cor, Charles Otis Gates, photocopy reprint, Salem: Higginson Books, ca. 1985, Old Pub Date, NewYork: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898, Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 14 (gives date as June 5, 1666)
    [28] FamilySearch Family Tree, NEHGR: Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass., and Someof His Descendants, Volume Info: 120, 121, Pag, Torrey, Clarence Almon, July and October 1966, January, July and October 1967
    [29] FamilySearch Family Tree, Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982, Norma Slater Woodward, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982, Page number: 11
    [30] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
    [31] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ordinance Index (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
    [32] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [33] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Cambridge,Middlesex,MA by N.E.H.G.S. Thomas W. Baldwin 1914., Page number: page 284.
    [34] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Marlborough,Middlesex,MA. Published by Franklin P. Rice. 1908., Page number: page 359.
    [35] FamilySearch Family Tree, International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
    [36] FamilySearch Family Tree, Grave-stone., Page number: Spring Hill Cem. Marlborough,MA
    [37] Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: JUN 1752
    Event Place: Preston City, New London County, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 21 July 2019, 21:54), entry for Simon Gates(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LZ84-BD3
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Stephen Yates." Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Stephen Yates. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2018. <
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, " Simon Gates in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots ." Simon Gates in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots . N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015..
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Simon Gates in entry for Hannah Gates, 13 Feb 1688; citing STOW,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873749 IT 2.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, Salt Lake Family History Library and on line
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Automated Archives, United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees. CD-100., Page number: Record #9-392
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Report of Lynn Hayes
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Cambridge,Middlesex,MA, Page number: page 284.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his Descendants 1634-1899, Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson, photocopy reprint, Salem: Higginson Books, ca 1985, Old Pub Date,Washington: McGill & Wallace, 1900, Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 25 (probably incorrectly states "b. Cambridge, 1666;" all other~~references give 1667 date)
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Woodward - Woodard Family - Richard Woodward 1590 - Including a fewRelated Families, McCrackin, Francis A., San Bernardino: typescript in NEHGS, 1975, rev. 1977, NEHGS Library, Boston~~Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 92
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and his Descendants:A preliminary work subject to addition and cor, Charles Otis Gates, photocopy reprint, Salem: Higginson Books, ca. 1985, Old Pub Date, NewYork: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898, Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 14 (gives date as June 5, 1666)
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, NEHGR: Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass., and Someof His Descendants, Volume Info: 120, 121, Pag, Torrey, Clarence Almon, July and October 1966, January, July and October 1967
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982, Norma Slater Woodward, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982, Page number: 11
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ordinance Index (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Cambridge,Middlesex,MA by N.E.H.G.S. Thomas W. Baldwin 1914., Page number: page 284.
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Marlborough,Middlesex,MA. Published by Franklin P. Rice. 1908., Page number: page 359.
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree, International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
    [20] FamilySearch Family Tree, Grave-stone., Page number: Spring Hill Cem. Marlborough,MA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 JUN 1752
    Event Place: Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 21 July 2019, 21:54), entry for Simon Gates(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LZ84-BD3
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Stephen Yates." Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for Stephen Yates. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2018. <
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, " Simon Gates in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots ." Simon Gates in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots . N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2015..
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Simon Gates in entry for Hannah Gates, 13 Feb 1688; citing STOW,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873749 IT 2.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1667; Birth city: Cambridge; Birth state: MA
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1667; Birth city: Cambridge; Birth state: MA
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Salt Lake Family History Library and on line
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, Automated Archives, United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees. CD-100., Page number: Record #9-392
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, Report of Lynn Hayes
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Cambridge,Middlesex,MA, Page number: page 284.
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his Descendants 1634-1899, Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen Wilson, photocopy reprint, Salem: Higginson Books, ca 1985, Old Pub Date,Washington: McGill & Wallace, 1900, Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 25 (probably incorrectly states "b. Cambridge, 1666;" all other~~references give 1667 date)
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, The Woodward - Woodard Family - Richard Woodward 1590 - Including a fewRelated Families, McCrackin, Francis A., San Bernardino: typescript in NEHGS, 1975, rev. 1977, NEHGS Library, Boston~~Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 92
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and his Descendants:A preliminary work subject to addition and cor, Charles Otis Gates, photocopy reprint, Salem: Higginson Books, ca. 1985, Old Pub Date, NewYork: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898, Burgess Genealogical Library, Page number: 14 (gives date as June 5, 1666)
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, NEHGR: Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass., and Someof His Descendants, Volume Info: 120, 121, Pag, Torrey, Clarence Almon, July and October 1966, January, July and October 1967
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree, Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982, Norma Slater Woodward, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982, Page number: 11
    [20] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
    [21] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ordinance Index (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
    [22] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [23] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Cambridge,Middlesex,MA by N.E.H.G.S. Thomas W. Baldwin 1914., Page number: page 284.
    [24] FamilySearch Family Tree, V.R. Marlborough,Middlesex,MA. Published by Franklin P. Rice. 1908., Page number: page 359.
    [25] FamilySearch Family Tree, International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
    [26] FamilySearch Family Tree, Grave-stone., Page number: Spring Hill Cem. Marlborough,MA
    [27] Public Member Trees

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