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Peter Gates 1547 – 1605 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1605

Death Location: High Roding, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Geoffrey Gates

Mother: Joan Wentworth

Spouse(s): Mary Josselyn

Children(s): Eustace Gates, Thomas Gates, Josselyn Gates, Peter Gates, Josselyn Gates, Thomas Gates

In 1547, Peter Gates entered the world in High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom, born to Geoffrey Gates and Joan Wentworth. Peter Gates married Mary Josselyn, and had children including Eustace Gates, Thomas Gates, Josselyn Gates, Peter Gates, Josselyn Gates, Thomas Gates. Peter Gates passed away in 1605 in High Roding, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1547, Peter Gates entered the world in High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom, born to Geoffrey Gates and Joan Wentworth.
  • Peter Gates married Mary Josselyn, and had children including Eustace Gates, Thomas Gates, Josselyn Gates, Peter Gates, Josselyn Gates, Thomas Gates.
  • Peter Gates passed away in 1605 in High Roding, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Geoffrey Gates
1506 – 1553
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Joan Wentworth
1529 – 1578
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Mary Josselyn
1550 – 1595
Birth Location: Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
MJ

Children(s)

Eustace Gates
1568 – 1626
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Gates
1572 –
Birth Location: Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, England
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Josselyn Gates
1580 –
Birth Location: Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Peter Gates
1583 –
Birth Location: City of London, England, United Kingdom
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Josselyn Gates
1584 –
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Gates
1590 – 1660
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Peter Gates's Ancestors

Self
Peter Gates
1547 – 1605
Birth Place: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Geoffrey Gates
1506 – 1553
High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Joan Wentworth
1529 – 1578
High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Geoffrey Gates
1506 – 1553
Essex, England, United Kingdom
Pascall
1506 –
England, United Kingdom
Nicholas Wentworth
1500 – 1557
Lillingstone Lovell, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Peter Gates's Descendants

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Peter Gates (1547 – 1605) m. Mary Josselyn (1550 – 1595)
  1. 1. Eustace Gates (1568 – 26 APR 1626) m. Rose Wright (25 FEB 1567 – 25 JUL 1635)
    1. 1. Thomas Gates (6 DEC 1593 – 2 SEP 1635) m. Margaret MyLnye (ABT 1601 – )
    2. 2. Rose Gates (29 DEC 1594 – AFT 15 MAR 1625)
    3. 3. Stephen Gates (20 MAY 1599 – 7 OCT 1662) m. Anne Neave (1603 – 5 FEB 1683)
      1. 1. Ann Gates (1625 – 13 APR 1695)
      2. 2. Stephen Gates (<1627> – 21 APR 1693)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Gates (1630 – 3 AUG 1704) m. John Lazelle (8 SEP 1620 – 21 OCT 1700) m. John Lassell (ABT 1620 – 21 OCT 1700) m. John Lazell (24 FEB 1627 – 26 OCT 1681)
      4. 4. Isaac Gates (1633 – 2 SEP 1651)
      5. 5. Stephen Gates (20 MAY 1634 – 9 JUL 1707) m. Sarah Woodward (3 FEB 1643 – 21 OCT 1706)
      6. 6. Mary (Marie) Gates (15 OCT 1636 – 22 DEC 1711) m. John Maynard (ABT 1622 – 22 DEC 1711)
      7. 7. Gates (ABT 1640 – ABT 1640)
      8. 8. Child Gates (1642 – JAN 1650)
      9. 9. Ann Gates (ABT 1643 – )
      10. 10. Simon Gates (3 MAY 1645 – 21 APR 1692) m. Frances Woods (ABT 1650 – ) m. Margaret Barstow (24 FEB 1650 – 13 APR 1707)
      11. 11. Isaac Gates (3 MAY 1646 – 3 SEP 1651)
      12. 12. Thomas Gates (3 MAY 1646 – 10 AUG 1726) m. Elizabeth (Rose) Freeman (23 JUN 1648 – 10 JUL 1723)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Gates (12 OCT 1671 – 14 DEC 1726) m. John Holmes (1663 – 5 SEP 1743)
        2. 2. Sarah Gates (20 NOV 1673 – 1754)
        3. 3. Anna Gates (ABT 1675 – 27 MAR 1766) m. Hopestill Tyler (26 OCT 1685 – 7 OCT 1762)
        4. 4. Mary Gates (MAR 1676 – 1737) m. Thomas Rose (1684 – 15 MAY 1733)
        5. 5. John Gates (9 APR 1678 – 19 SEP 1747) m. Mary Bowker (6 MAR 1685 – 24 APR 1752)
        6. 6. Joseph Gates (16 MAR 1680 – 24 OCT 1742) m. Damaris Rose (1689 – 28 DEC 1754)
        7. 7. Josiah Gates (8 MAR 1681 – 22 AUG 1763) m. Elizabeth (EST 1685 – ) m. <Living> m. Grace Rathbon (16 JUL 1695 – BEF 16 DEC 1748) m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living>
        8. 8. Deborah Gates (22 FEB 1683 – 15 JAN 1745) m. Samuel Standish (1680 – 4 AUG 1753)
        9. 9. Joanna Gates (1688 – ) m. Standish (ABT 1689 – )
        10. 10. Abigail Gates (18 FEB 1688 – 10 JUL 1774) m. Caleb Fobes (AUG 1689 – 7 MAY 1728)
        11. 11. Caleb Gates (1694 – 23 SEP 1774) m. Mary Forbes (1694 – )
        12. 12. Ruth Gates (ABT 1695 – AFT 15 JAN 1762) m. John Andrews (27 MAY 1697 – 7 OCT 1751) m. John Andrus (17 DEC 1686 – 1750)
      13. 13. Rebecca Gates (3 MAY 1646 – JAN 1651)
      14. 14. George Gates (<1648> – )
      15. 15. Ann Gates (1650 – 1682)
      16. 16. Mary Gates (<1652> – )
    4. 4. William Gates (1602 – ) m. Alice Foulesam (1600 – )
    5. 5. Bridget Gates (1 MAY 1603 – 20 MAR 1617)
    6. 6. Gates (1608 – )
    7. 7. Mary Gates m. John Stidman (ABT 1625 – )
    8. 8. Simon Gates
  2. 2. Thomas Gates (1572 – )
  3. 3. Josselyn Gates (1580 – )
  4. 4. Peter Gates (1583 – )
  5. 5. Josselyn Gates (ABT 1584 – )
  6. 6. Thomas Gates (1590 – 1660) m. Elizabeth (Deol) Weedon (1602 – 1672)

Peter Gates's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Peter Gates in High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1605
1605
Age 58
Death of Peter Gates in High Roding, Essex, England, United Kingdom
High Roding, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1605
    Event Place: High Roding, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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