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Peter Gates 1550 – 1605 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: c 1550

Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England

Death Date: 6 Oct 1605

Death Location: High Roding, Dunmow, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England

Father: Geoffrey Gates

Mother: Joan WENTWORTH

Spouse(s): Marian Josselyn

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

Peter Gates was born in 1550 in High Easter, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England, the child of Geoffrey Gates and Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH. Peter Gates married Marian Josselyn, and had children including Thomas Gates, Josselyn Gates, Josselyn Gates, Peter Gates, Thomas Gates, Mary Gates. Peter Gates passed away in 1605 in High Roding, Dunmow, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England.

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Biography

  • Peter Gates was born in 1550 in High Easter, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England, the child of Geoffrey Gates and Joan Jean Lady Countess WENTWORTH.
  • Peter Gates married Marian Josselyn, and had children including Thomas Gates, Josselyn Gates, Josselyn Gates, Peter Gates, Thomas Gates, Mary Gates.
  • Peter Gates passed away in 1605 in High Roding, Dunmow, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Geoffrey Gates
1525 – 1565
Birth Location: High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
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Joan WENTWORTH
1529 – 1578
Birth Location: High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Marian Josselyn
1558 – 1634
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Thomas Gates
1572 – 1635
Birth Location: NHS Trust, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Josselyn Gates
1580 –
Birth Location: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Josselyn Gates
1581 –
Birth Location: High Easter, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Peter Gates
1583 –
Birth Location: London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Gates
1593 – 1660
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Mary Gates
Birth Location: St Lawrence, London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
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Peter Gates's Ancestors

Self
Peter Gates
1550 – 1605
Birth Place: High Easter, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England
Parents
Geoffrey Gates
1525 – 1565
High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Joan (Jean Lady Countess) WENTWORTH
1529 – 1578
High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Grandparents
Geoffrey Gates
1506 – 1553
High Easter, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Deol Pascall
1507 – 1553
, High Easter, Essex, England
Sir (Nicholas Wentworth) (Knight)
1500 – 1557
Lillingstone Lovell (Oxfordshire) England
Lady (Jane Josselyn (Countess of) Wentworth)
1509 – 1569
Newhall Boreham (Essex) England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Gates
1481 –
Elizabeth Clayton
1478 –
Sir Pascall
1487 – 1526
Ellen Grey
1460 – 1544
Sir Knight
1470 – 1525
Lady BRADBURY
1466 – 1530
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Gates
1450 –
Mabel Capdow
1454 –
Sir Clayton
George Josselyn
Maude Bardolph\Bardolf
William BRADBURY
Margaret (Rockhill)

Peter Gates's Descendants

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Peter Gates (c 1550 – 6 Oct 1605) m. Marian Josselyn (c 1558 – 1634)
  1. 1. Thomas Gates (1572 – 2 September 1635)
  2. 2. Josselyn Gates (1580 – )
  3. 3. Josselyn Gates (1581 – )
  4. 4. Peter Gates (1583 – )
  5. 5. Thomas Gates (20 August 1593 – 1660)
  6. 6. Mary Gates

Peter Gates's Timeline

2 Records

1550
c 1550
Birth of Peter Gates in High Easter, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England
High Easter, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England
1605
6 Oct 1605
Age 55
Death of Peter Gates in High Roding, Dunmow, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England
High Roding, Dunmow, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: c 1550
    Event Place: High Easter, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Oct 1605
    Event Place: High Roding, Dunmow, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Olde England
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