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Robert Gaines 1708–1763 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1708

Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1763

Death Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA

Father: Richard (JW)

Mother: Catherine (JW)

Spouse(s): Ursula Mason

Children(s): William Gaines

Robert Gaines was born in 1708 in Orange, Virginia, United States, the child of Richard Wh Afr Cherok Gowen Gaines Gggf Jw And Catherine Rawlings Madison Gaines 6Th Gggm Jw. Robert Gaines married Ursula Mason, and had children including William Henry Gaines. Robert Gaines passed away in 1763 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Robert Gaines was born in 1708 in Orange, Virginia, United States, the child of Richard Wh Afr Cherok Gowen Gaines Gggf Jw And Catherine Rawlings Madison Gaines 6Th Gggm Jw.
  • Robert Gaines married Ursula Mason, and had children including William Henry Gaines.
  • Robert Gaines passed away in 1763 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard (JW)
1685–1755
Birth Location: Old Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
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Catherine (JW)
1693–1760
Birth Location: Old Rappahannock, Virginia, British, Colony, Laurel, Kentucky, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ursula Mason
1714–1799
Birth Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

William Gaines
1734–1813
Birth Location: Culpeper County, Virginia
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Robert Gaines's Ancestors

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Robert Gaines
1708–1763
Birth Place: Orange, Virginia, United States
Parents
Richard (Wh\Afr\Cherok) Gowen\Gaines GGGF (JW)
1685–1755
Old Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
Catherine (Rawlings Madison-Gaines 6th GGGM) (JW)
1693–1760
Old Rappahannock, Virginia, British, Colony, Laurel, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
James (Thomas Gane Gaines) Gayne
1620–1705
Aberdeen, Breconshire, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Jane) Lawson
1638–1694
Aberdeen,,Breconshire,Wales
John (Madison Jr Great Grandfather of President James Madison, 4th) Jr
1660–1728
St Stephens, King & Queen, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Gaines
1585–1640
Richard Lawson
1590–1658
John Capt
1625–1683
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Vaughn\Vaughan
1559–1640
Sir Sheriff
1559–1606
Captain States
1590–1624
Mary Madison
1598–1625

Robert Gaines's Descendants

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Robert Gaines (1708–1763) m. Ursula Mason (1714–1799)
  1. 1. William (Henry) Gaines 1734–1813 m. Jane Robinson 1735–1768
    1. 1. Robert Gaines 1765–1833 m. Ann Jenkins 1762–1842
      1. 1. James Gaines 1801–1852 m. Rebecca Brown 1801–1879
        1. 1. Robert (Brown) Gaines 1831–1876
        2. 2. Lucinda Minnick 1842–1929
    2. 2. William Gaines 1756–1819

Robert Gaines's Timeline

2 Records

1708
1708
Birth of Robert Gaines in Orange, Virginia, United States
Orange, Virginia, United States
1763
1763
Age 55
Death of Robert Gaines in Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA
Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1708
    Event Place: Orange, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1763
    Event Place: Spotsylvania Co., VA, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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