Gates and Related Families Bibliography
Compiled with Annotations
by
William A. Gates
[Last Significant Revision: 18 January 2009]
Alphabetical by surname, arranged by date within. Microfilms and
WWW/online sources listed separately. Cross-reference within and among
sources exists to some degree.
being revised 5/13/2025 ... problem with html
Bacon
[1907WisVital] Index of Wisconsin Vital records. Births and Marriages prior to
1907 for Bacon surname.
Betts
[1875Stone][1890Stone] ? See Gates entry.
[1907Grose] See Gates entry.
“In the Ballston Centennial Book on Page # 81, In 1784 [not quite right],
Thaddeus Betts was a member of the Christ Church of Ballston, New York. Refer to
F H L film # 1035633 - Item # 9 - "Betts Family History, 1634 -1958" by Warren
C. B. Robbins. Refer to Page # 84.” from notes by Elmer A. Gates.
The source says the “as early as the Revolution a small society of churchmen
existed in the Balls-Town settlement ... no defined ... pastor. ... in 1787
...the parish of Christ Church was orgnized.” Seven listed and 42 others
indicated. Sunday services were not held until 1792 in church edifice begun in
1791. Thaddeus Betts was among those chosen as wardens as was Joseph Bettys.
Ammi Rogers was the first settled pastor from 1792 until 1801- he returned to
Branford CT.
Not indexed.
[1945Andrews] William A. Andrews. Christ Church, Ballston Spa NY, The Story of a
Parish.
I make these notes in an effort to record information about how Abigail Betts
came to be married to Noah Gates and how Ridgefield CT and Ballston NY are
connected. A Thaddeus Betts is believed to be her father.
This source adds some information about Thaddeus Betts (p17,86) as vestryman at
Christ Church from 1793. It provides very interesting details of Mohawk trails
and transportation systems.
Sadly it also documents that Pastor Ammi Rogers communicant records are lost
except in summary: 1123 Baptisms, 66 marriages and 50 Buried (p104). It also
includes a note about financial support for this local church by the Trinity
Church of New York.
Rev. Eliphalet Ball came to settle his land in 1770 (p6) – a Presbyterian
minister from Bedford, Weschester County, NY (p9).
[LC BX5980B18C5]
[1959Robbins] Warren C. B. Robbins. Betts Family History 1634-1958. Hampton
Publishing Co., Inc., Concord, New Hampshire.
This source includes information about Betts in Saratoga County NY and a
Thaddeus Betts from the 1790 Census (with 5 females in the household - p73).
It also makes reference to Stones History of Saratoga County of (p42 and p402):
Giles Fitch married the daughter of Thaddeus Betts of Ballston [more details];
“Thaddeus Betts was among those that came from New England to Ballston, very
soon after, Rev. Eliphalet Ball had settled there.”
[LC – CS71B57 1959] Not indexed.
[1982Chamberlain] Marjorie D. Chamberlain. The ancestors and descendants of
Annie Rebecca Betts, 1850-1916, Wilton, Connecticut. Mountlake Terrace, WA : The
Kings Press, 1982. Wisconsin Historical Society Library Pamphlet Collection
Catalog: UW Madison: 83- 4969.
A resource usful in sorting out some Betts.
Comstock
[1912Olmsted] Henry King Olmsted, M.D. (revised, completed Rev. Geo. Ward, A.M.)
Genealogy Of The Olmsted Family In America, Embracing The Descendants Of James
Nnd Richard Olmsted And Covering A Period Of Nearly Three Centuries 1632-1912.
Published New York, A. T. De La Mare, 1912.
See Gates entry.
See also - source p193,196. Nathan first married Sarah Keeler. James Olmsted was
a son of Nathan Olmsted to (m2) Mercy Comstock, daughter of Christopher
Comstock. This James became deacon and his daughter Ruth married Samuel Gates.
The James Olmsted house was the first on built on Olmsted Hill Road
(Collinswood).
[1907Comstock] Cyrus Ballou Comstock. A Comstock Genealogy: Descendants of
William Comstock of New London, Conn., who Died After 1662: Ten Generations.
Published by The Knickerbocker Press, 1907
Christopher Comstock gave an affidavit about “good wife Knapp”. She was accused
of being a witch and was later executed. Did he give positive or negative
information? His daughter Mercy married (m2) Nathan Olmsted. Nathan's father is
thought to be William of New London.
[WSHS- LC - CS71.C74 1907]
from page 4 -
These are the reasons for supposing that John Comstock of Weymouth Mass and Lyme
Ct Samuel Comstock of Providence, RI Daniel Comstock of Providence RI, and New
London Ct and Christopher Comstock of Fairfield Ct and Norwalk Ct were sons of
William[1] Comstock of New London.
We have then for his children:
2 John m Abigail Died 1680 Lyme Ct FAMILY a
3 Samuel m Ann Died about 1660 Providence RI FAMILY 3
4 Daniel m Paltiah Elderkin and d 1683 at New London Ct FAMILY 4
5 Christopher 2 m Hannah Platt and d 28 Dec 1702 FAMILY 5
6 Elizabeth 2 m Edward Shipton of Savbrook Jan 1651 and d July 1659
Gates
[1812WarPayrollNY] New York (State). Adjutant General's Office. War of 1812
abstracts of payrolls for New York State militia, 1812-1814. New York State
Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY.
“Payroll data on militia men who were mustered into Federal service during the
war is available in Abstracts of Payrolls for New York State Militia (B0810).
Veterans' claims for reimbursement for clothing, arms, and equipment furnished
at their own expense are found in two series (A0020,A3352); the claims are
indexed in Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 (Albany:
1860; repr. 1969). Local system #: (N-Ar)B0810. Host item entry:
(CstRLIN)NYSV86-a349.” This source should be sufficient to determine NY War of
1812 service. It has not been examined.
[1825RevWarBounty] New York State. The Balloting Book and Other Documents
Relating to Military Bounty Lands, In The State Of New York. Published at Albany
- Printed By Packard & Van Benthuysen.
The ballot books provides the names of the original assignee and who actually
got the parcel but not necessarily who first occupied it. As a record it can
certainly be used to judge who was in New York by 1776 and why certain others
came to the region.
[1848Hall] Edwin Hall. (Pastor of the Congregational Church) The Ancient
Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, with a Plan of the Ancient
Settlement and of the Town in 1847. Published: Mallory & Co. New York: Baker
& Scribner, 1848.
This source has one reference to Samuel Gates during the Revolutionary War
period (p134) but the reading provides context to the events and people. His
service on a committee “for providing for families of soldiers in the army,”
associates him with a James Olmsted and others of interest. Records of
Ridgefield [1927Rockwell] also record a Samuel Gates with similar committee
responsibilities. Which one is which or are they one and the same. My guess is
that this is the Samuel of Samuel and Ruth (Olmsted) Gates. James Olmsted is the
name of his father-in-law. The Samuel in Ridgefield is most likely the father of
Samuel of Norwalk. There is no reason to be concerned about the distinction.
Some of the accounts provided in this source are first hand recollections of the
Revolutionary War period.
Starting on page 181 art the Genealogical Registers described as taken almost
entirely from the Town Records, but some Bibles and other sources have been
used.
[p198] Isaac Hayes marries Eliazbeth Sherwood (1701 July 10th ) ...dau. Eunice
and five siblings, including a son Issac. Also noted that Isaac Hayes,sen.,
departed life Jan. 5, 1711-12 (the father).
[p202-203]
“... James Hayes took to wife Mary Allen, the daughter of Mr. Thomas Allen,
desceased, late of Burlington, yee province of New Jersey, Apr. 1, 1703.
Eunice Hayes yee daugther of said James Hayes, born Jan 21, 1704-05.
Mary, born June 1, 1706.
Nathaniell, born Mar. 20, 1708.
James, born June 25, 1710.
Rachell, born Mar. 7, 1711. [Marries Samuel Gates]
Elizabeth, born Feb. 15 1712.
Thomas, born Jan. 31 1714.
Samuell, born Oct. 29, 1716.
Allen born Aug. 5, 1718. [Daughter]”
[p205] William Truesdell (b. 1722 July 21st ), son of Wm. And Martha. He has
five additional siblings, one sister, the last brother born in 1744. This
William is almost certainly the son of Mary (Richards) (Fairbanks) (Truesdell)
Gates.
[p207-208] John Betts, son of John Betts, took to wife Damaris Lockwood ... 1722
April 17th . Four children the eldest is Thaddeus Betts born 1724 May 3rd . A
little too early but a reasonable candidate as the father or grandfather of
Abigail (Betts) Gates (b. 1786).
[p226] Thaddeus Betts married Mary Gould 1752 November 8th and died November
20th . He is said to then marry Elizabeth Maltby 1754 May 15th . There are three
children ... none by the name Abigail. By footnote he evidently has a third wife
of whom he is also her third husband.
[p283] The Thaddeus Betts,jr. that married Deborah Mead is identifed with eight
children with no Abigail included (births from 1765 to 1784).
[p304]
“... John St. John (son of the above Mathias), married Eunice Hayes.
John, born April 2, 1735.
Abigail,
Timothy,
Rachel,
Eunice,
Sarah,
Hannah,
John St. John (son of the above John), married Martha Northrup, ...”
[Appendix C. Benedict Genealogy - p312] From 1768? “... On Sunday morning, April
27th, 1777, the British under Governor Tryon, burned Danbury – excepting the
houses and the property of the Tories. Nineteen dwelling-houses, besides other
buildings, were consumed with all their contnents. Among the nineteen principal
suffers were Thaddeus Benedict, Mathew Benedict, junr., Jonah Benedict, and
Zadock Benedict.”
See Google Books.
[1847Hall ] Edwin Hall. The ancient historical records of Norwalk, Conn. : with
a plan of the ancient settlement, and of the town in 1847. Norwalk, J. Mallory
& Co. ; New York, Baker & Scribner, 1847.
A very useful resource contains early birth, death, marriage records along with
town record. Some interesting entries regarding Truesdell, Richards, Betts,
Hayes and Allen. Dr. Thaddeus Betts family and descendants are documented.
William Truesdell seems to have somewhat shadowed his mother as she married
Saumuel Gates.
[1851Bouton] Nathaniel Bouton. An historical discourse in commemoration of the
two-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651. S.W.
Benedict, New York 1851.
This source establishes some more facts about a Thaddeus Betts, perhaps more
than one. He was evidently buying cannon for the town of Norwalk in 1766.
[1860War1812ClaimsNY] New York. Adjutant-General’s Office. Index of awards of
claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812. Reprint of the 1860 ed. with introd.
by Francis J. Higgins and 3 p. errata added. Publisher Baltimore, Genealogical
Pub. Co., 1969.
Not examined.
[See WSHS: E359.5 N6 N48 ]
[1861NEHGRv15] p25. Daniel Cushing's Record.
Records immigrant from Norfolk to Hingham.
[1862NEHGR] p143. Grantees of Narragansett Townships.
Jonathan Gates for his father Simon.
[1865GatesEmmeline] Civil Ward Widow's Pension.
Noah Gates, son of Jared and husband of Emmeline Higgins. 1865 August 7th App.
104835. Cert. 68459. Noah served 111th G NY Infantry.
[1877NEHGR] Benjamin A. G. Fuller, p401. The Gates Family.
English origins.
[1878Teller] Daniel Webster Teller. The History of Ridgefield, Conn: From Its
First Settlement to the Present Time. Published by T. Donovan, 1878 – 251pp.
Samuel Gates references as in Rockwell. Very good colonial history.
[1879Williams] W. W. Williams. History of the Fire Lands, comprising Huron and
Erie Counties, Ohio with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the
prominent men and pioneers. Cleveland, Ohio: Press of Leader Print. Co., 1879.
Not examined but has information about Hannah (Gates) Haise per Elmer Gates.
[1886DedhamV1_2] Don Gleason Hill, Town Clerk. The Record of Births, Marriages,
and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriages in the Town of Dedham, Vol 1 &2,
1635-1845.
Copies of a few pages – Mary Richards, Benjanim Fairbank, Richard Trusdell – as
related to Gates. See similar entry 1997.
[1888VanHoosear] David Van Hoosear. The Fillow, Philo and Philleo Genealogy: A
Record of the Descendants of John Fillow, a Huguenot Refugee from France.
Published by J. Munsell's Sons. (274 pages)
This author and source contains a few Gates entries of interest. Luther Gates,
son of Colman Gates, marries Jane Philo and in a footnote returns to see
relatives in Wilton after their marriage (see pages 90, 166, on file). From this
source - Coleman bap. 1773 January 20th in Wilton CT Parish records.
Many of his original notes can be seen at the Wilton Historical Society
[See WSHS: CS71 F322 1888]
[1890Stone] William Leete Stone. Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston.
Published Worthington Co. , New York.
Perhaps the oldest source of Fitch, St. John migration (1786) from Connecticut
to Greenfield via Ballston, New York (p82). Giles Fitch one of the party is
married to Eunice Betts. They stop at her fathers place in Ballston on the way
to settling in Greenfield Corners?!
Thaddeus Betts – early settler from New England – good list of others (p.402).
Keyword: glh17863722, 448pages, also in GoogleBooks.
Are there two versions or my error ... the GoogleBooks version was published in
1875.
[1893Yawger] Rose N. Yawger. The Indian and the pioneer: An Historical Study.
Publisher: C. W. Bardeen, Syracuse NY, 1893. Two Volumes.
The first Volume is of special interest to those curious about the Iroquois
Nation including the Cayugas of Western New York and beyond. The second volume
tells much about the Colonial period and post-Revolutionary times. It also
contains some "German" genealogical background of the author. The author is
writing from the perspective of being from Aurelius/Auburn.
[1894Chute] Wm. E. Chute. A genealogy and history of the Chute family in
America, with some account of the family in Great Britain and Ireland; with an
account of forty allied families, gathered from the most authenic sources...
1894.
Includes Gates family – have some pages. WSHS – [LC CS71.C564 1894 ].
[1897Fairbanks] Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks. Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in
America, 1633-1897. Printed American printing and engraving company.
See Fairbanks surname. The primary interest here is the marriage of widow Mary
(Richards) (Fairbanks) Truesdell to Samuel Gates – p44. The Truesdell marriage
is not reported. If I have counted correctly Mary has thirteen children by her
three husbands. She dies 1732 in Ridgefield (CT Ridgefield vital records).
Her son Benjamin, survived, married, and remained in Dedham. This author does
not trace her daughter, Mary (b. September 12th, 1693). Her father dies the next
year 1694. Daughter Mary would be 17 to 18 years old when her mother marries
Samuel Gates (in Mashamughet CT – aka Pomfret?).
She and her first husband Benjamin Fairbanks inherited part of and lived in his
father's house for some period of time (1694+?), in Dedham, MS, celebrated today
as the oldest standing timber frame house standing in North America.
[1898Gates] Charles Otis Gates. Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster
Massachusetts and his Descendants. A Preliminary Work Subject to Addition and
Correction. Willis McDonald & Co., Publishers.
On page 14, under the children of Simon Gates, Third Generation:
“34. Samuel. b. August 11, 1685 ... Said to have settled somewhere in
Connecticut, but further record has not come to hand.”
Gates identifies 2252 individuals.
[1899SaratogaNY] The Saratogan. Our County and Its People: A Descriptive and
Biographical Record of Saratoga County. Published New York, 1899.
This source can be used to understand the settlement and origins of the towns of
the Saratoga County, New York. It also contains several indexes.
Although perhaps ephemeral many parts of book are available online:
http://history.rays-place.com/ny/index.htm
.
[1900AmGen] Index to American Genealogies ... Albany NY. Joel Munsell's Sons,
Publishers 1900.
Copies of some pages. Supplement - 1908 version in GoogleBooks. Goog source to
explore family surnames. Gates has roughly 40 entries.
[1902StNY] State Historian, New York. Military minutes of the Council of
Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821. Printer, State of New York,
1901-02, 3042 pgs.
The index of New York Miltia members contains over 40 entries for Gates. Other
surnames such as Dunning (John and Richard), Betts are even in the same context
as Noah Gates (566, 712, 869) and Coleman Gates (712, 869, 972, 1340, 1532,
1565, 1656, 2084, 2085, 2215) for Saratoga County. The identification of both
Noah and Coleman Gates in this context gives credence to the Gates family having
left or being in the process of leaving Connecticut for New York. The 1801
August 20 entry includes the promotion of Noah Gates to lieutenant (p566). Noah
resigns his captaincy in 1806 (p869) and is succeeded by his brother Coleman.
See GoogleBooks.
[1903Cook] Aurilla J Cook. Letter to Mrs Watkins. [via Robert Gates, Elmer
Gates, Al Covell see included text ... Letter dated April 2, 1903 to Hannah M.
(Gates) Watkins from Aurilla Jane (Gates) Cook. Copied from the original by
Florence (Burkema) Gates, wife of Fay Roderick Gates.]
In February 1999 Elmer A. Gates emailed to myself (William A. Gates) the
adjacent partial transcript of a letter from Aurilla J. Cook to Mrs. Watkins.
The complete letter or a transcript is evidently held by Bob Gates.
As I read the transcript I realized that it was an extremely important document
that linked many Gates to one another as much by geography as by blood.
Nonetheless some aspects of the letter are confusing. The confusion may just be
a artifact of Aurilla J. Cook's actual knowledge or imperfect recollection. This
short narrative attempts to place details from the letter in the context of
other information and identify questions for the next generation to pursue.
April 2, 1903
Dear Mrs. Watkins:
I was surprised to get your very welcome
letter to you which I received last evening. You being a cousin that I don’t
know as I . . . . . quite interested in writing to you. I had seen your sister
Rachel in Burr Oak, Mich. I used to see her in the Red Ribbon Lodge and
sometimes met her on . . . . . .but did not know her to be a cousin nor did she
me, but by some way I found out who she was. (The Hiram Gates daughter who lived
near Centerville, Mich., and my father died at 78 years. His name was Elijah,
son of Samuel Gates, Jr.. His father, Samuel Gates, Sr., was son of Noah Gates,
Sr. My own grandfather, Samuel Gates, Jr. is said to have had two brothers,
Noah, Sr. and Coleman and one sister Rachel Smith, and they lived 2 miles from
Ballston Springs where Noah, Sr. died out of the Revolution war and left a wife
and 8 children.
Noah Junior who lived in Canada, Ashbal, William, and Hiram, your father,
who lived in Michigan. Their sisters were Hannah Hayes, who lived at Florence,
Erie Co. Dolly Ennis and Angeline Patton, who lived in Birmingham, Erie Co.
Uncle Colman Gates lived in Ballstown, N.Y. 8 children Harvey, Daniel, William,
Delia who lived in (Lonalage), Aurilla Armington lived at Broadalbin, but moved
to Tolymoa [Tonawanda?], N.Y. He was a blacksmith. Jane married Isiah Blood,
tool manufacturer. One Olive, yet single at this time. Jane Blood had one girl,
married Knickerbocker in New York City. I don’t know whether she is living or
not. My grandfathers were both in the Revolution. I am not able to write much at
a time.
The Hiram Gates daughter who lived near Centerville, Mich.,
and my father bought his farm and afterward bought a farm in Branch County near
Coldwater and there he died, an honest man, a good father. He had a good boy
Elmer by a second wife, a long lived good woman. The last I heard she was still
living at 84 years. Father died at 78. I was there, the only first mother’s
child who saw his last, and I knew him to be at heart a Christian and he and the
first mother joined the Baptists and they were baptised under the ice in the
Vermillion River. I will be glad to hear from you soon as convenient. Direct as
before.
Yours truly,
Aurilla J. Cook
[1907Grose] Edward Fabrique Grose. Centennial history of the village of Ballston
Spa :including the towns of Ballston and Milton / by Edward F. Grose ; including
an unpublished history by John C. Booth.
An interesting account espcially of place names and Reverand Ball and thus
Ballston. By the early 1800s the Ballston area was quite settled with major
hotels and visitors such as Washington and LaFayette. For example Burnt Hills
supposedly was an area frequently burned over and thus more of a pasture used by
deer ... and thus the name of the current community ... we stayed here in summer
2008.
“In the Ballston Centennial Book on Page # 81, In 1784, Thaddeus Betts was a
member of the Christ Church of Ballston, New York. Refer to F H L film # 1035633
- Item # 9 - "Betts Family History, 1634 -1958" by Warren C. B. Robbins. Refer
to Page # 84.” from notes by Elmer A. Gates. As in Abigail (Betts) (Gates) Rood
- Notes By Elmer A. Gates and Comments and Extensions by Wm. A. Gates.
Available at WSHS [F129.B2 G8] also FHL 1035633 Item 9.
[1911Barbour] Lucius Barnes Barbour. State Examiner of Public Records from
1911-1934. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records.
The Connecticut State Library provides an excellent summary of how this
collection was produced at
http://www.cslib.org/barbour.htm
. Suffice it to say that one should use this source, organized by place, and
validate against other sources when possible. The organization of the records by
place also illuminates when and where to expect to find church records and land
records up to 1850. (1911 has been used arbitrarily as the publication date. Any
date up to 1939 might suffice ... has been republished.)
To provide focus a discussion of the records as related to Gates and a few other
surnames have been included here. I think it is safe to conclude that Torrey
[1966Torrey] used this source.
Pomfret:
Ridgefield:
Earliest Entry: Mary wife of Samuel died 1732 March 26th (LR1 p214). This Mary
is almost certainly Mary (Richards) (Fairbanks) (Truesdell) and the date
establishes that Samuel and Mary were established in Ridgefield sometime before
this date. Torrey records that Martha was their last child and born in Pomfret
in 1722. Most of the other entries are descendants of Samuel and Mary.
Samuel evidently remarries although the marriage is not in this record. The
surname of the new wife, Sarah remains unknown (LR1 p218-9). Other Connecticut
Town records should be examined to find a marriage since first, by tradition it
most certainly took place and secondly, if it had taken place in Ridgefield it
would have been recorded. Samuel and Sarah begin a family with a daughter Sarah
born 1733 September 10th (LR p218-9). Assuming Julian dates they would have been
married ~1733 January. This Samuel (still in Ridgefield?) probably dies sometime
after 1741 (~age 66, last recorded child with Sarah) so perhaps a will and/or
other land related transactions can provide further information.
Samuel, the son, marries Rachel 1734 April 1st (LR1 p222). Rachel's surname is
not provided but has been attributed as Hayes. Barbour, I believe, incorrectly
records that this Samuel (Ridgefield) died in 1793 at ae 84 years. From
LDSFHL5009FairfieldCTDeedsV19] Samuel Gates son of Samuel and Ruth died 1793
July 25th - identical to the Barbour Norwalk entry.
Norwalk:
[1912Olmsted] Henry King Olmsted, M.D. (revised, completed Rev. Geo. Ward, A.M.)
Genealogy Of The Olmsted Family In America, Embracing The Descendants Of James
Nnd Richard Olmsted And Covering A Period Of Nearly Three Centuries 1632-1912.
Published New York, A. T. De La Mare, 1912.
This source has a wealth of information both of Olmsteds and other families such
as Betts, St. John, Gregory and Gates It frequently substantiates facts with
references to wills and land records which are probably quite accessible but in
many instances points are stated without source.
On p196, in following Descendants of Capt. Richard Olmsted - Ruth Olmsted is
identifed as 4057, Ruth; b. July 2, 1738; m. Nov. 24, 1758, Samuel Gates. She is
the daughter of (Deacon) JAMES OLMSTED, Olmsted Hill, Connecticut. Olmsted Hill
is a landmark (or was) in/near Wilton (referenced in just such a way in Samuel
3986, etc.)
Ruth's father (James) bought land in Ballston, Saratoga, NY in 1774 from Adrian
Rutger. Deacon James died 1777 March 17th and is buried in the Kent burial
ground with a stone placed by his great grandson, Hawley Olmsted (paraphraized
p196). It also says that James moved to Wilton in 1732, so the question remains
(in my mind) what this means. From [2004Russell] we find that Kent is also known
as South Wilton (or was). Russell's map on page 30 shows Kent Road and Olmsted
Hill Road with the #48 being the house of James Olmsted. Did Ruth grow up in
Wilton?
Ruth's brother Noah (4060) the second, the first son Noah died as an infant, is
described as moving to Ballston, Saratoga, New York where he kept a PublicHouse
(p203). Among many inertesting facts his sons Noah ( 4286) and Lewis (4287) both
go to Cayuga, County New York. It's reported that Noah (the son) has settled
there (in Auburn) by 1795. His military service and donations of land for the
North Street Cemetery and in founding the Congregational Church at Auburn are
evidence of a large footprint. Lewis is named as going to Aurelius. Their first
cousin, Noah Gates, has gone to Ballston by ~1800 and is in Aurelius(?) for the
1810 Census.
Perhaps of further interest is that Noah married Joanna Morgan. This surname may
be of note since John Reed married a Charlotte Morgan. It is a generation later
but, their daughter, Phebe Reed marries Ashbel Gates.
This resource provides good evidence and motivation for the Gates emmigration to
NY.
Also Note: Available online via GoogleBooks.
[1913Monroe] Joel H. Monroe. Historical Records of One Hundred and Twenty Years:
Auburn, New York. Publisher: W. F. Humphrey, Geneva, NY.
Noah Olmsted is identified as an important early settler. He is nephew to Ruth
(Olmsted) Gates.
[1916Peeke] Hewson L. Peeke. A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio. An
Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in
Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development. A Chronicle of People,
with Family Lineage and Memoirs. Volumes I and II. The Lewis Publishing Company.
Beginning on page 867, under the biographical entry of George I. Haise we find
the story of John Haise and Hannah Gates meeting and marrying in Cayuhoga
County, New York and traveling via the Erie Canal and Lake Erie to Sandusky and
then to Florence Township, Ohio. John Haise and Hannah came to Erie County (then
Huron) in 1828. Among the details John Haise died in 1861 at the age of 80.
Hannah (Gates) Haise passed away in June, 1874 at the age of 84. [There are
several tombstones, one mausoleum and one family plot, in the Birmingham
Cemetery, Florence, Erie, Ohio associated with Haise family including Hannah,
2007WmAGates.]
Given the time, a reading would produce a very complete picture of the origins
of peoples in Florence Township. Only the primary biographies are indexed.
I first examined this source in October, 2007 at the Wisconsin State Historical
Society library.
[1927Rockwell] George L. Rockwell. The History of Ridgefield Connecticut. 1927
edition, printed privately by thea author. Reprint published by Harbor Hills
Books for Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
A Samuel Gates (and only) is indexed as on pp 95, 251 and 252. A Samuel also
appears on p97. An appendix of the Vital Statistics, Ridgefield, Connecticut is
also included and includes many important connections but is not indexed and
used carefully may sort out families. An extremely valuable resource. There are
12 different first names in the index associated with the Betts surname.
One should compare this with [1847Hall] and Samuel Gates's responsibilities for
providing for families of the soldiers fighting the British.
[1929Durkee] Cornelius E. Durkee. Reminiscences of Saratoga.
Well worth a careful review especially as relating to migration from Connecticut
and settlement in Saratoga County New York.
Some entries about Betts, St. John and Fitch may provide some unique insight
about Noah/Abigail (Betts) Gates
[1932Barbour] Lucius Barnes Barbour. State Examiner of Public Records from
1911-1934. Complete List of Births, Marriages and Deaths under the name GATES,
GATE [see also Cates, Gatte] as found in the GENERAL INDEX OF CONNECTICUT VITAL
RECORDS, July 14, 1932. [23p]
I obtained a copy of this document at the Family History Library, Salt Lake
City, Utah in 1990 and had used it to construct Ruth and Samuel Gates family by
hand on the reverse of some pages. I also made notes (SLC90) that Noah (b. 1766)
married Abigail (?).
See [1911Barbour]
[1934AprAmerGene] The American Genealogist and New Haven Genealogical Magazine.
April, 1934 Vol. X, No. 4. Publisher. Donald Lines Jacobus.
English Origin of Stephen Gates. Clarence Almon Torrey. P199 – Musings on
Cushings list of immigrants and related English records.
In general good for browsing for historical insights.
[1932Hale] Charles R. Hale Collection. Connecticut State Library.
The Hale Collection includes the Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery
Inscriptions, the Hale Collection of Newspaper Marriage and Death Notices, ca.
1750-1865, a collection of Newspaper Abstract Volumes, and the Veterans' Deaths
Index.
In the summer of 2008 I used this collection, available only at the library(?),
especially the cemetery inscriptions for Ridgefield.
[1935Bullard] Chester Arthur Bullard. Arnold Bullard and related families :
including Bigelow, Orton, Scovill, and Stevens. Printed by C.A. Bullard.
Indirectly this source gives good insight into migration to New York and
families further movements.
Dorothy Betts (husband Giles Fitch - a Revolutionary War soldier) is identified
as the daughter of Thaddeus Betts (of Ballston, New York). The Fitches were from
Norwalk, Connecticut. About 1786 she migrates to St. John's Corners, Greenfield,
New York from Ballston Spa. Giles Fitche's sister Hannah married Capt. John St.
John.
This account may be a summary from another older source [1890Stone].
[1945CSLPubR] Leonard Woods Larabee, State Historian. The Public Records of the
State of Connecticut from May 1785, through January 1789.
Samuel Gates of Norwalk as Collector of State Taxes asks for reimbursement for
payments made from own pocket (1789). The amounts look sizable: Continental
Money, State Money and Hard Money – he was paid. p516
[1948CSLPubR] Leonard Woods Larabee, State Historian. The Public Records of the
State of Connecticut from May 1789, through October 1792.
Suspension of legal action against the Selectmen (of Norwalk) and Samuel Gates
(Tax Collector) for not remitting taxes (1791) – promised to pay by next May.
p351
[1953NEHGR] Arthur Adams, p306. Memoirs of Deceased Members of NEHGR. Joel
Sanger Gates.
Branch off from Simon Gates.
[1966Torrey][1966NEHGR] Clarence Almon Torrey, Ph.B. Stephen Gates of Hingham,
Lancaster, and Cambridge, Mass., and some of His Descendants. The New England
Historical and Genealogical Register. Several parts to July 1967.
On page 164, he provides several more details about Simon (3), his son Samuel
(14), his son Samuel (47) and his son Samuel (p251). This last Samuel is
described as born 3 December 1736 and marrying on 19 July 1758, Ruth Olmsted (b.
2 July 1738), according to two sources: Norwalk Town records and Wilton
Connecticut church records (p125). Further information is not proivided.
Mary, the wife of Samuel (14) dies in Ridgefield in 1732. Her last child,
Martha, is born is Pomfret in 1722. This leaves a ten year gap where the family
may have transitioned to some other location or to Ridgefield.
On page 251, Samuel Gates (47) is said to be born perhaps in Pomfret,
Connecticut , 1710. His aet is given as 84 and his year of death is 1798. The
latter age at death is inconsistent with the birth date. Torrey does not provide
his sources but the aet suggests the death age is from a gravestone as is the
year. Thus the 84 is more likely 89 or a typo - confirmation is left for others.
[1911Barbour] supports 1793 as age of death as does [1998GatesElmer].
Of course collateral information about various siblings and marriages provide
further background on family connections.
[1969Parsons] Gladys Merrill Covell Parsons. 80 Immigrants: Our Merrill-Covell
Pedigree. Privately Published, Detroit, Michigan 1969 (169p).
Eunice Betts (b. 1764) marries John Wescott in Wilton, Connecticut 1789. John's
mother is Martha Keeler. John and Eunice both die in Greenfield, Saratoga
County, New York. It is not clear who Eunice descends from according to the
author. Could she be a sister to Dorothy (Betts) Fitch. Other names involved: St
John.
[1970Curtiss] Pearl Curtiss (Pearl Irene McGill), b. 1886. The Gates family
history. FHL US/CAN Film 1033843 Item 8
I have only a couple of pages and I believe I obtained them on a visit to the
FHL in Salt Lake City UT. FHL online catalog search results above. Some
erroneous material but includes Simon Gates details. The preface makes reference
to a couple that supposedly visited the graves of Samuel and Rachel (Hayes)
Gates in Ridgefield CT. I would like to locate these myself – not found in 2008.
[1970Simbach] Louise Alice Wheelock Simbach. Descendants of Jared Gates of
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. Published 1970 Milwaukee, Wisconsin by author
(32pp).
Jared Gates (1786-1868) was born in Massachusetts and married Derinda Patchin in
1805 at Auburn, New York.
The author reports she was unable to find Jared's ancestors. Noah Gates and Ruth
Olmsted are almost certainly the parents. It seems more probable that Jared was
born in Connecticut but if it is Massachusetts then one should look in the Lenox
area for evidence.
The record provided simply records that a gravestone in Massachusetts is somehow
the evidence that Jared was born there in 1786. On an earlier line reference is
made to pension records and a family bible abstract filed with same (assume
related to the War of 1812) from which Jared's birth is determined from age at
death.
The 1860 NY Census Cayuga Aurelius indicates the Jared was born in Connecticut
and is age 76.
[1976Gates] William A. Gates. Notes (handwritten) taken at the State of
Wisconsin Vital Records.
Data collected about Gates, Homuth, Hartley, Curtis, Carver.
[1980Keeler] Wesley B. Keeler. Ralph Keeler of Norwalk, Connecticut, and his
descendants. Publisher W.B. Keeler, Albany, New York.
This source records not only the Keeler's history but many other related
families of Norwalk, Wilton and Ridgefield, Connecticut. There are many
references to unpublished material in the Wilton Public Libary. There are
interesting intersections with Gates. Jonathan Gates, son of Samuel and Rachel
(Hayes) Gates, marries (b. 1743 December 5th) Sarah Keeler (Samuel, Jonah,
Samuel, Ralph) [p71]. Jonathan dies 1803 January 6th, five to ten years after
his father's death and brother's migration to Saratoga, New York. Jonathan lived
in Ridgebury - the question is whether he was living on the family homestead and
when/where did his father and family live if other than Norwalk.
See [1998GatesElmer] as regards land transactions.
[1983RobertsMcGhan] Genealogies of Connecticut Families. Genealogical Publishing
Co. Baltimore. 1983.
Compilation from NEHGR.
[1985Keeler] Wesley B. Keeler. Keeler family : Ralph Keeler of Norwalk, CT, and
some of his descendants.
See 1980 entry above ... 1985 may be the correct date. Copies of a few pages.
[1985Torrey] Clarence Almon Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
Genealogical Publishing Co.
[1989Hayes] Edward R. Hayes. David Hayes of Connecticut, Vermont, and Ohio. 1715
Northwest Drive, Des Moines, Iowa 50310.
A well annotated resource with generally good references focused on the Hayes
with a difficult introduction discussing the parents of Nathaniel Hayes and a
later connection to Nathaniel Richards.
At some later time it will be interesting to sort out this Richards and his
relation to Mary Richards who married third, the first Samuel Gates in our line
(note below).
An entry about Rachel Hayes Gates living to 1811 is provided but without
supporting documentation. If this is true then she was 100 hundred years old or
nearly so. Her husband Samuel died in 1793. Are they buried in Ridgefield?
The Allen (Allyn) line plus several others are documented as well. This source
also discusses theories about Richards and Hayes connections to Hartford
Connecticut. Probably of no connection but do remember that Samuel/Mary Gates
was Mary Richards (Fairbanks) (Truesdell) Gates.
There are later editions and GoogleBooks is digitizing UW-Madison 1989 edition.
[1991Russell] Robert H. Russell. Wilton (CT) Connecticut Congregational Church
Vital Records, 1726 -1805, An alphabetical surname index. The Connecticut
Nutmegger, V 24, Issues 2 and 3, 1991. Published Connecticut Society of
Genealogists Inc. [LC CS42 C56 - also Index Volume]
This publication has an index to be used as a further resource.
As the author mentions previous record extracts of Wilton Congregations Church
Records have been done but in this ariticle he provides a list of adult names
with notes from original minutes, membership, marriages and deaths (and place of
burial, if known). Baptisms are not included but seem to be promised as a
separate project.
There several surnames of major interest beyond Gates; those of Betts, Fitch,
Olmsted are a few. A summary of the Gates entries are as below.
In the Summer of 2008 we visited Wilton and spoke with Robert Russell and looked
at other records he has compiled but not published. One note to make about
fourteen (14) Gates baptisms that have been identified is that Elijah Gates
(b.1775 October 30th, bp. 1778 December 19th, d 1778 October 17th ) and note
that only one Samuel Gates (III) family is identified. The Noah Gates family has
five baptisms.
I believe the “Halfway Covenant” signifies you have been baptized in the church
and thus can join – so Ruth Olmsted and Samuel Gates probably joined as of their
marriage in 1758. One would expect Ruth to have been baptized in Wilton (since
her father was Deacon James Olmsted) but Samuel Gates was more likely baptized
in the Ridgebury Parish.
Russell has identified five individuals as per Nutmegger:
Last Name
First Name
Maiden Name
Spouse
Later Married Name
Join Date
Birth Date
Dismissal Date
Death Date
Notes
Gates
Moses
179x
school comm 1792
Mrs.
Noah
179x
Noah
179x
school comm 1793
Ruth
Olmstead
Samuel
1759
halfway cov., m. 1758
Samuel
1759
halfway cov. ,
m. 19 Nov. 1758,
school comm. 1767,
minister comm. 1793
All these Gates are related. Moses and Noah are sons of Ruth and Samuel. Mrs.
Noah Gates is probably Abigail Betts. The fact that she is not completely
identified may indicate that although there are many Betts in this church, and
she may be related, she is not directly of this community – just a hypothesis.
There are related baptism records. Also keep in mind that we know they all moved
to New York in ~1800 but were not evidently dismissed to another congregation.
[xxxxGolightlyFHLPedigree] Catherine Marion Alden GOLIGHTLY. LDS submission
2897930-1102104151542
.
The Reed family as related to Phebe Morgan (Reed) and Ashbel Gates.
[1997Erickson] Vernon D. Erickson, Compiler. Births, Deaths, Marriages and other
Genealogical Gleanings from Newspapers for Crawford, Vernon and Richland
Counties, Wisconsin 1873-1910.
Many, many family names: Gates, Bacon, Curtis, Homuth, Willoughby. [LC - F587.C8
E73 1997]. The author has another title not explored [LC - F587.C8 E75 1999] for
Crawford County.
[1997Hanson] Robert Brand Hanson, Editor. Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts
1635-1845. Picton Press, Camden Maine.
Very comprehensive and relevant: Gates, Fairbanks, Trusdell, Hunting, Clark,
Colburn. See similar Gates entry for 1886. Available WSHS.
[1998ReisingWWW] Ted Reising. Florence Township, Erie County Cemeteries
Transcripts.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/erie/cemetery/FloCems.txt
In the summer of 2007 I revisited the above internet site looking for all the
familiar surnames: Reed, Gates and a few others that were identified by the work
that Elmer Gates had produced, especially the daughters of Noah/Abigail Gates –
Ennis, Haise, Patchin.
I had been looking for Abigail and found it remarkable that although Noah was
the one who died in 1813 she also seem to have disappeared except for some Bible
images that Don Gates had provided from another source that suggested she was
alive and well in 1819 if not later. My working hypothesis was that since the
family (as evidenced by the sisters) had stayed together and moved together that
Abigail had moved with them.
I decided to look at all Abigails in the cemetery inscriptions and frankly was
quite surprised to find a perfect candidate by date. Ted Reising took the
trouble to actually visit the cemetery and tell me that Abigail Rood was buried
next to her daughter Dolly “Dorothy” Ennes.
Ted wrote:
I checked out the graves at Birmingham for you. Abigail ROOD is buried
immediately* beside Dolly (GATES) ENNES (*any closer to each other and their
coffins would be on top one another!).
Since Ted's note I have personnaly visited (2007 October) the Birmingham
Cemetery and can confirm that Ted did not exaggerate. Ted also found some other
records relating to the marriage that seem to confuse names a little bit.
This is not the only new fact revealed by the Birmingham Cemetery.
[
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/erie/census/Flo1830x.txt
Patten, R. L. p343]
[1998.05.27 lynn-n-suzy-calvin@worldnet.att.net] Email, personal library, from
WmAGates.
Lynn Calvin, a docent at Saratoga County courthouse, had put up a note on
Rootsweb about a Noah Gates of Canada. He gave me information connecting Ashbel
Gates to Noah Gates and put me in touch with Don Gates. Don had been in Saratoga
had been looking for Gates records. Calvin had assisted him.
My email to Calvin and copy to Don contained notes about Census records and my
belief that Noah was deceased but Jared and Hiram Gates were connected. It also
relates information about Ashbel Gates and Hiram Gates being in the 1840 Census
of Michigan. There are other related emails and I was using
WmAGates@aol.com at the time.
[1998GatesElmer] Elmer Gates. Personal Correspondence, email, numerous.
I assume that Elmer's collection of records will eventually be published as part
of the LDS FHL Pedigree Resources. I have bits and pieces of emails where he has
shared information about sources public and private (but sources are not always
clear).
From several references to Fairfield County Connecticut Land Records I believe
there is a will for Samuel Gates (Rachel) and that this Samuel died by 1793. I
have included here two of Elmer's list of a/the Samuel's numerous transactions
(also some for Saratoga County New York). This Samuel in these transactions is
the spouse of Ruth (Olmsted) Gates.
On October 7, 1795, Samuel Gates of the Village of Norwalk, Connecticut and his
brother, Elijah Gates of Lenox in Berkshire County Massachusetts sold to their
brother Jonathan of Ridgefield in Ridgebury Parish a certain piece of land
belonging to the estate of our Father, Samuel Gates for 32 pounds. FHL film
#5009, Ridgefield, Connecticut – Deeds – Volume #8 – 1793 to 1803. Refer to page
#95.
On April 24, 1797, Samuel Gates of the Town of Norwalk, Fairfield County,
Connecticut sold to Joseph Rockwell of the Village of Ridgefield for $100.00 for
10 acres of land lying at the West End of my Honored Father, Samuel Gates, late
of South Ridgefield. FHL film #5009, as above, page #209.
In another paragraph in the same email, but without any source referenced, and
also unfortunately containing some obvious errors, Elmer includes many
interesting facts, some verifiable and some remaining uncertain. Noah was only
ten years of age in 1776 and thus not likely to have served in or died in the
Revolutionary War as Elmer states and still have children born in the 1800s. He
probably meant the War of 1812.
In another paragraph Elmer states the Samuel and Ruth became the guardian's of
their grandchildren (Hiram, Ashbel, William and Angelina ) after the death of
their son Noah, on or about 1813 March 26th. Saratoga County New York – Will
Records – (1816 – 1823, pp 239, 244, 256, 257). Except for the stated
grandparents guardianship – the other statements have been verfied in the
record.
[19990210GatesElmer] Elmer Gates. To Wm A. Gates about Angeline (Gates) Patton
and her husband and where they may have lived.
I am not sure of the comments that I made and thus exactly the context of
Elmer's reply. Today (20071229) I would point out that the 1840 Census does not
generally provide the names of wives unless they were a head of household.
Several points in this email need clarification (2007). Clendening should be
Glendenning (see Warren Cemetery). Thomas Patton's relationship to Angelina is
almost certainly wrong.
Subj: Additions/Corrections to Document
Date: 2/25/99 6:38:54 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: rgates@innet.com (Bob Gates)
To: GatesEA@aol.com
CC: WmAGates@aol.com, sodakdon@arc.net, yooper@theriver.com
Hi Elmer,
Based on the information I gleaned from your last two very interesting
e-mail messages to Bill Gates, with copies to me, I will make the following
additions and corrections to the draft of "Some Descendants of Samuel-4
Gates . . ."
1. Death of Ashbel: November 27, 1863, Gratiot, Lafayette Co., WI
2. Second marriage of widow, Phebe (Reed) Gates: January 12, 1868 (?),
Gratiot, Lafayette Co., WI or Warren, Jo Daviess Co., IL to Jonathan
Clendening, marble dealer of Warren, IL.
3. I received the birth date of October 8, 1834 for William Noah Gates from
Donald Gates. Won't change it until I hear more about this.
4. Angeline Gates married Thomas Patton.
Please let me know if I have misinterpreted anything.
I see from your latest research that you found Angeline (Gates) Patton to
be living in Erie County, Ohio, just as Aurilla Jane (Gates) Cook had said
she was in her letter to Hannah M. (Gates) Watkins. This lends further
support to the truth and accuracy of this letter. Did you record
Angeline's age in the 1840 census? I have received no record of when she
was born and would like to include her age in the document.
Bob
[19990225GatesElmer] Elmer Gates. Reply from Wm A. Gates with notes in BOLD re:
Thaddeus Betts Bible, Angeline/Augustine and Hiram Gates, etc.
This communication is a reply with comments and questions and clarification
about Gates: Angeline, Hiram, Hiram B., Thaddeus Betts bible gift to Abigail and
other more recent family (Phebe Gates remarriage after the death of Ashbel – it
does not clarify the ambiguous spelling of the Blindenning as Glendenning – see
Warren IL Cemetery).
Today (20071229) I suspect the comments about Thomas Patton family need to be
revisted. The older woman could be Abigail Gates but Angeline was married to
Robert L Patton. Was there a son or remarrige?
Subj: Angeline (Gates) Patton Dau/o Ashbel
Date: 2/10/99 9:06:44 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: Gates EA
To: WmAGates
Bill -
I did find something in going thru your notes & comparing them with mine.
This is an interesting puzzle. I haven't been able to locate this family in any
1850 Census records to help clarify the situation. Will look again in Land
Records. Didn't find anything the last time I looked. Sometimes I think that
they don't buy the land, maybe just rent it ???
I really feel that they must have gone to Michigan, but I don't know. Would you
think that it would be possible for them to have their Census taken at 2
different times & at 2 different States? One Census taker could have talked
to the Wife at one location & the next time to the husband at another
location ---- with neither spouse close at hand to disclose this fact?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Angeline Gates married Thomas Patton. In the 1840 Ohio Federal Census, it was
reported that they were living in the town of Birmingham in Florence Township in
Erie County, Ohio.
The 1840 Ohio Federal Census in Erie County in Roll # M-704-392 on Page# 318,
Line # 5 in Florence Township recorded the following: Thomas Patton = Head.
Males: 5-10 years = Two (2). 15-20 years = One (1). 30-40 years = One (1). Total
males = Four (4). Females: Under 5 years = One (1). 30-40 years = One (1). Total
females = Two (2). Total members in the Thomas Patton Family in 1840 in Ohio =
Six (6).
The 1840 Michigan Federal Census in St Joseph County on Roll # M-704-210 on Page
# 253, Line # 15 in Nottawa Township with the following: John Patton = Head.
Males: Under 5 years = One (1). 5 to 10 years = Two (2). 30 to 40 years = One
(1). Total males = Four (4). Females: Under 5 years = One (1). 5 to 10 years =
One (1). 10 to 15 years = One (1). 30 to 40 years = One (1). Total females =
Four (4). Total members in John Patton's Family = Eight.
It is interesting to note that there is a John Patton's farm in the vicinity of
Hiram Gates farm in Nottawa Township in St Joseph County, Michigan. Evidently
there is a strong relationship between the Gates & Patton families. Are
these two 1840 Census records made on the same Thomas Patton family?
[19990226GatesElmer] Elmer Gates. Reply from Robert Cady Gates ... Elmer
highlights doubts about Angeline being married to Thomas Patton ... really
Pebtow!?
Subj: Angeline Gates, Daughter of Noah & Abigail Gates
Date: 2/26/99 7:21:46 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: rgates@innet.com (Bob Gates)
To: GatesEA@aol.com
CC: sodakdon@arc.net, WmAGates@aol.com, yooper@theriver.com
Hi Elmer,
I have studied your recent e-mail message in which you report on the
results of your excellent research on the 1840 census records for the
Patton families of Florence, Erie Co., OH and Nottawa, St. Joseph Co., MI.
My guess (and I emphasize "guess") is that you found Angeline with her
husband, Thomas Patton, in the 1840 census of Florence Township, Erie
County, Ohio. My reasons are as follows.
1. This is exactly where Aurilla J. Cook said Aurilla lived in her letter
to Mrs. Watkins. (I am referring to the letter that Al Covell scanned and
sent to you and to me. I assume, and hope, that Don & Bill also have
copies.)
2. It is extremely unlikely that the surname for this family was "Pebtow",
and the people who indexed the census read the name as "Patton."
3. You and I are in agreement that Angeline was probably born about 1805-7,
and was about 35 to 37 years old in 1840. You found that there was one
female in the family "15 to 20 years old" and the oldest female was "20 to
30 years old." If the oldest daughter in the family was 15 to 20, then the
mother would almost certainly have been over 30. So I think the census
taker may have checked the wrong box for the age of the wife/mother. Of
course, the one 15 to 20 could have been a sister, but she would have most
likely been a daughter. Also there is also the fact that the husband was
30 to 40 years of age.
Conclusion. If there are no serious objections, I will enter the following
short statement for Angeline in the document entitled "Some Descendants of
Samuel-4 Gates . . ."
45. Angeline, b. abt. 1805; m. Thomas Patton. The family probably resided
in Florence Twp., Erie County, OH.
I will also change the date and place of Phebe's second marriage to
Jonathan Clendening to 4/16/1868, Gratiot, Lafayette Co., WI.
Thank you very much for the census research you did yesterday.
Bob
At 12:02 AM 2/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Bob -
>In response to your letter, Items # 1 & 3 are OK. Item # 2, the second
>marriage of Phebe occurred on April 16, 1868 in Gratiot, La Fayette, Wisc.
>For Item # 4, I offer the following information with expectations of having
>some comments from everyone. About all of the facts that can be drawn in
>these early years requires a visitation to the County Clerk's office in
order
>to get solid facts, I guess. Maybe Angeline should fall by the wayside, too.
>I cannot find this family beyond 1840, if even then. Any way, here it its:
>
> If Angeline Gates was the last child of Abigail, then I estimate that she
>could have been born as late as 1807. On that premise, by 1840, Angeline
would
>have been 37 years old. Now that age doesn't fit in with the 1840 Ohio
Census
>which shows the oldest female between 20 to 30 years. But it does match the
>1840 Michigan Federal Census with one female between 30 to 40 years of age.
>
> Angeline Gates married John or Thomas Patton? Where did she get married? In
>reviewing the list of Patton's in the 1840 Ohio Index, the only Patton
living
>in Erie County was a Thomas Patton & he was recorded on Page # 320 in
Florence
>Township.
> The 1840 Ohio Federal Census in Erie County on Roll # M-704-392 on Page #
>320 (as reported in the 1840 Ohio Index) on Line # 29 recorded the
following:
>Thomas Pebtow (not Patton) = Head. Males: One = 5 to 10 years. Two = 20 to
30
>years. One = 30 to 40 years. Total males = Four (4). Females: Two = Under 5
>years. One = 5 to 10 years. One = 15 to 20 years. One = 20 to 30 years.
Total
>females = Five (5). Total members in the Patton family = 9.
> It should be noted that the name Patton in the 1840 Ohio Census Index it is
>very difficult to read it as "Patton" since it really appears to be written
>"Pebtow." See note above following Page # 320 (as reported in the 1840 Ohio
>Index). Evidently the Census people can read it as being the word -
"Patton."
>I have checked the 1850 Ohio Federal Census Index & examined 13
different
>Thomas Patton's & none matched either the age, spouse name or birth
location
>to match Angeline. What happened to them? Where did they go?
> The 1840 Michigan Federal Census in St Joseph County on Roll # M-704-210 on
>Page # 253, Line # 15 in Nottawa Township with the following: John (not
>Thomas) Patton = Head. Males: Under 5 years = One (1). 5 to 10 years = Two
>(2). 30 to 40 years = One (1). Total males = Four (4). Females: Under 5
years
>= One (1). 5 to 10 years = One (1). 10 to 15 years = One (1). 30 to 40 years
>= One (1). Total females = Four (4). Total members in John Patton's Family =
>Eight.
> It is interesting to note that there is a John (not Thomas) Patton's farm
in
>the vicinity of Hiram Gates farm in Nottawa Township in St Joseph County,
>Michigan. Evidently there is a strong relationship between the Gates &
Patton
>families.
> All in all, I suspect that John & Thomas Patton are or could be one of
the
>same. I'd really appreciate some comments. Should we discount the story
>mentioned in Aurilla Jane (Gates) Cook's letter to Mrs. Hawkins about
Angeline
>marrying or living with a Mr. Patton in Birmingham, Ohio?
>
>Elmer
>
[1999Doherty] Frank J. Doherty. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent: Duchess
County, New York – An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century
Settlers in the Patent. Pleasant Valley NY.
Very interesting source for names of Gates. See pp550, 549 – especially Samuel
and grandchildren.
[2004Russell] Robert H. Russell. Wilton Connecticut: Three Centuries of People,
Places and Progress. Published by the Wilton Historical Society.
A valuable recount of Wilton's history and larger perspective of happenings.
Starting on page 48 Russell recounts several migrations out of Wilton and of
especial interest one to Ballston and Wilton, Saratoga County, New York circa
1802. Taking up migrations again on p 143 Russell says that as many as 30
families left Wilton after the Revolutionay War to go to Ballston, Saratoga
County, New York. In this same section he also briefly covers the Firelands of
the Western Reserve of Ohio.
From [2004Russell] we find that Kent is also known as South Wilton (or was).
Russell's map on page 30 shows Kent Road and Olmsted Hill Road with the #48
being the house of James Olmsted. Ruth Olmsted was born in 1738 and the family
moved(?) the short distance to Wilton in 1732 [1912Olmsted].
[2006Sharpe] Linda Gates Sharpe. Jane (Gates) (Senter) (Landphair) Bible
Transcript.
I have used the date relative to when I obtained a transcript prepared from the
Bible at some earlier time, transcriber unknown. Don R. Gates has the actual
Bible and also provided an email version of its contents in 1999.
[200804GatesE&W] William A. Gates. Abigail (Betts) (Gates) Rood - Notes By
Elmer A. Gates and Comments and Extensions by Wm. A. Gates.
Elmer collected extensive information probably only accessible in the FHL. This
document annotates original notes shared by Elmer with WmAGates in 1999.
[200811GatesWmA_Willoughby] William A. Gates. John William Fletcher Willoughby
and Charlotte Ann Eliza (Gates) Willoughby (Resources and Timeline: Correlated
with Armstrong, Bowker, Gates,
Landphair, Gleave, and Glendening).
Extensive chronological compilation of this couples/family life events.
Olmsted
[1912Olmsted] Henry King Olmsted, M.D. (revised, completed Rev. Geo. Ward, A.M.)
Genealogy Of The Olmsted Family In America, Embracing The Descendants Of James
Nnd Richard Olmsted And Covering A Period Of Nearly Three Centuries 1632-1912.
Published New York, A. T. De La Mare, 1912.
See Gates entry.
Platt
[1891Platt] George Lewis Platt. The Platt Lineage A Genealogical Research and
Record. Published by T. Whittaker, 1891
from page 20 -
Hannah daughter of Richard 1st baptized October 1 164.3 married Christopher
Comstock October 6 1663 Their children were Daniel born July 21 1664 Hannah born
July 15 1666 Abigail born July 27 1669 who died in her 20th year Mary born
February 19 1671 Elizabeth October 7 1674 Mercy born November 12 1676 and Samuel
February 6 1679 Norwalk was his residence At a town meeting in 1673 Christopher
Comstock was chosen and approved of to kepe an ordinary for the entertayning of
strangers The excellent custom of appointing some reputable householder to
entertayne ye stranger shows how wisely our fathers managed in their day.
Richard Platt was married to Mary – surname unknown. The family is thought to
have come to New Haven in 1638 and later helped found Milford (1639). Mary and
Richard had children on both sides of the Atlantic. Hannah was baptized in
Milford.1643 October 1st.
[WSHS – LC - CS71.P719 1891 ] See Comstock entries.
[1906Todd] Charles Burr Todd. The history of Redding, Connecticut, from its
first settlement to the present time, with notes on the Adams, Banks, Barlow ...
and Strong families. New York, The Grafton Press [c1906]
More on the origins of Richard Platt.
[WSHS – LC - F104 R3 T72 1906 ]
Fairbanks - Fairbank, Fayerbanke, Farebanke
[1897Fairbanks] Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks. Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in
America, 1633-1897. Printed American printing and engraving company.
See Gates entry – from p44. This entry skips the intervening marriage of Mary to
John Truesdell.
Truesdell – Truesdel, Truesdall, Trusdel, Truesdell, Truesdill, Truesdil,
Truesdale
[1905NEGS] New England Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Newton
Massachusetts to 1850.
[1914Woodstock] Vital records of Woodstock, 1686-1854. Hartford, The Case,
Lockwood & Brainard co., 1914. [F104.W9 W9]
This source is a printed version of original "town record" manuscripts. It
should probably be considered the most definitive source for Woodstock vital
records, short of the manuscripts. Those interested in Gates, Fairbanks,
Truesdell, Colburn in this geography will find the index a rich source of leads.
On the introductory pages the point is made that Woodstock was incorporated in
1690 and part of MA until 1749 when it became part of CT (Windham County).
Pomfret (part of the same purchase as Woodstock) is just a few miles south of
Woodstock and is believed to have been first settled by colonist Captain John
Sabin in 1696. Pomfret became the official name in 1713. Other towns created
from these lands: Brooklyn, Hampton, Pomfretville/Cargill Falls.
On [1914Woodstock:p13] Mary's husband, "Richard Trufdell Dyed adjacent to
Wookstock October 24th 1707.
At the time of her third marriage, to Samuel Gates they both are described as
from Pomfret but married in Woodstock, CT. In [1914Woodstock:p21-22] "Marriages
Confumated by the Reverend Josiah Dwight in Woodstock returned by him Jan(r)
18th 1716/17 viz". Among these is "Sam(ll) Gates & Mary Trusdell both of
Mashamoquet now Pomfret Feb(r) 12 1709/10." They were "Recorded, John Chandler,
Town Cl."
[1933Bowen] Clarence Winthrop Bowen, PH.D., LL.D. The History of Woodstock,
Genealogies of Woodstock Families in 8 volumes. [F104 W9 B69 1926]
[1933Bowen:v5p383] records in a footnote the children of Mary and Benjamin
Fairbanks as "Mary Fairbanks b. Dedham Sept. 2 1693 ; Benjamin Fairbanks b.
Dedham July 6, 1695. In Mar. 1710 Benjamin (age ?) chose his uncle Jeremiah
Fisher (Deborah Richards) to be his Guardian."
Mary, 21 years old, marries Richard Truesdale, her second husband, in Dedham on
February 24 1696/7 [1933Bowen:v5p383]. Richard and Mary's first two children are
born in Newton. Richard Truesdale is described as born in Cambridge but died
near Woodstock, CT October 24, 1707.
Under Gates Family note [1933Bowen:v5p295] attributed in a footnote to W.V.R.,
which is assumed to be Woodstock (CT) Vital Records, that "Samuel Gates m.
February 12, 1710 Mary Truesdale both of Pomfret." As from the above note about
Mary's son Benjamin it seems consistent that the marriage to Samuel Gates may
have caused the change in guardian to J. Fisher.
Willoughby
[1982Penzance] Penzance Historical
Society. Penzance Prairie Profiles. 1982.
Contains history of Charles Gates Willoughby family, son of Charlotte Gates and
John William Fletcher Willoughby and subsequent generations.
[200811GatesWmA_Willoughby] see Gates entry.
Microfilms
[CTFairfieldDanburyProbateFHL4024] Danbury Connecticut Probate District. Volumes
1-3.
From (http://www.cslib.org/probate/districtsr.htm) the history of the Probate
District for Ridgefield indicates one should go to the Danbury District for
“October 1746 - June 9 1841” records.
Viewed - December 2008. This probate district included Ridgefield and has
records from 1739 - 1767. The general purpose of the search was to look for
Gates in indexes or in other roles. The indexes are difficult to use in terms of
legibility.
I need to reexamined the images I took of the V-1 index ... the page order may
not be alphabetical and I may have missed some pages. There are no Gates in this
volume's index. In a casual scan, page by page, of V-1 a Samuel Gates has been
found as appraiser on three inventories. Most of this information is just fabric
for the story of associations and connections.
On p107 in the matter of Benjamin Starr, Thomas Truesdell and his wife, Deborah,
inherit from her father, Benjamin. Other family: Eunice Gregory, Hannah Stevens
and William Truesdell.
On p133 Timothy Street, Recompense Thomas and Samuel Gates report on the
inventory of Jabez Rockwell (of Ridgefield), November 1759.
On p211/212 Samuel Gates, Recompense Thomas and Joseph Nickerson (spelling?)
report on the inventory of William Nickerson (widow Sarah), 1757. This entry is
particularly interesting because the Nickersons are described as on Duchess
County NY and from my summer 2008 researches in Ridgefield we know that a Samuel
Gates who lived in Duchess County NY also sold land in Ridgefield.
Another similar entry for Salvanus Starr (of Ridgefield), 1762 July 9th.
On p309 Thaddeus Betts is a witness for will/etc of Barnabus Hamblin, 1766
[CTFairfieldDanburyProbateFHL4025] Danbury Connecticut Probate District. Volumes
4-5.
[CTFairfieldDeed10FHL5005] LDS Family History Library, 5009. Conneticut,
Fairfield County Deed Books Vol. 10.
The pages of interest identify and record four sisters in December 1748, two by
first name and two by inference. Rachel and Samuel Gates and Allin and Joseph
Northrup (of Ridgefield) sell land of their father, James Hayes late of South
Norwalk, to John St. John and Issac Sherwood as they appear before Samuel
Olmsted. Other records make clear that these men are all husbands of four
daughters of James and Mary (Allen) Hayes.
There are two parcels that appear to be near Common Lands, the Danbury Road,
Chestnut Hill and half-part of a tract laid out to their father.
[CTFairfieldDeedsV18FHL5009] LDS Family History Library, 5009. Conneticut,
Fairfield County Deed Books Vols. 18,19,20.
The source needs to examined more closely for more information. The family of
Samuel and Ruth Gates appears to have been compiled in the latter pages of
Volume 18 sometime after 1796. This conclusion is based on the handwriting and
ink appearing to be of single author and consistent in weight and instrument.
[CTFairfiledRidgefieldLandRecordsFHL5496] Ridgefield CT. Land records, v. 1-2
1709-1765.
Believed examined in 1990s. Generally one finds collections of birth records and
other vital records embedded in the Land Records where they usually represent
some sort of “later” compilation or recompliation that can only be guessed at
from the writing styles, ink and dates themselves
[CTWiltonCongFHL101512] David H. Van Hoosear. Wilton Congregational Church
records : births, baptisms and marriages, 1698-1816.
The microfilm contains Wilton Congregational Church Records copied and arranged
by David H. Van Hoosear about 1920. This images lists Noah’s and his father
Samuel’s families baptisms suggesting that they are for the time period (1760 -
1798) and the only Gates members of the Wilton Congregational Church. Other
locations and sources are also identified.
One may wish to examine LDSFHL1435805 for further details and supplementary
data.
[NYSaratogaWillsFHL555718] Court Records Wills 1816-1826. Relating to the Estate
of Samuel Gates, Town of Malta, Saratoga County New York. Date: 1820 on page
244.
Samuel had died some years earlier (1816?). His son Coleman is disposing of his
estate. Samuel's minor grandchildren Hiram, Ashbell, William, Angelina and Noah
from his son Noah (deceased 1813?) are mentioned. By 1820 one must wonder if
they are still minors?
[CTVitalFHL1435729] Ridgefield CT Vital Records. Index to births, marriages,
deaths A-Q 1700- 1937.
[CTVitalFHL1435730] Ridgefield CT Vital Records. Index to births, marriages,
deaths Q-Z 1700- 1937 Births, marriages, deaths v. 2 1762-1852 Births,
marriages, deaths v. 3A-5A 1852-1909.
Examined 2008.04. I was looking for evidence of Abigail Betts who might be a
candidate for spouse of Noah Gates – no good candidates found. Other related
families are present – notes taken.
[CTVitalFHL1435805] Registrar of Vital Records, also D. H. Van Hoosear.
Connecticut, Fairfield, Wilton – Vital Records 1776-1901.
2008.02 Examining 1436805 at WSHS: Item 3:
Item 3 is described as "Volume 4: Wilton Vital Records". Roughly speaking this
Item has 1860s and 1870s vital records and at the end of this Item a collection
of lists and indexes of much earlier vital records from the Wilton area, mostly
(or all) by D. H. Van Hoosear. For example in 1883 he has included records from
"stones" of the "Sharp Hill" cemetery as related to (surrounding) the
Presbyterian Church (long since gone, the second Wilton Church) but also states
that many are already gone.
The major reason for examining this film was to look for Abigail (Betts) Gates.
Other family names such at St. John, Gregory, Olmsted, Keeler and Fitch are
equally important but mainly confirmatory or useful in consideration of future
evaluation.
A Samuel and Abigail Betts are identified as the parents of a son Barzilla, died
1799 June 8th (~ 15yrs 7 mos 17 days), on the page after Van Hoosear testatment
about the Presbyterian Cemetery. Our Abigail's father is believed to be
Thaddeus?
Van Hoosear, in 1887, submits records related to a review of the Wilton
Congregational Church noting their delapidated state. In continuing with the
first list, that of deaths recorded their is one for Abigial Betts in 1746 and
two for Moses Betts in 1749 and 1751. Noah and Abigial (Betts) Gates named a son
Moses. These are tenuous connections. The father of this group is (Capt.) Elias
Betts as we continue to search for the Abigial (Betts) Gates lineage. In later
pages baptisms of children of Thaddeus Betts are found: Nehemiah (1765), Hannah
(1768), Deborah (1771), Ana (1773) and one daughter noted but undeciphered (but
after his death(?) illegible - marginal note). On this same page an Abigial
Betts (1774) is the noted as the daughter of Benjamin, Jr. On the next page a
Thaddeus Betts has a daughter Lydia (1782).
Again, on later pages, there are interesting entries for the families of Samuel
and Noah Gates. There are nine entries for Samuel and five for Noah. These
entries are available elsewhere but have not been specifically compared for
consistency.
And again, on later pages are many entries for the Olmsteds. One would expect to
find Ruth (Olmsted) Gates, among baptismal entries since her father James was a
deacon of this church and it appears other of his children are included - but
she is not!
And so on - we find some Truesdales, probably related to Mary (Richards)
(Fairbanks) (Truesdale) Gates.
Among marriages we find only one Thaddeus Betts marrying Deborah Mead (1764).
Samuel Gates is also recorded as marrying __ Olmsted (1758 November 19th ).
Joseph Platt Fitch marries Eunice Betts (1780 November 16th ). However we do not
find Noah Gates and Abigail Betts being married in Wilton.
Web Sites and Online Resources
[RootsWeb.com] Search in database by name of contributor or use other options.
Giddens, Dorothy (Hunnicutt). Hunnicutt-Giddens Ancestors. Last Date:
2007.05.02. Last Email: dgidjaf@verizon.net. Database: dgid.
Only two Gates entries Noah Gates and Hannah (Gates) Haise. Appears to have used
Elmer Gates data [1STK-X83] for Hannah. From the record it appears that the
family was associated with Brutus/Auburn, Cayuga County New York until 1825 and
then Mt. Morris in Livingston County. From other sources [1916Peeke] we know
that they came to Erie County Ohio in 1828 and that John Haise was an orphan.
Elmer or Dorothy give quite specific information about John's parents and place
of birth (but no primary source). The marriage to John is given as 1806 June
12th in Mt. Morris New York.
Cemetery. Starting point Cemtery searching ... perhaps ephermeral. See Ohio,
Erie County.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/erie/erie.htm
Cortez, Jan. Allegan County Michigan USGenWeb Project. Last Date: 20080226.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~miallega/
Dibean's Marriage Records – Particularly Angelina Gates Patten Lane.
Covell, Al. The Covell/Gates/Ekdahl/Jurva Tree. Last Date: 20071202. Last Email:
ruauper2@gmail.com. Database: agcovell.
This work is originally one of the most important sources in telling us about
Abigail (Betts) and Noah Gates's family and Hiram. Others are probably the
source for following other of their children.
Al Covell identifies Mt. Morris, NY as Hiram and Angelna's birthplace but not
for other children's born before or after.
Afterword
In 2007 I started a Gates and Related Familes Bibliography as a standalone
independent document rather than having overlapping and redundant bibliographies
associated with each document that might be produced. This is my solution to
better research after years of struggling and being frustrated with duplicative
work and disjoint observations. The bibliography is somewhat annotated and
individual annotations are expected to grow over time as some sources are used
again and again. You are very likely to find out more in the annotations about
thought processes and the relation to other sources so that you may discover my
omissions, mistakes or what I did not have available and my own impression of
the usefulness of the source.
The first other thing I should mention is the copyright. It is not meant to
restrict or limit the use of this document but more of an attempt to establish a
chain of evidence so that compilers in the future can find more than say a date
of birth but also discover clearly how the date was obtained and thus the date's
reliability or go and view the primary source themselves. It is so common in the
family genealogies being generated, especially on the web, to quite specifically
contradict one another and provide not even a minor clue to secondary or primary
source material. So any and all can copy or incorporate any and all parts of
this document into their work so long as the reference to this document and
copyright is maintained by appropriate footnote or bibliographic entry in the
document the author(s) is creating including reference to the Wisconsin State
Historical Society Library.
To the end of making this information available I hope to use the Wisconsin
State Historical Society Library Madison, Wisconsin as a repository. I imagine
that these documents will be placed in the Library's Pamphlet Collection. To the
end that you create new or derivative works where they have some connection to
this material I encourage you to both contribute your work to the Library and
support them in any manner possible.
Finally I also would appreciate notice of any corrections you may note and if
convenient to share your work in similar fashion. Copies of various related
documents (be aware of latest revision dates) are also available at
http://wmagates.googlepages.com/home
provided Google continues the googlepages project and of providing web space.
William A. Gates
WmAGates@gmail.com
125 N. Hamilton St. #1203
Madison, WI 53703
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