Nathan Gates

The birth record of Nathan Gates in the Stow, Massachusetts town records says:

"Nathan Gates son of Simon and Susanna Gates Borne February 23 1767"

On 3 March 1790, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, bought two parcels of land in Gardner, 62 acres, from John Parker, yeoman of Gardner, for $125. The first parcel of 61 acres was part of Lot 55 third division and Lot 111 second division, bounded by stakes and stones. The second parcel was 1 acre in Lot 91 third division, bounded North by lot 90 third division and East by Lot 111. The deed was recorded 18 September 1794.

Nathan Gates and Abigail Knowlton declared their intentions to marry in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts on 9 May 1790, where she is called "Abigail Knowlton of Westminster." The Westminster, Massachusetts Vital Record book lists the marriage as:

GATES, Nathan and Abigail Knowlton, June 17, 1790.

In the 1790 U.S. Census, the Nathan Gates household was enumerated in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included:

• one male aged 16 and upwards
• one female

Nathan and Abigail had fifteen children between 1790 and 1913, all born in Gardner. The Gardner town records provide this information about the Nathan and Abigail Gates family:

Nathan Gates and Abagail his wife Record of their children:

BIRTHS Nathan Born April 13^th 1791 Jeremiah Born March 21^st 1792 Abel Born July 10^th 1793 Asaph Born Dec^m 7^th 1794 Luke Born Feb^u 14^th 1796 Abigail Born Feb 24^th 1797 Luther Born April 5^th 1798 Amos Born No^v 6^th 1799 Susanna was born Feb^r 17- 1801 an infant girl born Feb^r 8^th 1803 Lucinda Born March 9^th 1805 Clarissa Born May 25-d 1806 Jeremiah Knolton Born Sept 28- 1808 James Eliot Born June 11- 1810 Benj Adderson born Feb^r 26- 1813

DEATHS Luke Died May 21^st 1796 an infant girl Died Feb^r 12^th 1803

On 8 September 1796, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, bought a tract of land in the easterly part of Gardner from Samuel Hoar, Esquire of Lincoln, for $180. The tract was bounded by stakes and stones, and Nathan Gates own land. The deed was recorded 18 September 1799.

On 9 November 1797, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, bought a tract of land in the easterly part of Gardner, 6 acres, from Samuel Sanderson of Gardner, for $63. The tract was part of Lot 91 third division, bounded by stakes and stones, Nathan Gates own land, and Edgell's land. The deed was recorded 18 September 1799.

In the 1800 U.S. Census, the Nathan Gates household was enumerated in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included:

• 5 males under age 10
• 1 male aged 26 to 45
• 1 female under age 10
• 1 female aged 26 to 45

Nathan Gates did not receive any part of his father's real or personal estate after the death of Simon Gates on 11 March 1803. He had received the sum of $266.67 from his father, and was indebted to his father's estate by $747.04 principal and interest, totalling to $1,033.72. By agreement with the other children and heirs of Simon Gates, Nathan Gates agreed to quitclaim any further real or personal estate of his father in return for being relieved of all demands from the estate.

On 14 December 1803, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, quitclaimed his interest in lands in the easterly part of Gardner to the heirs of Simon Gates (his mother, Susannah Gates, and his five siblings, Simon, Daniel, Elizabeth, Reuben and Ezekiel Gates) for $315.12. The lands were 34 acres of the Simon Gates home farm and the Conant Lot. The deed was recorded 3 July 1804.

On 14 May 1807, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, and wife Abigail sold a tract of land, 9 acres and 150 rods, in the southeasterly part of Gardner, to John Miles, yeoman of Gardner, for $120. The tract was in the northwesterly part of lot 111, bounded by stakes and stones. The deed was recorded 11 September 1811.

On 22 September 1808, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, sold a tract of land, 60 acres, in the southeasterly part of Gardner, to Merari Spaulding, yeoman of Westminster, for $700. The land was part of lot 55 third division, lot 111 second division, and lot 91 third division, bounded by land of John Miles, Aaron Wood, David Read, Moses Sanderson and a town road. The deed was recorded 27 September 1808.

In the 1810 U.S. Census, the Nathan Gates household was enumerated in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included:

• 3 males under age 10
• 1 male age 10 to 16
• 1 male age 26 to 45
• 3 females under age 10
• 1 female age 10 to 16
• 1 female age 26 to 45

On 7 July 1810, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, and wife Abigail sold three tracts of land, 60 acres, in the southeasterly part of Gardner, to Jonathan Osgood, clerk of Gardner, for $375. The first tract was 50 acres with a house and barn, bounded by stakes and stones, John Miles land, fourth division land, lot 55 third division, and lot 111 second division. The second tract was 1 acre in lot 91 third division, bounded by stakes and stones, lot 111 second division, and lot 90 third division. The third tract was 17 acres bounded by stakes and stones. The deed was recorded 11 July 1810.

On 28 August 1811, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, and wife Abigail sold a tract of land, 60 acres, in the southeasterly part of Gardner, to Jabez Fairbank, labourer of Westminster, for $1000. The tract was bounded by stakes and stones, land of John Miles, Mr. Edgell, Aaron wood, and a road. The deed was recorded 3 September 1811.

On 13 November 1812, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, bought a tract of land, 40 acres, in the northeasterly part of Gardner, from John Peirce Jr. yeoman of Gardner, for $800. The tract inccluded a farm with buildings, northeast of the county road from Winchendon to Westminster, bounded by the county road and land of Vinal Dunn, Josiah Wheeler, and three 4th division lots. The deed was recorded 8 December 1812.

sold a tract of land, 40 acres, in the northeasterly part of Gardner, to John Peirce Jr. yeoman of Gardner, for $800. The tract included a farm with buildings, northeast of the county road from Winchendon to Westminster, bounded by the county road and land of Vinal Dunn, Josiah Wheeler, and three 4th division lots. Simon Gates to pay four $100 installments to Boston Bank for JohnPeirce on 15 April 1813, 1814, 1815, and 1816 or deed is void. The deed was recorded 23 December 1812.

On 18 September 1816, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, and wife Abigail sold a tract of land, 40 acres, in the northeasterly part of Gardner, to John Miles, yeoman of Gardner, for $263. The tract included a farm with buildings, north of the county road from Winchendon to Westminster, bounded by the county road and land of Henry Coolidge, Aaron Conant, and three 4th division lots. The deed was recorded on 25 September 1816.

On 14 November 1818, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, and wife Abigail sold a tract of land, 9 acres, in the southeasterly part of Gardner, to John Miles, yeoman of Gardner, for $100. The tract was bounded by the land of Elijah and Jonathan Hager, John Jackson, widow Susannah Gates, William Chappel, and Josiah Wheeler. The deed was recorded on 18 November 1818.

On 12 February 1819, Susanna Gates, widow, Nathan Gates, yeoman, Simon Gates, yeoman, and Daniel Gates, yeoman, all of Gardner, all heirs of Elizabeth Gates, singlewoman of Gardner, quitclaimed a tract of land, 41 acres and 41 rods, in Gardner, to Reuben Gates, yeoman of Gardner, for $742.72. The deed was recorded on 3 September 1819.

In the 1820 U.S. Census, the Nathan Gates household was enumerated in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included:

• 2 males under age 10
• 1 male age 10 to 16
• 1 male age 16 to 26
• 1 male over age 45
• 1 female age 10 to 16
• 1 female over age 45

On 26 June 1824, Nathan Gates, yeoman of Gardner, and wife Abigail sold a tract of land, 60 acres, in the southeasterly part of Gardner, to Jabez Fairbank, yeoman of Gardner, for $1. The tract was bounded by stakes and stones, land of John Miles, Mr. Edgell and Aaron Wood. The deed was recorded on 3 August 1824.

The death record in the Gardner vital records book says:

GATEs, Nathan, funeral, April

Nathan Gates is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Gardner, Massachusetts.

There are no probate records for Nathan Gates in the Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court records. .