Samuel Gates, I

From “The New England Historical and Genealogical Register”, July 1966 (vol. 120, pg. 161)

Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass., and Some of His Descendants by the late Clarence Almon Torrey, Ph.B.

Samuel Gates was born in Marlborough, MA, 28 Feb. 1723.

He married, according to Gates genealogy (p. 37), Caroline How. Moses How of Rutland, MA, had a daughter, Caroline, born 4 Sept. 1738.

Samuel Gates resided in Petersham, MA, after his marriage, about 1758.

His will, dated 4 Nov. 1789, was filed for probate on 28 Jan. 1790. He mentioned his wife, Caroline; sons Solomon, Samuel, Oliver Cromwell, and John; daughters Susanna McNear, Ann, Caroline, and Molly called Polly in other records. His son, John, was appointed executor.

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From “Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts And His Descendants, A Preliminary Work Subject To Addition And Correction, compiled by Charles Otis Gates, New York, Willis McDonald & Co., Publishers, 1898”

He was a Revolutionary soldier.