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About Simon Gates
Simon Gates Sr.
- BIRTH 3 May 1646 Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
- DEATH 21 Apr 1693 (aged 46) Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
- BURIAL Burial Details Unknown, MEMORIAL ID 213446804
Biography
Simon Gates was the son of Stephen & Ann Gates born in Hingham, MA, and one of several siblings baptized there 3 May 1646. He married bef. 9 Nov 1670 Margaret Barstow Gates (1650-1707) of Cambridge, MA eschewing a previous engagement still pending at that time, res. Thos. Hull estate, Muddy River, ch. mem. in Cambridge. He died intestate in the part of Boston, MA, called Muddy River, now Brookline, 26 Aug. 1692.
Simon was a soldier in King Philip's War. In 1735, his son, Jonathan Gates, was granted land in Narragansett Township on account of his father's service in the war (The Register, vol. 16, p. 145, April 1862); afterward resides in Lancaster, Cambridge and Boston.
Simon Gates was sued 9 Nov. 1670 by John Woods of Marlborough, MA, for breaking a marriage contract with his daughter, Frances. In his suit against Gates, Woods stated that "he hath contracted with another to the great wrong of said Frances". They resided at Cambridge, Lancaster, and Muddy River, MA. He inherited his father's estate at Cambridge, MA. [4]
Genealogy
Parents
Stephen Gates 1597–1662
Anne Veare Gates 1603–1683
Spouse
Margaret Barstow Gates 1650–1707 (bapt. 1649/50 m. 11/1670)
Siblings
Elizabeth Gates Lazell 1630–1704
Stephen Gates 1634–1707
Thomas Gates 1640–1726
Children
Abigail Gates Mayo 1671–1775
Simon Gates 1673–1675
Simon Gates 1675–1734
George Gates 1678–1679
Amos Gates 1681–1754
Jonathan Gates 1683–1756
Jonathan Gates 1683–1756
Samuel Gates 1685 -
Margaret Gates Howe 1689–1734
References
[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213446804/simon-gates
[2] http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ New England Historic Genealogic Society Web site; must be a member to use most services
Sources
[3] “The New England Historical and Genealogical Register”, July 1966 (vol. 120, pg. 161)
[4] "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”
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