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Theophilus Ransom Gates

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Death: October 30, 1846 (59)
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Parker Ford, Chester County, PA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Theophilus Lord Gates and Dorothy Gates
Husband of Mary Gates
Partner of Hannah Williamson, a leader of the Free Love Sect
Brother of Lydia Eno and Hannah Gates

Occupation: religious jealot
Managed by: Private User
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About Theophilus Ransom Gates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_Gates

The Oak Grove cem. is located in East Coventry and had been known as the Union Meeting House cemetery see map (attached this and other profiles

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The reclusive Gates does not appear in any US Census data. He is documented as having been married and living/preaching in Philadelphia prior to the sects establishment in Chester County {MMvB search of Nov. 2022}

wondering about his siblings? of the few who had known children, at least two migrated to Ohio

un vetted..

  1. Israel Gates 1778 - 1794
  2. Hannah Gates 1784 - 1825 died Hartford, Licking, Ohio
  3. Mary polly Payne (born Gates) 1791 - 1862 died Paynes Corners, Trumbull, Ohio
  4. Dorothy Roxy Gates 1795 - 1825
  5. Daniel Lord Gates 1799 - 1803
  6. Lydia Jesse Gates 1782 - ? > Ohio
  7. Sarah Gates 1789 - 1858
  8. Elizabeth Betsey Gates 1793 - 1819
  9. David Washington Gates 1797 - 1824

Other Free Love items in the news. I note that "Free Love", as a movement or sect is not to be found on newspapers dot com prior to 1850. I wonder if the papers called it something else during Free Love Valley movement?

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Theophilus Ransom Gates's Timeline

1787
January 12, 1787
Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1846
October 30, 1846
Age 59
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States