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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

"Finding Your Ancestors in the Old Country" Program Reveiw for the NSDCGS

Once again Anne Miller provided a informative program with several excellent examples. She warned us to analyze documents carefully. She discussed several different immigrant ancestor record types which could be used to find an elusive ancestor. She also mentioned researching collateral lines to solve those brick walls.

She mentioned a special seminar she will be giving at Jamboree. See her website at http://www.AJMresearch.com

Also, our special events chair mentioned the upcoming Spring Seminar: Family Tree DNA and You, which will be presented on Saturday march 27 2010 at the Carlsbad Senior Center on 799 Pine Street in Carlsbad, California. The cost for this seminar is $25.00 for members and $30.00 for non members. Currently we have about eighty people that have signed up to go to this seminar. Lunch includes a turkey sandwich, salad and drink. Family Tree DNA will be presenting the Spring Seminar and topic include: Y-DNA and mtDNA Genealogy and Website Tools; Haplogroups: Deep Ancestry & Migration Patterns, Medical Testing and the Future of Personal DNA Testing and Without a Surname to Follow: What Can You Do? There will be a new type of genetic test announced, so you probably won't want to miss this seminar. Contact ninaanderson@sbcglobal.net to register for this seminar.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Peter Gates' brother Ephiam Gates b. 1783 and wife Desire Avery

Desire Avery [Avery 347] was the daughter of Christopher Avery, Desire Avery died in Leyden, Massachusetts in 1831. (Leyden is also where Peter Gates lived and where my ancestor Lephe Gates was born)Desire's which were born in Leyden were:

Anna Gates
Avery Gates
Peter Gates (nephew of my ancestor Peter Gates father of Lephe)
John Gates
Joseph Gates

Avery, Elron McKendree, 1844-1935; The Groton Avery Clan. 1912. http://archive.org [digital image].

Update to post 3 Gates--bold items are additions

Gurdon Gates: Marriage 1: Esther Miner Gurdon Gates and Esther Miner were double cousins as they shared Isaac Denison and Esther Williams in common as great grandparents, their mothers were sisters. Marriage 2: Esther Denison: [Research question He married his Aunt?] [Burrow 453]
Gurdon Gates Children
1. Gurdon Gates [1860 Census, Groton]
"Gurdon Gates 1879-1881 was for many years a clipper ship captain and afterward was commander of steamer "Victory" of the Mallory line, He lived at Mystic where he died in 1842." [Stark 100]
2. Henry Gates [1860 Census, Groton]
3. Joseph Gates [Denison Society]
4. Kariska Gates [Denison Society]
5. Nathan Stanton Gates in 1888 Ann Borodell Denison Gates who founded the Denison Society at Pequosepos Manor is Stonington. [Denison Society]
6. Louise Phelps Gates [Denison Society]
Isaac Gates [Barbour] was born 7 October 1852 [Gallup 228]. Isaac Gates served in the Civil war transport as captain. [Stark 317] He married Prudence P.Gallup 24 September 1851 at Mystic River. Prudence was the daughter of Abagail Spicer and James Gates[Gallup 228] Prudence was a teacher at Mystic Academy (about 1850) [Stark 368]
Isaac Gates Children:
Edmund Gates born 7 October 1852 and died 14 March 1865 [Gallup 228]
Abbie S. Gates Married Charles L. Stark [Gallup 228]. Charles Stark was the author of the "History of Groton" and "Starks Family Genealogy", He died January 23, 1930 at 101 Carver Road in Newton Highlands, MA at age 83. He was born 27 May 1848 a son of Henry Stark and Mary Rathburn to Providence, Rhode Island [Rhode Island Historical Society member] and member of Rogers Baptist church in 1924 he moved to Massachusetts. He is buried at Elm Cemetary in Mystic [Stark Obit]
Genieve S.Gates married Charles Westcott of Providence, Rhode Island [1860 Census]

Additional References
Stark, Charles Rathbone, Groton Connecticut, 1705-1905. 1922.
Stonington, Connecticut. Palmer Press. Http://www.archive.org. Internet Archive
Database [Digital Image]

Upcoming North San Diego County Genealogy Society Meeting on Friday Feb 9, 2010

The program meeting for February 23, 2010 at the North San Diego Genealogical Society will be presented by Anne Miller at 10:00 am. Her presentation will be "Finding Your Ancestors in the Old Country." in the Carlsbad City Council Chambers located behind the Georgina Cole Library. Anne Miller is a psychologist, professional genealogist and historian. She is currently the Education Director for the Temecula Valley Genealogical Society. Ann Miller is also involved with an orphaned photo and bible project.

During a previous meeting on November 10th, 2009. Anne Miller and David Armstrong gave an excellent presentation on using Google maps for genealogy research. They gave an excellent presentation and made something that is rather complex easy to understand. I am sure Ann will give an informative presentation at the meeting tomorrow with the same high caliber instruction she provided in her last presentation in November 2009.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Gates Part 3: Peter Gates to Zebediah 9 Gates

Peter Gates6 (Zebadiah5 Zebadiah4 Thomas3 Stephen2, Stephen1)
[This is my direct line: Gwynn Socolich]
Peter, s. Zeb [ediah]5 and Sarah b. Feb. 15, 175 [ ] [Barbour 130]
Peter Gates6 15 Feb 175 [ ] [Barbour 129; Arms 65] aka Allen [Arms 110] Came to Leyden abt 1780 w/ Mary Allen of Groton, CT Lived on River Road ; Land: Gate’s Hill Lat 42.721472 – Long. 72.648147, NNW of Leyden [USGS]
Colrain Franklin County, MA. Building Valuation: Peter = 150.00 and David $180.00 [Arms]
Children of Peter:
Lephe Gates (aka Leafie, Lephe)(my direct ancestor) born in Leyden, MA marries John Riddle (later Riddell) "She was born opposite Henry Thorn’s Saw Mill." [Arms 96], "The house was torn down in 1908 and family antiques were discovered in the walls". [Arms 157] John Riddle lived on River Road. Leafie, (Lephe, Lephie) Gates +John Riddle in Leyden, MA:Children: George Riddell [note: This is my direct ancestor, Dr. John Leonard Riddell
Ephriam Gates b. 1783 carried on the family farm [Arms 196] married Desire Avery and a son of Ephriam Gates named Allen Gates had a daughter named Hannah who married James Baldwin Miner [Arms 196]
Sarah Gates 1751: Note that Sarah’s twin Zebediah7 was also born 1751
Zebadiah Gates7 born 1751 twin with Sarah. (brother to Lephe Gates born in 1751 m. Nancy Denison in Stonington 1820 [Barbour 130].


Zebadiah Gates7 (Peter6 Zebadiah5 Zebadiah4 Thomas3 Stephen2, Stephen1)
Zebadiah Gates7 Children:
Zebadiah8 Gates born October 22, 1782
Zebadiah8 Gates (Zebadiah7 Peter6 Zebadiah5 Zebadiah4 Thomas3 Stephen2, Stephen1)
Zebadiah8 was born at the “old homestead one mile north of Fort Hill [research question: in Groton, CT?] , where his father and grandfather had lived and died before him. [Zebediah8 was born on] October 22, 1782 where he lived until a few years ago, when he was persuaded to come to Mystic River and take up his residence with his son”[Probably Gurdon Gates of Mystic]”. [Mystic Journal 1859] Zebediah8 married. Abagail who died 3 Feb 1820. Secondly, he married Mercy Denison born 1784 [1850 Census,Groton;Denison Newsletter] Zebediah Gates [4] died on 7 April 1816 age 66. [Mystic Journal 1859] Probate notice on estate dated June 10, 1816 in the Connecticut Gazette, executors are Zebadiah Gates and Rufus Smith.[Connecticut Gazette, 1816]
Zebadiah8 Gates Children:
Zebediah9 Gates b. d. 15 July 1859

Zebediah9 Gates (Zebadiah8 Zebadiah7 Peter6 Zebadiah5 Zebadiah4 Thomas3 Stephen2, Stephen1)
The New London gazette published an article on 15 March 1837 about Zebediah9 Gates and his assistance to Poquonock who was under quarentine because of small pox. He disobeyed the ordinance to help his fellow man. Later he moved to Mystic River. He married who married first Eunice Packer who was born in April 1803, married in April 1803.Eunice died 3 Feb 1820. After his first wife died Zebediah9 [5] married Mercy Denison on 7 June 1820. Mercy and Zebediah’s9 mothers were sisters. Zebediah9 died on 15 July 1859 of “quick consumption” [Mystic Journal 1859] [Research Zebediah9. Obituary in Mystic Journal 1859.


Zebediah9 was a probate Judge for New London County in 1848 and he also filled several town offices. He was “troubled for a number of years with a cancer near his eye, and was confined to the house by it for about 19 months previous to his death. ..His funeral took place last Sunday at his late residence…His remains were taken to the Mystic River Cemetery”.[Mystic Journal 1850] [Groton, New London, Connecticut]

Children: Zebediah9 Gates
Charles Gates married Jane E. Latham 1 August 1851
Gurdon Gates: Marriage 1: Esther Miner Gurdon Gates and Esther Miner were double cousins as they shared Isaac Denison and Esther Williams in common as great grandparents, their mothers were sisters. Marriage 2: Esther Denison: [Research question He married his Aunt?] [Burrow 453]
Gurdon Gates Children
1. Gurdon Gates [1860 Census, Groton]
2. Henry Gates [1860 Census, Groton]
3. Joseph Gates [Denison Society]
4. Kariska Gates [Denison Society]
5. Nathan Stanton Gates in 1888 Ann Borodell Denison Gates who founded the Denison Society at Pequosepos Manor is Stonington. [Denison Society]
6. Louise Phelps Gates [Denison Society]
Isaac Gates [Barbour] was born 7 October 1852 [Gallup 228]. He married Prudence P.Gallup 24 September 1851 at Mystic River. Prudence was the daughter of Abagail Spicer and JamesGates[Gallup 228]
Isaac Gates Children:
Edmund Gates born 7 October 1852 and died 14 March 1865 [Gallup 228]
Abbie S. Gates Married Charles L. Stark [Gallup 228]
Genieve S.Gates married Charles Westcott of Providence, Rhode Island [1860 Census]

1880-1900 Mystic Seaport in Connecticut History Online Database has a photograph (stereopotical) the title and description are as follows. “Gates homestead, Clift Street, Mystic. “A man and woman stand in front of a large house with a pitched and wing identified at the gates homestead, Clift Street, Mystic. Chimneys are visible on the main structure and on the wing to the right. A porch extends across the front of what appears to be the main structure.” part of Scholfield Collection: file name is IMG0080-3231.434 [ http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm-cho]
Warren 1765 brother of Zebadiah9[Barbour 129]?

Gates part 2 Stephen Gates1 to Zebediah Gates 5

Preliminary Analysis of Information on Gates Family excludes microforms from Georgina Cole Library: includes books, newspapers and digital images.
Copyright 2009
The Five Zebediah Gates
Revision date January 27, 2010

Stephen Gates1
Stephen Gates1 was born in Norwich Co., England , Norfolk about 1600 [Torrey NEGHR 677]. He was from Hingham, England [CO Gates 9] Immigrated 1638 Aug 10 on the DILIGENT [LC Gates 2, Torrey NEGHR 677, CO Gates 9] Stephen Gates1 m. Anne Veare 5 May 1628 [LC Gates 2] in Hingham England [Torrey, NEGHR 678, CO Gates 9]He immigrated to the Location of Lancaster , MA [Torrey, NEGHR 678]
Anne Veare’s second husband M2 Richard Woodward [ Stowe , MA ] [Torrey (need page number)]
Stephen Gates1 died on b4 Sept 1662 [Torrey, NEHGR 678, Rogers 114]
Will at loc in Middlesex Probate file, proved Oct 1662 (Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA [ Rogers 114]
Stephen Gates1 Children:
Stephen2, spelled Steffene; will of Stepten Gates [Rogers 114]
Simon Gates [Rogers 114, see also Rogers 121]
Thomas Gates [Rogers 114]
Elizabeth Gates [Rogers 114]
Court Record: Will Inventory of Stephen Gates1
Ann his wife remarries Richard Woodward of Watertown, MA [Rogers 119], Estate at Lancaster.



Stephen2 Gates (Stephen1)
b. [Norwich] Norfolk England probably 1634 [Torrey NEGHR 679] b. circa 1640 [LC Gates 3]
Loc: Cambridge [CO Gates 9] 1652
Hingham [LC Gates 3]
Lancaster, MA [CO Gates]
m. Sarah Woodward 3 Feb 1642 [LC Gates 3] resided in Stow , MA to Preston , CT [CO Gates 12] 3 Feb 1642/43 [Torrey NEGHS 679]
d. 9 July 1707 [CO Gates 10]
d. 1706 Acton , MA [CO Gates 10]
d. after Sept 1707 [Torrey NEGHR 679]
Loc: Boston , Marlborough , Stow Massachusetts [Torrey NEGHR 679]


Thomas3 Gates (Stephen2, Stephen1)
1726 Thomas3 was deeded 3 parcels of land in North Preston, New London, Connecticut [Blackman 76]
b. 31 Dec 1669 [LC Gates 5,Torrey NEGHR 679 and 683,Torrey NEGHR (adds Boston ) 679, CO Gates 12]
m. Margaret Geer in 1695 and resided in Preston [CO Gates 15]
Locations: Marlborough and Stow Massachusetts and Preston, New London, Connecticut [Torrey NEGHS 683]
d.before 1752[LC Gates]; d. . 1740 in Preston, New London, Connecticut [CO Gates 15]; 1752? [Torrey NEGHR 683]
d 10 Aug 1726 [Geer 18]
d. 6 Jan 1768 died at Preston, New London, Connecticut age 78 [Weekly Oracle]
Children: Zebediah 4 (1699), Robert Gates (1696), Prudence Gates (1703), Daniel Gates (1707), Thomas Gates (1709), Margaret Gates (1715) [CO Gates 15]



Zebadiah Gates4 (Thomas3 Stephen2, Stephen1)
b. 4 Sept 1699 in Preston, [ New London County ], Connecticut [CO Gates 25, Torrey NEGHS 683. Geer 18]
marriage 1. Jerusha Geer June 12, 1737 [CO Gates 25, Bailey; Geer 18] Jerusha Geer is daughter of Jeremiah and Esther Geer [Blackman 76]
marriage 2 Mehitable Downing June 13, 1737 [CO Gates 25, Blackman 76]
Children:
Jerusha (b. 14 May 1747) m. Thomas Kiegwin [Blackman 76] Jerusha and Thomas had one child. Andrew born 29 March 1727 married Olive Starkweather.
Zebadiah Gates5
On 24 May 1739 Zebadiah Gates4 buys Stone Hill from Hezekiah Lord [Blackman 76]
Zebadiah Gates4 dies in on Feb 12 [Blackman 76], 1759 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut [CO Gates 25]


Zebadiah Gates5 (Zebadiah4 Thomas3 Stephen2, Stephen1)
b. 1720 [Cook, Mystic Journal 1859]
note: not listed as child of Zebediah4 Gates and neither is Peter in CO Gates 25] although they are listed in Barbour Collection index.
m. Sarah Woodmansay Nov. 9, 1742 [Barbour Collection 130; Mystic Journal 1859]: spelling variations on surname: Woodmansy, Woodmansee. Sarah’s death was 16 Jan 1798 age 77. [Mystic Journal 1859] (My Direct Line)
[note that the farm that belonged to “Judge Zebadiah Gates” of Groton was sold to Denison Woodmancy whose son was Edward Woodmancy who was age 15 on 29 Oct 1859. An article appears about them in “An American Eagle” in which Edward captures an young bald eagle in Groton and tames it to eat out of his hand. [Mystic Journal 1859]
Children:
Easter 15 Nov 175[ ] [Barbour 129]
Elisha 28 Feb 1768 [Barbour 129]
John 13 Dec 174[ ]) [Barbour 130] Advertisement in 1777 for general store goods by John Gates in Groton.[Connecticut Gazette 1777 and 1783.]
Mary 1 Sept 174[ ] [Barbour 130]
Mary 1759 [1 Sept 1759]
Abigail Gates b. 5 Feb 1762 [Barbour 130] possibly Abby Gates [Connecticut Courant Matrimony notice dated 25 Sept 1826] who married Sylvester Clark [Burgess 75] and possibly later John Edgecomb at Stonington [Connecticut Courant Matrimony notice dated 25 Sept 1826]
Anna Gates b. 2 May 1757 [Barbour 130] married Squire Phillips
David Gates b. 4 Feb 1749 [Barbour 130] “ran away from the Subscriber in August last an apprentice boy named DAVID GATES, between 20 and21 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches high, and will made, has red hair, and a black spot on the back part of his Head and a sear on one of his insteps, occasioned by a cut with an ax. Who ever will return said apprentice to his Master in Groton shall receive One Dollar reward. Joseph Lewis, Groton April 6, 1769” [Connecticut Gazette 1769]
Peter Gates6. Peter, s. Zeb [ediah] and Sarah b. Feb. 15, 175 [ ] [Barbour 130]
Zebediah5 Gates died 14 July 1783. He was age 63. [Cook; Mystic Journal]

Gates Bibliography Gates part 1

The following constitutes the resources I used for the Gates analysis in post 2 and 3.

Bibliography
1850 Census, Groton, New London, Connectitut. Roll M653_90, p688. Imae 63. Family History Film no: 803090. Ancestry.com Database: [Digital Image]

1860 Census, Groton, New London, Connectitut. Roll M653_90, p. 683. Image 58. Family History Library Film: 803090. Ancestry.com Database: [Digital Image]

A Card. Database. Newspaper. Digital Image. News Article. Genealogy Bank 2004. New London Gazette. New London, Connecticut. 15 March 1837. http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers.

“The American Eagle”. Database. Newspaper. Digital Image. Genealogy Bank 2004. Mystic Journal Oct 29, 1859. [Mystic Journal 1859]
Arms, William Tyler. History of Leyden, Massachusetts. The Enterprise and Journal. Orange, Massachusettes. 1959 p. 65,78 [Arms]

Bailey, Fredrick William. Early Connecticut Marriages. Volume 5. Internet. http://books.google.com [online]

Barbour Collection, Connecticut town Birth Records; Pre 1870 (1704 to 1853) B16-31, Groton Vital Records. Georgina Cole Carlsbad Genealogy Collection. Index [transcription] p. 179-130 [Barbour]

Blackman, Nathan Lincoln by Alfred Holman NEGHS, 1928.[Blackman]

Burgess, Charles F. Historic Groton. [Burgess]

Burrows, R. Earl. Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974 [Digital Image] Cleveland, Ohio, 1975. Ancestry.com [Database] [Burrows]

Connecticut Gazette. 21 April 1769, 30 May 1777, 21 Feb 1783, 26 June 1816. Advertisement. Database. Newspaper. Digital Image. Genealogy Bank 2004. http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers. [Connecticut Gazette]

Cook, Mary Jane Lewis. slwmjc. Tombstone Photo. http://trees.ancestry.com [Internet].[Cook]

Cutter, Carl C. Mystic The Story of A Small New England Seaport.Marine Historicla Association. Dec 15, 1945. Reprinted at Mystic Seaport. Sept. 1951. [Book}Photo of Gurdon Gates and Medium Clipper “Twilight”.


Gallup, John Douglas. The Genealogical History of the Gallup Family of the United Sates [Google Books] Online Database. Digital Image. [Gallup]

Gates, Charles Otis. Stephen Gates of Lancaster, Massachusettes and his descendants [online] Google Boonk. Http://books.google.com. P. 9-10,12,15,25. [search terms: Zebediah Gates] [OC Gates].

Genealogy of the Descendants of William Cheesbrough, The Founder and First town Settler of Stonington, Connecticut. [Digital Image] Ancestry.com Database. [Cheesbrough]

Geer, George and His Descendants, p.18. [Geer]

Mystic Seaport.org- Photo of Spyglass that belonged to Gurdon Gates.

Roberts, Gary Boyd. Connecticut Families from the New England Genealogical and Historical Register. Vol I. Adams-Gates. Baltimore. Genelaogical Publishing Co. 1983. NEGHR Vol CXX p. 162. Torrey, Clarence Almon. PhB. [Update to CO Gates. Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass, and some of his Descendants. p. 677-679; 682-683 [Torrey NEGHS] [Book] Georgina Cole Library [Roberts]

Rogers, Robert. Middlesex County Probate Records. March 1660. Stephen Gates of Camridge. [book] ;. 114-122. New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, 2001. Georgina Cole Carlsbad Genealogical Collection 974.4452 [Rogers]
USGS. http://geonemes.usgs.gov/getgooglemap [USGS]
Wheeler, Richard Anfon. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut. Google Books [Database]

“Zebediah Gates” Obituary. Database. Newspaper. Digital Image. Genealogy Bank 2004. Mystic Journal. 23 July 1859. http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers. [Mystic Journal 1859]