This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BOY.2ACIB/979.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I descend from Irvilla S. Gates who was born in 1820 and married Thomas Jefferson Wheeler in about 1837. One of my cousins suspects that Irvilla's middle name may have been Sabra. If so, there seems a good chance she was related to a Sabra Gates. My research indicates that Irvilla likely descends from the Gates lines that were in East Haddam. CT There were groups of Gates families that migrated to Ontario County, NY and then to Michigan. These in Michigan were in Macomb County, Oakland County and several sourrounding counties. We have been unable to find who Irvilla Wheeler's parents were. My research suggests the possibility that Irvilla might be related to Gideon Gates, Dunlap Gates, Loora (or Laura) Gates, Francis Gates, Milo L. Gates, Theron Gates, Martha M. Gates, Parley Gates, Horatio Gates and others who lived in the Ontario County, NY and Oakland County, Michigan and surrounding areas. Any information anyone might offer will be greatly appreciated.