I am researching Ardil GATES (1792 Vermont-1880 Minnesota) and Arvilla HALL (1795 CT-1854 PA). Ardil was son of David GATES and Jerusha WHITNEY and a descendant of the immigrant Stephen GATES. >Ardil lived in Genesee County, Castile Township, NY, Cherry Creek, >Chautauqua County, NY, Laboeuff, Erie County, PA, Beaver Dam, Dodge >County, Wisconsin, Blue Earth County, Minnesota and died in Forest >Prairie Meeker County, MN. Several of his siblings remained in >Chautauqua County; others settled in Wisconsin. > I am descended from his son Joel GATES who married Emeline MERCHANT. Any connections out there? Pamela Brett in Berkeley, California