I am descended from Stephen Gates of Hingham, MA and Robert Gates of England (?). 1. Stephen Gates born approx. 1600, Norfolk, England 2. Stephen Gates born approx. 1634, Norfolk, England 3. Nathaniel Gates born abt. 1675, Marlborough, MA 4. Stephen Gates, born abt. 1706, Stow, MA 5. Stephen Gates, Oct. 17, 1742, Canterbury, CT married Mary Merrick Stephen daughter Elizabeth Gates married Samuel Hale Gates (from the Robert Gates line).* 1. Robert Gates date and place of birth unknown 2. David Gates born 1723, Maldon, England 3. Samuel Hale Gates born 1781, Amenia Precinct, NY married Elizabeth Gates* 4. Stephen Gates born 1792, Lancaster, NJ married Jane Mills* 5. Samuel H. Gates born 1824, Morgan County, Ohio married Charlotte Lorey 6. Lemuel Gates born 1847, Athens County, Ohio married Sarah Francis Piercy 7. Lewis Walter Gates born 1882, Leon, Iowa married Effie Vona Mahoney. 8. Effie Vona Gates Connollly born 1908, Leon, Iowa married John Connolly. *Samuel Hale Gates and Stephen Gates were brothers. Samuel Hale married Elizabeth Gates (daughter of Stephen Gates born 10/17/1742). Their daughter Maria married Silas Lorey and had a daughter named Charlotte Lorey. She married Samuel H. Gates son of Stephen Gates and Jane Mills. Charlotte and Samuel H. Gates son was my great-grandfather Lemuel Gates. Talk about confusing. Jennie Hanke