In answer to your call, My surname of interest is the GATES lines that are direct descendants of Stephen Gates, who left from Hingham, England onn the good ship'Diligent' bound for Hingham, MA, arriving there in 1638. His direct descendants are, Starting with: [1]Samuel Gates: b. abt 1600, Norfolk,Co.,Eng.; d 29 Jun 1662, Cambridge, MA [2]Simon: baptized,3 May 1646, Hingham, MA; d. 26 Aug 1692,Boston, MA [3]Samuel: b. 11 Aug 1685, Cambridge, CT; d. 28 Mar 1742 [4]Samuel: b 29 Mar, 1710, Pomfret, CT; d. 30 Sep 1798, Fairfield Co.,CT [5]Samuel: b.3 Dec 1736/38, Fairfield, Co.,CT,; d.12 Nov 1816, Saratoga Co.,NY [6]Noah: b. 5 Nov 1766, Fairfield Co.CT; d. 26 Mar 1813, Cayuga, NY [7]Ashbel: b 7 Jun 1803,Malta, NY; d. 27 Nov 1863, Warren, IL [8]John R.: b 25 Dec 1827. aratoga Co., NY; d. 23 Jun 1891, Alta, IA [9] Allen E.: b.19 Jul 1852, Rockford, IL; d. 12 Mar 1944, Aberdeen, SD [10] Ray A.: b. 1 Nov 1886. Broken Bow, NE; d. 9Aug 1961, Aberdeen, SD [11] Donald R., b. 31 Jul 1921 Bradley, SD (Still Living) I also have hit a 'brick wall' on my maternal gr gr grandfather Samuel Goodell: b. 22 Feb 1789; d. 2 Sep 1845, Fulton Co., IL