This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BOY.2ACIB/1385.1.3.1.2 Message Board Post: My GATES line also goes back to Stephen Gates and Anne Veare who came in 1638 to Hingham, MA from Hingham, England on the ship "Diligent". Lineage is: Stephen-1; Simon-2; Samuel-3; Samuel-4; Samuel-5; Noah-6; Ashbel-7; John-8; Allen-9; Ray-10 and myself-11 Family migrated from MA through CT, NY, MI,WI, IL, IA. SD