Hi, I am descended from the Gateses in Marietta, OH. Since they were pioneers and founders of Marietta, they are well-documented in OH. Timothy Gates was the older-half brother of my ancestor, John Gates, born 11 May 1766, Tolland, CT. His dad, Stephan Gates, grandson of the Puritan immigrant Stephan Gates, was married three times, Timothy was the son of Betty Monroe. Timothy was born 25 Hanuary 1746-7 at Sharon, CT He married 4 December 1777 at Corham, ME to Suzannah Marsters. In 1794, they removed to Waterford Township, Watershing County, OH. Stephan's second wife was Dinah Mead and they had two sons, Lemuel and Samuel who both served in the Revolutionary War. My ancestor, John Gates, was by Stephan's third wife, Elizabeth Butler Cook. John was born 11 May 1766 in Tolland, CT and was thirteen when his father died. In 1781 he was living in Westford, CT, when John Hildredth, husband of his half-sister, Betty, was appointed his guardian. (Betty is Timothy's younger sister, born in 1749, also in Sharon, CT). On 8 December, 1791, John Gates married Mary Haskell of Tynbsboro, MA. By the fall of 1801, he had removed to Ohio, where, at Marietta, his brother-in-law, Moses Haskell, witnessed a promissory note given by John Gates to Rufus Putnam, 30 September, 1801. In 1802, John Gates lived in Waterford, and there is a record in the common please court of a suit brought on a promissory note for merchandise received from Dudgley Woodbridge and Harmon Blennerhassett. Joh Gates carried this suit to the Supreme Court, in 1804, August term. I do not know the disposition, but would love to find out. Besides Mary's brother, Moses Haskell, who was with them in Ohio, there was also John's older half-brother, the aforementioned Timothy Gates, who raised a large family in Marietta. In a thesis on early Marietta architecture there is a statement that "The rear portion of the Hildreth House, built about 1805, for Timothy Gates." Timothy died in 1822, the same year as John and Mary Haskell Gates. I don't know what happened that year in Marietta, but perhaps it was a flu epidemic. I'd like to know what happened in 1822 in Marietta. I do not have the children of Timothy and Suszannah Marsters Gates or for Betty Gates and John Hildredth. It is likely that one of Timothy and Suzannah Marsters Gates was also named Timothy Gates! I have the children of John and Mary Haskell Gates, of course, since one is my ancestor. I will furnish more of this if you are interested. Sharon Lee Gates 1476 Glenmore Drive Apopka, FL 32712-2046 Telephone: 407-814-9644 Telefax : 407-814-9645 Mobile phone: 407-375-9644

Hi Sharon, >From "Records of the Gates Families of America from the Colonial Period to 1860 Volume 2" Third Edition, 2000 by Robert Cady Gates : Timothy and Susannah Marsters Gates Page 453 : Jacob 1798 Susannah 1780 David 1783 Timothy 1785 Elizabeth 1786 Ruby 1792 Mary 1795 Betty Gates b. 7/29/1749 m. John Hildreth 12/24 1772 in MA Page 479 sources : Torrey and MA VRs. How does your ancestry go back from Stephen? Just curious as to how we are related. Mine is Stephen Gates/Ann Veare > Simon > Amos > Oldham > Mehitable > m. James Cloyes (3) Hope this helps a bit. Bill Harvey SGates1949@aol.com wrote: >Hi, >I am descended from the Gateses in Marietta, OH. Since they were pioneers >and founders of Marietta, they are well-documented in OH. Timothy Gates was the >older-half brother of my ancestor, John Gates, born 11 May 1766, Tolland, CT. > His dad, Stephan Gates, grandson of the Puritan immigrant Stephan Gates, was >married three times, Timothy was the son of Betty Monroe. Timothy was born >25 Hanuary 1746-7 at Sharon, CT He married 4 December 1777 at Corham, ME to >Suzannah Marsters. In 1794, they removed to Waterford Township, Watershing >County, OH. Stephan's second wife was Dinah Mead and they had two sons, Lemuel and >Samuel who both served in the Revolutionary War.[ALSO DINAH b. 1763] My ancestor, John Gates, >was by Stephan's third wife, Elizabeth Butler Cook. John was born 11 May 1766 >in Tolland, CT and was thirteen when his father died. In 1781 he was living in >Westford, CT, when John Hildredth, husband of his half-sister, Betty, was >appointed his guardian. (Betty is Timothy's younger sister, born in 1749, also >in Sharon, CT). On 8 December, 1791, John Gates married Mary Haskell of >Tynbsboro, MA. By the fall of 1801, he had removed to Ohio, where, at Marietta, his >brother-in-law, Moses Haskell, witnessed a promissory note given by John >Gates to Rufus Putnam, 30 September, 1801. In 1802, John Gates lived in >Waterford, and there is a record in the common please court of a suit brought on a >promissory note for merchandise received from Dudgley Woodbridge and Harmon >Blennerhassett. Joh Gates carried this suit to the Supreme Court, in 1804, August >term. I do not know the disposition, but would love to find out. > >Besides Mary's brother, Moses Haskell, who was with them in Ohio, there was >also John's older half-brother, the aforementioned Timothy Gates, who raised a >large family in Marietta. In a thesis on early Marietta architecture there is >a statement that "The rear portion of the Hildreth House, built about 1805, >for Timothy Gates." Timothy died in 1822, the same year as John and Mary >Haskell Gates. I don't know what happened that year in Marietta, but perhaps it >was a flu epidemic. I'd like to know what happened in 1822 in Marietta. > >I do not have the children of Timothy and Suszannah Marsters Gates or for >Betty Gates and John Hildredth. It is likely that one of Timothy and Suzannah >Marsters Gates was also named Timothy Gates! > >I have the children of John and Mary Haskell Gates, of course, since one is >my ancestor. > >I will furnish more of this if you are interested. > > >Sharon Lee Gates >1476 Glenmore Drive >Apopka, FL 32712-2046 >Telephone: 407-814-9644 >Telefax : 407-814-9645 >Mobile phone: 407-375-9644 > > > > >