Samuel Gates

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• Occupation: Abt 1823; Samuel was a physician who first practiced in Rutland before removing to Zanesville, Ohio.
• Married: 29 Apr 1824, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Lucinda Reed, the daughter of Thomas and Lucinda (Wheeler) Reed. She was born on 26 August 1800 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 30 June 1837 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Issue: 1. George Samuel Gates (1825-1836) 2. Thomas Sydenham Gates (1826-1903) 3. Mary Reed Gates (1829-_____) 4. Ellen Maria Gates (1832-1858) 5. George Edward Gates (1837-1902)
• Moved To: 1831, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio

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• Military: 1777; He enlisted in the Revolutionary Army 7 September 1777, and served in Capt. John Boynton's Company at Bennington. His enlistment expired in September 1777.

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Birth:
Barry (1847) gives his birth date as 7 December 1759.

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Joseph married Sarah Galera Roper on 15 Feb 1789 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Roper and Sarah Greenwood) was born on 4 Aug 1756 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Mar 1813 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
After their marriage, they lived with Joseph's parents for a while.

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• Religion: 28 Jun 1752, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was admitted to the church in Framingham.
• Moved To: 1768, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1775, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Tithingman. He was Tithingman again in 1778.
• Offices Held: 1776, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed the Deer Reeve. He was appointed again in 1781.
• Offices Held: 1777, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was the Field Driver.
• Offices Held: 1778, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed the Highway Surveyor and Collector of Highway Revenue. He served in this position again in 1780.
• Offices Held: 1782, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed the Fence Viewer and served through 1783.

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Name:
He dropped is middle name, and went by Samuel Gates most of his life.

Samuel married Abigail Blodgett on 11 Apr 1751 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Joseph Blodgett and Sarah Stone) was born on 10 Jul 1725 in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Sep 1820 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved To: 1768, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Birth:
Roper (1982) gives her birth as 8 July 1726 in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Torrey (1967) gives her birth date as 18 July 1726.

Died:
His birth is recorded as 3 October 1820 on his gravestone.

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• Residence: 1747, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1775 to 1776; He served under Capt. Benjamin Richardson, Colonel Nicholus Dike's regiment stationed at Dorchester Heights.
• Residence: Abt 1778, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Daniel married Sarah Greenwood on 18 Mar 1756 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Greenwood and Sarah Adams) was born on 3 Aug 1734 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Jan 1808 in Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Abt 1778, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Birth:
She was a twin.

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• History: 1702 to 1713, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was taxed in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: say 1704; He was a weaver and a yoeman.
• Moved To: Abt 1707, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 4 Nov 1729, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1735; He was appointed a Tithingman.
• Offices Held: 1740, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served for three years.
• Offices Held: 1741, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was appointed the Overseer of the Poor.
• Will: 26 Dec 1743, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children: Hannah, Amos, Oldham, Samuel, Hannah, Margaret, Abigail, Mary, and Sarah.
• Probate/Proved: 22 Jul 1754, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Amos married Hannah Oldham on 19 May 1703 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Samuel Oldham and Hannah Dana) was born on 10 Oct 1681 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved To: Abt 1707, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 4 Nov 1729, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Estate Admin: 24 Jan 1763, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; The estate of Hannah Oldham was administered by Capt. Amos Gates.

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• Moved To: 1729, Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 16 Mar 1731, Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; He was appointed an Assessor.
• Offices Held: 1759; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court.

Joseph married Sarah Stone on 5 Nov 1719 in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Stone and Sarah Wait) was born on 7 Nov 1700 in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 1735 in Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 19 Jun 1728, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; She was admitted to the Lexington Church.
• Moved To: 1729, Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

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• History: 11 Sep 1697; He was taken captive among the Indians in 1697. He was ransomed from captivity by Jonathan Farnsworth in 1699. After his return, Richard Moore became his guardian.
• Residence: 1713, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; They lived on Tatnuck Hill.
• Residence: 1721, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 14 Oct 1722 to 28 Nov 1722; He was a Sentinel to keep garrison, or range the woods.
• History: 21 Mar 1729; He was taxed 2 shillings for the laying out of a road to Marlborough.

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Buried:
All traces of his grave and stone were removed with the burying ground was turned into a park. The location of the grave and it's inscription were copied by William S. Barton and deposited in the Worcester Antiquarian Society. His gravestone read:
Here lies Buri'd ye Body of
EPHRAIM ROPER
who dparted this life February ye 16, A.D. 1730,
in ye 43d year of his age

Ephraim married Sybilla Moore about 1713 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sybilla (daughter of Richard Moore and Mary Collins) was born on 2 Sep 1694 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Abt 1695, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1713, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; They lived on Tatnuck Hill.
• Residence: 1721, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Residence: Abt 1731, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• History: 17 May 1732; Mary Roper petitioned the court that the mother, Sybilla, be made guardian of Mary then 17 years of age. Granted 14 July 1732.
• History: 25 May 1750; She wrote a letter to Joseph Star of Middletown, Conn., her sister's husband. Sybilla's daughter, Hannah, was probably staying with the Stars at that time. At this time her last name was Chamberlain.

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• Religion: 1730, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; They were received into the church in Sutton by a letter from the church in Framingham.
• History: 20 Dec 1731, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; At a town meeting he was reported by the committee to seat the meeting house as having the fore seat in ye side gallery.
• History: 8 Sep 1742, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Daniel was one of the petitioners to the Town of Sutton to establish an independent parish. The petition was denied. The next year he was one of the petitioners who carried the petition for an independent parish to the Massachusetts General Court, where it was granted. In 1813, this parish was incorporated as the Town of Millbury, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: say 1758; He was a farmer.
• Offices Held: 1 May 1780, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a a member of a committee to consider the matter of the national constitution and report "what they do, and do not approve of."
• Offices Held: 20 Feb 1781, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a delegate to a county convention called to remonstrate with the Massachusetts General Court against an act repealing a tender act.

Daniel married Sarah Adams on 6 May 1728 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Deacon John Adams and Elizabeth Goddard) was born on 27 Jun 1707 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 1730, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; They were received into the church in Sutton by a letter from the church in Framingham.