Jonathan Gates (1683 - 1756)

Born 22 Jun 1683 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Persis (Shepherd) Gates — married 27 Nov 1712 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1756 at age 72 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Inscription: Here lie the remains of 111 persons who were buried in the early cemetery on Worcester Common, and removed to this place during the construction of the Worcester Center in 1968. Forty seven listed below are interred with their gravestones laid flat above them the remainder without gravestones are unidentified. From "Epitaphs from the Cemetery on Worcester Common; with occasional notes, references, and an index" by W.S. Barton, published Worcester, MA, 1848. Jonathan Gates died Feb. 7 1756 [1755 Town Record] age 73 [His epitaph is brief; "Reader - Remember Death." Note: Moved from Worcester Common in 1969. Original gravestones were laid flat and covered

Birth and Family

Jonathan Gates was born on 22 Jun 1683, in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Simon Gates and Margaret (Barstow) Gates.

Marriage

Jonathan married Persis Shepherd on 27 Nov 1712, in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. ^[1].

Children

Jonathan and Persis had nine children during their marriage:

1. John Gates,

2. Jonathan Gates, b. abt. 1717, ^[2].

3. Persis Rice (born Gates), b. 1 Aug 1719, in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[3], d. 06 Jan 1760, in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ^[4][5] aged 40.

4. Margaret Gates, ^[6].

5. Susannah Gates, b. 02 Jun 1726. ^[7].

6. Abigail Gates,

7. William Gates,

8. Sarah Duncan (born Gates), b. 12 Jun 1730, ^[8].

9. William Gates, b. 27 Mar 1735,^[9], d. 07 Jul 1811^[10], aged 76.

Siblings

1. Abigail Sparhawk (born Gates),

2. Simon Gates,

3. George Gates,

4. Amos Gates,

5. Samuel Gates,

6. Margaret Howe (born Gates)

Death and Burial

Jonathan died at the age of 73, on 07 Feb 1756, in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[11].

Will

"Will of 'Jonathan Gates of Worcester ... Husbandman', dated 25 Apr 1749, filed 6 Mar 1756, proved 12 May 1756, named daughter Perces now wife to Adonjah Rice; daughter Margrate; daughter Susanna; daughter Sari; wife Perces; my sons viz John Jonathan and William. Wife and son Jonathan to be executors, 12 May 1756: Assent and receipt of Joshua Biglo as attorney of son W'm biglo of  ??? who maryed the within named Margaret. Receipt of John Johnson in right of wife Susanah. Receipt of Jonathan Moors in right of wife Sarah. 2 Mar 1757: Receipt of Adonijah and Persis Rice. Jun 1756: Inventory of personal estate of Jonathan Gates late of Worcester: £16:19:7, by Daniel Heywood, John Chandler Jr., John Chadwick."

Sources

1. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 20.
2. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 21
3. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 21.
4. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 21
5. ↑ Andrew Henshaw Ward, Genealogical History of the Rice Family Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice (Boston, Massachusetts: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858), p. 73
6. ↑ Hon. Hiram Carleton, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont,2 Volumes (New York, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1903), 2:555
7. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 21
8. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 21
9. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 21
10. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 21
11. ↑ Charles Otis Gates, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster Massachusetts and His Descendants (New York, New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1898), p. 20.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-FK7G : 13 December 2015), Jonathan Gates, 1756; Burial, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Worcester Common Burial Ground; citing record ID 79422011, Find a Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79422011)
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-FPRM : 5 November 2017), John Gates in entry for Asa Gates, 19 Feb 1794; citing Death, Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009548.
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• Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012), Case 23153 Gates Jonathan Worcester 1756.
• "Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground on the Common", in Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Photocopied by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985-1986), p. 33.
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  • An unusually high number of people died in the Worcester area during 1756.