Jonathan B. Gates (1765 - 1838)

Born 14 May 1765 in Marlboro, Windham, Republic of Vermont

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Ball) Gates — married 24 Jan 1788 in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 21 Jul 1838 at age 73 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States

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Jonathan Gates was one of the Founding Fathers of St. Albans Vermont.

Biography

Birth and Family

Marriage

Jonathan Gates married Abigail (Ball) Gates on 24 Jan 1788. He and his wife moved to St Albans, Vermont, in 1800.

Children

1. Silas Gates

2. Eliza Gates

3. Susan Gates

4. Nahum Gates

Siblings

1. Sarah (Gates) Holyoke.

2. Lydia Gates.

3. Silas Gates.

4. Samuel Gates.

5. William Gates.

6. Elizabeth (Gates) Eager.

7. Mary Gates.

8. Susannah Gates.

Military Service

Jonathan Gates enlisted in the Continental Army on 16 May 1781, aged sixteen.^[1]He enlisted for a three-year term as a Private in the Company of Captain Nehemiah Emerson in the 11th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper.

Death and Burial

Jonathon passed away on 21 Jul 1838, and was laid to rest at the Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1800-1900., (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009), From material provided courtesy of Fold3.com. (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB392/rd/24419561).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23887263/john-gates: accessed 30 July 2023), memorial page for Capt John Gates (14 May 1765–21 Jul 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23887263, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #23887263
• North Star Newspaper 1807-1832 - Death Notices - Danville, Calidonia Co, Vermont - mentioned in wife Abigail's death notice [1]
• Vermont Roots - SOURCE: Vol, IX, No 2, February Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-ZYQ : 15 January 2020), John Gates, 1765.

• Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in Vermont, and Anecdotes and ...By Walter Hill Crockett - page 37 [2]
• " Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1800-1900, Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, (From material provided courtesy of Fold3.com.)

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB392/rd/24419580

• The History of St. Albans, Vt: Civil, Religious, Biographical and Statistical By L. L. Dutcher - page 366 [3]ch
• "United States Census, 1800," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHRQ-K29 : accessed 20 February 2015), John Gales, St Albans, Franklin, Vermont; citing p. 470, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 218,688.