Rose (Wright) Gates (1567 - 1645)

Born 25 Feb 1567 in Coney Weston, Suffolk, England

Wife of Eustace Gates — married 4 Mar 1593 in Coney Weston, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1645 at age 78 in Hingham, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Rose was born in 1566. She passed away in 1635.

Elizabeth Wright [alias] Mower, widow [from] Coney Weston, made a will dated March 1598, naming daughter "Rose ux [wife of] Eustaci Gates"... and "Thomas Gates the sonne of Rose her daughter."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Edward J. Harrison, "The English Origins of Stephen Gates, 1638 Immigrant to Massachusetts," in NEHGR, Boston, MA: NEHGS, 160(2006):7-14 -- proposes that Stephen Gates was son of Eustace Gates and Rose Wright (dau of Martin and Elizabeth ----- Wright)

• New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 160, Jan. 2006

Notes

It was originally thought that Stephen Gates was "of Hingham, England" mainly because his marriage in 1628 and the 1636 baptism of his daughter Marie appear in the Hingham, Norfolk parish registers. Mr. Harrison's research into the registers of other parishes in Norfolk and Suffolk led him to the discovery of additional important family records in the parish registers of Coney Weston, Suffolk, a small parish located about sixteen miles south of Hingham. There he found a baptism record for Stephen Gates, son of Eustace, dated December 26, 1597, a marriage record for Stephen's parents Eustace Gates and Rose Wright, dated March 4, 1592, and baptismal records for Stephen's siblings (Thomas, Rose, William, Alice, Mary the elder, Bridgett, Simon, and Mary the younger) ranging from 1593 through 1609.

Eustace Gates married at Coney Weston on March 4,1592/3, Rose Wright, daughter of Martin and Elizabeth, who was baptized at Coney Weston on February 25, 1566/7 and was buried at Hingham, Norfolk on July 25, 1635. Some have either misattributed her maiden name as "King", or overlapped her with a wife of colonial Governor Thomas Gates, perhaps due to her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Wright mentioning her in her will of 1598. This person is also mentioned as the mother of a David Gates 1604-1677 of England, but no such person seems to be affiliated with this family.