Robert
Colgate
Born in Seven Oaks, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Colgate
and Elizabeth Sale
Brother of
Elizabeth Colgate, Mary (Colgate) Boorman, Elizabeth (Colgate) Austin, Charlotte (Colgate) Pine, Martha (Colgate) Austen, David Colgate and John Colgate
Husband of
Sarah (Bowles) Colgate
— married
26 Mar 1780 in Kent, England
Descendants 
Father of
Charlotte (Colgate) Seldon, William Colgate, Maria Colgate, Hannah Colgate, Bowles Colgate, Esther (Colgate) Klein, Lydia Colgate, John Colgate IV, George Colgate and Charles Colgate
Died
at age 67
in Andes, Delaware, New York, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Nov 2014
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Biography
Robert Colgate (son of John Colgate and Elizabeth Sale) was born September 11, 1758 in Seven Oaks, Kent, England (Prob @ Cheapstead, and died July 06, 1826 in Andes (Del. Co) N.Y.. He married Sarah Bowles on March 26, 1780, daughter of John Bowles and Ann Bagnall.
Robert Colgate was an 18th-century English farmer, politician and sympathiser with the American War of Independence and French Revolution, whose republican ideals impelled him to leave their farm in Shoreham, Kent in March 1798 and emigrate to Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States of America, after which the family settled on a farm in Harford County, Maryland. Colgate formed a partnership with Ralph Maher to manufacture soap and candles. His son, William, helped them but the partnership dissolved after two years.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~1.56%
Baker Salsbury
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T659520 [compare], FTDNA kit #453549
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Sandi Strong :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Sandra_Rowe
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~1.56%
Ruth-Hanna Strong :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Elizabeth (Beckley) Butler :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Anthony Austin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A616497 [compare], Ancestry member floorman8339
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~0.78%
Heather (Abbe) James :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mark Jacobs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N141916
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