Joseph Gates (1662 - 1712)

Born 7 Nov 1662 in Haddam, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hungerford) Gates — married about 1694 in East Haddam, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1712 at age 49 in East Haddam, Connecticut

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Biography

JOSEPH2 GATES (George1), born in Haddam, CT, November 7, 1662, married ELIZABETH3 HUNGERFORD, (Thomas2,1) born about 1670, baptized in East Haddam, October 8, 1704. Joseph Gates was a member of the First Congregational Church and Ecclesiastical Society of East Haddam (hereinafter First Church) at its formation in 1704. He was a farmer and was infrequently recorded as taking part in public life. He died, March 18, 1711/2, under fifty years of age, apparently suddenly, without a will and only a few days before the birth of his youngest child. On June 2, 1717, the probate court distributed one-third of his estate to his widow, a double portion to Joseph Gates, eldest son, and single portions to the other children each of whom was named. The court appointed Captain Thomas Gates, brother of the deceased, as guardian for John Gates, age 19, and Sarah Gates, age 17 and Elizabeth, the widow, as guardian for the younger children. Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Gates died in East Haddam, November 17, 1759 in her 89th year.

Siblings

1. Thomas was born January 21, 1664 and died April 20, 1734 at East Haddam. On October 3, 1692 he married Hannah Brainerd.
2. John was born April 5, 1668 and died after October 4, 1742.
3. Sarah was born March 16, 1670 and died in about 1712. About in the year 1694 she married Timothy Fuller.
4. Mary was born March 16, 1674 and died May 12, 1742 at East Haddam. On February 14, 1693 she married Daniel Cone at East Haddam.
5. George was born August 16, 1677.
6. Daniel was born March 4, 1680 and died November 24, 1761. He married Rebecca Dutton in 1705.
7. Samuel was born November 8, 1683 and died July 31, 1737. About 1710 he married Esther Hungerford whose sister Elisabeth married his brother.

Marriage and children

About 1694 Joseph married Elizabeth Hungerford, probably at East Haddam.

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth

all born at East Haddam, Connecticut:

1. Joseph was born December 28, 1695 or 1696 at East Haddam. He was baptized July 25, 1697 at Middletown. He died November 1, 1770 at Middletown. On January 8, 1718-9 he married Hannah Brainerd.
2. Elizabeth was born May 23, 1697. She married Joshua Arnold of Haddam.
3. John was born September 20, 1698. On April 19, 1722 he married Sarah Fuller, his first cousin, at Colchester, Connecticut.
4. Sarah was born August 20, 1700 and died probably before 1735.
5. Jonathan was born December 17, 1703. On July 16, 1747 he married Susannah Olmstead.
6. Susannah was born September 21, and baptized October 15, 1705. She died April 29, 1703. On December 24, 1730 she married Stephen Brainerd.
7. Jacob was born July 10 and baptized August 10, 1708. He died June 20, 1789 in Millington parish of East Haddam. His first wife was a woman named Thankfkul. On October 13, 1763 he married (2) Mary Stewart.
8. Samuel was born March 29 and baptized April 2, 1710. He died August 25, 1801. He married his cousin Esther Gates on April 19, 1739. She died about August 26, 1757. There is a record of Samuel Gates (probably this person) who married at Millington on April 5, 1764 or 1765 to Rachel (Dutton) Willey.
9. Patience was born March 21 and baptized March 23, 1712. She died February 22, 1799. On April 15, 1736 she married Nathaniel Foote.

Church Affiliation

As early as 1697 he is recorded as being in full communion at the Haddam Church. He and his father were two of the seven constituent members of the East Haddam Society in 1704. His wife was also baptized in this same church on October 7 or 8 of 1704.

Occupation

Joseph was a farmer.

Death

As the eldest of his siblings he would have probably inherited his father's home farm if he had survived, for he died suddenly on March 18, 1712, a few days before the birth of his youngest daughter, leaving no will.

Joseph was born about 1670.

Sources

• Ferris, Mary Walton, "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes (privately printed) 1931. Vol. II, pp 15 - 16.[https://babel.hathitrust.org
• George Gates of East Haddam Connecticut and Some Of His Descendants, Robert Cady Gates
• Find A Grave: Memorial #13237465
• https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Gates/349759387160012651
• Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service, Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Tom Horner for starting this profile.

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• The biography of his daughter-in-law Sarah (Fuller) Gates