Born in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Gates III
and Jemima (Benjamin) Gates
Sister of
Susannah (Gates) Clark, Stephen Gates, Mercy (Gates) Foster, Sarah (Gates) Clarke, Jemima (Gates) Clark, Isaac Gates and Elizabeth (Gates) Downing
Wife of
Daniel Woodward
— married
1 Mar 1701 in Preston, New London, CT
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Woodward, Eunice (Woodward) Spaulding, Thankful (Woodward) Clark, Daniel Woodward, Sarah (Woodward) Clark, Ruth (Woodward) Partridge, Zephaniah Woodward, Reuben Woodward and Elizabeth Woodward
Died after
after age 64
in Preston, New London, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2011
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Biography
Thankful Gates, the daughter of Steven Gates and Jemima Benjamin, was born 7 August 1687, Stowe, Massachusetts, she died after 1752 in Preston, Connecticut.
Thankful married Lieu. Daniel Woodward, the son of Daniel Woodward and Elizabeth Dana. They married on 1 March 1701/1702 in Preston, Connecticut.
Daniel wrote his will on 20 May 1752, mentioned his wife Thankful.
Sources
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9S-9GQ : 28 September 2017), Thankfull Gates, 07 Aug 1687; citing Birth, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
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~0.78%
Alfred Loomis
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Roger Sprague :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mary (Holden) Morgan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #AM36179
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~0.39%
~3.12%
MaryLynn Gammel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dyerstowe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QD336933C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #298757
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