Paul Gates (1729 - 1809)

Born 8 Jul 1729 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Husband of Mehitable (Rogers) Gates — married 11 Jan 1759 in East Haddam, CT

Descendants

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Biography

Paul was born July 8th, 1729 in East Haddam, Connecticut to Daniel and Sarah Gates.^[1]

He married Mehitable Rogers on 11 January 1759 at East Haddam, Connecticut. She was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers.^[2] Mehitable was born on 09 December 1731 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the daughter of Nathaniel and Silence (Dimmock) Rogers.^[3]

Children of Paul and Mehitable (Rogers) Gates, born East Haddam, Connecticut:^[2]

1. Lois, b. 01 Mar 1759
2. Daniel, b. 01 May 1761
3. Nathaniel, b. 22 Sep 1763
4. Silence, b. 31 Mar 1766
5. Elizur, b. 27 Jul 1770
6. Gideon, b. 17 Sep 1778

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection: Vol. 10, Page 246
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Fahy, Katrina, "The Parentage of Elizur Gates: a Thomas Rogers Line," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 70(2022):49-54.
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Barnstable, Eastham and Orleans Vital Records, Births 1701-1781, Page number: page 25

• Barbour Collection: Vol. 10, Page 246
• Cone, William Whitney, "Soem account of the Cone family in America principally of the descendants of Daniel Cone, who settled in Haddam, Connecticut in 1662.", Crane & Company (Topeka, 1903), internet archive (https://archive.org/details/someaccountofcon01cone : accessed 8 Mar 2018). Pg 162, parents of Paul, Sarah Cone and Daniel Gates m. 13 Jun 1723, Paul b. July 8, 1729.
• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975. Volume 19 (Thomas Rogers), pg 195; marriage location and date.