Johann Martin Gates (abt. 1714 - 1776)

Born about 1714 in Germany

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1776 at about age 62 in La Have, Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

In 1753, the British government settled 1,453 “foreign Protestants” in Lunenburg. The settlers were recruited from southwestern Germany and the Montbéliard district of France and Switzerland. These mostly German-speaking people were intended to help counter the French and Catholic presence in Nova Scotia. The settlement was named for the royal house of Brunswick-Lüneburg, where King George I of England came from. Each settler was granted a free town-and-garden lot and farm acreage in the county. The town’s grid-like plan mirrored that of Halifax.^[1]

Martin Keets (Gaetz) was a passenger on the Pearl, which sailed from Rotterdam on 2 July 1751. (On ship's list his name is listed as "Keets", but "the man signed the indebtedness list competently, if roughly, and wrote "Gotz" with an umlaut.)^[2]

Children of Johan Martin and Anna Elizabeth: (all baptised at St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg)^[3]

Martin Gates died on October 10, 1776 via the Zion Lutheran Church records at the age of 64. He left a widow Anna Elizabeth, wife of Martin Gaetz. who died August 15, 1798 at age 68 in LaHave. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ McCann, L.D., "Lunenburg". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published September 24, 2012; Last Edited August 06, 2020. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lunenburg
2. ↑ Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/lunenburg/shiplist4.html
3. ↑ Lunenburg County Church Records (Stevens Collection) A large collection of Lunenburg County church records donated to the Lunenburg County GenWeb site through the generosity of Kim Stevens.; Index to Lunenburg Church Records (Updated August 2017) and Read Me File (Updated August 2014); A searchable index, compiled by Bob Hegerich, to the collection of church records below.; In Excel (spreadsheet) https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/lunenburg/lburgchurchindex.xlsx
4. ↑ Lunenburg County Church Records (Stevens Collection) A large collection of Lunenburg County church records donated to the Lunenburg County GenWeb site through the generosity of Kim Stevens.; Index to Lunenburg Church Records (Updated August 2017) and Read Me File (Updated August 2014); A searchable index, compiled by Bob Hegerich, to the collection of church records below.; In Excel (spreadsheet) https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/lunenburg/LunenburgZionLutheranBurials.doc

• Parish Register, Zion Lutheran Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Register of the Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (Ca. 1749-1770) Winthrop Pickard Bell, and J. Christopher Young, 2003. Vol. 1, p. 193