John Wingate (1754 - 1839)

Born 19 Apr 1754 in Madbury, Strafford, New Hampshire

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Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1839 at age 85 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

John Wingate performed Patriotic Service in New Hampshire in the American Revolution.

John Wingate is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A128596.

Sarah Garland married John Wingate, born 19 April 1754 in Madbury, New Hampshire, died 16 September 1839 in Weare, New Hampshire.

Excerpt History of the Wingate family in England and in America:

JOHN WINGATE

John 5 , b. April 19, 1754, d. September 16, 1839.

m. Sarah Garland, daughter of Deacon John Garland, of Barrington. Lived in Madbury and Weare. He was delegate from Madbury at the Third Provincial Congress which met at Exeter, April 21, 1775, just after the Battle of Lexington, to consult on measures "most expedient to be taken at this alarming crisis." It was immediately voted to send troops to assist their Massachusetts brethren against the British. That John (5) Wingate took action favorable to the wishes of the people is testified by his return, May 17, 1775, to the Fourth Provincial Congress at Exeter. He was a Selectman in 1786.

They had seven children :

1. John 1776-1862 m) Mary Cate
2. Stephen 1778 -1784
3. Benjamin 1781-1799
4. Stephen 1784-1882 m) Abigail Cate
5. Sarah 1786-1804
6. Moses 1789-1861/2 m) 4 times 1st wife) Abigail Adams
7. Aaron 1796-1880 m) Phebe T Lamos

John is honored for patriotic service: 1) Delegate 3rd Prov. Congress.^[1]

Family

Children born to Sarah & John Wingate:

1. Steven Wingate, born 1784. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 18, 2020), "Record of John Wingate", Ancestor # A128596.

Census

The 1790 Census for Madbury, New Hampshire, records John Wingate as a resident.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 18, 2020), "Record of John Wingate", Ancestor # A128596.
2. ↑ United States 1790 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: United States Census, 1790. FamilySearch, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB541/rd/18286/384/269723607

• "History of the Wingate family in England and in America, with genealogical tables, by Wingate, Charles E. L. (Charles Edgar Lewis), b. 1861 John (5) pg 105-108, https://archive.org/details/historyofwingate00wing/page/104/mode/2up/search/sarah+garland