1312. John Whitman (Deacon)
May have been born in Buckinghamshire, England, according to James Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," 1860-1862.
He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1638. On Mar 13, 1638, he was made a Freeman, i.e. given voting rights, in the town of Dorchester, MA., but soon moved to Weymouth. He was one of the earliest settlers there, and "soon advanced to prominence". He became Deacon of the Church there, and was a town officer in 1643. In 1645 the General Court appointed him Ensign in the military company "to end small causes".
Family tradition holds that his wife, with son Thomas (age 12) and others of their children, came over around 1641, and Walt Whitman claims that he arrived on the Truelove in 1640. Since it is known that daughter Hannah was born in Weymouth in aug 1641, there may be some connection between these events.
1314. John Alcock
Graduated from Harvard University in 1646. His father, Dr. George Alcock came
Roxbury, Mass., from England with Gov. Winthrop's fleet (Puritans) in 1630.
1328. Stephen Gates
Stephen Gates with wife Ann, and children Thomas and Simon, came over in the
Diligent in 1638 from Norwich, England to Hingham, and thence to Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and died in 1662.(from Calnek, History of the County of Annapolis, 33)
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STEPHEN GATES [#270], b. prob. in or near Norwich, Norfolk, Eng. abt. 1600, d. Cambridge, MA between 9 Jun and 29 Sep 1662, m. Hingham, Norfolk, Eng. 5 May 1628 ANN VEARE, b. abt. 1603, d. Stow, MA 19 Feb 1682-3. She m(2) contract 18 Apr 1663 Richard Woodward, d. Watertown, MA 16 Feb 1664-5.
Stephen Gates came from Hingham, England with his wife and three children in 1638 in the Diligent of Ipswich, John Martin master. He settled in Hingham, MA where he received a grant of a three acre planting lot. His house lot was on Town (now North) Street, bounded north by the street, east by William Buckland, and west by the town swamp. He received a grant of half an acre of salt marsh in 1647. He and his wife probably joined the Hingham church about May 3, 1646 when their children Simon, Thomas, Isaac, and Rebecca were baptized.[1]
On June 26, 1648 he sold his house and lot to William Hersey but remained in town for some time before removal. Stephen was one of the early settlers of Lancaster where he subscribed to town orders April 3, 1654,[1] was admitted freeman May 14, 1656, and was elected a constable for 1657.[4/59] In 1657 he failed to notify the voters of a town meeting and was fined 10 pounds, which fine was remitted when he informed the court that the failure was due to sickness.[1] Stephen's house lot was "on the neck Lying north to the house Lott of John Whitcomb Juner bounded by the saaid Lott of John Whitcomb south by the house Lott of Nathaniel Joslin north by a Rang of Lotts Easterly which Lyeth on the west side of Penicook River and westward by a piece of entervail of his own nigh adjoyning to the North River the said house Lott being Laid out for twenty acors more or Less". He also had two intervale lots, one of thirteen acres and one of seven acres. And finally 314 acres of second division upland.[5/267]
Trouble between the Gates and Whitcomb families in 1658 was caused by three sons of John Whitcomb having killed three of Gates' swine. At that time Stephen Gates was living in Sudbury.[1] Our ancestor Mary Gates made it into the record books at this time. From the Middlesex county court records of 1658 we have that Mary Gates, daughter of Stephen Gates, for bold and unbecoming speeches used in the public assemblies, and especially against Mr. Rowlandson upon evidence of John Prescott and others, was convicted. She acknowledged the offense and was discharged upon paying for the attendance of the witnesses.[4/93]
Stephen next appeared in Cambridge where he made his will on June 9, 1662. He probably died shortly thereafter as the inventory of his estate was taken Sept. 29. In his will he bequeathed to his wife and directed that son Simon should stay on the farm in Cambridge and pay the rent until the agreement ended. Son Stephen was to have the house lot of 20 acres at Nashaway (i.e. Lancaster) and 20 acres of intervale land and land at Hemp Swamp and meadow at "Postipolikin". 314 acres at Nashaway and a parcel of meadow at Still River were to be equally divided between his sons Simon and Thomas. Daughter Elizabeth received a colt and daughter Mary Maynard a heiffer when the lease on the farm was out. Elizabeth Bradsha was to serve her time out and Stephen's wife and son Simon were named executors. The will was witnessed by Edmund Angier and Ester Sparhawke and was proved Oct. 7, 1662.[2/2:32] The estate at Cambridge was all personal. Inventory at Lancaster, taken Sept. 29, 1662 by Nathaniel Joslin and Jacob Farrer, totaled 130.15.08.[2/2:53] Administration was granted to Simon Gates of Marlboro and Nathaniel Sparhawk of Cambridge upon part of the estate not disposed of in the will.[2/14:392] Sparhawk was the husband of Abigail, grand daughter of Stephen Gates.
Cambridge records show that on Jan. 19, 1662-3 "Goode Gates was to be seated "at ye end of ye Deacons seats". She deposed in court June 12, 1673 that she was aged about 70 years. Her will was dated April 18, 1682 when she was living in Pomposittacutt, the name by which the town of Stow was known before May 16, 1683. Mentioned in the will were daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Lazall; grand child Mary Maynard, the daughter of John Maynard; son Simon; Thomas and his wife Elizabeth; and eldest son Stephen who was named executor. In the will was the statement "my last husband's name was Woodward but I generally went by the name of Gates, notwithstanding". The will was proved April 9, 1683 and inventory of the personal estate, taken April 4, 1683, totaled 14.00.06.[1]
Stephen Gates was likely born in or near Hingham, Norfolk, England. No record of his birth is known, but one source (The Gates Genealogy by Charles Otis Gates, 1898) makes the statement that Stephen was the son of Thomas Gates of Norwich, Norfolk. This has yet to be proved. The parish register from Hingham does, however, give some clue as to Stephen's family in Old England. Thomas Gates and Margaret Mylnye were married there June 24, 1622 and William Gates and Alice Foulesam were married Sept. 18, 1627. These men were likely brothers of Stephen. A Rose Gates, widow, was buried in Hingham July 25, 1635. She may have been Stephen's mother. The marriage of Stephen Gates and Ann Veare is recorded May 5, 1628, but there is no other person bearing the family name of Veare mentioned in the parish books. Her family must have lived elsewhere. Mary Gates is the only child of Stephen and Ann's recorded in the register, being baptised in 1636. Since there were at least two children older than Mary, it is likely the family resided in another town between the time of marriage of the parents and the record of the baptism of Mary.[6]
REF: [1] The Warner-Harrington Ancestry - Frederick C. Warner,
1949 (pg.225)
[2] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 8995)
[3] Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster, and Cambridge - Clarence
A. Torrey, 1938
[4] The History of the Town of Lancaster - Rev. Abijah P. Marvin,
1879
[5] The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts - Henry S.
Nourse, 1884
[6] The American Genealogist - Donald Lines Jacobus, 1933, Vol
10 (pgs.199-200)(Biographical sketch prepared by Michael Roman)
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"The Dilligent" of Ipswich, John Martin, Master. She sailed from Ipswich, Suffolk, in June and arrived August 10, 1638, at Boston, with about one hundred passengers, principally from Hingham, Norfolk, destined for Hingham, Massachusetts.
-- From Planters of the Commonwealth, by C.E. Banks Boston, 1930
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Of Stephen's ancestry, the Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Vol. 2, biography of Jacob F. Gates) says the following: "Genealogically speaking the Gates family line is one of the most unique and wonderful in the Church. Jacob F. goes back in direct attested line on the Gates side to 1250 A. D., and on the last Clapdow line to William the Conqueror's time, 1066. They are a sturdy, intelligent stock; no kings and rakes are noted therein, nor paupers and rogues; just that splendid yeoman strain which has produced the leaders of the Latter-day Saints from New England, Old England, Scandinavia, Germany, Holland and Switzerland. It is the blood of Israel."
With respect to the Gates pedigree, if not also in other respects, these assertions do not withstand scholarly scrutiny. Though Stephen was probably born in Norfolk in or near Hingham, no record of his birth has been found, and the names of his parents are not known. One source, Charles Otis Gates (Gates Genealogy, 1898) states that Stephen was son of Thomas Gates of Norwich. But this, as Donald Lines Jacobus said in 1933, "has yet to be proved." Jacobus did, however, supply us with a few leads (The American Genealogist, Vol. 10, pp. 199-200):
The parish register from Hingham does ... give some clue as to Stephen's family in Old England. Thomas Gates and Margaret Mylnye were married there June 24, 1622 and William Gates and Alice Foulesam were married Sept. 18, 1627. These men were likely brothers of Stephen. A Rose Gates, widow, was buried in Hingham July 25, 1635. She may have been Stephen's mother. The marriage of Stephen Gates and Ann Veare is recorded May 5, 1628, but there is no other person bearing the family name of Veare mentioned in the parish books. Her family must have lived elsewhere. Mary Gates is the only child of Stephen and Ann's recorded in the register, being baptised in 1636. Since there were at least two children older than Mary, it is likely the family resided in another town between the time of marriage of the parents and the record of the baptism of Mary.
The lineage to which the Biographical Encyclopedia refers relies on C. O. Gate's assertion that Stephen was grandson of Peter and Mary (Josselyn) Gates.On this issue, we have the testimony of Frances Sage of Endicott, New York, saying (NEHGR 137:146) that the error had been perpetuated in published works because her grandfather "gave the information to C. O. Gates, who incorporated it into the preface of his book (N. Y., 1898)." Having later discovered his error, Mrs. Sage's grandfather published a "correction" in the Boston Transcript (16 September 1925):
"There is Gates genealogy, frequently quoted, and apparently generally accepted, which gives Stephen Gates, the immigrant, as son of Thomas Gates of Norwich, Norfolk, England, and grandson of Peter and Mary (Josselyn) Gates of London. Mr. Charles Otis Gates in his book ... gives this line and seems to be satisfied with the evidence, although he gives no proofs. Within the past twelve months I have seen a visitation of Suffolk made in 1612 and delivered in 1621 which includes further data, that shows that Stephen could not possibly have been a grandson of Peter and Mary Gates. Peter Gates was twenty-nine years old in 1612, and had one "son and heir, Josselyn, aged 3, and two daughters." Stephen's birth date is not known, but he was married and had five children, all born in England, when he came to America in 1634 or 1642. I have seen both dates given, but incline to the later one. Obviously, Peter could not have had a son Thomas born after 1612 who would be a grandfather in 1642. The Hon. Benjamin A. G. Fuller of Boston stated in the New England Genealogical and Historical Register [sic] in 1877: 'it seems that Stephen Gates, second son of Thomas Gates of Norwich...' There has never been any reason to question this statement, but the later claim that Thomas was the son of Peter seems now disproved."
Mrs. Sage further noted that Peter Gates married Marian Jocelyn in the parish of High Roding, Essex, 6 October 1605, and their son Jocelyn was baptised at the London church of St. Mary Woolchurch Haugh in February 1607.At the risk of perpetuating another error, Chris Moore (soc.genealogy.medieval, 29 April 1998) hazarded a guess of his own: "Personally, I tend to believe that Stephen was either the son or grandson of Sir Thomas Gates, who was the first governor of the settlement at Jamestowne, Virginia 1611-1614. I am searching for proof of that connection now."
____________________________________Stephen Gates, said to have been born in Norfolk, England, about 1599; died in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, September 1662; married in Hingham, Norfolk, England, 5 May 1628, Anne Veare, born in Norfolk about 1603; died in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, 5 February 1683. She m (2) Richard Woodward (contract, 18 April 1663).
Stephen came to Plymouth Colony in 1638 in the Diligent of Ipswich, with his wife and two children, and probably in company with Robert and Joseph Peck (See Cushing's record, NEHGR 15:26 and Savage <http://digital-editions.com/SAVAGE.htm>, 2:235). He settled in Hingham, where he received a grant of three acres for a house lot, twelve acres for a "great lot" and a three acre planting lot. His house was on Town (now North) Street and was bounded on the north by the street, on the east by William Buckland's land, and on the west by the town swamp. In 1647, he received a grant of half an acre of salt marsh. Stephen and his wife probably did not become members of the Hingham church until about 3 May 1646, when their children, Simon, Thomas, Isaac, and Rebecca were baptised (Birth dates of the children are not found in the town records). He sold his house lot and other property to William Hersey, 26 June 1648, after which he may have removed for a time to Cambridge. However, by 1653, he had moved to Nashaway (Lancaster), where he became one of the town's largest proprietors; one of the petitioners for its incorporation (3 April 1654); freeman (1656); and constable (1657). His house lot was "on the neck lying north to the house lot of John Whitcomb, Jr., bounded by the lot of said John Whitcomb south by the house lot of Nathaniel Joslin north by a rang of lots easterly which lyeth on west side of Penicock River and westwardly a piece of entervail ... nigh adjoining to the North River, the said house lot being twenty acres more or less." Stephen also had two intervale lots, one of thirteen acres; the other of seven, and 314 acres of the upland division.
In 1657, Stephen was fined £10 because, as Constable, he failed to notify the voters about a town meeting. The court remitted the fine, when Stephen attributed his lapse to illness, but may have on that account relieved him of his constable's staff. In 1658, the sons of John Whitcomb killed three of Stephen's pigs. Whitcomb agreed to pay for them, but then sought to be released from the obligation being "aged and weak and mean in estate." The court decided in Gate's favor. [See Henry S. Nourse, The Early Records of Lancaster (1884), p.63]. By then, Stephen was living in Sudbury. He subsequently removed to Cambridge, where he rented a farm, made his will (9 June 1662), and died sometime before the end of September, when his estate was inventoried.
The will, proved 7 October 1662, reads: My will is that my wife and my son Simon continue in the place where God have now set me during the time I have in it, and to keep the stock in their hands till the term is out and to pay the rent according to my agreement; and that my son Thomas to continue with them as long as he please. I give to my wife a third of my lands and all the rest of my estate during her life. I give to my son Stephen my house and my house lot of twenty acres in Nashaway and twenty acres of intervale lands and all my land at Hemp Swamp and all my meadow at Postepolekin. The third of these lands being excepted as above to my wife during her life. I give 314 acres of land within the bounds of Nashaway and a parcel of meadow at Still River to be divided equally between Simon and Thomas. My mind is that my wife shall give a colt of a year old unto my daughter Elizabeth when the lease of the farm is out. My wife to give to my daughter, Mary Maynar, a heifer of two years old when the lease of the farm is out. I give power to my wife to dispose of all the stock and my moveables when she die amongst my children according to her discretion. My will is that Elizabeth Bradshaw abide with my wife her Service Ship and that when her time is out my wife shall put her in a double suit of apparel and give her a heifer a year old...
The estate at Cambridge was all personal property. The inventory at Lancaster, taken Sept. 29, 1662, showed property valued at £130.15.08. Administration was granted to Simon Gates of Marlboro and Nathaniel Sparhawk of Cambridge. Sparhawk was the husband of Abigail, a grand-daughter.
The report of the Cambridge committee for seating the meeting house, 19 Jan 1663, assigned "Goodie Gates" a place at the end of the Deacons seats. Despite her marriage to Woodward in 1663, Ann called herself "Gates" in her will, which was proved 9 April 1683. She explained in a footnote: "My last husband's name was Woodward, but I generally went by the name of Gates notwithstanding." Her estate, by inventory taken 4 April 1683, had a value of £14. 6d. There is some conflicting information about the date of her death. According to Stow records, Anne Woodward died 19 Feb 1683; Marlborough records state that Widow Hannah [sic] Gates died 5 Feb 1683.
1329. Ann Veare
According to Stow records, Ann Woodward died 19 Feb 1682 [i.e. 1682/3]. Marlborough, Mass., records state that Widow Hannah Gates died 5 Feb 1682 [i.e. 1682/3].
1330. George Barstow
Came with brother William on "Truelove" 1635, Dedham 1637, Scituate 1652, died Cambridge 18 Mar 1653. Proprietor.
(See Meredith B. Colket, Jr., Founders of Early American Families, Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657 [The General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975], p. 19)
1334. Richard Dana
Allegedly a French Protestant who came to New England via England. However, the author of "The Dana Family in America," Elizabeth Ellery Dana, has been unable to confirm any French or Huegenot background. The baptism and birthplace shown are for a Richard Dana, son of Robert, whose later whereabouts in Manchester and the area have never been located, but no definite proof has been established that this is the Richard Dana who immigrated to New England. A reasonable circumstantial case can be made, however. With Robert as the father of Richard's wife, Ann Bullard, and Robert as possibly the name of Richard's father, we should expect to see a son of this couple with that name. However, none was recorded that has survived. Richard came to New England about 1640, possibly at about age 23, and was one of the earlier settlers of Cambridge. In 1647, he received a grant of land of over 100 acres from the General Court, the land located across the Charles River in what was called "Little Cambridge." It was then a part of the township of Cambridge, but was later split into what is now Newton and Brighton, Dana having lived in the latter area. It was near to the river and to old Cambridge, beginning at the banks of the Charles near what is now (1956) the corner of Western Ave. and Market St. in Brighton. Not long after he settled on his land, he married Ann Bullard, although there is no record of the exact date and place of their marriage. On 27 Feb. 1665, Richard was granted lot #110, 10 acres of land in Cambridge on the north side of the river, along with two interests in the Cow Common, now Cambridge Common. In Sept., 1683, he was granted 15 acres further from the center of Cambridge and, in June, 1652, he had been granted 20 acres at Shaw Shine, later Billerica, which he eventually sold. He was a member of the First Church of Cambridge and remained so even after the estalishment of a new church on the south side of river, nearer to his home. He was a financial supporter of Harvard College, the first president having been Henry Dunster, also from the Manchester area. His signature on a petition of 17 Oct. 1664 indicates his ability to sign his name, the others signing with their marks. In Nov., 1661 he was chosen constable of Cambridge; in March 1664, he was made Viewer of Fences; in 1665, one of five highway surveyors; he was a hog reeve in 1674 and 1677, a tithingman in 1678 and 1680. On 4 March 1679, on 4 Sept. 1683 and on 24 Dec. 1689 he was appointed to the Grand Jury. In 1681, he requested to be released from military training. Richard Dana died 2 April 1690, the result of a fall from a scaffold in his barn, possibly 73 years old. He was probably buried in the old burying ground in Cambridge opposite Harvard College where some of his sons and later descendants were later buried. Richard left no will; the inventory of his estate was taken 15 April 1690. The following day, an agreement was drawn up between his 4 living sons and the husbands of his 3 living daughters as to how the estate should be divided, the land going to the sons and monies to the daughters, with provision for the widow.
___________________________________Sources:
"The Dana Family in America," Elizabeth Ellery Dana, 1956 & "Thankful Hyde & Prudence Crary: Two Great-Great-Grandmothers of Emily Dickinson," NEHGS NEXUS, Vol 14, No. 5, pg. 148.
NEHGS "Register," Vol 23, pg. 253 & "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Thankful Hyde & Prudence Crary: Two Great-Great-Grandmothers of Emily Dickinson," NEHGS NEXUS, Vol 14, No. 5, pg. 148.
Title: Several Ancestral Lines of Moses Hyde and His Wife Sarah Dana Author: Harriette Hyde Wells Publication: Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1904 Repository: Note: www.Genealogy Library.com Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 22
NEHGS "Register," Vol 23, pg. 253 & Vol 32, pg. 345 & "The Martyn Wives of Robert & John Bullard," NEHGS "Register," Vol 148, pg. 280.
Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III Author: William Richard Cutter Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 1143
1402. Stephen Williams
Thought to be of Welsh origin.
1536. Pierre Boivin
BIRTH:Origine des Familles Canadienne Francaises,p. 31 ,"Godbout"
1540. Claude Basile Joseph Poulin
BIRTH:Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles du Quebec a 1730, JETTE, p.938;
Claude Poulin est né en France vers 1615. Il était le fils de Pascal et de Marie Levert
de Saint-Maclou de Rouen (Seine-Inférieure). Il est arrivé en Nouvelle France
le 11 juin 1636. Le 8 août 1639, il se marie à Jeanne Mercier en la chapelle
de Notre-Dame de la Recouvrance de Québec.
Quelques années plus tard, les époux Poulin retournent en France pour des motifs
demeurés inconnus. Le 15 février 1645, Claude Poulin faisait baptiser un fils
dans l'église Saint Maclou de Rouen.
Revenus au Canada vers 1647, Claude Poulin et sa femme s'établirent sur la côte de
Beaupré, à l'emplacement actuel de la paroisse Sainte Anne.
En 1667, le foyer Poulin s'était agrandi, ainsi qu'en atteste le rapport dressé au cours
de cette même année:
"Claude Poulin, 31 (ans); Jeanne Meteyer (Mercier), 40; Martin 19, Ignace 12,
Marguerite 9, Marie 7, Pierre 3; 8 bestiaux, 30 arpents en valeur" .
Jeanne Mercier mourut et fut inhumée â Sainte-Anne, le 14 décembre 1687.
Claude Poulin avait alors 72 ans. La mort de sa femme lui causa un choc : trois jours
plus tard, il décédait à son tour et il fut inhumé le lendemain en l'église de Sainte-Anne
de Beaupré.
1541. Jeanne Mercier
BIRTH:Dictionnaire Genealogique des familles du Quebec a 1730, JETTE, p.938
IGI, 1992 Edition
!DEATH:Ibid.
1544. Antoine Plouf or Blouf
BIRTH:Dictionnaire Genealogique des familles du Quebec a 1730, JETTE
!MARRIAGE:ibid.