Jeremiah GATES: Brooklyn Centre Change Log

1795 - 1870

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Birth Abt 1795 ,, Connecticut

Christened 12 May 1811 E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Gender Male

Died 1870 Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Person ID I200 Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish

Last Modified 29 Oct 2005 00:00:00

Father Nathaniel GATES, b. 22 Sep 1763, E Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Mother Hannah KNOWLTON, b. 19 Nov 1737, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Family ID F150 Group Sheet

Family Phoebe DEMING, b. Abt 1795, of Delhi, Delaware, New York

Married 1816 Delhi, Delaware, New York [1]

Children

>	1. Matilda GATES, b. Abt 1817
>	2. Reuben GATES, b. 29 Aug 1821, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
>	3. Charles GATES, b. 1825, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Family ID F147 Group Sheet

Headstones		Gates, Jeremiah 1795-1870 Status: Located. Small headstone located behind the large GATES monument. Section F, Lot 484.
		Gates, Jeremiah and Phoebe Large monument at the rear of Brookmere Cemetery. This is the rear view showing sculptural representations of both individuals: Jeremiah Gates and his wife, Phoebe Deming
		Gates, Jeremiah and Phoebe Large monument at the rear of Brookmere Cemetery. This is a close-up of the sculptural faces of Jeremiah Gates and his wife, Phoebe Deming.
		Gates, Jeremiah and Phoebe Large monument at the rear of Brookmere Cemetery. This is the front of the monument. Circling it are several smaller headstones of family members.

Notes	BIOGRAPHY: In 1816 Jeremiah GATES came from Delhi, (Delaware County,) N.Y., on foot in order to examine the country between that place and Brooklyn. Satisfied with his survey, he returned home, married Phoebe DEMING and started back with her and his brother, Nathaniel, making the trip, this time, with horse and wagon to Buffalo and thence to Cleveland by boat. Their only daughter, Matilda, was the first white child born in the township. She married Isiah FISH, and died at the age of thirty-three. -- "Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve", published in July 1896 OBIT: Name: Gates, Jeremiah Date: 1870 Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028. Notes: Age 75. Brookmere Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio. RESIDENCES: Originally from Connecticut, he moved to Delhi, New York and then came to Ohio. The Jeremiah Gates Home was built in 1820 with bricks fashioned with baking clay from a nearby stream. Located at 3506 Memphis Avenue it is believed to be the oldest residence in Old Brooklyn. RELATIONSHIP_ESTABLISHED_BY: 1854 deed lists Jeremiah, Reuben, and Charles as the sellers of property in Brooklyn.

[S311] [BOOK] A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland, Coates, William R., (Chicago: American Historical Society, 1924, 1339 pgs), Pg. 67.
Jeremiah Gates, originally from Connecticut but later a resident of Delhi, New York, was an early settler. In 1816 he walked all the way to Brooklynand examined the prospects here. Satisfied with the outlook, he walked back to Delhi and got married. The lure of the woods in the West and the girl in the East must have been compelling, for he made the roundtrip journey in six weeks. After his marriage, taking his brother Nathaniel into the party, he returned with his bride...