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• Title	Capt.
  Birth	3 Sep 1716	Cambridge Village (Middlesex), Massachusetts Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	1816	Wilmot (Annapolis), Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I51752	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	08 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Amos GATES, b. 11 Oct 1681, Cambridge Village (Middlesex) Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Mother	Hannah OLDHAM, b. 10 Oct 1681, Cambridge Village (Middlesex) Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Family ID	F13606	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Mehitable (a) TROWBRIDGE, b. 26 Jan 1725/1726, Framingham Village (Middlesex) Massachusetts Colony
  Married	5 May 1745	Cambridge Village (Middlesex) Massachusetts Colony
  Notes	1745: Oldham, son of Amos and Hannah (Oldham) Gates married Mehitable, daughter of John and Mehitable (Eaton)Trowbridge "History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia" by W. A. Calnek, pp. 513-4; William Briggs; Toronto, Canada; 1897 (971.6 NS SCGS) 1745, May 5: "Oldham Gates and Mehitable Strobridg of Framingham . . . " "Vital Records of Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849" compiled by Franklin P. Rice; p. 154; Boston, Massachusetts; 1909 "History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860" by James Draper; printed by H. J. Howland; Worcester, Massachusetts; 1860 (F74.S77 D7 CSL) "Planters and Pioneers" by Esther Clark Wright; Lancelot Press; Hantsport, Nova Scotia (971.6 W93P ACPL)
  Children	> 1. Jonas GATES, b. 27 Jan 1752, Leicester Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony
  Family ID	F22571	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Patience Frances (b) BARTLETT, b. 2 Jun 1734, Brookfield Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony
  Married	20 Nov 1754	Spencer Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony
  Notes	Note: Oldham, son of Amos and Hannah (Oldham) Gates married Patience (or Frances) Bartlett. "History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia" by W. A. Calnek, pp. 513-4; William Briggs; Toronto, Canada; 1897 (971.6 NS SCGS) "History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860" by James Draper; printed by H. J. Howland; Worcester, Massachusetts; 1860 (F74.S77 D7 CSL)
  Children	1. Dorothy GATES, b. 28 Sep 1755, Spencer Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony   2. John GATES, b. 2 Mar 1757, Spencer Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony > 3. James GATES, b. 20 Jan 1759, Spencer Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony
  Family ID	F22572	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Thankful (c) ADAMS, b. 1734, Leicester Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony
  Married	5 Sep 1759	Spencer Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony
  Notes	Note: Oldham, son of Amos and Hannah (Oldham) Gates married Thankful Adams. "History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia" by W. A. Calnek, pp. 513-4; William Briggs; Toronto, Canada; 1897 (971.6 NS SCGS) "History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860" by James Draper; printed by H. J. Howland; Worcester, Massachusetts; 1860 (F74.S77 D7 CSL)
  Children	1. Thankful GATES, b. 9 Jan 1760, Spencer Village (Worcester) Massachusetts Colony
  Family ID	F22573	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1716: Captain Oldham Gates, born in Cambridge, England. "History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia" by W. A. Calnek, pp. 513-4; William Briggs; Toronto, Canada; 1897 (971.6 NS SCGS) 1755, April 9 to November 3: He served in the British army as a Sergeant under under Captain Solomon Keyes in the Crown Point Expedition. 1757, August: He was again in service in Captain John Newhall's company which marched on the Alarm for the Relief of Fort William Henry. He is described as a Private. [Research of Lucy Traves] "Massachusetts Archives" 94:101and 96:9 1767: Otis Gates states that Oldham sold his farm in Spencer. "Last Will and Testiment of Oldham Gates, Senior of the Township of Wilmot, dated May 1, 1797" Individual Estates Folio G7; 1798 [Research of Lucy Traves] 1670: He had arrived here. 1673: Oldham Gates was commissioned Captain of the militia. (According to the "Chute Genealogies" he was in 1775 in the Royal forces, and wounded at Bunker Hill; but I would suggest some nephew, perhaps son of his brother, Amos, for that distinction. Ed.) He was a grantee in both divisions of the township, and about 1783 sold his lands in the first division and removed to those assigned him in the second division, the Nictaux district. One of his sons, Oldham, and three grandsons, sons of his son, John, settled on the North Mountain, north of Middleton, and gave their name to that portion of it. They were the founders of Port George, which, it is to be regretted, was not called Gatesville in their honor. 1813: Charles Dodge and the brothers Gates built the first vessel ever launched there, and perhaps the first ever built on the whole North Mountain. She was intended for a privateer. "History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia" by W. A. Calnek, pp. 513-4; William Briggs; Toronto, Canada; 1897 (971.6 NS SCGS) 1760: Oldham Gates became a resident of Annapolis Township. In that year he was named in Annapolis in a Bill of Costs for a boat probably used as a ferry vessel across the river. He also owned a fishing boat and had 1,000 acres of land near Clark's Ferry. (Ref. Chute) In the 1768 Census for Annapolis he was listed with 6 males, 4 females and the following animals: 2 cows, 5 oxen, 13 young cattle, 18 sheep and 3 swine. "Last Will and Testiment of Oldham Gates, Senior of the Township of Wilmot, dated May 1, 1797" Individual Estates Folio G7; 1798 [Research of Lucy Traves 1763: He was commissioned Captain of the Militia. He does not appear in the 1770 Annapolis Township Census. He moved to Wilmot. 1872: He appeared on the rate payers list for Wilmot. 1794: He appeared in the rate payers list for Wilmot. June 17, 1774: He was wounded at Bunker Hill, Boston, Massachusetts. When he returned to Nova Scotia he received 1000 acres. Professor Reginald Gates stated that the grant he received included what is now Nictaux, Middleton, Gates Mountain, Mosher's Corner and Port George (Gates Breakwater). Gates Ferry was near the present highway over the Annapolis River. This name, Gates Ferry, was the first designation of what is now Middleton. Oldham lived in the Nictaux district. Mary McCaws states he married Jennie Drew at the home of his grandson. Calnek states on page 617 that Elizabeth Potts was the step-daughter of Captain Oldham Gates. No proof has been found. Oldham was married to Jennie in 1797, when his will was made. Wife: Jennie Gates. Children: Mehitable Gates, second oldest daughter Susanah Gates, oldest son Jonas, second oldest son John, daughter ..olity (Dorothy) Gates married a Whitman, James, Oldham, Hannah Gates, Thankful Gates, Mary Brown, Samuel. "Last Will and Testiment of Oldham Gates, Senior of the Township of Wilmot, dated May 1, 1797" Individual Estates Folio G7; 1798 [Research of Lucy Traves] Note: There seems to be inextricable confusion regarding this family. The "History of Spencer, Massachusetts" notes but two wives and gives a list of eight children. The Chute genealogy notes the five wives and gives a list of 9 children, apparently all born at Spencer. Of these children five bear the names of children given by the "History of Spencer, Massachusetts", and the dates of birth, etc., vary. Finally correspondents have still further mixed things up. As it is impossible to get the correct data, both lists are given here (the Gates book), and as the Chute genealogy list is the most complete and extended, that list is numbered and carried forward in this work. His descendants also differ upon his personal history. One says he was at the battle of Bunker Hill; another that he was a loyalist in the Revolutionary War and went to Nova Scotia, while another says he went to Nova Scotia after the French war, and before the Revolutionary War. The probability seems to be that he went to Nova Scotia before the Revolutionary War, and that some of his children were born there. [Research of Hugh A. Zorger] "History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860" by James Draper; printed by H. J. Howland; Worcester, Massachusetts; 1860 (F74.S77 D7 CSL) "Stephen Gates of Hingham" by Clarence Almon Torrey from the "NEHGS Register" Jane Fletcher Fiske, editor; 121:221; New England Historic Genealogical Society Register; Boston, Massachusetts; July 1966 (974.0 NEa SCGS) (F74 P41 CSL) (974.48 S41 NYSL) "Vital Records of Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to the Year 1850" by Thomas W. Baldwin; p. 196, 558; Boston, Massachusetts; 1911 "Planters and Pioneers" by Esther Clark Wright; Lancelot Press; Hantsport, Nova Scotia (971.6 W93P ACPL) "Vital Records of Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849" compiled by Franklin P. Rice; p. 154; Boston, Massachusetts; 1909