Gilbert Bates - Born in NEW YORK
Gilbert Bates, son of Isaac Bates and Elizabeth Toney, was born in New York, Possibly Dutchess Co NY, the same place his father-in-law Samuel Covey was from. Also Rachel Covey, Gilberts wife, was born in CONN! Want proof, lok up the 1880 census response of Gilberts son, John Nelson Bates, who stated that his father was born in NY and his mother in Conn!