Re: Esther Gates - wife of Abel F. Lewis- Ct
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Re: Esther Gates - wife of Abel F. Lewis- Ct
3/27/00
Hi Joshua!I just saw your message.How do you know that Zebediah and Cyrus Gates, who were members of the Fort Hill Baptist Church abt 1810 in Groton, Ct. are related?What do you know about Cyrus?I think that my Zebediah Gates is the one that was born Feb 3, 1750/51 in Groton and who married Abigail Pettis. He died Apr 7, 1816. I have seen recently where someone tried to pin him on as a son of Zebediah born Sept 4, 1699 and married twice to Jerusha Geer and Mehitable Downing.They said that he was a son byhis third wife Sarah Woodmansee, but the dates just don't match up.Zebediah's 2nd wife is supposed to have died after 1758 and he is supposed to have married his third wife (Sarah) in 1742. I think the third Zebediah that you mentioned (who is probably the one who was married to Eunice Packer and Nancy Denison and died July 16, 1859) was my Zebediah's son.I have been able to find quite a bit about him. Anything else you know would be much appreciated.
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Re: Esther Gates - wife of Abel F. Lewis- Ct
Mary Weddle 1/12/07