Fifth Generation (Continued)
Family of Experience Mason (76) & Benjamin Gates Jr.

224. Arethusa Gates (Experience Mason4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Barre, Mass., on 12 Dec 1766. Residence: Barre, Mass. Data from Mason.

She married Hon. Nathaniel Jones, son of Ezra Jones & Elizabeth, on 5 May 1788 in Barre, Mass. Born Barre, Mass., on 7 Jan 1765. Died Barre, Mass., on 28 Aug 1832. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Nathaniel. Born Barre, Mass., on 9 Mar 1790. Data from Mason.
ii.  Arethusa. Born Barre, Mass., on 4 Jan 1793. Died Barre, Mass., on 13 Sep 1795. Data from Mason.
iii.  Abigail William. Born Barre, Mass., on 31 Mar 1797. Died Barre, Mass., on 19 Jul 1811. Data from Mason.
iv.  Mary Ann. Born Barre, Mass., on 27 Aug 1799. Data from Mason.
v.  Ezra. Born Barre, Mass., on 7 Jan 1801. Data from Mason.
vi.  Elizabeth. Born Barre, Mass., on 6 Aug 1804. Data from Mason.
vii.  Isabella Dana. Born Barre, Mass., on 26 Jan 1807. Data from Mason.
viii.  Horatio Gates. Born Barre, Mass., on 15 Feb 1809. Data from Mason.

225. William Buckminster Gates (Experience Mason4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Barre, Mass., on 14 Dec 1771. Died on 19 Aug 1854. Data from Mason.

He first married Polly Taylor, on 27 Aug 1797. Died on 4 Jun 1838. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Horatio. Born on 6 Oct 1798. Data from Mason.
ii.  William. Born on 20 May 1800. Died on 22 Jul 1802. Data from Mason.
iii.  Josiah B.. Born on 2 Apr 1802. Died on 5 Apr 1802. Data from Mason.
iv.  Alfred. Born on 27 Jul 1803. Data from Mason.
v.  Jane. Born on 10 Dec 1805. Data from Mason.
vi.  William. Born on 29 Feb 1808. Data from Mason.
vii.  Mary. Born on 8 Dec 1810. Died on 3 Sep 1812. Data from Mason.
viii.  Mary Augusta. Born on 13 Jul 1813. Data from Mason.
ix.  Frederick. Born on 1 Apr 1816. Data from Mason.
x.  George Upton. Born on 1 Aug 1819. Data from Mason.

He second married ---- (----) Prescott. Data from Mason.

226. Horatio Gates (Experience Mason4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Barre, Mass., on 30 Oct 1777. Died Montreal, Canada, on 11 Apr 1834. Residence: Montreal, Canada. Data from Mason.

The Gates Genealogy states "there are supposed to have been more children" but have no record.

SML Comment: From email 11/1/01: "He was appointed to the General Legislative Assembly for Lower Canada, as it was called at that time, and was one of the founders and first presidents of the Bank of Montreal, in 1817."

He married Clarissa Adams. Born in 1787. Died in Apr 1842. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Charles Horatio. Born Montreal, Can., on 30 Aug 1816. Data from Mason.
ii.  Frederick William. Born Montreal, Can., in 1822. Data from Mason.

227. Mary Gates (Experience Mason4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Barre, Mass., on 31 Mar 1780. Died Barre, Mass., on 25 Jan 1812. Residence: Barre, Mass. Data from Mason.

She married William Fiske, son of David Fiske & Sarah, on 2 May 1802 in Barre, Mass. Born Barre, Mass., on 15 Aug 1777. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Mary Gates. Born Barre, Mass., on 28 Jun 1803. Data from Mason.
ii.  William Horatio Gates. Born Barre, Mass., on 28 Mar 1806. Data from Mason.
iii.  David. Born Barre, Mass., on 1 Apr 1808. Data from Mason.
iv.  Nathaniel Jones. Born Barre, Mass., on 22 Jul 1810. Data from Mason.

228. John Mason Gates (Experience Mason4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Barre, Mass., on 3 May 1784. Data from Mason.

He married Sarah Cobb, daughter of Myles Cobb, in 1808. Data from Mason.

Sarah Cobb is a descendant of Capt. Myles Standish, through his eldest son, Alexander, who married Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullen) Alden.

They had the following children:
i.  Charity. Born in 1809. Died in 1833. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
ii.  Horatio. Born in 1811. Died in 1832. Data from Mason.
iii.  Barnabas Cobb. Born in 1814. Data from Mason.
iv.  Lucinda. Born in 1816. Data from Mason.
v.  Myles Standish. Born in 1818. Data from Mason.
vi.  Rachel. Born in 1820. Data from Mason.
vii.  Mary. Data from Mason.
viii.  Sarah. Born in 1831. Data from Mason.

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