↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. "Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) Vol. 121, p. 222.
Children of Samuel Gates and Abigail Blodgett: 6) Benjamin, bp. barre 11 Oct 1767, m. 7 Oct 1789 Elizabeth Newton. Resided in Hubbardston.