Person:Bezaleel Gates (1)
Ensign Bezaleel Gates
b.14 Oct 1726 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
d.28 Mar 1802 Little Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 Jan 1718/19
  1. Hannah Gates1719 - 1801
  2. Lieutenant Joseph Gates1722 - 1808
  3. Elizabeth Gates1724 - 1802
  4. Ensign Bezaleel Gates1726 - 1802
  5. Susanna Gates1730 - 1742
  6. Aaron Gates1733 - 1740
  7. Ann Gates1733 - 1740
  8. David Gates1738 - 1740
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Ensign Bezaleel Gates1726 - 1802
  • W.  Mary Brainerd1727 - 1796
m. 26 Feb 1749/50
  1. Hannah Gates1750 -
  2. Bezaleel Gates1751 -
  3. Aaron Gates1753 -
  4. Mary Gates1755 -
  5. Henry Gates1757 -
  6. Sibbel Gates1760 -
  7. Noadiah Gates1761 -
  8. Esther Gates1764 -
  9. Oliver Gates1766 - Bef 1855
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Ensign Bezaleel Gates
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 Oct 1726 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Christening[1] 20 Nov 1726 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 26 Feb 1749/50 East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesBezaleel Gates and Hannah Brainerd were first cousins.
to Mary Brainerd
Alt Death[1] 8 Mar 1802 Little Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][3] 28 Mar 1802 Little Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesThe gravestone inscription clearly gives 28 March as the date of death.
Burial[3] First Church Cemetery, Little Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 26. Bezaleel4 Gates, in Gates, Robert Cady. George Gates of East Haddam, Connecticut and Some of His Descendants. (Hudson, Florida: R.C. Gates, 2002)
    27-28.

    "26. Bezaleel4 Gates (Joseph3, Joseph2, George1), born October 14, 1726 in East Haddam, CT, baptized November 20, 1726, … On May 9, 1771, the General Assembly commissioned him ensign of the second company in the 12th Connecticut Regiment. At an East Haddam town meeting held December 7, 1778, he was chosen as one of a 'Committee to provide Such Clothing for the Soldiers in Continental Service as they are or shall be enabled to: by Resolve of the Assembly or of this Town.' In addition to his service at home, at least three of his sons, Bezaleel, Aaron, and Henry, were on active duty in the American Revolution, during which Henry lost his life from disease. … Ensign Bezaleel Gates died there (East Haddam), March 8 or 28, 1802, in his 75th year."

  2. ↑ East Haddam Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    82.

    "Gates, … Baraliell, s. Joseph & Hannah, b. Oct. 14, 1726 [LR1:573]"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bazaliel Gates, in Find A Grave.
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