Person:Reuben Gates (13)

Name^[3]	Reuben Gates
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	12 Dec 1716	Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1742	Based on birth of eldest known child to Marcy Heald
Death^[2]	15 Dec 1787	Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1911)
p. 42.

GATES, Ruben, s. Daniel and Anne, [born] Dec. 12, 1716.
↑ Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1911)
p. 316.

GATES, Reuben, [died] Dec. 15, 1787, a. 70 y. 11 m. 28 d. GS [Gravel, CR]
[3 days short of 71 years, so birth about 18 Dec 1716, or 7 Dec 1716 adjusting for calendar shift of 1752.]
↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster & Cambridge, Mass: and Some of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Jul, Oct 1966; Jan, Jul, Oct 1967)
Vol. 121, p. 51.

Reuben Gates [#33], s/o Daniel Gates [#10, p. 120:169, and Anna ---], b. Stow 12 Dec 1716, d. Leominster 15 Dec 1787, m. abt. 1740 Mercy Heald. Will dated 24 Nov 1780, probated 1 Jan 1788, names wife "Marcy", "all of his children except the deceased daughter Lydia" [i.e., per list in text: Elias, Sarah m. Joseph Wetherbee, Daniel, Mercy m. Amos Brown, Reuben, Jonas, Mary or Molly unmarried, Silas, and Lydia the second of the name.]