Ezekiel GATES

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Excerpt from "The New England and Historical and Genealogical Register": They removed to Westminster, Mass. His land was in the part of Westminster included in Gardner when that town was established. He served in the Crown Point Expedition under Capt. Abijah Hall, 15 May to 13 Dec. 1759. He was again in service the following year from 4 March to 27 Nov., under Capt. Silas Brown, in the campaign for the total reduction of Canada. In 1759 he was mentioned as a son of Amos Gates; residence, Stow. In his enlitment, 26 Feb. 1760, he was described as 21 years of age.

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Headstone:

In Memory Mr.
Simon Gates
who died March 11
1903 in the 64th
year of his age

Simon married Susannah REED on 27 May 1766 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Mass.. Susannah was born on 4 Dec 1745 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 18 Dec 1833 in Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Gardner, Worcester Co., Massachusetts . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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