James Carlton GATES

James married Laura T. FISHER on 8 Jan 1850 in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles GATES was born about 1852 in Burke, Caledonia Co., Vermont; died on 1 May 1864.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont
• Census: 1860, Living in Newport, Orleans Co., Vermont
• Census: 1870, Living in Newport, Orleans Co., Vermont
• Census: 1880, Living in Marlborough, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire

John married Betsey AYER on 13 Feb 1826 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Betsey was born on 9 Jun 1807 in Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont; died on 24 Jun 1844 in Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont; was buried in Lyndon Cemetery Cemetery, Lyndon, Caledonia Co., Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of James Ayer and Sally Goodell

Notes:

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Betsey married John Gates on February 13, 1826 in St. Johnsbury, VT (1). After Betsey died, John remarried. Related information is in the Bio for John?s second wife, Eliza (Fisher) Gates, and in the Bio for her fourth son, Horace.

John and Betsey Gates lived near Betsey?s father, James Ayer, and near her brother, Royal Ayer, as can be seen from the close proximity of family listings in the 1830 and 1840 Census from St. Johnsbury, Vermont. In the case of the 1830 Census, Royal Ayer is listed next to his father, James, and John Gates is listed next to his father, Thomas. The group of gravestones photo by "Anne" shows that Betsey is buried along side her parents and brother, Royal.

Betsey was part of a large Ayer family group that lived in the St. Johnsbury area in the early 1800s. Two of Betsey?s sons have Ayer-side family related names. The name of her second son, James Carlton Gates, follows the first name of Betsey?s father and the maiden name of her grandmother, Mary (Carlton) Ayer. The name of her fourth son Horace Goss Gates (2), is in memory of her 1st cousin Horace Goss, who died in the St. Johnsbury area from an 1840 accident (3). The latter Horace Goss was the son of Alpheus Goss and Betsey?s Aunt Mary (Ayer) (4-7).

Sources:

1. Betsey Ayer in ?Vermont Vital Records,? 1826.
2. In: "Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, and His Descendants..." by Charles Otis Gates, 1898, p. 203 & 268.
3. In: ?The Town of St. Johnsbury, VT: A Review of One Hundred Twenty-Five Years...? by Edward Taylor Fairbanks, 1914, p. 228.
4. James Ayer in ?New Hampshire Birth Records,? 1774.
5. Molly Ayer in ?New Hampshire Birth Records,? 1779.
6. ?Descendants of Samuel Ayer and Mary Carlton,? posted by William Ayer, 26 Apr 1999, archived on Rootsweb website. Note: since the problem with the Rootsweb website, this had been inaccessible. A form of the file has recently been found (Jan. 2019) using google with the search terms: "new-hampshire-digest" V1 #255 William Ayer
7. In: "In Memoriam. The Family of John Lawrence (continued) The Family of Philip Goss, of Lancaster, Mass., and Winchester, N. H. The Family of Selah Pomeroy, of Stanstead P., Quebec" by John Lawrence, 1881, p. 35, 40 & 41.