When Dorothy Gatewood was born about 1715, in Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Henry Gatewood, was 27 and her mother, Dorothy Dudley, was 24. She married Thomas Foster Sr in 1740, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died after December 1777, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States, and was buried in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States.
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"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
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English: variant of Gatward, derived from either an occupational name for a goatherd (Middle English gate-werde, Old English gātweard), or from an occupational name for a gate keeper (Middle English gateward, Old English ʒeatweard, dialect gātward). This surname is now rare in Britain.
History: The Gatewood family has been established in Essex County, VA, and Spotsylvania since the 17th century.
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