When Abraham Gates was born on 22 October 1767, in Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Abraham Gates, was 26 and his mother, Susanna Whittemore, was 22. He married Hannah Rumrill on 24 January 1795, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States in 1810. He died about 1862, in Denmark, Denmark, Lewis, New York, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Champion Huddle Cemetery, Champion, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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English: variant of Gate with plural or excrescent -s. The English surname Gate has three possible origins: (i) a topographic name from Middle English gate ‘gate’ (Old English geat, dative plural gatum), denoting someone who lived by a gate or set of gates (possibly sometimes an occupational name for a gate keeper; compre Yates); (ii) in northern England, the East Midlands, and East Anglia, a topographic name from Middle English gate ‘street, road, path’ (Old Norse gata) for someone who lived by a road (compare Street ); (iii) a nickname meaning ‘goat’, from northern Middle English gate, gait (Old English gāt, Old Norse geitr).
Americanized form of German Götz (see Goetz ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Barrière (see Barriere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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