It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.
The treasure today is the Birth Record for Nathan Gates (1767-1830) who was born in Stow, Massachusetts:
A transcription of the entry is:
"Nathan Gates son of Simon and Susanna Gates Borne february 23 1767"
The source citation for this entry is:
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Stow Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 30 (penned, image 84 of 962), Nathan Gates entry.
This record is, I think, the Original Source record recorded soon after the birth event by the town clerk, who probably relied on information from Nathan's father, Simon Gates. It is, I think Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the name and birth date of Nathan Gates in Stow, Massachusetts. It is also Primary Information and Direct Evidence of his parent's names - Simon and Susanna Gates.
Nathan Gates is one of my fourth great-grandfathers, who had 15 children with his wife, Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855). Their daughter, Abigail Gates (1797-1867), who married Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825), is my ancestor.
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1 comment:
Thank you Randy for sharing this. Nice to add to our family information. I do enjoy reading your blog posts.
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