James Gardner
Cem. Lot 34
James B. Gardner b. -1825
d. -1898 age 73 yrs.
Emily Roworth, wife b. -1827
d. -1886 age 59 yrs.
Fannie, their dau. b. -1851
d. -1866 age 15 yrs.
Ishmiael Gardner and wife Fannie
lived in Rhode Island. They had 3 sons and 1 daughter.
About 1858 their two oldest sons came to Hopewell and settled on Sect. 53,
which is toward Clifton Springs. The following year James B. Gardner, the 3rd
son who was then 14 came with his widowed mother from Rennesleer Co. by way of
the Erie Canal. About 1856-7 James bought the farm on
the turnpike, Sect. 46 which had been the Lemuel
Babcock place, across the road from the Birdseye farm.
James and Emily, his wife had four children, Fannie who died at the age
of 15; Charles, whose
1st wife was Nettie Spangle, 2nd wife
Mary Cassort. He died in 1933, leaving no childrene Sarah, born 1857, and did
not marry. William who taught school for a few yrs. in
the home district. He married Cora Brisee, and they
had two daughters, Irma and Elsie. Both married and
lived in the eastern part of the state.
Will became a postal clerk on the railroad, and they then lived in New York
City.
Emily Jane, the one daughter of Ishmael Gardner and sister of James,
married James Cassort, son of David Cassort and his
wife Sarah Pheips. Their daughter Julia P. Married Dr. Watson W. Archer of
Clifton Springs.
Mrs. James Gardner had a flower garden
in the south west corner of their front yard,
near the road, quite lovely and well kept. Years
later, when her son Will was then an elderly man, he sent me
this poem or his own composing, which he called "Memories."
Prehaps it will be well to enclose it here. The
letter was postmarked Flushing, N.Y. and dated June
24,1937.
M-E-M-O-R-I-E-S
A Poem written by Will Gardner, probably at around age 70.
I long for the home of my childhood
For my mother, gracious and fair
With her dear smiling face surrounded
by a wealth of soft raven hair.
My mem'ry ever will linger
In the heart of the boy she bore
As she pointed the way to Heaven,
The road to the Everlasting shore.
From early morn to dewey eve,
Her labor and toil was one of love
As she fashioned her gentle life
For that beautiful home above.
How will I remember her love
For her favorite garden of flowers
Where she would wander at eventide
After the toil of drudging hours.
Where the roses seem to brighten,
And respond to her tender care
While the fragrance of mignonette,
Arose, and drifted thru the air.
And the little dark faced pansies,
That near the ststely lilies grew
Each longing for her loving touch
Along with modest violets blue.
But now that home on the old "turnpike,"
Responds to the tread of other feet
And that dear old fashioned garden
Is simply a mem'ry, soft and sweet.
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Daniel Gates, Sr.
Cem. Lot 22
Daniel Gates, Sr. b.
-1745 d. -15 May
1832 age 87 yrs. 7 mos.
Milcah Ludden, his wife b. -1769
d. -25 Jan 1846 age 77 yrs 9 mos.
Joseph B. Gates
b. -1802 d. -03 May
1881 age 79 yrs.
Pamelia B. Cook, his wife b. -1798
d. -05 Sep 1869 age 71 yrs.
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Church Records :
Mary Cook Ex.
for membership -20 Jun 1833 Dis -24 Jan 1836
Daniel Gates
Died -15 May 1832
Electa Gates
Pamelia Gates Ex. -02 Feb 1834
Jane Gates Ex.
" " "
Dis. -1867
Mr. Spencer Gates Ex. -30 Dec 1863
Dis -1868
Jennet (Janet)his wife Ex. " " "
" "
Pamelia Gates (Adult) Bapt. -02 Feb 1834
Elisha Ludden and Daniel Newton, children of Pamelia Gates, Bapt. -1834
Joseph Spencer, a child of Pamelia
Bapt. -30 Apr 1836
John Cook, " "
" "
Bapt. -1 Jul 1841
Mary Milcah, a child of Pamelia Gates.
Bapt. -jul 1841
Genett (Janet) a child of Jane Gates.
Bapt. -1 Sep 1839
According to church records Mary Cook came from Waterloo ?
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Daniel Gates
Cem. Lot No. 2A & 4A
Daniel Gates b.
-1835 d. -26 Jan
1885 age 50
yrs.
Mary Milcah, wife b. 18 Dec 1840 d. -28 Apr 1917
age 77 yrs.
Mary Jaenette (Nettie) dau. b. -31 Oct 1873
d. -14 Feb 1886
Baby, Dau. of Esther P. (Gates) Cook and Arthur M. Cook
b. -7 Jan 1905 d. -8 Jan 1905
Cem. Lot No. 48
Capt. Daniel Gates, b. -1771
d. -15 Dec 1812 age 41 yrs.
Susannah, his wife b. -1777
d. -21 Feb 1856 age 79 yrs.
Mary, their Daughter b. -1809
d. -8 Aug 1826 age 17 yrs.
Richard Gates
b. -1818 d. -4 Apr 1851
age 33 yrs.
Benjamin Gates
b. -1835 d. -17 Aug 1856
age 21 yrs. 11 mos.
Thomas Gates
b. -1826 d. -4 May 1849
age 23 yrs.
Moses S. Gates
b. -1800 d. -13 Jul 1869
age 69 yrs.
Sarah S. Gates
b. -1805 d. -10 Jul 1868
age 63 yrs.
Sarah Ann, their dau. b. -1841
d. -9 Apr 1850 age 9 yrs.
Esther, dau. of
Cyrus & Jane Gates b. -1823
d. -11 Sep 1825 age 2 yrs. 9 mos.
Dr. Augustus Torry b. -1778
d. -30 Nov 1858 age 80 yrs.
(Susannah Gates 2nd husband)
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Church Records :
Sally Gates
Ex. -8 Dec 1831 Bapt. -1 Jan 1832 Died -10 Jul
1868
Electa Gates
Ex. -17 Mar 1833
Thomas, Darwin, Joseph Ludden, children of Sally Gates. Bapt. -31 Dec 1833
Emily, Matilda, Leonard, children of Electa Gates.
Bapt. -31 Dec 1833
Benjamin Franklin, a child of Sally Gates.
Bapt. -2 Jul 1837
James Gates, a child of Electa Gates
Bapt. -1 May 1842
Lorinda Torrey (Torry) Ex. -May 1838
Olive Torry
Ex. "
"
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Buel Gates
Cem. Lot 78
Buel Gates
b. -1 Aug 1810 d. -16 Sep 1878 age 68 yrs.
Fedelia Gates, wife b. -28 Nov 1812 d. -
Harriet, their dau. b.
d. -Sep
age 3 mos. 18 days
Fordys Gates
Cem. Lot 89
Fordys Gates
b. -1805
d. -17 Oct 1877 age 72 yrs.
Electa, his wife b. -1805
d. -30 Apr 1879 age 74 yrs.
Leonard, their son b. -10 Jul 1830
d. -2 Jun 1903 age 73 yrs.
Betsy Birdseye, wife b. -19 Oct 1829 d. -11
Apr 1891 age 62 yrs.
Fordys, their son b. -
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Church Records :
Emma Gates Ex.
-Dec 1842 (dau. of Leonard and Betsy)
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Fordys Gates and Electa, his wife may have lived on the farm just south of the
cemetery, east side. He may have built that house. That was where their son
Leonard and his family lived. Emma, their daughter married Eli Woodward of Reeds
Corners and their daughter lived in Rochester. Jason Gates, a son, married
Jennie Kipp and their one son, William, lived in Canandaigua. He had two married
children. Fordys married Alice Douglas of Reeds Corners. He left no children.
This Gates family is directly descended from John and
Priscilla Alden of
Mayflower fame.
A descendancy chart for my
Mayflower connection.
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