First Generation
1. Solomon LEONARD was born in 1637.
He had the following children:
+ 2 M i. Samuel LEONARD .
Second Generation
2. Samuel LEONARD (Solomon).
He had the following children:
+ 3 M i. Samuel LEONARD .
Third Generation
3. Samuel LEONARD (Samuel, Solomon).
He had the following children:
+ 4 M i. Ebenezer LEONARD .
Fourth Generation
4. Ebenezer LEONARD (Samuel, Samuel, Solomon) was born in Preston,
Conn..
From: Leonard Genealogy, Descendants of Solomon Leonard (1637) page 69.
Ebenezer married Esther AMOS on 6 May 1730. Esther was born in Preston,
Conn..
They had the following children:
+ 5 F i. Zipporah LEONARD was born on 16 Mar 1746. She died about 1789.
6 F ii. Esther LEONARD was born on 22 Apr 1731.
7 F iii. Sarah LEONARD was born on 22 Apr 1733.
8 F iv. Elizabeth LEONARD was born on 14 Mar 1737.
9 M v. Amos LEONARD was born on 11 Oct 1741.
10 F vi. Hannah LEONARD was born on 1 Feb 1744.
11 F vii. Olive LEONARD was born on 7 Aug 1748.
Fifth Generation
5. Zipporah LEONARD (Ebenezer, Samuel, Samuel, Solomon) was born on 16
Mar 1746 in Preston, Conn.. She died about 1789.
The 9 children were born before 1790. The exact sequence is not known.
Zipporah married Daniel GATES son of Daniel GATES on 2 Apr 1767 in
Preston, Conn.. Daniel was born on 27 Oct 1744 in Preston, Conn.. He
died on 15 May 1832 in Hopewell, Ontario County, N. Y.. He was buried
in Hopewel Pioneer Cemetery, Ontario County, N. Y..
Daniel and his first wife and four children moved from Keene, New
Hampshire to Vermont
then in 1789 to Rutland county New York before settling in Hopewell,
New York. He had nine
children with his first wife and five more with the widow Brown. They
came as Presbyterians
and changed to Methodists after arriving in Hopewell. My sister, Mary
Ann, has the family
bible for Daniel and descendants. Daniel came to hopewell by boat using
the Canadaigua
Outlet on the last leg of the trip. His grave stone disagrees with the
Preston records (which
have him born in Oct. 1745 ) and says he died 15 May 1832 at 87 yrs. 7
months, which
would put his birth closer to Oct. 1744. I will go with the stone as I
have personally checked
it out. Daniel purchased land from Phelps in town of Gorham for 6d per
acre. He was first tax
collector in the town of Gorham. probably not to popular.
Resources: History of Ontario County, Conover;
History of Ontario County New York 1876. Everts, Ensign & Everts;
Gates family Bible;
Clarence Almon Torry "Stephan Gates of Hingham, Langcaster and
Cambridge, Mass."
Historical and Genealogical Register;
LDS Ancestral Files;
Preston Conn. Vital Records;
Records at Norfolk Conn.;
Grave stones at Mumby Road Hopewell Pioneer Cemetery in Hopewell,
Ontario County, NY.;
It may be of interest that there was a church at the above site until
abt. 1880. I have in my possession,
The handwritten records from that church.
Daniel and Zipporah had the following children:
+ 12 M i. Capt. Daniel GATES was born on 6 Apr 1772. He died on 15 Dec
1812.
+ 13 M ii. Buel GATES was born in 1782. He died on 19 Dec 1809.
+ 14 M iii. Parley GATES was born in 1767. He died on 27 Feb 1813.
15 F iv. Zipporah GATES was born before 1790. She died after 1833.
Zipporah married Thomas MILES . Thomas died about 1842.
16 F v. Betsey GATES was born before 1790. She died after 1833.
Betsey married Stephen BURTON .
+ 17 M vi. Horatio GATES was born in Oct 1777. He died on 24 Jul 1864.
18 F vii. Polly GATES was born before 1790. She died after 1833.
Polly married George BABCOCK .
19 M viii. Luther GATES was born before 1790.
May have been parents of another Luther Gates who died in 1863 at 61
yrs. 9 months
( found on a gravestone) and who married a Sarah (1811-1881).
Sixth Generation
12. Capt. Daniel GATES (Zipporah LEONARD, Ebenezer, Samuel, Samuel,
Solomon) was born on 6 Apr 1772. He died on 15 Dec 1812.
Had at least one other child (name unknown).
Capt. married Susannah UNKNOWN . Susannah was born in 1777. She died on
21 Feb 1856.
They had the following children:
20 M i. Daniel GATES .
21 M ii. Hiram GATES .
22 M iii. Spencer S. GATES .
23 M iv. George GATES .
24 F v. Julia GATES .
Julia married Cyrus SMITH .
25 F vi. Mary GATES was born in 1809. She died on 8 Aug 1826.
13. Buel GATES (Zipporah LEONARD, Ebenezer, Samuel, Samuel, Solomon)
was born in 1782. He died on 19 Dec 1809 in Gorham, Ontario County, NY.
Buel married Betsey GATES in 1806. Betsey was born in 1785. She died on
6 Feb 1855.
They had the following children:
+ 26 M i. Benjamin M. GATES was born in 1806. He died on 6 Oct 1841.
+ 27 M ii. Buel M. GATES was born on 1 Aug 1810. He died on 16 Sep
1878.
14. Parley GATES (Zipporah LEONARD, Ebenezer, Samuel, Samuel, Solomon)
was born in 1767. He died on 27 Feb 1813 in Hopewell, Ontario County,
New York.
Parley married Orpha SCOTT . Orpha was born on 10 Nov 1767 in
Waterbury, Conn.. She died on 19 Jul 1864 in Rushville, NY.
They had the following children:
28 F i. Sabra GATES .
Sabra married Enoch FOBES .
17. Horatio GATES (Zipporah LEONARD, Ebenezer, Samuel, Samuel, Solomon)
was born in Oct 1777. He died on 24 Jul 1864.
Was living in Michigan in 1833.
Horatio married Esther FRINK daughter of Prentice FRINK and Patience
GREGORY. Esther was born on 25 Jul 1782. She died on 24 May 1822.
They had the following children:
29 F i. Orpha GATES died in Ontario County, New York.
Orpha married Sherman HINKLEY . Sherman was born in 1781.
For more see Gates family.
