HELP! flag female ancestor  Sarah  WOODWARD

  (b. February 3, 1642 Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony   d. October 21, 1706 Stow, Province of Massachusetts Bay )  

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Sarah WOODWARD was born February 3, 1642 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Sarah WOODWARD was the child of George WOODWARD   and   Mary UNKNOWN

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Sarah  married  Stephen GATES JR April 18, 1662 in Stow, Massachusetts Bay Colony .  The couple had (at least) 3 children. Stephen GATES JR  was born abt. 1638 in Norfolk County, England.  Stephen died June 9, 1707 in Stow, Massachusetts, USA.  Stephen was the child of Stephen GATES and Anne VEARE (NEAVE).

Sarah WOODWARD died October 21, 1706 in Stow, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Sarah WOODWARD married immigrant flag male ancestor Stephen GATES JR-- Date: April 18, 1662 Place: Stow, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Stephen GATES JR was the child of Stephen GATES and Anne VEARE (NEAVE)




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birth1642 Birth
February 3, 1642
Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
marriage1662 Marriage / Partner
Sarah WOODWARD and Stephen GATES JR April 18, 1662, Stow, Massachusetts, USA

She was 20 years old.
1665 Birth of Child
Stephen GATES was born 17 May 1665, Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA (South Lancaster)

Sarah was 23 years old.
1665 Birth of Child
Simon GATES was born June 5, 1665, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah was 23 years old.
marriage1686 Marriage of Child
Stephen GATES married 8 November 1686, Stow, Massachusetts, USA to Jemima BENJAMIN
marriage1688 Marriage of Child
Simon GATES married May 4, 1688, Stow, Massachusetts, USA to Hannah BENJAMIN
marriage1696 Marriage of Child
Isaac GATES married 2 July 1696, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Mercy BENJAMIN
death1706 Death
October 21, 1706
Stow, Province of Massachusetts Bay

She died at the age of 64.

Sarah is buried at: Lower Village Cemetery - Stow, Massachusetts, USA
Added: 4/25/2019 9:33:35 AM - Updated: 2/11/2025 12:01:02 PM
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1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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