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Mary (Marie C.) Waite¹

F, #57271, b. 7 January 1846

Family: Homer Dilinan

Mar 1*: Mary (Marie C.) Waite first married Homer Dilinan.¹

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Birth

Jan 7, 1846

Mar 1

Residence

Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, USA¹

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Homer Dilinan¹

M, #57272

Family: Mary (Marie C.) Waite

Mar 1*: Homer Dilinan first married Mary (Marie C.) Waite.¹

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Mar 1

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[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

John Gates¹

M, #57273

Family: Mary (Marie C.) Waite

Mar 2*: His second marriage was to Mary (Marie C.) Waite on Jan 17, 1872.¹

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Mar 2

Jan 17, 1872

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[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Charles Otis Gates¹

M, #57274, b. 14 October 1852, d. 8 May 1906

Family: Elizabeth K. Hoagland

Marriage*: Charles Otis Gates married Elizabeth K. Hoagland on Jun 7, 1887 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, USA.²

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Birth

Oct 14, 1852

Oscaloosa, IA, USA²

Marriage

Jun 7, 1887

Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, USA²

Death

May 8, 1906

New York, New York Co., NY, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Hoagland Gates¹

M, #57275, b. 14 August 1891, d. 17 January 1944

Family: Margaret Chalfant Mackey

Marriage*: Hoagland Gates married Margaret Chalfant Mackey on Mar 6, 1920 at Chester Co., PA, USA.²

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Birth

Aug 14, 1891

Port Chester, NY, USA²

Marriage

Mar 6, 1920

Chester Co., PA, USA²

Death

Jan 17, 1944

Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Anne Elinor Gates¹

F, #57276, b. 14 September 1921

Family: Harold Eugene Copley

Marriage*: Anne Elinor Gates married Harold Eugene Copley on Dec 11, 1943 at San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA.^1,2

Biography

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Birth

Sep 14, 1921

Philadelphia Co., PA, USA²

Marriage

Dec 11, 1943

San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA^1,2

Note

2 children and 4 grandchildren

Research

2010

Dear Dr. Vella,

I found your Houghton web site while searching for information about Hoagland Gates (1891-1944). I am not related to Mr. Gates, but per a history of the Sherwood family written in the early 1940s, at that time Mr. Gates owned a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland called Auctill, which was the family's ancestral home place. Through your site, I was able to discover that Mr. Gates had a daughter, Anne Gates (Mrs. Copley) of Newark, Delaware. I found some posts I think she wrote on genealogy message boards, the last one being in 2003. I wrote an email to her, but it was just returned as undeliverable. I wonder if you know Mrs. Copley personally, and if she is still living?

I am attaching a copy of the letter I wrote to Mrs. Copley. I am hoping you might be able to forward it to her, or perhaps to her children. From the information I found on line, I suspect Hoagland Gates' mother died at Auctill, and he was living there in 1917, though he apparently bought another plantation in 1928. I'd think it likely that his daughter would have photographs of the place, and might be able to tell me if it is still standing.

Best Regards,

John Field Pankow
_______________________________

Email sent to AGCopley@magpage.com on 26 July 2010, returned as undeliverable:

Dear Mrs, Copley,

I saw where you'd made some genealogy postings on the Genforum web site, and wonder if you are perhaps related to Hoagland Gates (1891-1944).

I am searching for information on Mr. Gates because, per a history of the Sherwood family written in the early 1940s, he owned a plantation called Auctill in Talbot County, Maryland, the Sherwood's ancestral home place. I've found information on line about another plantation Mr. Gates owned, Broadlands in Cecil County, Maryland. This is not Auctill.

Per a family tree I found on line, Mr. Gates' mother, Elizabeth Hoagland (Mrs. Charles) Gates, died in Talbot Co., Maryland in 1927. I also found where Hoagland Gates filled out a World War One registration in Talbot Co. in 1917, but I don't find him or his mother on the 1920 census there.

The reason I am interested in learning more about Auctill is that my fifth great grandfather, Daniel Sherwood III (1749-1838), was born there. He and his wife, Frances Linthicum (1749-1806), sold Auctill to Matthias (Matthew) Tilghman in 1778, and came to North Carolina.

My line of descent from the Sherwood family goes as follows:

Francis Sherwood, was in Maryland by 1646
Hugh Sherwood (c.1632-1710/11) & Mary Brooke (c. 1636-1707)
Daniel Sherwood I (1668-1738) & Mary Hopkins (1672-1746) m. 1689
Daniel Sherwood II (1709-1767) & Elizabeth Rice (1709-?) m. 1745
Daniel Sherwood III (1749-1838) & Frances Linthicum (1749-1806) m. 1768
Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) & Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) m. circa 1793
Elswick Sherwood Field (1808-1867) & Guilianna Lindsay (1807-1885) m. 1831
John Andrew Field (1846-1883) & Mary Adeline Wilkinson (1846-1906) m. 1865
Ernest Marion Field (1866-1902) & Mary Rhetta Bell (1862-1947) m. 1888
John Levi Field (1899-1963) & Eunice Virginia Stearns (1906-1983) m. 1929
Joanna Field & Kenneth O. Pankow, m. 1962
John Field Pankow...that's me.

I don't know whether Daniel II or Daniel I built Auctill. Hugh built a plantation called Crooked Intention (Still standing) when he first came to Maryland in the 1660s, and later lived and died at Huntington (I think it is still standing, but now called Wheatlands, and has been considerably altered.)

I would be most grateful for any information you could give me.

Best Regards,

John Field Pankow
Biltmore Forest, NC

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Harold Eugene Copley^1,2

M, #57277

Family: Anne Elinor Gates

Marriage*: Harold Eugene Copley married Anne Elinor Gates, daughter of Hoagland Gates and Margaret Chalfant Mackey, on Dec 11, 1943 at San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA.^1,2

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Marriage

Dec 11, 1943

San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Elizabeth Fowler¹

F, #57278, d. 1854

Family: Thomas Knight Houghton

Marriage*: Elizabeth Fowler married Thomas Knight Houghton, son of John Houghton and Rachel Logan, on Dec 28, 1852 at South Bend, IN, USA.¹

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Marriage

Dec 28, 1852

South Bend, IN, USA¹

Death

1854

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Viola at e-mail address.
[S415] E-mail from Viola, e-mail address.

John S. Waite¹

M, #57279, b. 21 March 1850, d. 24 November 1853

Biography

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Birth

Mar 21, 1850

Death

Nov 24, 1853

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Emma Waite¹

F, #57280

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Marietta Waite¹

F, #57281, b. 30 August 1847

Family: Charles H. Delevan

Marriage*: Marietta Waite married Charles H. Delevan on Mar 26, 1873.¹

Biography

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Birth

Aug 30, 1847

Marriage

Mar 26, 1873

Residence

Sidney, NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Charles H. Delevan¹

M, #57282

Family: Marietta Waite

Marriage*: Charles H. Delevan married Marietta Waite, daughter of Abijah Wait and Jane Spencer, on Mar 26, 1873.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Mar 26, 1873

Residence

Sidney, NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Samuel Henry Eells¹

M, #57283

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Evaly M. Eells¹

F, #57284

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Erastus Mills¹

M, #57285

Family: Adelina Spencer

Marriage*: Erastus Mills married Adelina Spencer, daughter of Ithamar Amos Spencer and Caroline Matilda Houghton, on Oct 29, 1851.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Oct 29, 1851

Residence

1870

Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Alice P. Mills¹

F, #57286

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Ithamar H. Mills¹

M, #57287

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Rhoda Redfield¹

F, #57288, b. 1828, d. 1871

Family: David Porter Spencer

Marriage*: Rhoda Redfield married David Porter Spencer, son of Ithamar Amos Spencer and Caroline Matilda Houghton, on circa 1848.¹

Biography

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Birth

1828

Chenango Co., NY, USA¹

Marriage

circa 1848

Burial

1871

Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, USA¹

Death

1871

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Clark E. Spencer¹

M, #57289, b. 30 September 1849

Family: Ella Etta Van Cott

Marriage*: Clark E. Spencer married Ella Etta Van Cott on 1872.¹

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Birth

Sep 30, 1849

Marriage

1872

Residence

Port Huron, MI, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Ella Etta Van Cott¹

F, #57290

Family: Clark E. Spencer

Marriage*: Ella Etta Van Cott married Clark E. Spencer, son of David Porter Spencer and Rhoda Redfield, on 1872.¹

Biography

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Marriage

1872

ParentsD

John Van Cott¹

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Lois Orvilla Spencer¹

F, #57291, b. 1862, d. 1896

Biography

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Birth

1862

Death

1896

Burial

1896

Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Olive Parsons¹

F, #57292, b. before 1827, d. 14 January 1904

Family: David Porter Spencer

Marriage*: Olive Parsons married David Porter Spencer, son of Ithamar Amos Spencer and Caroline Matilda Houghton, on after 1871.¹

Biography

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Birth

before 1827

Marriage

after 1871

Death

Jan 14, 1904

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Lewis Beriah Smith¹

M, #57293

Family: Electa R. Spencer

Marriage*: Lewis Beriah Smith married Electa R. Spencer, daughter of Ithamar Amos Spencer and Caroline Matilda Houghton, on Oct 18, 1849 at Caton, Steuben Co., NY, USA.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Oct 18, 1849

Caton, Steuben Co., NY, USA¹

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

David Porter Smith¹

M, #57294, b. 1851, d. 1852

Biography

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Birth

1851

Death

1852

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Caroline Matilda Smith¹

F, #57295, b. 1853

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Birth

1853

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[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Emery Smith¹

?, #57296

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Ella Smith¹

F, #57297

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Jud Smith¹

M, #57298, b. 1860, d. 1882

Biography

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Birth

1860

Death

1882

Elmira, NY, USA, age 22¹

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Tota Bell Smith¹

F, #57299, b. 1862, d. 1864

Biography

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Birth

1862

Death

1864

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Katie Jane Smith¹

F, #57300, b. 1867, d. 1950

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

1867

Death

1950

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.