SIXTEENTH GENERATION

59402. Geoffrey Gates was born in 1481 in Kentwell, Suffolk England. ⁽⁷⁵⁾ He has reference number AUD38074. [gates.FTW]

Geoffrey, Sir Knight.

13 gr-grandfather to Georgia Joanne Wheeler.

59403. Elizabeth Clampton (Clopton) was born in 1485 in Kentwell, Suffolk, England.⁽⁷⁵⁾ She has reference number AUD38075. [gates.FTW]

13th gr-grandmother of Georgia Joanne Wheeler. Children were:

i. John Gates was born in 1504.⁽⁷⁵⁾ He died in 1553.⁽⁷⁵⁾ He has reference number AUD38077. [gates.FTW]

John , Sir Knight.
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Sir John Gates and the Jane Grey Affair

According to the Powers-Banks Genealogy, Sir John Gates was put to death
as a chief supporter of the plot to continue Protestant control over the
throne in 1553 and his brother Henry was implicated, but not put to
death. This was the incident that placed seventeen year old Lady Jane
Grey on the throne for nine days and resulted in her beheading by the
Catholic Queen Bloody Mary. There was a commercial movie made of this
event in 1985, and an A&E made-for-TV movie about it in 1997 or so.
My study to date, completely from secondary sources, indicates a picture
of how our immigrant Gates and Josselin ancestors might tie into this
picture. These lineages should be considered unproved assertions at this
point. Enough data is known however, to suppose that our immigrant
ancestors, Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster, Mass and Thomas
Joslin, are "in the mix" of these Josselyns and Gates.

The alleged lineage of the Sir John Gates, who was put to death in the
failed attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne, from the earliest
known ancestor, is:



1 Thomas Gates 1327 -
......... 2 William Gates 1370 -
.................... 3 Sir Geoffrey Gates 1410 - 1477 d: 1477
........................ +Agnes Baldington 1420 -
............................... 4 William Gates 1450 -
................................... +Mabel Capdon 1450 -
........................................... 5 Sir Geoffrey Gates 1480 -
1526 d: 1526
............................................... +Elizabeth Clopton 1480
-
...................................................... 6 Sir John Gates
1504 - 1553 d: August 1553
Put to
Death in Jane Grey Affair
...................................................... 6 Geoffrey Gates
1506 -
Asserted
ancestor of immigrant Stephen Gates
...................................................... 6 Henry Gates
1508 -
...................................................... 6 William Gates
1510 -
...................................................... 6 Dorothy Gates
1512 - 1582 d: 1582
Asserted
ancestor of immigrant Stephen Gates
Some dates above have been estimated by me in order to evaluate the
reasonableness of assertions. John Gates' birthdate was given, as eldest
son. I have used Dorothy as fifth born with two year increments per
child.
My main source for the above is the Power-Banks Genealogy, 1921, which,
in turn, cites


Stephen Gates of Hingham and Lancaster, by C. O. Gates.
Thomas Fuller's Worthies
Dictionary of National Biography
NEHGR 71, pp 20f
Walter's Gleanings
29701 ii. Dorothy Gates.
29696 iii. Geoffrey Gates.
iv. Henry Gates was born in 1508.⁽⁷⁵⁾ He has reference number AUD38078.
v. Alice Gates was born in 1510.⁽⁷⁵⁾ She has reference number AUD38184.
vi. William Gates was born in 1512.⁽⁷⁵⁾ He has reference number AUD38079.