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Gates family of Groton CT and then Leyden,MA Peter Gates who was his father?

Looking for the Father of Peter Gates from Groton, New London, Connecticut. Peter was born 26 Feb 1750. An ancestry tree puts Peter as the son on Zebadiah Gates and Sarah Woodmansey but the Book (found on Google Books) Stephen Gates of Hingham and Landcaster, Massachusetts and his descendants by Charles Otis Gates does not support this. It has a completely different list for children of Zebadiah Gates which does not include children: Mary, John, David (brother of Peter who owned land with him… Continue

Added by Gwynn Socolich on November 6, 2009 at 2:18pm — No Comments

We, white family genealogists, must make good faith efforts to search our own records for slave names

My friend and cousin Derry sent this to me this morning and it fits in with what I have been thinking. This is what she wrote:

Hi Sally,

Glad to hear the article led you to create a blog. What a good idea.

We lived in Germany for several years during the 1960s. I was very

interested in the way the Germans went about educating their people

about the horrible events of WWII. Their newsreels and documentaries

spared no one's sensibilities. Not much… Continue

Added by Sally Sheridan on October 16, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Professor Gates, Michelle's Great-Great-Great-Granddaddy and Mine

Dear Friends,

I have a shameful confession to make. I am the great great great granddaughter of slaveholders.

My ancestors held African people and their children in slavery.

In the 1800's, one of my ancestors (probably more) fathered at least one child whom he continued to hold in slavery. Her name was Martha. As she grew into adulthood and had children, he kept them, his grandchildren, as his slaves, too. Once I started researching it, I found that many of my… Continue

Added by Sally Sheridan on October 14, 2009 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments