George Gates was born in about 1634 in England. He emigrated and was living in Hartford, Connecticut by 1652. He married Sarah Olmstead, daughter of Nicholas Olmstead and Sarah Loomis, in about 1660. They had eight children. He died in 1684. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Connecticut, New York, Ohio and Indiana.

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"Our family line, beginning with George Gates started with his settling in Hartford, Conn. ca.1652. After a few years, he and some 28 others became the original settlers of Haddam, Conn. Most of the family stayed in that general area of Millington, East Haddam and Haddam. In ca.1778 Levi Sr. and his father David sold their holdings and moved their families to Hartford, Washington Co., N.Y. ..." -- Prelim. p.