My GGGG Grandfather
He responded to the Lexington "Alarm," was at the siege of Boston until February 4, 1775, and was commissioned captain on January 29, 1776.
Probably due to his advanced age, he resigned his commission and became a minuteman in December 1776.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Katharine Gates
∼Captain Silas Gates
died August 25, 1793
AE 66
Revolutionary War Veteran
He responded to the Lexington "Alarm," was at the siege of Boston until February 4, 1775, and was commissioned captain on January 29, 1776.
Probably due to his advanced age, he resigned his commission and became a minuteman in December 1776.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Katharine Gates
∼Captain Silas Gates
died August 25, 1793
AE 66
Revolutionary War Veteran
My GGGG Grandfather
He responded to the Lexington "Alarm," was at the siege of Boston until February 4, 1775, and was commissioned captain on January 29, 1776.
Probably due to his advanced age, he resigned his commission and became a minuteman in December 1776.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Katharine Gates
∼Captain Silas Gates
died August 25, 1793
AE 66
Revolutionary War Veteran
He responded to the Lexington "Alarm," was at the siege of Boston until February 4, 1775, and was commissioned captain on January 29, 1776.
Probably due to his advanced age, he resigned his commission and became a minuteman in December 1776.
Information provided by FAG volunteer Katharine Gates
∼Captain Silas Gates
died August 25, 1793
AE 66
Revolutionary War Veteran
Inscription
In memory of
Captain Silas Gates
who died Aug 25, 1793
Aetatis 66 years.
Vain man, thy fond pursu[it forbear,]
Repent, your end is nig[h;]
Death at the farthest can't [be far]
O think before you die.
Note: stone partly missing.
Gravesite Details
aet 66, grave has a Revolutionary marker // Source: Marlborough Transcriptions, Rice, 1908. Section I, Person #109
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