1Clarence Almon Torrey, Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass., and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 120, p. 163 (Jul. 1966).
"2. STEPHEN2 GATES (Stephen1), b. probably in co. Norfolk, England, about 1634, died in Stow, Mass., 9 July 1707.
He married, probably about 1664, SARAH WOODWARD of Watertown, Mass., b. 3 Feb. 1642/3, died after 15 Sept. 1707.
He came to New England with his parents in 1638. After he became of age he resided in Lancaster, Cambridge, Boston, Marlborough and Stow.
He deposed in 1678, aged 44 years, and in 1691, aged 57 years. His will, dated in Stow 5 Sept. 1701, was proved 15 Sept. 1707.
Children:
5. i. STEPHEN,2 b. in Lancaster 17 July 1665.
6. ii. SIMON, b. in Cambridge 5 June 1667.
7. iii. THOMAS, b. in Boston 31 Dec. 1669.
8. iv. ISAAC, b. in 1673.
9. v. NATHANIEL, b. about 1675.
vi. SARAH, b. in Marlborough 27 April 1679; d. unm. in Stow 27 Jan. 1724.
vii. REBECCA, b. in Marlborough 23 July 1682; d, in Stow 21 Jan. 1754; m. in Concord, Mass., 17 Nov. 1700, TIMOTHY GIBSON, d. in Stow 14 July 1757.
10. viii. DANIEL, b. in Stow 25 April 1685.".
1William B. Lapham, Swan Family, NEHGR Vol. 33, p. 403 (Oct 1879).
"RICHARD1 SWAN or SWANN joined the church in Boston, Jan. 6, 1639. His wife's name was Ann, family name not known. In 1640 the family moved to Rowley, and there, May 13 of that year, Richard Swan was made a freeman. He was often in town office, and was representative to the General Court from 1666 to 1673. He died in 1678. All of his children, with exception of the youngest, are supposed to have been born in England; the birth of the youngest son is recorded in the Boston records.
Children:
i. RICHARD.
ii. FRANCIS
iii. ROBERT, m. Elizabeth Acie, of Rowley.".