Olive Abbott

Olive Abbott was the wife of Isaac Gage (1st).  As with the Gage's and the Stone's, the Abbott's came to America prior to the American Revolution. Olive was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on 30 March 1760 to "Samuel Abbott and his wife Bathsheba".  Shrewsburty is a town in Worcester County.  This county's boundary has changed … Continue reading Olive Abbott

Isaac Gage, the elder

Are you interested in joining the Daughters of the American Revolution or Sons of the American Revolution? Well, here is your first Revolutionary War ancestor; Isaac Gage (1st). Why aren’t I calling them Sr and Jr? Because they never appeared to use those suffixes in records, so I try to keep them straight (for me … Continue reading Isaac Gage, the elder

Ruth Stone

Ruth Stone was the wife of Isaac Gage (Jr) and the mother of Sumner Gage, She was born 19 July 1790 in what was then recorded as North County Gore which today is known as Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; the 8th child (4th daughter) of Uriah Stone (Jr) and Lois Stone (yes, her maiden name was also Stone … Continue reading Ruth Stone

Isaac Gage

As mentioned in Sumner Gage's post, he was the son of Isaac Gage (2nd) who was the son of Isaac Gage (1st) and Olive Abbott.  Records transcribed by the Pelham County, New Hampshire Clerk in 1905 record Isaac's birth as 8 October 1792. Transcribed records of birth from Pelham, New Hampshire. Included is the birth … Continue reading Isaac Gage