From the History of Gorham, Maine by Hugh Davis McLellan, Portland, Me 1903
copied by David C. Young, 1997
<itigapa@aol.com>
Pages 839-840
                                        WINGATE.

              Capt.  John Wingate was the son of Snell Wingate and Mrs. Mehit-
            able (Davis) Crocker, who were married June I5, 1788.  He was
            born in Buxton, April 27, 1799, and there married Salome Small.
            Their children, born in Buxton, were
              Ansel D., b. May 3i, 1822, m. Elmira Scamman; d. Nov. 6, I853-
              Sarah P., b. NOV. 26, 1823, m. Edward D. Scammon, Oct. 12, 1847.
              Maria, b. Nov. 7,1825, m. Leander Stevens of Standish, Oct. 15, I848-

                                Mrs. Salome Wingate dying, Aug. 1, 1827, Mr- Wingate married,

                   Sept. 23, 1829, Mrs. Sophronia (Irish) Frost, daughter of Gen.  James

                   Irish of Gorham.  Capt.  Wingate came to Gorham to live about the

                   year 1835.  He was one of the selectmen in 1846 and 1847, and town

                   clerk in 1849, I85O and 185i.  His children by his second wife were:

                      Rebecca I., b. Oct. 30, 183o, d. unm.  Aug. 14, 1853.
                      Salome, b. Mar. 4, 1833, m. Geo. J. Prentiss, July I,     I852; 2d, Geo. W. New-
                             begin, Jan. 3, i878.
                      Henry F.,                           d. in Nevada, NOV.     28, 1865.
                                   b. Feb. 28, 1835,    {             1836.
                      James I.,                           d. Feb. 1 9,
                      James I., b.  June 4, 1837, m. H.  Frances Edgecomb,      May 18,  1870.
                      Mary G., 1).  Mar. I3, 1840.
                      Ellen S., b.  Apr. 2, 1843.
                      John P., b.  Mar. 7, 1846,  d. Aug. 15, I849.
                      Capt. Wingate died          Sept. 21, 1858. Mrs. Sopbronia Wingate died

                   March 3 I,      1886,aged      86.


From the History of Gorham, Maine by Hugh Davis McLellan, Portland, Me 1903
copied by David C. Young, 1997
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