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- Chapter 8 - The Gale/Gayle Families of the West Indies
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DURING THE 16th CENTURY King Charles II granted a charter to a group called the Royal Adventurers, later called the Royal African Company, in order to expand the slave trade. Under its auspices ships sailed from Liverpool, Bristol and London to the West African coast, and these cities became primary trading centers for the transport of slaves and goods between England and her colonies. The vessels followed the "The Golden Triangle" or "The Triangular Triad," a triangular route between North America, the West Indies and ports in Africa. And among the families of merchant mariners who sailed these waters were the Gales, who established plantations in America and the West Indies, often operating from home bases in England and employing family members to transact business and oversee trade. Individuals with the Gale surname were found on the Caribbean islands of ANTIGUA, BARBADOS, and JAMAICA, some remaining on the islands leaving descendants and others returning to England. On 11/12/1734 Gentlemen's Magazine mentioned "Mr. Gale, a West India Merchant." It is not clear who this references. Gale families of the West Indies included those of NATHANIEL GALE OF ANTIQUA, JOHN GALE (1637 - 1689-90) OF JAMAICA, EDWARD MORANT-GALE of Jamaica and Hampshire, England, and a number of families in Barbados.
NATHANIEL GALE OF ANTIGUA
ANTIGUA, first colonized in 1632, was part of the Leeward Islands that included St. Christopher [St. Kitts], Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, Barbuda, and for a time Barbados. The English government established vast plantations on these islands, first growing tobacco as the major crop, replaced by sugar around 1648 when Dutch refugees arrived from Brazil with knowledge of its cultivation. Indentured servants from England, Scotland and Ireland were enlisted as a labor force but were soon replaced by African slave labor, better able to function in the hot climate of the Caribbean. Much of the information on the Gales of Antigua is from Vere Langford Oliver's monumental work, The History of the Island of Antigua, One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, From the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time. Without his efforts, much of the history of the island would have been lost.
With its six parishes, The island of Antigua spanned a distance of about 20 miles across running east and west and about 17 miles across running north and south. Creeks and bays offered approximately 50 to 60 miles of coastline providing natural harbors but only three, English Harbour on the south, Parham on the north and St. John's on the west, were suitable for larger ships. The island itself "is surrounded on all sides, except the S., by islets, rocks, and shoals, which render the navigation along the coast dangerous and the entrance to the harbours intricate." (Oliver)
ONE OF THE EARLY MERCHANTS & PLANTATION OWNERS IN ANTIGUA WAS NATHANIEL GALE, described as a Nevis merchant of St. Paul's Parish, Antigua. Born to unknown parents, he was living at Falmouth in 1680 and left descendants who returned to England. Much of the information on Nathaniel was sent to me by Gill Cawthorn of Sudbury, Sussex, England, who has been researching the family of Sir John and Sir Joseph Wolfe. Her citations included wills, England Births and Christenings, 1538 - 1975; England Marriages, 1538 - 1973 and England Deaths and Burials, 1538 - 1991 found on FamilySearch, and an original hand-written accounts book with details on the family from 1703 to 1732. She noted that "The author of the Accounts Book/Journal , John Godden Woolfe son of Sir John, does pay frequent visits to Bristol and Bath. This could be for family reasons but, as the Woolfe family money is strongly linked with both the Royal Africa Company and the South Sea Company, he could be keeping an eye on Bristol as a trading port and following the families` business interests."
DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL GALE OF ANTIGUA
I. Nathaniel Sr. (Living 1660s - ??) m. (1) Anne Traveis, (2) Anne Woolfe, (3) Hannah Hewel
III. Robert (Living 1700) m. (Unknown)
III. Desiderius (?? - By 1746) m. Martha Browne
III. Andrew (Of age, 1705 - by 1746) m. (Unknown), 2 children
II. John/Johannes (1680 - 1721) married (Unknown) - (by second marriage)
III. Nathaniel (By 1700 - by 1746)
III. John (Living 1707)
III. Joseph (Living 1707)
III. Mary (?? - By 1746) m. Bernard Orr, 1733.
III. Ann (?? - By 1746)
III. Esther (Minor in 1706 - Living 1746) m. William Hollyer/Hollier of Lewisham, Gent.
IV. George Augustus (Living 1746) Gentleman of Lewisham, Kent
IV. Sophia (Living 1746)
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I. NATHANIEL GALE SR. (LIVING 1660s - ??) OF LONDON & ST. PAUL'S ANTIGUA, was born to unknown parents in England. He married (1) ANN TRAVEIS, sister of Nevis merchant Richard Traveis. Ann Traveis Gale died before August of 1679, since on 8/10/1679, Nathaniel, described as a widower, married (2) ANN WOOLFE (?? - 1686) at St. James Church, Duke's Place, London. [His first marriage my also have been at St. James, but church records between 1668 and 4/1679 were reported as missing.] They had three sons, John, Joseph and Nathaniel, before Ann Woolfe Gale died and was buried at St. Botolph`s Church, Aldgate, London, on 7/16/1686. Nathaniel, again described as a widower, married a third time in December of 1686 to Hannah Hewel, described as a spinster, also at St. James, Dukes Place, London. Two daughters were born to Nathaniel and Hannah, Ann and Hannah, both born at St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, London, and christened in 1691 and 1692 respectively.
The Will of Sir Joseph Woolfe of Hackney, Alderman, dated 12/21/1710 and probated 10/3/1711, states " Item. I give to my Brother-in-Law Nathaniel Gale and to his son John Gale the sum of One Hundred Pounds apiece to be paid to them severally when the sum of Three thousand Pounds principal money lent by me to the said Nathaniel Gale and his friends at his request and the Interest thereof shall be fully paid and satisfied and not before." (National Archives ref. PROB11/523/224) A descendant of this family, Gill Cawthorn, is researching this line and stated, "The term brother-in-law can refer to the husband of a sister OR the husband of a sister of his wife Ann Roberts, daughter of Sir Gabriel Roberts. I have scrutinized the marriages of the other Roberts girls, finding no Gale connection. So I think the most likely explanation is that the the first wife of Nathaniel Gale...was a sister of the Woolfe brothers...This would also account for the thesis dedication of John Johannes Gale 'to my uncles Sir John and Sir Joseph Woolfe." Additionally a possible relative, Anne Wolfe of Bristol, widow, was buried at Christ Church near her husband and left a will dated 12/18/1653. She named kinswoman, "sister Gale," cozen (sic) Marie Wolfe, the family of Francis Yeaman and overseers, "Cozens" Miles and Mathew Wolfe.
In 1689, the House of Lords requested that Nathaniel Gale, "Brazier in East Smithfeild, near Tower Hill," come before them to testify as an associate of one Josiah Keeling, a chief witness for the prosecution in a trial for High Treason in 1683 known as the Rye House Plot, an effort to attack King Charles II and his brother James. Also in 1689, the London will of Obadiah Adney, Gent., dated 6/10/1689, was proved on 2/26/1691 by Nathaniel Gale of London, brazier. It mentioned Adney's estates in Wenlock, Kinton, and Alderton, co. Salop [abbreviation for Shropshire], mortgaged to John Cook of Chishull, Essex.
By 1695 Nathaniel owned property in Antigua. He was mentioned in the will of his first wife's brother, Richard Traveis of Antigua and London, dated 3/5/1694-95 and proved 4/24/1695. Traveis also mentioned his widow Sarah and bequeathed to Nathaniel's sons "by his second wife", John, Joseph, and Nathaniel, 10,000 pounds each of muscavado sugar. Nathaniel received a life tenancy on Richard's island estate and after his widow's death was to receive all profits from Richard's real estate in Antigua with subsequent rights to Sarah's heirs. Both Nathaniel and his present wife were also given £10 and "Rings of a Guinea value apiece as a remembrance of my affection." (Phillimore,W.P.W. and Cokayne, G.E., London Parish Registers, Vol. II, Marriages at St. James, Duke's Place, London, From 1684 - 1690) Overseers of Richard's will were Nathaniel Gale and Tho. Boteley. On 2/17/1696-97 Nathaniel signed a petition of merchants trading to Nevis. In 1707, the will of Isiah Burgeois/Burges, Dr. of Physic (sic) of Antigua, now in the parish of Shoreditch, London, dated 4/21/1707 and proved 7/31/1707, named "good friend" Nathaniel Gale. The date of Nathaniel's death is not known.
CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL GALE & ANN WOLFE GALE
II. JOHN (1680 - 1721), first son and heir born to Nathaniel and Ann Woolfe Gale, was christened on 5/31/1680 at St. Botolph's Without, Aldgate. John had at least one son, Robert.
II. NATHANIEL (Bef. 1691 - By 1745) was an owner of Gale's, 300 acres in Falmouth, Antigua, and a citizen and brewer of London.
II. JOSEPH (Bef. 1691 - ??) was living at Falmouth on Rendevous Bay where he was noted on 7/31/1707 on a list of persons "on whom the Soldiers are intended to be billeted." On March 13th of the same year, he was on a list of "Gentlemen, freeholders, planters, and traders praying that the Assembly may be called." (Oliver) On 1/10/1709 he was granted two tracts of land at Falmouth. It is not known whether he had a wife or children. In his father's will Joseph, "whom I have already paid several hundreds as well as his portion, and on account of his idle life," was left only £10.
CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL & HANNAH HEWELL GALE
II. ANN TRAVEIS/TRAVERS (Chr. 2/27/1691 - ??) at St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, London.
II. HANNAH (Chr. 2/28/1692 - ??) at St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, London.
II. JOHN/JOHANNES GALE (1679-80 - 1721) was born in London on 5/26/1680 to Nathaniel and Ann Woolfe Gale and christened on 5/31/1680 at St. Botolph's Without, Aldgate. According to Chamber's Book of Days he was "descended from a respectable family." He married (UNKNOWN). According to an Indenture dated 5/9/1750 between Nathaniel Gale Jr's heirs and James Gordon and Henry Wilmot, John had a son, Robert, whose son was John Gale of Houndsditch, Algate. Named were William and Esther Hollier (the only surviving child of Nathaniel Gale [Jr.] late of London, Brewer, deceased) of Lewisham, John Gale of Houndsditch, Aldgate, Gent. (son of Robert Gale and cousin of Esther and cousin and heir of Mary Gale, late of Antugua, deceased, both daughters of Nathaniel Jr.)
John's father sent him to Leyden University in Holland where he enrolled on 12/7/1697. He was an outstanding student, a scholar of Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and received a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. on 7/3/1699 at age 19. His thesis, entitled "De Ente, ejusque Conceptu" and accompanied by a testimonial by Adrian Reland, was published with a dedication to his father and two of his uncles, SIR JOHN and SIR JOSEPH WOOLFE/WOLFE. [SEE ABOVE]
When John Gale returned to England he was offered a doctor of divinity by Leiden University, but refused since he would not agree to their Puritan doctrine. On 4/6/1700 he appears in the London City Apprenticeship Abstracts apprenticed to his brother Nathaniel, Brewers' Company. Though never ordained, John began preaching at Paul's Alley Barbican. Since he would not accept a regular position, he chose to travel from one Baptist congregation to another. He joined the Society for Promoting Primitive Christianity, "which met weekly at Mr. Whiston's house, in Cross-street, Hatton-Garden, for the purpose of seriously and amicably considering and examining the most ancient writers of the Christian church�" (Biographia Leodiensis) He was associated with the Episcopalian Reverend Dr. William Wall who wrote "The History of Infant Baptism" and a series of letters on the subject were collected and published in 1711 as Reflections on Mr. Wall's History of Infant Baptism. In December of 1721, John Gale caught a fever and died at age 41. His widow was able to open a small coffee shop on Finch Lane, London, from money collected by Baptist Congregationalists.
CHILD OF JOHN & UNKNOWN GALE
III. ROBERT (?? - ??)
III. ROBERT GALE (Est. Early 1700s - ??), son opf Nathaniel and his wife. married (UNKNOWN) and had at least one son, John Gale, Gengleman, of Houndsditch, Aldgate.
CHILD OF ROBERT & UNKNOWN GALE
IV. JOHN GALE (Living 1750) of Houndsditch, Aldgate.
IV. JOHN GALE OF HOUNDSDITCH, ALDGATE (Living 1750) was the son of Robert and an Unknown wife. He was named in an indenture in 1750 as the son of Robert Gale, cousin to Esther Hollier and cousin and heir of Mary Gale, daughter of Nathaniel Gale of Antigua, son of Robert Gale [Consequently grandson of John Gale and great-grandson of Nathaniel Gale Sr.]
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II. NATHANIEL GALE JR. (LIVING 1706 - By 1745), CITIZEN & BREWER OF LONDON & ANTIGUA was born to Nathaniel and Anne Traveis Gale. He married MARY (UNKNOWN) and had children. While Nathaniel lived in England, he owned 300 acres known as Gales in St. Paul's, Falmouth, Antigua. Members of his family, including his children, were identified in his will and in transactions involving his property. The London City Apprenticeships Abstracts for 1568 - 1850 named several apprentices assigned to Nathaniel as a member of the Brewers' Company including his sons Andrew on 1/14/1705 and Nathaniel on 4/6/1700. Other apprentices assigned to Nathaniel were Lewis Cockey on 4/6/1700, Joseph Emes on 5/7/1703 and Benjamin Goldsmith on 7/1/1709. Also apprenticed to Nathaniel was his brother John Gale on 4/6/1700.
On 1/14/1706 Nathaniel was obligated to his daughter, Esther Gale Hollyer, in the sum of £1000 "for the payment of £500 on her attaining to 21, or on the day of her marriage, which should first happen�and whereas the said bond or some considerable part remains still unsatisfied� and whereas Esther Hollyer is the only surviving child of Nathaniel Gale�and as such claims title under his will to the equity of redemption of the plantation�..and to an estate of inheritance�and whereas James Gordon hath come to an agreement with William Hollyer and Esther for the absolute purchase of their interest�subject to the mortgage made by Desiderius Gale to Richard Rigby, so far as it is a charge�and also for the purchase of the said land for £676 in full payment�Now this Indenture witnesseth that in pursuance of the agreement and in consideration of £676�William Hollyer and Esther his wife grant and confirm to James Gordon in his actual session being�all those plantations, etc�" (Oliver)
Nathaniel wrote a will dated 3/27/1707 stipulating that his funeral not exceed £50. He left £10 to Thomas Chamberlain for the poor of the Baptist Congregation. His wife, Mary, received a third of his estate while another third was left to children John, Esther, Andrew, and Desiderius. The final third was to be divided among seven of his children, named as John, Esther, Andrew, Desiderius, Mary, Ann and Nathaniel. He left £10 to his son, Joseph, "whom I have already paid several hundreds as well as his portion, and on account of his idle life." Children Mary, Ann and Nathaniel were to receive £20. Nathaniel left £10 to his wife's daughter, Hannah Lilly, and £5 to her son, Thomas, when he reached the age of 21. He stated that, "A great part of my estate is in a plantation beyond the seas in the Island of Antegoa (sic) and two small freeholds in Middlesex and Barkshire. His son, John, was named as the sole executor and witnesses were John Miller, William Jackson and Joseph Emes. [John Gale pre-deceased Nathaniel].
In 1724 Nathaniel mortgaged his plantation, Gales, to Richard Rigby of Antigua, Esq. for £2000 plus interest at 10%. Since that time Rigby was in possession of the property and received the rents from it. At Nathaniel's death he was seized "in fee of a tenement and certain plantations." Desiderius became the manager of his father's property but must have died soon after, since on 3/15/1745 administration of Nathaniel's estate was granted to Esther Gale Hollier, named as his only surviving child. It was noted that the testator was "late of St. Botolph's, Aldgate, but at Antiqua, deceased." In a transaction dated 11/16/1746 William Hollier/Hollyer of Lewisham, Gentleman, and wife Esther, Nathaniel's daughter, conveyed to James Gordon of St. James, Westminster, Esq. plantations in the estate of Nathaniel Gale, deceased, containing 300 acres in Falmouth in the parish of St. Paul's, Antigua. Included in the transaction were Negroes, horses, mules, and other property. And on 11/17/1746 it was noted that Nathaniel Gale, late of London, citizen and brewer, deceased, had left his plantation of 300 acres to the care of Desiderius Gale, late of Antigua, deceased, the second son of Nathaniel.
Meanwhile, George Augustus Gale, grandson and heir of Nathaniel Gale, had entered into an agreement with James Gordon for the purchase of his interest in Nathaniel's estate for £224 sterling, noted as subject to the mortgage held by Richard Rigby, and had granted "�all that plantation, etc�.and all right, title, and equity of redemption of George Augustus Gale�to the only use of James Gordon and his heirs for ever�" (Oliver) In addition, on 11/17/1746 Sophia Gale of Lewisham, "spinster," Nathaniel's granddaughter, conveyed to James Gordon plantations inherited from Nathaniel Gale.
On 5/9/1750 William and Esther Gale Hollier; John Gale of Houndsditch, Gentleman, late of Antigua [son of Robert Gale, cousin of Esther, and cousin and heir of Mary Gale]; and James Gordon conveyed to Henry Wilmot of Gray's Inn, Gentleman,"all that messuage in Falmouth Division in the parish of St. Paul's, Antigua, and all those plantations thereunto belonging, and containing 300 acres�..the Negro people or slaves, men, women, and children whereof Nathaniel Gale died seised (sic) and possessed�..for one whole year�" (Oliver)
On 5/10/1750 an indenture was record between William Hollier and Esther his wife and John Gale, James Gordon and Henry Wilmot. "Witnesseth that in consideration of £420 sterling paid by James Gordon�and of 5s by Henry Wilmot�William Hollier and Esther his wife and John Gale grant and confirm to Henry Wilmot, being a person nominated by James Gordon�and in the actual possession of Henry Wilmot now being�all that messuage�[land of Nathaniel Gale] in trust�to the only proper use and behoff (sic) of James Gordon and his heirs for ever�subject nevertheless to a mortgage of the said premises made by the said Desiderius Gale, son of Nathaniel Gale, deceased, to Richard Rigby, late of Antigua, Esq., deceased, for securing to him payment of £2000 and interest�and further witnessseth that William Hollier and Esther his wife and John Gale transfer to James Gordon all arrears of rent, etc." (Oliver)
CHILDREN OF NATHANIEL & MARY (UNKNOWN) GALE
III. ROBERT (Est. Early 1700s - by 1745) is not named in his father's will.
III. DESIDERIUS GALE (?? - by 1745), referred to as the second son of Nathaniel, married on 10/8/1725 at St. John's to MARTHA BROWNE, whose mother Elizabeth had married Isaac Royall on 6/3/1707 at St. John's Parish. The marriage of Desiderius and Martha was recorded in the parish register at St. John but no children were found. At Nathaniel's death, Gale's came under the care of Desiderius. In 1724 he executed a mortgage of the property to Richard Rigby of Antigua, Esq.
III. ANDREW (Of age in 1705 - by 1745) married (Unknown) and had children George and Sophia.
III. NATHANIEL (?? - By 1745)
III. JOHN (Living 1707 - By 1745)
III. JOSEPH (Living 1707 - By 1745)
III. MARY (?? - by 1745) survived her siblings Andrew, Desiderius, Ann, and Nathaniel and made John Gale her heir. In 1733 she was licensed to marry Bernard Orr, St. Pauls' Parish Register.
III. ANN (?? - by 1745)
III. ESTHER (A minor in 1706 - living 1750) married to William Hollyer/Hollier of Lewisham, Gentleman, and named as the only surviving child of her parents in 1746.
III. ANDREW GALE (Bef. 1705 - By 1746) was born to Nathaniel Gale and an unknown wife. He married (UNKNOWN) and had two children. Andrew appears in the London City Apprenticeship Abstracts apprenticed to his father on 1/14/1705, Brewer's Company. Apparently Andrew carried on the family business as he also appears in the abstracts with apprentices Edward Jones assigned on 10/20/1711 and Thomas Rawson on 9/20/1715.
CHILDREN OF ANDREW & UNKNOWN GALE
IV. GEORGE AUGUSTUS (Living 1746) of Lewisham, Kent, Gentleman, was named as the grandson and heir of Nathaniel Gale, Sr. On 11/16/1746 he conveyed to James Gordon of St. James, Westminster, Esq. property in Falmouth in the parish of St. Paul's, Antigua, containing 300 acres, the estate of Nathaniel Gale, late of Antigua, deceased, grandfather of George Augustus Gale. Witnesses were James Clare and Robert Garden. In 1806 Sir James Willoughby Gordon, Bart. was named as the owner of Gales, also known as Table Hill, in St. Paul's, Antigua. It is not known whether he had a wife or children. The 1757 will of Ann Woolfe, spinster sister to John Godden Woolfe, who died in 1765, made a bequest to her cousin, George Augustus Gale of an annual sum of 13 pounds for life.
IV. SOPHIA (?? - ??) of Lewisham, "spinster," conveyed her portion of her grandfather Nathaniel's property to James Gordon.
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ANDREW GALE, COMMANDER OF THE SHIP KATHRINE (Living 1679): On 11/6/1679 tickets granted out of the Office of the Secretary's Office of Barbados for emigrants to Antigua named one William Corbett in the Sloop Katherine commanded by Andrew Gall (sic). Andrew is also named as commander of the Katherine on 11/25/1679.
ANDREW GALE, SOAP BOILER (Living 1679): On 4/29/1679, Col. Richard Oliver (Bapt. 8/14/1664 - Buried 5/29/1716, St. John's, Antigua), merchant and planter of Bristol and Antigua, was apprenticed to Andrew Gale, soap boiler. He left a will dated 12/3/1714 and recorded 6/22/1716 in Antigua. On 7/27/1682 Richard Oliver married as his first wife one ANN GALE (Living 1672 - Before 10/1/1688) at the Gaunts (Mayor's Chapel), Parish of St. Augustus, Bristol. No children were born to the marriage.
ANN GALE (Living 1785) SCOTT: Mother of John Scott, Book-keeper, named in his will dated 3/2/1783 and proved 11/28/1785. Scott left his "Mother Ann Gale" a Negro woman and named his aunts, Frances Gale, Hester Gale and Elizabeth Earle.
FRANCIS GALE (LIVING 1718) was the father of John Gale, tinplate worker of Antigua.
HENRY EDWARD GALE (living 1804) was named in the will of Edward Jones, dated 10/18/1804 and proved on 10/3/1810, as "nephew Henry Edward Gale. Edward's wife was Ann Jones. Henry was also mentioned on Accounts of Slave Compensation Claims for the Colony of Antigua with four slaves on 11/9/1835.
JOHN GALE (LIVING 1718) TINPLATE WORKER OF ANTIGUA, was the son of Francis Gale and an unknown wife. John's wife was mentioned in a 1730's will as "Goddau. Susanna Gale, wife of John Gale, tinplate worker. Witnesses were William Heritage, John Gale, and James Swift. The will noted that the executrix was to be advised by her two uncles, Mr. Benjamin and Samuel Longuet. Also named were Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, wife of Mr. Robert Parker, clothier; Mr. Jas. Nicholas, master of the boarding school at Clapham; Mrs. Mary Fry; Mrs. Mary Knight; Mr. Fermor, apothecary of Epson; Rev. Mr. Murray; Mr. Benjamin Longuet; Mr. Samuel Lounget; Thomas Miler, formerly my coachman; Mrs. Rachel Gray; Mrs. Mary Gray; the poor of St. Katherine; and my late friend Mr. John Beaumont. It also mentioned nephew John Samuel Longuet; nephew Rowland Blackman; niece Anna Maria Longuet; sister Mary Blackman; nephews Thurston Blackman, Jacob Blackman, and John Samuel Longuet.
JOHN GALE ESQ. 5/21/1744: late of Antigua, widower, deceased, "adm' on 21 May to Tho. Gale, cousin-german (sic) and next of kin." (Oliver)
THOMAS GALE (Living 1733) was named as a witness to the will of Edward Byam, Esq. of St. John's, dated 11/11/1733 and recorded 11/24/1733. Other witnesses were Robert Arbuthnot and Robert McFarlane.
WILLIAM GALE OF WARRINTON, CO. SOMERSET, ESQ. (Living 1718) was mentioned in the will of Robert Codrington "of the precinct of St. George's Cathedral, Bristoll, Gent," dated 2/11/1718 and proved by the widow Anne Codrington on 5/7/1619. The will made bequests to his daughters, including his seventh and last daughter Marye, of "£300 payable 1 year after the death of Margt. Gale, wife of Wm Gale of Warrinton, co. Som., Esq." (Oliver)
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STRAYS IN ANTIGUA
GALE FAMILIES OF BARBADOS
Map of parishes in Barbados
(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brbwgw/ParishMap.htm)
CHRIST CHURCH
(http://www.visitbarbados.org/Listing.aspx?lid=1766&catid=17)
CHRIST CHURCH PARISH:
ELIZABETH GALE (LIVING 1689) of Christ Church Parish is mentioned in the will of David Watt, Jr. dated 6/17/1689.
ELIZABETH GALE (LIVING 1751) of Christ Church Parish married John Farrell on 10/13/1751.
JOHN GALE (LIVING 1715) of Christ Church Parish witnessed the will of John Ufford, planter, dated 8/23/1715 and proved on 4/26/1720.
JOHN SINCLAIR GALE (LIVING 1854) of Christ Church Parish John Sinclair Gale was born in Barbados and married Ann Lewis Chase. Their son was Harry, aka Lewis, born in June of 1854 in Christ Church Parish. According to family tradition, Harry married Sarah Jane Nurse (1882) and went to British Guyana.
JOSEPH GALE (LIVING 1759) of Christ Church Parish married a woman named Rachel Gale. Their son William was baptized on 8/16/1759.
PRUDENCE GALE (LIVING 1658) of Christ Church Parish married Thomas Robinson on 7/14/1658.
WILLIAM GALE (LIVING 1774) of Christ Church Parish married a woman named Elizabeth and had a son, John, baptized on 4/20/1774.
WILLIAM THOMAS GALE (LIVING 1860) of Christ Church Parish married Margaret Ann Kinch and had at least one son, William Cuthbert Gale (ca. 1860 - ??), whose descendants settled in New York.
St. John's Church, Barbados, 1836, 5th church on site
(http://www.visitbarbados.org/Listing.aspx?lid=1769&catid=17)
St. Philip's Church, Barbados, 1836, 4th church on site
(http://www.visitbarbados.org/Listing.aspx?lid=520&catid=17)
St. Michael's Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1786 on the site of an earlier church
(http://www.shipoffools.com/mystery/1999/100Mystery.html)
ST. PHILIPS PARISH:
ARIES GALE (LIVING 1725) of St. Philip's Parish married on 1/9/1725 to Mary Elliot. The birth of a daughter is recorded in the Parish register on 5/15/1727.
ELIZABETH (Baptized 4/13/1673, St. Philip's Parish - ??)
THOMAS GALE (LIVING 1723) of St. Philip's Parish married on 5/26/1723 to Miss Chatterly.
VIII. JOHN GALE (1637 - 1689-90) OF ENGLAND & JAMAICA
DESCENDANTS OF VIII. JOHN/JONATHAN GALE
VIII. JOHN/JONATHAN (1637 - 1689-90) & MARY JACKSON GALE, 13 children
IX. HENRY (1666 - 1697) died unmarried
IX. JOHN (1668 - 1690) of Port Royal m. (Unknown)
X. JOHN (?? - ??)
X. ANN (By 1700 - ??) m. John Prince
X. PRUDENCE (By 1700 - ??)
IX. MARY #1 (Born and died 1670)
IX. ISAAC (1672 - ??) m. 1695 (1) Mary Slinger (?? - 1698), (2) 1699 Jane Gallimore, (3) 1703 Anna Fox/Lewis. Children were born to all marriages
BY MARY:
X. MARY #1 (1696 - 1698)
X. JOHN (1697-1750) m. (1) Elizabeth Morant (1707 -1740-41) (2) Sarah Curtis (?? - 1773)
XI. JOHN (1724 - 1748, age 24) unmarried
XI. ISAAC (1725 - 1741)
XI. ELIZABETH (1727 - 1761) m. (1) Thomas Parsons, 1750; (2) Daniel McGilchrist.
XI. WILLIAM (1728 - 1784) m. Elizabeth Morant no children.
XI. MARY (1729 - ca. 1773) m. William Lewis.
XI. JONATHAN (1731 -1756) m. (1) Grace Pusey Gardner 1751. No children.
XI. GIBBONS (1732 - 1761) unmarried.
XI. SARAH (1733-34 - 1748)
XI. MARGERY (1735 - 1759) unmarried.
BY JANE:
X. JONATHAN (1700 - ca. 1750)
X. ISAAC (1702 - By 1750) m. 1724 Dorothy Orgill (1708 -1750)
XI. DOROTHY (1726 -??) m. William Foster
XI. ISAAC (1727 -1749)
XI. JONATHAN (1728 - 1739)
XI. JANE ISABELLA (1734 - ??) m. (1) John Fisher, (2) John Spooner
XI. JOHN (1735 -1758) no children
XI. KATHERINE (1738 - ??) m. Joseph Chaplin Hankey
BY ANNA:
X. MARY (1704 - Before 1780) m. (1) Mr.Warren, (2) Thomas Samms, (3) Francis Cooke
X. ODOARDO (1712 - died young)
X. NATHANIEL (1717 - 1718)
IX. MARY #2 (1673 - 1719) m. 1699 Jonathan Dickinson (1663 - Aft. 1722)
IX. JONATHON (1676 - 1727) m. 1699 Eleanor (?? - 1725)
X. ELEANOR (?? - buried 1759) m. 1727 Col. Robert Phillips (?? - 1763)
X. FRANCIS (?? - 1774) m. Susannah Hall of Hyde Hall
XI. Susannah Hyde (?? - 1823) m. 1769 Captain Alan Gardner, R.N. (?? - 1809)
X. GEORGE (?? - ??), twin of James, m. (Unknown), children but names unknown
X. JAMES (?? - Buried 1746), twin of George, m. Elizabeth (Unknown)
XI. ELIZABETH (?? -1764) m. Bernard Senior 1753.
XI. ELEANOR (Bapt. 1741-42 - ??) m. 1742 to James Phillips, her first cousin.
XI. JAMES (?? - 1747) died young
X. HENRY (?? - By 1751) unmarried
X. ISAAC (?? - by 1754) No wife or children named in his will.
X. JACOB (?? - Died Young)
X. JONATHAN (?? - 1739-40) m. Gibbons Morant who m. (2) Peter Serjeant
XI. HENRY (1737 -1767) m. Elizabeth Williams, 1764
XII. WILLIAM (1769 - 1795)
XI. MARY (?? - died young)
XI. GIBBONS (?? - died young)
XI. ELEANOR (?? - ??) m. Francis Cooke. After Eleanor's death Francis Cooke married (2) Mary, daughter of Isaac Gale.
X. JOHN (?? - 1738) unmarried
X. JOSEPH #1 (?? - ??) died young.
X. JOSEPH #2 (?? - ??) died young.
X. MARY (?? - ??) m. Jonathan Gautier (?? - 1742-43)
X. WILLIAM (?? - by 1754) m. Alice (Unknown)
XI. WILLIAM (1736 - ??)
IX. ANNA (1679 -1690)
IX. GEORGE (1680 - 1689) died young
IX. JACOB (1682 - 1702) died young
IX. JOSEPH #1 (?? - died young)
IX. JOSEPH (1688 - 1717, London) died young
IX. SARAH (1684 - 1703) m. John Foster
IX. RUTH (1685 - 1733) m. Major Leonard Vassall
THE GALES WERE IN JAMAICA at least by 1659, since on November 21st of that year Southampton merchant Robert Richbell appointed ROBERT GALE AND JEREMY EGGINGTON, merchants residing in BARBADOS, as attorneys to recover a share of the ship Joseph and Mary of Southampton, sold by authority of William Sharp of Barbados to Richard Foard (sic) of London, merchant. Sir Richard Ford, mercer, served as Mayor of London in 1671 and in 1672 was a trustee and member of the New Royal African Company. His residence on Seething Lane in Southampton was near that of Samuel Pepys, a friend and relative by marriage to Thomas Gale (Bapt. 1635-36 - 1702), Robert's relative. In 1665 Robert was named as a merchant of St. Michael's, Barbados, in the will of Christopher Morris, his apprentice.
CAPTAIN JEREMIAH (JEREMY) EGGINTON/EGGINGTON, also in BARBADOS in 1659, owned property in Bridgetown known as Eggington's Green. He had married Elizabeth Cotton (12/9/1637 - 6/31/1656) daughter of John Cotton, in Boston on 10/12/1655, but Elizabeth died a year later following childbirth. On 10/2/1659 Eggington and Robert Gale signed a financial obligation to Nathan Bowler, deceased, attested to on 10/13/1660 by one Gilbert Beavis of London, late purser on the ship Charles. Eggington resided in the parish of St. Michael's, Barbados and on 4/1/1661 was appointed as a vestryman for the parish with Lt. Col. Philip Bell, Mr. Nich. Ware, Lt. Henry Turpin, Mr. Roger Lovell, Mr. Wm. Paynter, Mr. Richard Geyton, Mr. Humphry Kentt, Capt. Robt. Collinson, Mr. John Crisp, Mr.Humph: Davenport, Capt. John Moody, Mr. Ralph Hassell, Major John Gregorie, Capt. Robt. Cullimore, and Captain Christopher Codrington. Eggington died in Barbados and a memorial was inscribed at St. Michael's Cathedral that read in part, "The body of Capt. Jeremiah Egginton, Merchant Borne." The name of Capt. Jeremiah Eggington appeared in the burial register with the date 9/10/1693. [Also referred to as Capt. Egenton (sic) and possibly from Shropshire.] On3/3/1671-72 records noted that Eggington's book-keeper was JOHN GALE , Robert's son, born in 1637 in England, whose profile appears below.
As of 1683, there were 15 parishes in Jamaica including Saint Elizabeth, Clarendon, Saint James, Saint Catherine, Saint Andrew, Port Royal, Saint David, Saint Thomas in the Vale, Saint Thomas in the East, Saint George, Saint Ann, Saint John, Saint Marie, Vere and.Saint Dorothy. Kingston was added in 1713 and Trelawny in 1752. Following, Manchester Parish was created from St Elizabeth, Clarendon, and Vere. And in 1842, Metcalfe Parish was created from St. George and St Mary. In 1866 eight counties were eliminated and today there are three counties in Jamaica, Cornwall, Middlesex and Surry. Cornwall contains the parishes of St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland. Middlesex contains St. Catherine, St. Mary, Clarendon, St. Ann and Manchester. While Surrey contains Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Thomas and Portland.
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VIII. MAJOR JONATHON/JOHN GALE (1637 - 4/8/1689-90) OF ENGLAND & JAMAICA was the third son of Robert and Elizabeth Langdale Gale of Acomb Grange. [SEE CHAPTER 2] He was born in December of 1637 in Yorkshire. John Gale first arrived in Jamaica in 1655 during the British takeover from Spain during that year lead by William Penn. He must have traveled back and forth, and on 5/2/1660 a pass was issued to John Gale in London to join his father, Robert Gale, in Port Royal, Jamaica.
John Gale married MARY JACKSON (12/24/1647 - 4/10/1710-11) and had children. The family settled in an area known as the Cashew in St. Elizabeth's Parish and John became a major in the militia. On 4/28/1673 he patented 533 acres in Savanna, St. Elizabeth's Parish, Westmoreland, along with other lands on the island. As a planter he owned several slaves. His will, written at age 51 and inscribed with his crest, was dated on 10/9/1689 and proved on 1/25/1690. Mary Jackson Gale died on 4/10/1711 and was buried in the garden at the Cashew with her husband and some of their children. It appears that John appointed Mary as Executrix in his will, although her name is not visible. He named sons John, Henry, Isaac, Jonathon, and Joseph, a minor according to his mother's will of 1711. The son John Gale had died by the time Mary Gale's will was written and son Henry wrote his will on 6/16/1697 so he must have died soon afterwards. Likewise, Jacob and Sarah do not appear in their mother's will and may also have predeceased her. [SEE JOHN & MARY'S WILLS BELOW]
ARMS OF JOHN GALE: "Azure, on a fess between 3 saltires or, 3 lion's heads erased, gules." CREST & MOTTO: Unknown. [John Gale's arms, inherited from his father, are a slight variation of the arms given to John Gale of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. They were included in the Visitation of Yorkshire in 1563.]
CHILDREN OF JOHN/JONATHAN AND MARY JACKSON GALE
IX. HENRY (10/30/1666 - 6/15/1697) died unmarried and without children at age 30 and bequeathed his estate to his relatives.
IX. JOHN (11/11/1668 - 4/8/1690) was baptized at St. Catherine's Parish on 1/10/1669. He married (Unknown) and had children. He was buried in the garden at the Cashew.
IX. MARY #1 (Born and died 1670)
IX. ISAAC (1/16/1672, Cashew - ??) married at the Cashew on 6/7/1695 (1) Mary Slinger (?? - 7/11/1698), daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Slinger of Philpot Lane, London. They had two children prior to Mary's death. Isaac married (2) Jane Gallimore on 9/14/1699, (3) Anna Fox/Lewis on 11/24/1703 in Spanish Town at the house of Odoardo Lewis, Westmoreland. Other children were born to both marriages.
IX. MARY #2 (1/8/1673-74 - 1719, Philadelphia, PA) married in 1699 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to Jonathan Dickinson (1663 - Aft. 1722), son of Francis and Margaret Dickinson. His father raised a troop of horses in 1654 for Oliver Cromwell's Western Expedition, one of his uncles was court physician to King Charles II, and his grandfather was a clergyman of the Established Church of England. During the 1680s the Dickinson estate totaled about 10,000 acres in Jamaica, including two plantations about 50 miles from Kingston and Port Royal. Francis Dickinson was a member of the Jamaica Assembly in 1672, but was denied his seat the next year when he refused to take the assembly's oath of office due to his religious convictions.
When Jonathan Dickinson grew older he joined his father's mercantile business at Port Royal, which survived the 1692 earthquake and tidal wave that destroyed most of that city. He married Mary Gale and on 8/23/1696 left Jamaica with Mary and their first child, Jon Jr., who had been born five months earlier. They sailed on the ship Reformation bound for Philadelphia with a cargo worth about £1,500. The party was shipwrecked on the Florida coast and traveled some 230 miles through inhospitable Indian country reaching St. Augustine on November 15th. They then journeyed to Charleston, arriving the day after Christmas, and finally arrived in Philadelphia on 4/1/1697. Jonathon recorded the events in his journal which was published in Philadelphia three years later. A year after the publishing Jonathan settled in Philadelphia and continued making voyages to Jamaica and other colonies with the goal of expanding his trade in the so-called "Triangular Triad." From the West Indies he brought molasses, rum, sugar, spices, mahogany, and other tropical woods that he sold at a handsome profit. From Pennsylvania he exported flour, bread, deerskins, tobacco and any other Pennsylvania product he could market. Dickinson's will of 1722 named daughters Hannah and Mary, sons Joseph, John, Jonathan, and the latter's wife Hannah. It also named Barbara Wright, William Dellworth, and his brother Caleb Dickinson. Executors and Trustees in Pennsylvania were Isaac Norris, James Logan, and George Claypoole of Philadelphia, merchants, and executors in Jamaica were brothers-in-law Isaac and Jonathan Gale. Witnesses were Benjamin Vining, H. Graham, Hugh Cordry and Bartholomew Cordry.
IX. JONATHON (3/10/1676 - 4/21/1727, St. Elizabeth's) married Eleanor (?? - buried 10/16/1725, St. Elizabeth's) on 5/18/1699 at Vere and had children. (OF FULLERSWOOD?)
IX. ANNA (3/18/1678-79 - 7/13/1690) died at age 11and was buried in the garden at the Cashew.
IX. GEORGE (7/19/1680 - 11/7/1689) died at age 9 and was buried in the garden at the Cashew.
IX. JACOB (1/26/1681-82 - 11/27/1702, age 20) inherited 120 acres of land in Fullerswood from his father and about 600 acres of land adjoining Isaac Gale, Thomas Lynch, and others. He died without children on 11/27/1702, predeceasing his mother.
IX. SARAH (6/11/1684 - 2/3/1702-03) married John Foster and died at age 18.
IX. RUTH (9/30/1685, Jamaica - buried 3/14/1733, Boston, Suffolk, Mass.) married Major Leonard Vassall (6/10/1678, St. Elizabeth - 6/20/1737, Boston, Mass.) of the parish of St. Elizabeth, son of John Vassall and his wife Anna Lewis Vassall. His great-grandfather was John Vassall, the builder and owner of the Mayflower that sailed to America in 1620. Leonard Vassall was born in Jamaica but settled in Boston where he established an estate at Braintree. In Boston he was elected warden of Christ Church on 4/3/1727 and during the 1730s helped found Trinity Church. He and Ruth had 18 children, born between 1701 and 1729, most of whom died young. Ruth Gale Vassall died and Leonard married (2) Phoebe Penhallow. Leonard Vassall died on 6/20/1737 and left a will. (New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Jan 1871, p.41; and Jan. 1863, p. 60-61) Also of this family was Elizabeth Vassall, daughter of John Vassall, Esq. of Jamaica, who married William Foster, Esq., also of Jamaica. At her death William Foster married (2) Dorothy Gale, of Acomb near York and of Lucena, Jamaica, daughter of Colonel Isaac Gale.
IX. JOSEPH (?? - ??) #1 - Died young.
IX. JOSEPH (10/23/1688 - 1717, London) inherited 230 acres joining on the Cashew River from his father. Even though Joseph was a minor when his mother died in 1711, she appointed him sole executor of her estate and named her sons Isaac and Jonathan, along with her son-in-law Jonathan Dickinson, as trustees of her will and as guardians to Joseph. She bequeathed to him a one-third share, along with brothers Isaac and Jonathan, in the Negroes and stock owned by her. Following his mother's death Joseph went to London where he died in 1717.
PARTIAL LIST OF SLAVES OWNED BY JOHN & MARY GALE:
HERCULES, GRACE, JEFFRY, UN-NAMED NEGRO BOY, UN-NAMED NEGRO WOMAN
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WILL OF JOHN GALE OF THE PARISH OF ST. ELIZABETH, JAMAICA, 1689
(Jamaica Wills Volume 6, folio 111)
In the name of God Amen the nineth day of October in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary Anno Dom 1689 I John Gale of the parish of Elizabeth, within the island above Eqà being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory and understanding do make ordance and publick this to be my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me family made my soul I comitt into the mercyfull hands of almighty God who gave me the same and by whom of his once and only grace I hope to be saved and recà into eternal rest through the death of Jesus Christ my Savior, and my body I comitt to the earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried at the descretion of my Executex hereafter named and as tending my Estate which God in mercy hath blessed me I deplore of the same my debts and funerale expences being first pd and discharged in an maner and forme following that is Esay
First all my land at the round hill by estamacon Six hundred acres together with all my land at the Figurares and well avance except two hundred acres to be hand out and disperced of as here after mentioned as also Negroe man named Hercules and Negro woman named Grace I give and bequeth to my son Henry Gale his heirs and asignes for ever
Item I give unto my son John Gale his heirs and asignes for ever the two hundred acres of land before excepted to be run out square on Sr Thomas Lynch and the land in compà of Esqà Favels and Captain Mathews together with the long _____ _____ plantacon therein and all my land in the Great Carhoe the land ____ platacon ____ and all my land belonging thereto joining on Black River and a Negro man named Jeffry
Item I give my Son Isaac Gale his heirs and asignes for ever two hundred and thirty acres of land at Point Pedra joining on George Woodard and John Paris Eighty acres of woodland lying between Francis Dickinson and Sta____ Bay three hundred acres of land at _____ joining with Thomas Lynch and John Wilmott and a Negroe boy
Item I give to my Son Jonathan Gale Six hundred Acres of land I bought of Richard Green and all the Savana land joining in the ____ of ______ in _________ and half my land at Point Pedro lying without the pasture and joining of the said pasture ________ his heirs and asignes for ever
Item I give my son Jacob Gale the hundred and twenty acres of land in Fullerwood joining on ____________________ and about Six hundred acres of land at G____ _____________ Isaac Gale and ________ Thomas Lynch __________________.
Item I give to my Son Joseph Gale two hundred thirty acres of land joining on the
Cashee? River ______________________________________
__________________of this my last will and testament and at her decease my sons Henry and John surviving Exedr whom I am constitute trustees to aid and �..assist my said Executrix desiring you all to see this my said last will and testament performed according to the express letter thereof which I declare my proper _______________ and meaning In Witness where of I the said John Gale hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and year first before menconed
John Gale (seal)
Signed Sealed and delivered In the presence of __________.
The words money and ____ _____ each of/in the tenth fourteenth _________ and thirty third lines of the ____ _____ _____ first interlined
J Turner
1689
John Saniton
Rand Richardson
By virtue of the will hereunto ___ I administered and ____ to John Turner and John
Santon who both swore ____ they say Maj John Gale ____ & Seale and hand _____ publick the will in the ____ as his last will and testament did _____ memory to the best of their ____ and ____ I being a Quaker _______________
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25 day of Jan
1689/90
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WILL OF MARY GALE OF JAMAICA (Jamaica Wills Volume 13, folio 50, 16th June 1711)
In the name of God amen I Mary Gale of the parish of St. Elizabeth Widow being weak in body but of sound mind and memory praised be given to Almighty God for the same Knowing the certainty of death and the uncertain times thereof do make and ordain this Instrument in Writing to be my last Will and Testament hereby revolking frustration and making void all former Wills & Testaments by me made first and cheifly I give my Soul to God hoping and firmly believing that at the general resurrection of the just I shall receive the same again with glory and honour my body I commit to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Exers herinafter named my Worldly debts and funeral expences being first paid and discharged my temporal Estate which God of his great goodness hath blessed me with I give devise and bequeath as followeth.
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Son Isaac Gale One hundred pounds Current money out of the profits of my real Estate
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Daughter Mary Dickinson One hundred pounds said money out of the profits of my real Estate
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my loving Daughter Ruth Vassall One hundred pounds said money out of the profits of my real Estate
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my son Jonathan Gale all my Land and Sheep at Carters Penn being the half part of the land and Sheep belonging to the said Pen also my Sheep excepting Ninety Yews and Ten Rams to make good Lymbes Lease) at Ruff Cistemneau Point Pedro To hold the same land and sheep unto my said son Jonathan Gale his heirs and Asigns forever
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my two Nieces Ann Jackson and Sarah Jackson One hundred pounds said money to wit to each and either of them fifty pounds to be paid when the shall __ally attain the Age of Twenty years
Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Brother Jeremiah Jackson Two negros during his natural life to wit one Negro Man called Jeffry and a Negro Women called ______
Item I will devise and bequeath that what negroes and stock belonged to my late husband John Gale and given me by my said husband will and which I die posessed of be equally divided between by three sons Isaac Gale Jonathan Gale and Joseph Gale share and share alike their heirs and assigns for ever.
Item all the rest and residue of my whole Estate both real and personal in this Island of Jamaica to wit Lands Plantations Lands Negroes Goods and Chattels that I am now possessed of or that I shall hereto die interested in I give devise and bequeath unto my said Son Joseph Gale and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten but if my said son Joseph Gale should die without full issue then my said whole Estate last devised I give devise & bequeath unto my two Grandsons (Children of my son Jonathan Gale) to wit Henry Gale and Jacob Gale their Heirs and asigns forever Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said Son Joseph Gale sole Exer of this my last will and Testament and my Sã sons Isaac and Jonathan Gale together with my said son in law Jonathan Dickinson Trustees of this my said Will and Guardians to my said son Joseph during his minority In Witness whereof I the said Mary Gale have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifteenth day of Febry One thousand Seven hundred & Ten
Mary Gale (seal)
Signed Sealed Published & Declared
In the presence and Signing of the words/also to each and every of my sd Two Nieces at the age afore said and their Heirs I give a Negro Girl, being written not very fair in the One and twentieth lines
Gaffers
Hollister
Jno Litchord Bennett
Memorand that on the 16th day of June 1711 then Personally appeared before me John Litchfield Bennett and made oath upon the Holy Evangelist that he was Present and did see Mary Gale the Testatrix wherein mentioned being then of sound mind and memory sign Seal publish and declare the within written Instrument to be her last will and Testament and that the same time ElizÃGaffers (since gone off this Island) and Richard Hollister (since died) were also present and together with him subscribed their Names as Witnesses to the same will presence of the same testament and further that he knows nothing of any will made since by the said Testatrix which may tend both disadvantage of the will within written.
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1637 - 1711 (73 years)