Edmund Gale (1640 - 1716)

Born 1640 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 16 Nov 1716 at about age 76 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Edmund was a son of Edmund Gale of Cambridge^[1]. His mother is not noted in these sources.

Before 1666, he married Sarah Dixey, the daughter of William and Ann (or Hannah) Dixey of Salem, Massachusetts^{[2] [1] [3]}

Named in his father-in-law's will ...to son-in-law Edmund Gale "my musket"; earlier in Dec 1681 William Dixie granted 2 acres land in Beverly. GM Vol 1.

Their oldest children were born in Salem, and the family moved to Beverly around April 1672^[1], where the youngest children were born^{[4] [5]}

1. Samuel, baptized March 12, 1666^[4]
2. Sarah, baptized March 12, 1666^[4]
3. Edmond, baptized Feb 14, 1667^[6]
4. Azor, baptized Apr. 25, 1669^[6], who married Mary Roots, of Boston ^[1]
5. Miriam, baptized Dec. 31, 1671^[4]
6. Abraham, baptized Feb. 22, 1673-4^[5]
7. Anna, baptized July 17, 1676^[5]
8. William, baptized Feb. 16, 1678-9^[5]
9. Charity, baptized 23 October, 1683^[5]
10. Mary, baptized Mar. 7, 1685-6^[5], who married James Chapman ^[1]

Edmund died before March 10, 1717—18, when "Sarah, of Beverly, widow of Edmond Gale," sold land to Azor Gale ^[1]. The Beverly records show "Mr Gale" died between November 1717 and March 16, 1718^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} George Gale, The Gale Family Records in England and the United States, to Which Are Added Some Account of the Tottingham Family of New England, and Bogardus, Waldron, and Young Families of New York (Galesville, Wis., 1866), see pages 189-190+page 194
2. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 1, page 594 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states GALE, Edmund (-by 1718) & Sarah [DIXEY] (1643-1718+); by 1666; Salem/Falmouth, ME {Salem 1:107; Beverly Ch. Rec.; Gale 189, 191; Stone Anc. (1930) 16, 31; EIHC 4:238; GDMNH 251}
3. ↑ William Dixey pages 553-556 Volumes I-III of The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Massachusetts Vital Records Salem Volume 1, page 336, also shown on NEHGS, which states Miriam, d. Edmond, bp. Dec. 31, 1671, GALE: Samuel, s. Ed., bp. 12: 3m: 1666, and Sarah, d. Ed., bp. 12: 3m: 1666
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Massachusetts Vital Records Beverly Volume 1, page 146, also shown on NEHGS, which states GALE: Abraham, s. Edmund, bp. Feb. 22, 1673-4, Anna, d. Edmund and Sarah, bp. 17: 7m: 1676, Charity, d. Edmund and Sarah, bp. 23: 10m: 1683, Mary, d. Edmund and Sarah, bp. Mar. 7, 1685-6, and William, s. Edmund and Sarah, bp. Feb. 16, 1678-9
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Massachusetts Vital Records Salem Volume 1, page 335, also shown on NEHGS, which states GALE: Azor, s. Edmond, bp. Apr. 25, 1669, Edmond, s. Edmond, bp. 14: 2m: 1667
7. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Beverly Deaths, page 447, which states GALE: Mr. [bet. Nov. and Mar. 16, 1718.]

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183479679/edmund-gale
• Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, 1667-1772 Essex Institute, 1905 pg 111: http://tinyurl.com/lyc3era
• Essex Institute Historical Collections Essex Institute Press, 1919: http://tinyurl.com/k89c5pl

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