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John Gallop (1593 - 1650)

Capt John Gallop
Born in Dorset, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 19 Jan 1617 in Bridport, Dorsetmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 57 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 21 Oct 2010
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The Puritan Great Migration.
John Gallop migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 725)
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Biography

John Gallop was born about 1593 based on the date of his marriage. Parents are Unknown. It is possible that he was son of the John Gollop of Mosterne, Dorset who is mentioned in the Visitations of Devon, 1623.[1]

John was a fisherman and mariner.[2]

Documented to have arrived on the "Mary & John",[2] leaving England 20 Mar & arriving Boston where he became one of the first grantees of land in the northern part of Boston. John had a home and a wharf in what was known as Gallop's Point. He was instrumental in developing trade between MA Bay Colony & CT & RI[2]

He was admitted to the Boston church on Jan. 5, 1633/4, and became freeman Apr. 1, 1634 as third in a group of six Dorchester men, but there is no evidence he lived there. His will, dated Dec. 20, 1649 and proved Feb. 9, 1649/50, and the inventory taken Feb. 26, 1649/50 includes properties indicating his occupation of fisherman and mariner. His real estate included "The Island, Called by ye name of Gallupe's Island, Containeinge about 16 acres." Capt. Gallop piloted arriving ships into Boston Harbor, and in the coastal trade between Connecticut and Maine.

Marriage

He married Christabell Brushett in St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorsetshire 19 Jan 1617/18.[2][3]

Children

  1. Joan, bp Bridport 20 Sep 1618; m by 1637 Thomas Joy[4]
  2. John, bp Bridport 25 Jan 1620/1; m by 1644 Hannah Lake, dau of John and Margaret (Reade) Lake[4][5][6]
  3. William, bp Bridport 4 Aug 1622; predeceased his father, evidently unmarried.[2]
  4. Francis, bp Bridport 27 Jul 1625; bur there 18 Nov 1625
  5. Samuel, bp Bridport 16 Aug 1629; m Boston 20 Jan 1650/1 Mary Phillips[7]
  6. Nathaniel, bp Bridport 16 Aug 1629; m Boston 11 Jun 1652 "Margaret Eveley [Eveleth]" [8], dau of Sylvester Eveleth[9]
  7. John, bp Bridport 11 Jul 1630; presumably died young, since John calls Samuel and Nathaniel his "two youngest sons". See TAG 68:12 for further info.

Death

John died in Boston, Massachusetts, Jan 1649/50, leaving his widow, daughter Joane and sons John, Samuel and Nathaniel.[2] Please Note there is more detailed information in Anderson. [10]

Research Notes

Review of the Research

Stepen M. Lawson. "KINNEXIONS.COM" Wayback machine archive, 17 October 2014

     "Many compilations are found [that] provide an ancestry in England for John GALLUP of Boston, MA. However, such claims likely all have their roots in John D. Gallup's Genealogical History of the Gallup Family in the United States (1893),pg 7 in which English pedigrees were quoted in support of the claim that John GALLUP of New England was son of John GALLUP and Mary CRABBE of Mosterne, Dorset, England.
     "Charles Wilson Allen obtained a copy of the subject pedigree and found it had been mis-quoted, publishing his "Gallop Genealogy: Corrections" in Apr. 1963[11] concluding that the claimed Gallup ancestry in England "is not substantiated by this or any other document known to me."
     "The Gallup ancestry search continues, with Gerald James Parsons' "John Gallop/Gollop of Bridport, Dorchestershire, England, and Boston, Massachusetts"[12] detailing the available records, including the marriage of John GALLUP and Christabell BRUCHETT and the baptism of their seven children at St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorchestershire, England. Parsons also concluded that "no other records needed to determine John Gallop's parentage and/or his relationship to the other Gollops in Bridport were located."
     "Available material concerning John GALLOP is reviewed in The Great Migration Begins, Volume II, by Robert Charles Anderson (1995), pp. 725-28, and the Bridport records are included in the article on John GALLOP. In commenting on another publication, the author states that "the section on English ancestry has been superseded and should be ignored." All that is known of the immigrant's birth is that he was born "By about 1593 based on date of marriage." "

Sources

  1. St. George, Henry, 1581-1644; College of Arms (Great Britain); Lennard, Samson, d. 1633; Rylands, J. Paul (John Paul), b. 1846, ed; Colby, Frederic Thomas, 1827-1899, joint ed. "The visitation of the county of Dorset, taken in the year 1623." London ,Mitchell and Hughes, printers. 1885. pg 43
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). AmericanAncestors: subscription needed
  3. "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 7 December 2017), John Gollop and Christabell Brushett, 1617; Marriage, citing Bridport, Bridport, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,422.[1]
  4. 4.0 4.1 Parsons, Gerald James "John Gallop/Gollop of Bridport, Dorsetshire, England, and Boston, Massachusetts" The American Genealogist 68:11-13 (1993)
  5. Bethia Harris Anc 55;
  6. NEHGR 84:316
  7. BostonVR 38
  8. BostonVR 38
  9. NEHGR 134:302
  10. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214379862/john-gallop
  11. NEHGR 114:151-52
  12. TAG 68:1 (Jan 1993), pp. 11-13
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John Gallup<ref>"History of Huron County, Ohio : its progress and development, with biographical sketches of prominent citizens of the county" by Baughman, A. J. (Abraham J.), 1838-1913 (https://archive.org/details/historyhuroncou00bauggoog/page/n13/mode/2up) Honorable Caleb Hathaway Gallup</ref>

b. 1590 (similar to sources above) assumed parish of Mosterne (refuted above)
m. Christobel Unknown (follows sources above) who was sister to Governor WInthrop's wife (unsourced) with children (4 of 5 listed above)
imm. 20 Mar 1630 on the "Mary & John" @ Nantasket (now Hull), Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC) (no source listed)
mil. Commanded first naval action off Block island (no source listed)
mil. 1637 Pequot War - Fought in North American Waters to avenge murder of Captain John Oldham (no source listed)
posted by Richard Schamp
Gallop-7 and Gallop-586 appear to represent the same person because: Not sure why these were set to rejected match; they clearly represent the same person. Wife (at least) also needs to be merged.
posted on Gallop-586 (merged) by Jillaine Smith
Possible Duplicate Gallop-586.
posted by J Scott
Jillaine, Greg edited his comment to clarify what he was talking about.

The relevant history is entirely on the page for X-5706.

Thanks for editing your comment, Greg!

posted by Ellen Smith
Greg V, I don't see such a daughter attached
posted by Jillaine Smith
I removed John and Christobel Gallop as parents on the linked profile [X-5706] for Grace (X) Blount, as there was no sources for this connection. The birthdate for Grace is given as 1610, seven years prior to John and Christobel's marriage. Neither would be of reproducing age.
posted by Greg (Veneklasen) V

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