Martha (Lemmon) Gale (1640)

Born 22 Apr 1640 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Bartholomew Gale — married 25 May 1660 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Martha Lemmon was born 22 April 1640 in Salem, MA. She is the daughter of Robert Lemmon and Mary Unknown. ^[1]

She married 25 May 1660 in Salem, MA to Bartholomew Gale. ^[2]

Her children by husband Bartholomew Gale included:

1. Samuel, whose wife was Mary ^{[citation needed]}
2. Abraham, born Sept. 18, 1666^[3], who married Lydia Ropes.
3. Isaac, born May 2,1669
4. Jacob, born Aug. 15, 1671 who died August 6, 1727. He was a shipwright and there is no record of marriage or children.
5. Bartholomew, born April 26, 1674 ^[4] Massachusetts Vital Records Salem, Volume 1, page 335, also shown in NEHGS, which states GALE: Bartholmew, s. Bartholmew and Mary, Apr. 26, 1674, Daniell, s. twin, Bartholmew and Mary, Aug. 17, 1676, Isaack, s. Bartholmew and Mary, 2: 5m: 1669, Jacob, s. Bartholmew and Mary, Aug. 15, 1671 and Mary, d. twin, Bartholmew and Mary, Aug. 17, 1676
6. Daniel, a twin born Aug. 17, 1676, who married Rebecka Sweatt.
7. Mary, a twin born Aug. 17, 1676
8. Rachel, born March 17, 1678^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ MA Vital Records http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aBirthsL.shtml
2. ↑ MA Vital Records http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aMarriagesL.shtml
3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Salem Births, Volume 1, page 334, also shown in NEHGS, which states GALE: Abraham, s. Bartholmew and Mary (Bacon), 2d w., 18: 9m: 1666
4. ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/Images/SalemV1_B335.shtml
5. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Salem Births, Volume 1, page 336, also shown in NEHGS, which states GALE: Rachell, d. Bartholmew and Mary, Mar. 17, 1678-9