John Gallop (abt. 1627 - bef. 1656)

Born about 1627 in England

Husband of Charity (Hall) Burt — married about 1652 (to before 1656) in Taunton, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died before 1656 before about age 29 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

John Gallop was born about 1627, based on his being of age to bear arms in Taunton, Plymouth Colony in 1643.^[1] His parents and origin are not known, but he was most probably born in England. He was probably the John "New" Gallop mentioned as living in Taunton in 1643. Per records presented below, he was in Taunton as early as March 1640/1.^[2]

John married Charity Hall, daughter of George Hall, about 1652, in Taunton.^[3] Their only known child was:

1. Esther (21 July 1653), married Henry Hodges in 1674^[4]

John died before 1656, as Charity married, second, Richard Burt, as his first wife, about 1656, based on the birth of their first child Abel on 5 December 1657.^[5][6]

In his Register article of 1900 (v.54 pp.89-91), Almon Hodges, who wrote the landmark Hodges family genealogy^[7], corrected his error of conflating the John Gallop of this profile with the person of that name who married Hannah Lake. In particular, in his research he found no connection with the John Gallop of Boston. He gathered all of the records he could find relating to John Gallop of Taunton:^[8]

i. 1640-1, March 2. Presentment by the Grand Inquest. "We present . . . . . the son of Widow Hoble for swearing. Witness, William Evans, John Golope.". [Printed Plym. Col. Rec., ii: 12.] Widow Hoble seems to have been widow of Robert Hobel, one of the original purchasers of Taunton. William Evans's name occurs in the second list of Taunton purchasers. Hence apparently John Golope was of Taunton.

ii. 1643, August. John Gallop's name is in the military list of Taunton. [Printed Plym. Col. Rec., viii: 195.]

iii. 1651-2, Feb. 18. "It was ordered and granted that John Gallop shall be accounted as an ancient inhabitent [of Taunton] in all rights of divisions and as far as the same land is undivided will admit in said border, and that he shall have the same as a Whome lot in that plot of land where Thomas Lincoln junior hath six acres granted and to be next unto Thomas Lincoln in order." [Paper in the City Hall, Taunton, copied by James E. Seaver, Esq., of Taunton.]

iv. 1651, June 5. John Gallop was a highway surveyor at Taunton. [Printed Plym. Col. Rec., ii: 168.]

v. 1651-2, March 13. John Jollop witnessed the will'of Henry Andrews of Taunton. [Plym. Col. Wills, i: 1: 116.]

vi. 1653, July 21. Ester Gollup, dau. of John Gollup, born at Taunton. [Taunton Prop. Rec. in GEN. REG, xvii : 232.]

vii. 1655, Dec 18. "It is granted to Clement Maxfield of Taunton a percel of land for the house of his division, Iying between the lands of Nicholas White and the greate lots which was formerly granted to John Gallop and the said Clement." [Taunton Records, copied by James E. Seaver.]

viii. Date uncertain. "The names of those that are found upon town [ ] the first and ancient purchasers. [The twelfth name is] John Gallup." [Copied by Isaac W. Wilcox of Taunton from a small book fastened in vol. v. of the Taunton Prop. Rec.]

ix. 1669, Jan. 10. "The grants of land made to ye right originally John Gallops, now [1739] owned by William and Henry Hodges [his grandsons] are here entered in order to rekkon Jan. 10, 1669. Granted to Esther Gallop, six acres of plain," etc. [Taunton Prop. Rec., v: 100, under date of May 1, 1739J

x. 1672, Nov. 26. Easter Gollop (then 19 years & 4 months old) named in the list of Taunton South Purchase Proprietors. [Taunton Prop.Rec., iv: 232] Also in the supplementary declaratory deed, dated March 18, 1683-4.

xi. 1675, May 14. The report of the Committee of this date, giving the list of persons entitled to be proprietors of Taunton, states that John Gollop's rights were then held by Henry Hodges.

Research Notes

In his Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III biography of Humphrey Gallop, Anderson notes that there is absolutely no evidence that this John Gallop was a son or relative of Humphrey of Dorchester.^[9]

Given his early appearance in Taunton and lack of known family in New England, John possibly arrived as a servant to a family. Because he was deemed an "ancient inhabitant" of Taunton in 1652, but does not appear on lists of early proprietors, John may have arrived with the family of a Taunton original proprietor as a minor.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v.4 p.259; Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) NEHGS member site
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Miscellaneous Census Substitutes, 1630-1788, 1840, 1890 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. From records supplied by Ancestry.com) NEHGS member site
3. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.1 p.595 (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. NEHGS member site
   • Text: "GALLOP, John (-1656) & Charity [HALL?] (-1711, ae 76), dau George?, m/2 Richard BURT 1656?; by 1653; Taunton {Taunton 1:88-9; Reg. 17:232, 54:89; Hodges 75 cor.; Williams (,16) 88; Shurtleff 145; Kendall Anc. (ms) 20}"
4. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.2 p.769 (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. NEHGS member site
   • Text: "HODGES, Henry (1652-1717) & Hester/Esther ____ GALLOP (1653-); 17 Dec 1674; Taunton {Gilbert (1959) 82; Reg. 5:4145, 17:36, 54:91; MD 21:36, 22:93; McCormick-Hamilton 469; Hodges 21, 71; Leonard Anc. 297-8; Leonard (,3) 19; Kendall Anc. (ms) 20; Fowler 33; Fitch 113; Williams #16 (87); 99, 145}"
5. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.1 p.257 (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. NEHGS member site
   • Text: "BURT, Richard (1629-1685) & Charity (?HALL) [GALLUP] (1634/5-1711), dau George?, w John; by 1657; Taunton {Taunton 1:34; Burt (1893) 513; Gallup 3; Shurtleff 145; Sv. 1:314; Reg. 17:232, 52:17, 54:91}"
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
7. ↑ Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England, Ending December 31, 1894, compiled by Almon D. Hodges, Jr., Third Edition, printed for the family by Frank H. Hodges, Boston, 1896. Henry Hodges, Record #3, Taunton Branch, Page 75.
8. ↑ Almon D. Hodges Jr, John Gallop of Taunton, Mass., The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. V.54 pp.89-91 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) NEHGS member site
9. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. p.725 (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). NEHGS member site