Sarah (Fiske) Gale (abt. 1655 - 1728)

Born about 1655 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Gale — married 3 Sep 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 14 May 1728 at about age 73 in Waltham, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah Fiske, daughter of Nathan Fiske and Susanna _______,^[1][2][3] was born about 1655-1656 (she was aged 73 at her death in May 1728).^[4] Sarah's birth is not found in any records, but she was named in her father's 1676 will.^[3]

Sarah married Abraham Gale (or Gael)^[1] on 3 September 1673^[3][5] in Watertown, Massachusetts.^[6][7] They had 16 children,^[8] all were probably born at the old homestead in Watertown, Massachusetts (now Waltham):

1. Abraham, born about 1674 (no birth record found), married Rachel Parkhurst^[8]
2. Sarah, born 15 February 1674/5 and died young^[8]
3. Richard, born 25 September 1677, married Sarah Knight^[8]
4. Hopestill, born and died in December 1678^[8]
5. Mary, born 27 March 1680; died young^[8]
6. Abigail, born 12 March 1681/2,^[9] died 21 November 1696^[8][10]
7. Mercy (birth record calls her Mary), born 16 September 1683, married Samuel Sanderson^[8]
8. Ebenezer, born 30 April 1686 or 4 June 1686; married Elizabeth Green^[8]
9. John, born 23 April 1687[/8?], died 15 February 1734, married Lydia ______^[8]
10. Mary, baptized April 1689; married Michael Pratt^[8]
11. Sarah, born 29 August 1694,^[8] married _____ Pratt^[11]
12. Jonas, baptized 14 November 1697, died 17 March 1718^[8]
13. Joshua, born 22 February 1696/7; died 15 September 1719,^[8] intestate, his estate divided among 3 brothers and 4 sisters^[11]
14. Elizabeth (twin), born 9 July 1699^[8]
15. Lydia (twin), born 9 July 1699^[8]
16. Abigail, married Edward Jackson,^[8] date of birth unknown

Sarah died on 14 May 1728^[3][11] in Waltham, Massachusetts, aged 73 years.^[4] She is is buried at Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 2495 #45453597 ($), Sarah Fisk marriage to Abraham Gale in 1673 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA (names parents).
2. ↑ James Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1860, p. 166 (Fiske) and p. 221 (Gale). Online at Archive.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Henry Bond. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts. Boston: NEHGS, 1860, p. 214 (Fiske), p. 229 (Gale). Online at Archive.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 2495 #81267926 ($), Sarah Gael death 14 May 1728 (age 73) in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
5. ↑ "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700", Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 3824 #150088 ($), Sarah Galle marriage to Abraham Galle on 3 Sep 1673.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 2495 #13765877 ($), Sarah Fish marriage to Abrahan Galle on 3 Sep 1673 in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZV-WKZK : 11 May 2022), Abram Gale and Sarah Fiske, 3 Sep 1673; citing Marriage, Middlesex, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 007009675.
8. ↑ ^{8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16} "The Gale Family" in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 18, 1864, p.189-190. Google Books
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch, Abigall Geale, 12 Mar 1681; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 007009514.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch. Abigail Geal death, 21 Nov 1696; Joshua Geal birth 22 Feb 1696/7 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 007009514.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Gale, George. The Gale Family Records in England and the United States.... Galesville, WI: Leith & Gale, 1866, pp. 33-38. Archive.org (father's will pp. 27-32)
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 January 2023), memorial page for Sarah Fisk Gael (1656–14 May 1728), Find A Grave: Memorial #34346596, citing Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933): headstone photo.

• Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book also the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriage Watertown, MA: Press of Fred G Barker, 1894. Archive.org.