John Edwards Gale (abt. 1760)

Ancestors

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Biography

John was born about 1760. He is the son of Joseph Gale and Rachael Unknown.

Family

Mathew Gale (grandfather)

Will of Mathew Gale^[1]
St. George's Parish, Colony of Virginia
Written: 12 January 1772
Proved: 18 February 1779
Legatees: wife Judith Gale, estate real and personal during her natural life, then to son Matthew, Jr., plantation whereon I now live;
son Joseph, plantation whereon my daughter now lives;
daughter Sarah Edwards Deatherage;
son Joseph Gale and his wife Rachel, and John Edwards Gale, son of Joseph Gale.
Estate not already disposed of at my wife's death to be divided between my seven children, viz. John Gale, Elizabeth Pool, Joyce Dudley, Judith Barnaby, Sarah Edwards Deatherage, Matthew Gale, Jr. and Joseph Gale.
Elizabeth Pool's share to be kept free and clear from all debts due from her husband Thomas Pool, in order to support herself and children.
Witnesses: Robert Dudley, James Smith, George Tod, Ambrose Dudley
Executors: wife Judith Gale, John Gale, Matthew Gale, Jr, Joseph Gale

Sources

1. ↑ Spotsylvania County (Va.), William Armstrong Crozier, and Clayton Torrence. 1905. Spotsylvania county, 1721-1800 being transcriptions from the original files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York: Pub. for the Genealogical Association by Fox, Duffield & Co.