William Gammell (abt. 1750 - 1835)

Born about 1750 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Keyes) Gammell — married 17 Jan 1777 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1835 at about age 85 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

William was born about 1750. He is the son of William Gammell.

Military

On 13 August 1832, William Gammell of Hillsborough aged eighty-two years made application for a pension based on his service in the Revolution. In April 1775 while residing in Concord, Massachusetts he enlisted for eight months in the company of Capt. Abisha Brown in Col. John Nixon’s regiment. He was stationed at Cambridge until after the Battle of Bunker Hill, which battle he was in, and was in the Battle of Concord. He was stationed the remainder of the time at Prospect Hill and Winter Hill. In August 1776, he enlisted from Concord for a term of four months under Capt. Zaccheus Fitch in Col. Brown’s regiment. They marched through Bennington and Skenesborough to Mount Hope between Lake Champlain and Lake George. From there, they marched to Saratoga. He reported he was born in Boston in 1750. He has lived in Hillsborough for the past fifty-five years. William was credited with twelve months service and awarded a pension.^[1]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hillsborough Centre Cemetery, Hillsboro Center, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case S17431
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106632525/william-gammell: accessed 26 September 2022), memorial page for William Gammell (1750–23 Apr 1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #106632525, citing Hillsborough Centre Cemetery, Hillsboro Center, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Robert E. Strock (contributor 46848128) .

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #106632525 (accessed 4 April 2024)
  Memorial page for William Gammell (1750-23 Apr 1835), citing Hillsborough Centre Cemetery, Hillsboro Center, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Robert E. Strock (contributor 46848128).

• This person was created through the import of Blickensderfer.ged on 09 February 2011

• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Volume 3, pages 1551-1552

• Browne, The History of Hillsborough, pp 224-225; https://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo02brow/page/224/mode/2up