John
Wesley
Gavel
Sr
Born about in Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Hatfield
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Gavel and John Wesley Gavel
Died about
at about age 64
in Gavelton, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2017
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Biography
Corporal John Gavel Sr served with Nassau Blues during the American Revolution.
John Gavel was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
John was born about 1745. He passed away about 1809. [1] [2]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/198360366/john-gavel : accessed 01 May 2021), memorial page for CPL John Gavel Sr. (unknown–1810), Find A Grave: Memorial #198360366, ; Maintained by Brian McConnell (contributor 48857516) Burial Details Unknown.
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Tracy Gavel.
- ancestry.com
- John Gavel, 200 acres at Tusket River, Shelburne, 1786, in Marion Gilroy "Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia", Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Publication No.4 (1937), p.109
- John Gavel, named in 1786 Land Grant at Yarmouth County: https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=951&Doc=document&Page=201107573
- John Gavel, 200 acres, named in "Return of Locations on the Tusket River, in the County of Shelburne, Made by the Board of Agents at Shelburne, for Which a Warrant of Survey is Now Requested in Favour of the Several Locatees herein named".: https://archives.novascotia.ca/images/land/201107579.jpg
- John Gavel, Lot No.8, 200acres, named in "A Return of Associated Loyalists ... June 27th 1784": https://archives.novascotia.ca/images/land/201107583.jpg
- Information on the Nassau Blues: http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/nassblu/nblist.htm
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Tracy Gavel
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A841547 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A841547 [compare], Ancestry member Tegavel
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A841547 [compare], FTDNA kit #B155109
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~0.78%
Sharon (Gulick) Bart :
23andMe, GEDmatch CC6050803 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A801917 [compare], Ancestry member smokeyangelav
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A801917 [compare], FTDNA kit #B178911
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A801917 [compare]
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~0.78%
Maxine Bubar :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member maxine1846
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~0.78%
Katrina Veness :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member katrinaveness
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B808571
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~0.78%
Roger Manzer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rogmanzer
Rejected matches › John Cavel (1744-)
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