Gamaliel Northrup (bef. 1696 - 1783)

Born before 10 May 1696 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Dauchy) Northrup — married 3 Jan 1724 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1783 after age 87 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Gamaliel Northrup was born before 10 May 1696 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, son of Daniel Northrup (~1664 - 1728) and Sarah (Haughton) Northrup (~1672 - <1712).

His siblings were:

1. Joel Northrup (<1691 - )
2. Robert Northrup (<1692 - )
3. Daniel Northrup (<1693 - )
4. Ebenezer Northrup (1698 - )
5. David Northrop (~1701 - )
6. Sarah (Northrop) St. John (1702 - 1731)
7. Nathan Northrop (1705 - )
8. Jonah Northrup (~1706 - 1736)
9. Mehitable (Northrup) Hine (<1708 - 1767)
10. Jabez Northrup (<1710 - )

Gamaliel married Mary Dauchy (~1696 - ) on 2 Jan 1724 in Milford. Their children were:

1. Elizabeth Northrup (1723 - 1725)
2. Mary Northrop (1726 - 1781)
3. Sarah (Northrup) Keeler (1728 - 1781)
4. Gamaliel Northrup (1730 - 1738)
5. Daniel Northrup (1733 - 1738)
6. Elizabeth Northrup (1735 - )
7. Elizabeth (Northrup) Olmsted (~1736 - 1822)
8. Mehitabel Northrup (1738 - 1805)
9. Rachel (Northrop) Keeler (1740 - 1763)
10. Gamaliel Northrop (1742 - 1776)
11. Martha Maria (Northrup) St. John (~1744 - 1788)
12. Hannah Northrup (1747 - ).

Gamaliel died about Jul 1783 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States aged ~87.

Research Notes

Gamaliel Northrup was born before the 10th of May 1696, the date he was baptized. ^{[1] [2]} He was the fourth of the eleven children born to Daniel Northrup and Sarah (Haughton) Northrup.

Gamaliel's first wife was Mary Dauchy. ^[3] They were married 2 January 1723 in Milford, Connecticut, when he was twenty-six years of age. Their first child, Elizabeth Northrup (1723-1725), was born just before the marriage. It is probable that he married his second wife, Sarah ___, about 1741. ^[4]

Military

Gamaliel was over 80 years old at the start of the Revolution, his son Gamaliel Northrop (1742 - 1776) was a Captain.

Note: His son Gamaliel also served in the American Revolution dying seven years before his father due to Smallpox.

Sources

1. ↑ Northrup
2. ↑ Baptism Record
3. ↑ Northrup
4. ↑ Northrup

• Northrup, Ansel Judd. The Northrup-Northrop Genealogy: A Record of the Known Descendants of Joseph Northrup, Who Came from England in 1637, and was One of the Original Settlers of Milford, Conn., in 1639 ; with lists of Northrups and Northrops in the Revolution, New York : Grafton Press, 1908, pg. 4, 13.
• Connecticut, Church Records Index, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; database, "Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013 (https://www.ancestry.com).
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Ridgefield, Page 26. Married 3 Jan 1723/4 in Ridgefield.
• Rockwell, Kenneth W., The Heirs of Two Men Named Gamaliel Northrup, both of Ridgefield, Connecticut, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 2013) Vol. 55, No. 3, Page 107-15.
  • His will is dated 31 Jul 1783, probated on 4 Jan 1785, inventory made on 22 Apr 1785.
• Hull, Robert W., Gamaliel³ Northrup of Milford and Ridgefield, his Wife Mary (Dauchy) Northrup, their Six Daughters with Issue (Benedict, Keeler, Olmsted, Smith, St. John), and their Son Captain Gamaliel Northrup, Junior, and his Wife Mary (Keeler) (Northrup) Camp, The Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 2004) Vol. 37, Page 184.
  • This source says that he did not have a second wife, contrary to what it says in Northrup.