Person:Sylvanus Gale (5)

Watchers
  1. Mary Gale1766 - 1826
  2. Abby GaleAbt 1767 - 1836
  3. Sarah GaleEst 1771 -
  4. Col. Sylvanus Gale1773 - 1837
  5. Andrew GaleEst 1775 - 1825
  6. Griffin Gale1776 - 1863
  7. Samuel Gale1779 -
  8. Dorothy Gale1781 -
  9. Elizabeth GaleEst 1785 -
m. 1792
  1. Walter C. Gale1795 - 1857
  2. Sarah S. Gale1797 - 1858
  3. Freelove Gale1799 - 1878
  4. Ann Gale1800 - Bet 1860 & 1870
  5. Abel S. Gale1801 - 1872
  6. Deborah Gale1803 -
  7. Mariah Gale1806 - Bet 1880 & 1900
  8. Elizabeth Gale1808 - 1878
  9. John S. Gale1809 - 1873
  10. Abba Gale1811 - 1835
  11. Dewit Clinton Gale1813 - 1863
  12. Jay Monroe Gale1814 - 1875
  13. Bathsheba S. Gale1819 - 1888
Facts and Events
Name Col. Sylvanus Gale
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 Jan 1773 North Castle, Westchester County, New York
Marriage 1792 to Abigail Smith
Death[2] 30 Nov 1837 Galeville, Ulster County, New York


From George Gale's 1866 Gale Family Records: Col. Gale in the early part of his married life lived in Westchester Co., N.Y., then removed to the central part of the state and finally started the small village of Galeville in Ulster County, N.Y. He was a Colonel in the war of 1812.

War of 1812 records in the National Archives show a Sylvanus Gale as a Captain in Hobby's Regiment of the New York Militia. The Hobby family were a long line of military commanders who migrated from Greenwich, Connecticut, to North Castle, Westchester County.

References
  1. Sylvanus Gale Family Bible (http:/www.biblerecords.com/gale.html).
  2. Sylvanus Gale Family Bible (http:/www.biblerecords.com/gale.html).