Person:John Gamble (29)

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John Marshall Gamble
b.12 Mar 1790 Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States
d.11 Sep 1836 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  William Gamble (add)
  • M.  Jane Thompson (add)
  1. John Marshall Gamble1790 - 1836
Spouse and Children
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m. 1816
  1. Sarah GambleAbt 1817 -
  2. Elisabeth GambleAbt 1819 -
  3. Julia Rush Gamble1820 -
  4. Mary Laura Gamble1822 - 1851
  5. Edward GambleAbt 1825 -
  6. Com. William Marshall Gamble, U.S.N.1825 - 1896
  7. Caroline Gamble1828 - 1886
  8. John Lang GambleAbt 1831 -
  9. Sarah Lang GambleAbt 1833 -
  10. Thomas Talman Gamble1833 - 1886
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Facts and Events
Name John Marshall Gamble
Gender Male
Birth[1] 12 Mar 1790 Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States
Marriage 1816 to Hannah Letitia Lang
Death? 11 Sep 1836 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Burial? Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
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  • United States Marine Corps Officer.
  • served with Commodore David D. Porter during War of 1812 and was given command of a captured British ship. While in command he captured another British war vessel, making him the first United States Marine Corps officer to ever do so
  • served in the Marines until his retirement at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1834.
References
  1. ↑ Bartow, Evelyn P. Bartow genealogy : containing every one of the name of Bartow descended from Doctor Thomas Bartow who was living at Crediton, in England, A.D. 1672, with references to the books where any of the name is mentioned. (Baltimore?: unknown, 1878)
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    Col. Gamble, b. 1790, d. Sept. 11, 1836, was son of Major William Gamble, an officer of the Revolution, of a Virginia family, descended from the Gambles of Kilmarnock and Glasgow, Scotland. He m. in 1816 Hannah L. da. of John Lang and Sarah Ustick ...

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