(113.) (V.) NEHEMIAH GALE, of Millbury, m. June 24, 1760, Ruth, dau. of Stephen and Ruth (Waters) Marsh of Sutton, occupied the old homestead of his father, Capt. Isaac Gale, took care of his father and mother, from Oct. 1, 1776,to the time of their deaths and had the homestead.
On the military roll his name first appears as having made the campaign with his father in the Expedition for the relief of Ft. William Henry in Aug., 1757, and the 6th of April 1759 he enlisted in in the regular service in the Reg. commanded by Col. Timothy Ruggles and probably served on the Northern Frontier under Gen. Amherst during the balance of the war. From the 14th to the 17th of Sept. 1759, he was in the hospital at Fort George, when he returned to his Reg.
In the Revolutionary War, he was an ardent patriot of the fighting class, and on the Lexington alarm in April 1775, he drew his sword, as first Lieut, of the company of Artillery, of Sutton, and marched with the company for the relief of Concord and Cambridge ; and the following year served as a private, in the Reg. commanded by Col John Holman, in the expedition to Providence, R.I. — He was also in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776
Being in possession of his father's farm and money and interest, he was in independent circumstances and brought into town the first Chaise that was introduced into Sutton. In the days of horseback riding, this vehicle was considered as equivalent to "a Coach and four, and much astonished the natives. We do not claim this to be the "Deacon's one hoss Shay" of the school books.
It is said he died while on a visit to his son, Dea. Solamon Gale, at Bennington, Vt., in 1820 and his wife Ruth d. Oct. 1814. ...
