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- Richard GaleAbt 1614 - 1678/79
Facts and Events
Richard first appears in New England purchasing 6 acres in Watertown in 1640. On 2 Dec 1661, he purchases 250 acres of “Oldham Farm” in old Watertown, now part of Waltham. He lived there til his death and descendants lived there until 1854.
Will of "Richard Gael of Watertowne" dated 25 Feb 1678/79, proved 1 Apr 1679, mentions "my well beloved wife" (not named); sons Abraham (sole executor) and John; [grandsons] Abraham and Richard, the eldest sons of his son Abraham; daughters Sarah Garfield, Mary Flag. [5]
Text References
- ↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
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[p. 86] 1678. Richard Gall dyed the 22 of March. [22 Mar 1678/79]
- ↑ Gale, George. The Gale Family Records in England and the United States: to which are added the Tottingham family of New England, and some account of the Bogardus, Waldron and Young families of New York. ( Galesville, Wisconsin: G. Gale (1866), 1978).
- ↑ Gale, Edward Chenery. Richard Gale, yeoman of Watertown: in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1614-1678. (Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, 1932)
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"Testimony of Richard Gall being about 42 yeares of age", dated 16 (5) 1656 [16 Jul 1656, so born about 1614].
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862).
RICHARD, Watertown 1640, m. Mary Castle, had Sarah, b. 8 Sept. 1641; Abraham; Mary; John, both s. bef. ment. perhaps Abigail; and Ephraim. Sarah m. 3 Apr. 1663, Joseph Garfield; and Mary m. 30 Mar. 1670, John Flagg. Twelve of this name had in 1834 been gr. at the various N. E. coll.
- ↑ Gale, George. The Gale Family Records in England and the United States, p. 27
| Founders of Watertown, MA
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| Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony.
Full list of original heads of households
See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia
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Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Parent Towns: None Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln
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