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John Gale

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  • Name John Gale
    Birth 1640 
    Gender Male
    Will 31 Dec 1730  Anne Arundel Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Recorded 5/10/1733 
    Death Between 31 Dec 1730 and 10 May 1733  Anne Arundel Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I2091  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Family Margaret ???   d. Bef 31 Dec 1730
    Marriage Bef 10 Dec 1694  [1
    Notes 


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      Found at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYLN-HK6Z?lang=en

      Name: Elizabeth Gale

      Sex: Female
      Birth Date: 10 Dec 1694 ****
      Birthplace: St. James Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland ****
      Father's Name: Jno. Gale ********
      Father's Sex: Male
      Mother's Name: Margaret ********
      Mother's Sex: Female
      Event Type: Christening
      Event Date: 2 Feb 1698 ****
      Event Place: St. James Parish, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America ****
      Event Place (Original): St. James Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

      Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
      Jno. Gale Father M
      Margaret Mother F

      Source Details: 2:HTJMJ8
      Reference: Items 2-3
      Digital Folder Number: 007575951
      Microfilm Number: 13280
      Originating System: EASY
      Indexing Batch: C53369-1

      Citing this Record
      "Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYLN-HK6Z : 12 February 2020), Elizabeth Gale, 1698.
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    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Gale,   b. 10 Dec 1694, Anne Arundel Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1731, Anne Arundel Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Margaret Gale,   b. 10 Dec 1694, Anne Arundel Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsWill - Recorded 5/10/1733 - 31 Dec 1730 - Anne Arundel Co, MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 31 Dec 1730 and 10 May 1733 - Anne Arundel Co, MD Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


    • - Will lists grandson James Marsh -- parents??
      - Will lists grandson Jacob Frizzell -- parents?? -- Elizabeth and John Frizzell or Margaret and Abraham Frizzell

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      found at http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mdbaltim/wills/will271.htm

      Last Will and testament of JOHN GALE of Anne Arundel county
      dated 31 Dec 1730, proved 10 May 1733

      In the name of God Amen December the 31st: 1730 I John Gale of Annarundell County being sick in Body but of good and perfect memory thanks be to almighty God for the same and calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this Transitory Life and that all flesh must yield unto Death when it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain and declare, this my last Will and Testament in mannor and form following Forsaking and anulling by those Presents all and every Testamont and Testamonts Will and Wills heretofore by me made and Declared either by word or writing and this is to be taken only for my last Will and Testament and none other, and now for the setling my Temporal Estate and such Goods and Chattles as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I do order give and dispose of in manner and form following That is to say first I Will that all my Just Debts that I owe in right to any manner of Person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented and paid within convenient time after my Decease by Execut. Here after named.
      Item I give and bequeath unto my loving daughter Elizabeth Frizell all that part or parcell of a Tract of Land called Rockholds purchase lying on the South side of a Branch called backbrook Branch During her natural life and after her Decease I give it to my Grandson Gale Frizell and his heirs forever.
      Item I give unto my loving daughter Margaret Frizell all the remaining part of the said Tract of Land called Rockhold Purchase lying on the North side of the aforesaid Branch During her Naturall Life and after her Decease give it to my 2 Granddaughters named Margaret and Constant Frizell to be equally divided between them and their heirs forever
      Item I give to my aforesaid two Grand Daughters one Negro man named Sambo also one good feather Bedd and furniture and two Cows and Calves with all Female Increase after my Decease
      Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandson James Marsh one Cow and Calf
      Item I give unto my Grandson Gale Frizell one feather bedd which I currently lye on
      Item I give unto my Son-in-law John Frizell one feather bedd and furniture lying in the Shedd
      Item I give unto my Grandson Jacob Frizell one Dark Bay Mare (&) Colt
      Item I give unto my Son in Law Abraham Frizell one feather bedd and furniture _______ _________
      Item I give unto my ______GrandDaughters Margaret & Constant one Iron pot and frying pans
      Item I give unto my grandson Gale Frizel one Negro man named Peter and the remaining part of my estate to be equally Divided between my two Daughters Elizabeth and Margaret Frizell and further my Will is that my Sons in law John and Abraham Frizell to be my Executors of this my last Will as witness of my hand
      Test: Lance Todd
      John I G. Gale
      Charles G. H. Hall

      Robert Smith (his mark)

      On the back of the foregoing Will was the following Probate thus written _______ ____________
      May the 10th 1733 Then came Capt. Lance Todd and Robert Smith two Subscribing Evidences to the within Will who makes Oath upon the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that they saw the within named John Gale the Signature and Deliver the Written Instrument as his last Will and testament and at the same time heard him Publish and declare the same to be and that at the time of his so doing he was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of their knowledge and that they signed as witnesses to the within will in the prescence of the Testator and at his request and they further declare on their oath that Charles Hall the other witness who is now dead signed as evidence to the said will with them. Sworn before me the day and year above
      John Deale (Beale) Hon. AA Coty.

      This will was submitted to the USGenWeb Project by Elaine Blackwell Thomasson (owelaine "at" yahoo.com)
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      found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=frizzellpages&id=I1511

      •ID: I1511
      •Name: John Gale
      •Sex: M
      •Birth: 1640
      •Death: 1733 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

      Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
      Children
      1.Has Children Elizabeth Gale b: 02 FEB 1698 in St. James Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
      2.Has Children Living Gale **?? Living? - really? - from the 1700's??
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      found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=waters%2Drobbs&id=I8193

      •ID: I8193
      •Name: John Gale
      •Sex: M
      •Birth: UNKNOWN
      •Reference Number: 8240
      •Death: BET 31 DEC 1730 AND 10 MAY 1733 in Anne Arundel Co, MD 1
      •Note:
      Maryland Marriages and Genealogies, 1634-1820, Baltimore Co Families, 1659 - 1759, p. 231.
      ABRAHAM FRIZZELL was named as son-in-law in the will of John Gale of A.A. Co, 31 Dec 1730; prob. the Abraham Frizzell, age 20, named in 1742 lease of part of My Ladys Manor; married Sabra, dau. of John and Mary Rockhold (77:82; 126;42; Dorsey et al, The Dorsey Family)

      Copy of Will of John Gale copied from www.rootsweb.com family tree - "Connecting Reids, Wright, Walsh, Holden, Wianand and More" by Lois

      Last Will and testament of JOHN GALE of Anne Arundel county dated 31 Dec 1730, proved 10 May 1733
      In the name of God Amen December the 31st: 1730 I John Gale of Annarundell County being sick in Body but of good and perfect memory thanks be to almighty God for the same and calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this Transitory Life and that all flesh must yield unto Death when it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain and declare, this my last Will and Testament in mannor and form following Forsaking and anulling by those Presents all and every Testamont and Testamonts Will and Wills heretofore by me made and Declared either by word or writing and this is to be taken only for my last Will and Testament and none other, and now for the setling my Temporal Estate and such Goods and Chattles as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I do order give and dispose of in manner and form following That is to say first I Will that all my Just Debts that I owe in right to any manner of Person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented and paid within convenient time after my Decease by Execut. Here after named.
      Item I give and bequeath unto my loving daughter Elizabeth Frizell all that part or parcell of a Tract of Land called Rockholds purchase lying on the South side of a Branch called backbrook Branch During her natural life and after her Decease I give it to my Grandson Gale Frizell and his heirs forever.
      Item I give unto my loving daughter Margaret Frizell all the remaining part of the said Tract of Land called Rockhold Purchase lying on the North side of the aforesaid Branch During her Naturall Life and after her Decease give it to my 2 granddaughters named Margaret and Constant Frizell to be equally divided between them and their heirs forever.
      Item I give to my aforesaid two Grand Daughters one Negro man named Sambo also one good feather Bedd and furniture and two Cows and Calves with all Female Increase after my Decease.
      Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandson James Marsh one Cow and Calf I Item I give unto my Grandson Gale Frizell one feather bedd which I currently lye on.
      Item I give unto my Son-in-law John Frizell one feather bedd and furniture lying in the Shedd.
      Item I give unto my Grandson Jacob Frizell one Dark Bay Mare (&) Colt.
      Item I give unto my Son in Law Abraham Frizell one feather bedd and furniture _______ _________
      Item I give unto my ______GrandDaughters Margaret & Constant one Iron pot and frying pans.
      Item I give unto my grandson Gale Frizel one Negro man named Peter and the remaining part of my estate to be equally Divided between my two Daughters Elizabeth and Margaret Frizell.
      And further my Will is that my Sons in law John and Abraham Frizell to be my Executors of this my last Will as witness of my hand Test: Lance Todd John I G. Gale Charles G. H. Hall Robert Smith (his mark)

      On the back of the foregoing Will was the following Probate thus written _______ ____________ May the 10th 1733 Then came Capt. Lance Todd and Robert Smith two Subscribing Evidences to the within Will who makes Oath upon the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that they saw the within named John Gale the Signature and Deliver the Written Instrument as his last Will and testament and at the same time heard him Publish and declare the same to be and that at the time of his so doing he was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of their knowledge and that they signed as witnesses to the within will in the prescence of the Testator and at his request and they further declare on their oath that Charles Hall the other witness who is now dead signed as evidence to the said will with them. Sworn before me the day and year above John Deale (Beale) Hon. AA Coty.

      Some researchers have hooked Elizabeth to Abraham Frizzell and Margaret to John Frizzell. John Gale's will is unclear on this issue. However, there are later refernences to Gale son of John.

      Marriage 1 Spouse UnknownChildren
      1.Has Children Elizabeth Gale b: ABT 1699 in Baltimore Co, MD
      2.Has Children Margaret Gale b: BEF 1720 in Maryland
      3.Has Children Unknown Gale b: BEF 1720 in Maryland

      Sources: 1.Title: Maryland Marriages and Genealogies, 1634-1820
      Repository: Name: www.genealogy.com
      Page: Baltimore Co Families, 1659 - 1759, p. 231
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  • Sources 
    1. [S48] See Notes.

    2. [S46] See Documents.

    3. [S77] Will.