Captain Eli Gale

Rank of Captain during the Revolutionary War (see DAR Patriot Index #249708). Member of the Amesbury (Mass.) Committee of Safety, 1778. Present at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Blacksmith by trade. Father of 14 children.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gale-2359

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of Captain. [https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful... DAR Ancestor #: A043215

Important Note

Some sources, including familysearch.org, conflate this Eli with his brother Eliphalet Gale (1741 - 1805). These are in fact separate people, and both have verified birth records from New Hampshire.

Please see Eli vs Eliphalet Gale

Biography

Eli was born 23 Feb 1745.[1] He died 17 Feb 1817[2][3] and is buried in Union Cemetery, Amesbury MA.[4]

He married Dorothy Blaisdell prior to 1766, and they had 14 children that can currently be confirmed:

Ephraim,[5]
Hannah,[6]
John,[7]
Stephen,[8]
Besorleal (Bezaleel),[9]
Edmund,[10]
Eli,[11]
Daniel,[12]
William,[13]
Jacob,[14]
Dorothy,[15]
Reuben,[16]
Sukey,[17] and
Susanna [18]
His family is enumerated in the 1790 census for Almsbury (Amesbury).[19]

1776 Project
Captain Eli Gale served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Eli Gale is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A043215.
Eli Gale served in the American Revolution and his service is indexed by the DAR.[20]

Eli Gale (1745 - 1817)

Captain Eli Gale

Born 23 Feb 1745 in Kingston, New Hampshire

Son of Jacob Gale and Susannah (Morrill) Gale

Brother of Jacob B Gale, Susanna (Gale) Bachellor, Susanna Gale, Daniel Gale, Eliphalet Gale, Amos Gale, Amos Gale, Mary Gale, Benjamin Gale, John Collins Gale, Stephen Gale, Henery Gale and Stephen Gale
Husband of Dorothy (Blaisdell) Gale — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Hannah (Gale) Titcomb, William Gale, Dorothy (Gale) Barnes and Susannah (Gale) Gilbert
Died 17 Feb 1817 at age 71 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap

Gale-2359 created 2 Jun 2018 | Last modified 12 Aug 2022

Sources

↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPK-LY2 : 8 April 2020), Eli Gale, 23 Feb 1745; citing Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,943.
↑ "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR7-4NB : 22 October 2020), Capt. Eli Gale, 1817.
↑ https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7645/548/141174355
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81166385/eli-gale : accessed 15 November 2020), memorial page for CPT Eli Gale (23 Feb 1745–17 Feb 1817), Find a Grave Memorial no. 81166385, citing Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Robert Downen (contributor 47653808) .
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVV-LLD : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Ephraim Blasdel Gale, 1766.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVX-S8P : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Hannah Gale, 1768.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVF-7JB : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for John Gale, 1769.
↑ "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-QH4S : 22 October 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Stephen Gale, 1771.
↑ "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-QQNH : 22 October 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Besorleal Gale, 1773.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2H-3R3 : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Edmund Freeman Gale, 1775.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVX-T6L : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Eli Gale, 1777.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2W-C55 : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Daniel Gale, 1780.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVF-BSD : 15 January 2020), William Gale, 1781.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2W-X62 : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Jacob Gale, 1784.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2Q-7G7 : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Dorothy Gale, 1786.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2C-NM8 : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Reuben Gale, 1788.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV6-95V : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Sukey Gale, 1790.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC2M-VQK : 15 January 2020), Eli Gale in entry for Susanna Gale, 1791.
↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-XW1 : accessed 15 November 2020), Eli Gale, Almsbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 21, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144. Eli Gale is near the bottom of the center column
↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution with Ancestor #: A043215 https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...
Ancestry.com search for Eli Gale, husband of Dorothy Blaisdell
Birth in my heritage.com is east Kingston, rockingham, New Hampshire Ancestry.com: Union Cemetery Children Bezaleel, Susannah M Gilbert, Stephen, Ruben