Ambrose Gale

The Gale Family Records in England and the United States: To which are Added Some Account of the Tottingham Family of New England, and Bogardus, Waldron, and Young Families of New York Leith & Gale, 1866 http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA190&dq=samuel%20gale%20deliveran...

(4) II AMBBOSE GALE, of Marblehead,

m. probably in England.

In a deed, in 1698, his wife was called Deborrah and Deborrah Gale was admitted to the church 1695, which is the only mention of her name that we have.

His first three children were baptized at Salem.

Ambrose Gale of Marblehead, by his own deposition before the Essex Quarterly Court arrived in 1649 and was born 1630 (55 years old on 29 Mar 1685/6 Mayflower Descendant 5:136 1903). That age fits nicely with his first marriage c1653. It doesn't bode well for him being a son of Edmund who died 1642 a full seven years before the arrival of Ambrose Gale in 1649. Perley finds deed connections between Ambrose Gale's family and the families of Maverick, Rowland, Merritt , Palmer, Darling and Ward which make sense. I've seen no evidence of a connection between Ambrose and Edmond Gale, Sr of Cambridge. It's possible he was a son - but evidence seems to be lacking.

He first purchases land at Marblehead, Dec. 4, 1663, at which time he was called a Fisherman.

His next purchase was June 28,1666 when he was called a Planter.

He became a frequent dealer in real estate, in the deeds of which he was called a Fisherman,Planter, Cooper and Merchant, and it is very evident that his business was to buy fish, pack them and send them to market.— Indeed, at that early day, iishing, agriculture and shipbuilding was the business of most of the people of Mass.

Ambrose was appointed by the general Court of Mass., "a commissioner to end small causes"at Marblehead,June 1, 1677 ; and Oct. 11,1682, he was appointed "surveyor of damaged goods" for the same port. He was also the founder of the church at Marblehead and its leading member. He d. in August 1708, at Marblehead.

Children :

10 ._ 1 Benjamin, bap. at Salem, May 17,1663

11 2 Elizabeth, bap. the same time and place as Ben

jamin, m. Thomas Roots of Boston, andhaddau. Mary, who m. Azor Gale.

12 3 Charity, bap. June 17, 1664 ; m. Mark Has

koll.

13 4 Ambrose, bap. 1665 ; m. Jemima—.

14 5 Deliverence, b—; m. Benjamin James.

Ambrose Gale House (Plate 30; 17 Franklin Street, between Washington and Selman Streets). Ambrose Gale lived here in 1692. Together with Charity Pitman and Sarah Doddy, he testified that Wilmott Redd had cursed a Mrs. Syms with an enduring case of constipation. The house was originally built around 1663 and is privately owned. 

Ambrose Gale was the son of Edmund Gale, one of four brothers who emigrated to the New World in the early seventeenth century. Edmund settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died there 29 Jul 1642. Ambrose's family was apparently very mobile in New England. His uncle John settled in Boston, and died shortly after 1634; his uncle Richard settled in Watertown and died in 1679; and his uncle Hugh was recorded in Kittery, Maine in 1652.

Their daughter was also involved in the trials...At the Court of Oyer and Terminer on September 14, 1692 Charity Pitman, twenty-nine, the wife of John Pitman and the daughter of Ambrose Gale, one of Marblehead’s most outstanding citizens stated, “About five years ago Mrs. Symmes lost some linen which she suspected [her servant] Martha Lawrence, the girl which then lived with Wilmot Redd, had taken up.” Mrs. Symmes and Charity made a visit to Samuel Redd’s house. An argument ensued, and Mrs. Symmes threatened to take the servant before magistrate John Hawthorne. “Wilmot Redd wished that Mrs. Symmes might never mingere, nor cacare, if she did not go. A short time after, Mrs. Symmes was taken with the dry balk, and so continued many months during her stay in the Town, and was not cured whilst she tarried in the Country.” On September 17 the Court of Oyer and Terminer condemned Wilmot Redd, and on September 22, 1692 she was hanged at Salem.”[3]

CHILDREN: 952 Benjamin Gale bp. 17 Mar 1663 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; 3 Apr 1714 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA m. Lidia Deliverance Codner Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Seven Children: Mary, John, Ambrose, Elizabeth, Delyverance, Benjamin, and Samuel Gale

 	Elizabeth Gale 	bp. 17 Mar 1663 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 	 m. 	

Thomas Roots One Child: Mary Roots

 	Charity Gale 	bp. 17 Nov 1663 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 	 m. 	

1. John Pittman 5 May 1681 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

2. Marke Haskall 7 Jan 1696 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

John and Charity - Four Children: John, Mary, Abial, and Joseph Pittman

Marke and Charity - Six Children: Mark, Ambrose, William, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Hannah Haskall

 	Ambrose Gale 	bp. 20 Jun 1665 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; probate administered 29 Jun 1710 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 	 m. 	Jemima Pousland 22 Mar 1710 	Two Children: Mary and Benjamin Gale

 	Deliverance Gale 	bp. 8 Aug 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 	 m. 	Benjamin James 24 Nov 1692 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 	Seven Children: Erasmus, Benjamin, Deliverance, Tabitha, Richard, Johanna, and Ambrose James