John Gammell

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A043455

From Bostonteapartyship.com. (2017). John Gammell -. [online] Available at: https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/john-gammell [Accessed 17 Jan. 2017].

John Gammell was born in 1751 and worked as a carpenter in Boston. He was an active patriot before the revolution and according to the History of Lexington, he engaged in the protest against the Stamp Act and in the Boston Tea Party. He enlisted in 1775 in the Revolutionary Army and after the Siege of Boston, he moved with his family and wife Margaret to Lexington. He later died in 1828 and is buried in the Central Burying Ground, Tomb 211.

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From Google Books. (2017). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial. [online] Available at: page 1551 [Accessed 17 Jan. 2017].

(III) John Gammell, son of William (2) Gammell, was born about 1750-52 in Boston. He was an active patriot before the revolution, and according to the History of Lexington was engaged in the protest against the stamp act and in the Boston Tea party. He enlisted June 18, 1775, in the American army, according to the same authority, and after the investment of Boston he moved with his wife and one child to Lexington. He returned to Boston after the war. He and his wife were members of the Federal Street Congregational Church of which Rev. Dr Channing was pastor. He married, at Boston, August 19, 1773, Margaret Urann. Among their children was William, mentioned below.