Capt. Nicholas Gatley

From http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/QUAKER-ROOTS/2002-09/... :

"The earliest reference that I have found for NICHOLASGATLEY appears in the VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS, Volume III by Beverly Fleet Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore (1988) p. 192: Charles City County, Court Orders 1655-1658

"p. 124 Abstract. Original entries cover five pages in the book. Deed Dated 17, Sept. 1657. This document is witnessed by the mark "CC" (CORNEL' CLEMENTS) and the mark of "N" (NICH. GATLEY)

"There are numerous other abstracts in these records between the dates of 17 Sept. 1657 and 5 Sept. 1664. Examination of these depositions indicates that NICHOLAS GATLEY came to the Colony of Virginia as an Indentured Servant of Cornelius Clemence sometime prior to 17 Sept. 1657."

“John Crew | Stumbling in the Shadows of Giants” (Posts about John Crew written by CH Jones) (document attached)

By August 4, 1690, John Crew had married Sarah Gatley, but neither one was of legal age yet. Sarah’s father was Nicholas Gatley. Nicholas died in 1678 leaving an estate valued at 6000 pounds of tobacco to his daughter, Sarah. The case gets a little complicated from here. Sarah’s mother (Nicholas Gatley’s widow) was also named Sarah. I do not know her maiden name. Because Sarah (the daughter) was a child when Nicholas died, Sarah (the mother) became administrator for the Gatley estate. Sara (the mother and widow) later married John Smith. After John Smith died, she married her third husband, William Morris. William Morris died by 1689, leaving her a widow for the third time.

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References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Nicholas Gatley (1643-1678)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gatley-5 : accessed 10 April 2024).