Richard Gale

(III.) RICHARD GALE, m., Jan. 7, 1705-6, SARAH KNIGHTS.

Their children:

• 1. Sarah, b. Nov. 30, 1706; m., (?) Mar. 14, 1744, Josiah Peirce. [Peirce, 118.]
• 2. Jonathan, b. Nov. 26, 1708.
• 3. Mercy, b. Dec. 4, 1710; m., Dec. 26, 1749, Abraham Jones. [Jone.<;, 65.]
• 4. Thankful, b. and d. Dec, 1714.
• 5. Thankful, b. Feb. 24, 1715-16.
• 6. Lydia; b. Aug, 11, 1717; m., Ap. 28, 1736, John Saddler.

References

• https://www.innsbruckprinting.com/family_history/getperson.php?pers...
• < “McPherson-Strong History.” >
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 < link . [5th down, top left.] December 4, 1710. “Marey Gale, the daughter is Richard Gage & Sarah his wife was born December 4, 1710.”
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6DY-7RP
• Bond, Henry (1860). Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston. Page 230. < Archive.Org > (III.) RICHARD GALE, m., Jan. 7, 1705-6, SARAH KNIGHTS.
• Gale, George. (1863) Genealogy of the Gale family. Page 2. < Archive.Org > 3. Abraham- Gale was adm. freeman Oct. 11, 1682 ; was selectman of Watertown, 1706 and died Sept, 15, 1718, aged 75. His wife, Sarah, died May 14, 1728, aged about 72 years. He was a quiet farmer, and member of the church). His faithful wife, Sarah, blessed him witli the following 16 children: … (16) Mary, bp. Apl. 1689, m. Nov. 3, 1731, Michael Pratt, of Oxford. “Mary Gale Pratt (1689, married Michael Pratt).” I believe this is a mixup with the Mary Gale, daughter of Richard, who married Micah Pratt of Oxford at Watertown in 1731.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L6DY-7PY
• https://archive.org/details/galefamilyrecord1866gale/page/40/mode/2up “The marriages of these of the daughters, as given by "Bond's Genealogies of Watertown," are of doubtful identity, and we give them with a mark of doubt.”