Twelfth Generation

2292. Captain John GALLUP II (*)²⁶⁵ was born in 1593 in Mosterne, Dorsetshire, England.^265,501 He died on 11 January 1649 at the age of 56 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.²⁶⁵ Life Sketch: "Born by about 1593 based on date of marriage. Fisherman & Mariner from Bridport, Dorsetshire who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 & settled in Boston. Died in Boston, January 1649/50. 'Goodman Gallop is dead of a great griping in his bowels.' (letter of Adam Winthrop to John Winthrop Jr. from Boston, 10 February 1649/50.)

Married in Bridport, Dorsetshire, 19 January 1617, Christabell Brushett. 'Christovell Gallopp the wife of our brother John Gallopp' was admitted to Boston church 22 June 1634. She died at Boston 27 September 1655.
(Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project)
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JOHN GALLUP, the ancestor of most of the families of that name in this country, came to America from the Parish of Mosterne, County Dorset, England, in the year 1630. He was the son of John Gollop, who m. Mary Crabbe, who was the son of Thomas and Agnes (Watkins) Gollop, of North Bowood and Strode, and whose descendants still own and occupy the manors of Strode.

He m. Christobel _____, whose full name does not appear (we now know that her maiden name was Bruschett). He sailed from England March 20, 1630, in the ship Mary and John, arriving at Nantasket (the name was changed to Hull in 1646), May 30, 1630. He first went to Dorchester, but soon after he was a resident of Boston. The family being again united, they became members of the first church, the old South, in Boston.

He became a landowner, owning land in the town, and an island of sixteen acres in Boston Bay, which still bears his name. He owned Mix's Mate or Monumental Island, as sometimes called, where he pastured sheep. He was a skillful mariner, well acquainted with the harbor around Boston. He achieved great distinction by piloting in the ship Griffin, a ship of three hundred tons, in Sept. 1633, through a new found channel, when she had on board the Rev. John Cotton, Rev. Thomas Hooker, Rev. Mr. Stone and other fathers of New England, among her two hundred passengers.

Perhaps the most notable and interesting episode, if it may be so called, in the life of the sturdy captain, was his successful encounter with a boat load of Indians, whom he captured and destroyed off Block Island. They had murdered John Oldham, a man of ability, and they were having a hilarious time in his boat when they were overtaken by Capt. Gallup, and after a brief encounter, were captured.

This has been called the first naval battle on the Atlantic coast. He was accompanied by his two sons and a hired man. This battle gave the captain a colonial, and later a national reputation, and more than anything else made him famous. This incident and what is revealed of the purpose of the Indians was the beginning of the great Pequot war.

Mr. and Mrs. Gallup both died at Boston, he in 1649, as an inventory of his estate was made Dec. 26, 1649. She died July 27, 1655. An inventory of her estate was made Oct. 31, 1655. Their wills are the earliest on record.

CHILDREN:
• JOHN, b. in England about 1615, m. Hannah Lake in 1634
• SAMUEL, b. in England; came to this country in 1633, m. Mary Phillips
• NATHANIEL, b. in England; came to this country in 1633, m. Margaret Eveley
• JOAN, b. in England; came to this country in 1633, m. Thomas Joy in 1627" He was buried in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.²⁶⁵ in the King's Chapel Burying Ground. Christobel BRUSCHETT (*) and Captain John GALLUP II (*) were married on 19 January 1617 in Dorsetshire, England.⁵⁰¹

2293. Christobel BRUSCHETT (*)²⁶⁵ was born in 1592 in Mosterne, Dorsetshire, England.⁵⁰¹ She died on 27 September 1655 at the age of 63 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁵⁰¹

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