Contents

I.                The Gale/Gayle Families of Great Britain

Introduction

Chapter 1:  The Gales of Yorkshire

James Gale (ca. 1445 - 1523) of Thrintoft, Yorkshire; John Gale (ca. 1620 - 1680) of Whitehaven, Cumberland; William Gale (ca. 1490 - 1557), Bailiff of Markenfield Hall, Scruton, Yorkshire; William Gale (1540 - 1610) of Yorkshire & Middlesex

Chapter 2:  The Gale/Geale/Cooke Families of England and Ireland

William Gale/Cooke (Living 1540s) of Leeds, Yorkshire; Robert Gale (ca. 1581-85 – 1656) of Yorkshire, England & Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland; Joseph Geale (Living 1698) of Goldenfield, Kilkenny, Ireland; John Gale (Living 1642) of Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland; Thomas Geale (?? - 8/24/1657), Cromwellian Soldier of Alton, Hampshire; Anthony Gale (Living 1649 - ??) of the Ashfield Gales of Ireland; Captain George Gale (Est. 1778 - ??) of Ireland, Virginia & Ohio

Chapter 3:  Selected Gale Families in England

Nicholas Gale (Living 1500s) of Berkshire & Hampshire; Richard Gale (1802 - ??) of Hampshire; William Gale (Living 1401) of Devonshire; Theophilus Gale (1588 - 1639) of Devonshire; Isaac Gale Sr. (1623 - ??) of Bolehyde Manor, Wiltshire; John Sheperd Gale (1777 - 1852) of Burbage, Wiltshire

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II.  The Gale/Gayle Families of the West Indies

Introduction

Chapter 1.  Nathaniel Gale (Living 1600s) of Antigua

Chapter 2.  Gale Families of Barbados

Chapter 3.  Gale Families of Jamaica

John Gale (1637 - 1689-90) of England & Jamaica; The Gale & Morant Families of Jamaica & Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England; John Gale Sr. (Est. 1720s - After 1801) Yeoman of Brockenhurst

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III. The Gale/Gayle Families of America

Introduction

Chapter 1:  The Gales of Maryland

George Gale (1671 - 1712); Abraham Gale  (Est. 1600s - 1690); Strays in Maryland

Chapter 2:  The Gayles of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, VA

(1)        Daniel Gale  (Living 1649)

(2)        Matthew Gayle (of age, 1672)

(3)        John Gayle, son of Joseph (Est. 1700s - Before 1782)

(4)        Josiah Gayle (1722 – 1794-95) & Mathew Gayle (ca. 1728 - By 1800) of VA & SC

(5)        Brothers:  Robert Gayle (1745 – 1783), Thomas Gayle (1750 – 1824), Matthias Gayle (Abt. 1754 – 1794), George Gayle (Abt. 1755 – Aft. 1776), Hunley Gayle (1757 - 1833), Possible Others

(6)        Strays in Kingston Parish

Chapter 3:  The Gale Brothers of North Carolina

Christopher Gale (1670-79 - 1735); Miles Gale (1682 - Abt. 1711); Edmund Gale (Bapt. 1690 - 1738)

Chapter 4:  Other Gayle Families in America

(1)   Thomas Gale (?? - Est. 1680-89) of Isle of Wight County, VA; (2) Henry Gale (1785 - 1833) of Devonshire, England & Kentucky; (3) James Gale (1785 - 1851) of Putnam Valley, NY; (4) William C. Gale (1798 - ??) of New Hampshire; (5) Gale Families of New England; (6) Gale/Gayle Strays in America

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