Biography from "The Gale Family Records in England and the United States" by George Gale 1866:
He was a prominent man in Warwick and was seven years one of the Selectmen. He early entered the Revolutionary service and made the campaign from Warwick to Cambridge at the Lexington Alarm April 20, 1775, was absent three weeks and received for wages £2 5s. 6d. He also served two other campaigns during the war, the last of which terminated in the battle of Saratoga and the surrender of the British army under General Burguoyne.
He died at Warwick much lamented Jan. 29, 1808, but his wife survived until Dec. 11, 1830. His grandson Rev. Dr. Amory Gale says of him that he "was a very worthy exemplary and upright man, possessed of a strong mind, was very kind, social and benevolent; in a word he was what they called an honest good man."
Biography from "The Gale Family Records in England and the United States" by George Gale 1866:
He was a prominent man in Warwick and was seven years one of the Selectmen. He early entered the Revolutionary service and made the campaign from Warwick to Cambridge at the Lexington Alarm April 20, 1775, was absent three weeks and received for wages £2 5s. 6d. He also served two other campaigns during the war, the last of which terminated in the battle of Saratoga and the surrender of the British army under General Burguoyne.
He died at Warwick much lamented Jan. 29, 1808, but his wife survived until Dec. 11, 1830. His grandson Rev. Dr. Amory Gale says of him that he "was a very worthy exemplary and upright man, possessed of a strong mind, was very kind, social and benevolent; in a word he was what they called an honest good man."
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Jonathan Gale died 30 Jan. 1808, AE. 59.
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