“John Gallup, son of John, was born in 1646, and married Elizabeth Harris, of Ipswich, Mass., in 1675. John settled in Stonington, where his father had large grants of land from the General Court, in consideration of his services to the country in the Indian wars. John became prominent and represented his town in the General Court in 1685, 1696, 1697 and 1698, served with his father in King Philip’s war, and was probably at Narragansett. However, he became friendly with the Indians and often acted as their interpreter. In 1701 a committee was appointed to find out and renew the bounds of the Winthrop land purchase at Plainfield, Conn., consisting of prominent men of the town and a large number of Indians, who acted as guides, and on this occasion John Gallup acted as interpreter. Although he became possessed of lands in Plainfield, he never removed thither, but died at his old home April 14, 1735. The children born to John and Elizabeth (Harris) Gallup were: John, born in 1676, married Elizabeth Wheeler; Thomas, born in 1682, married Hannah French; Martha, born April 2, 1683, married John Gifford, of Norwich, Conn.; Samuel, born Oct. 9, 1687, married Mehitable Blount: Elizabeth was baptized July 14, 1689: Nathaniel [was born Stonington, Conn., in 1692, was married to Margaret Gallup, and died April 3, 1739]; William, baptized May 26, 1695, died at Voluntown in August, 1735: and Benjamin, born Nov. 1, 1696, married Theody Parke.”
--Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, p. 50.
“John Gallup, son of John, was born in 1646, and married Elizabeth Harris, of Ipswich, Mass., in 1675. John settled in Stonington, where his father had large grants of land from the General Court, in consideration of his services to the country in the Indian wars. John became prominent and represented his town in the General Court in 1685, 1696, 1697 and 1698, served with his father in King Philip’s war, and was probably at Narragansett. However, he became friendly with the Indians and often acted as their interpreter. In 1701 a committee was appointed to find out and renew the bounds of the Winthrop land purchase at Plainfield, Conn., consisting of prominent men of the town and a large number of Indians, who acted as guides, and on this occasion John Gallup acted as interpreter. Although he became possessed of lands in Plainfield, he never removed thither, but died at his old home April 14, 1735. The children born to John and Elizabeth (Harris) Gallup were: John, born in 1676, married Elizabeth Wheeler; Thomas, born in 1682, married Hannah French; Martha, born April 2, 1683, married John Gifford, of Norwich, Conn.; Samuel, born Oct. 9, 1687, married Mehitable Blount: Elizabeth was baptized July 14, 1689: Nathaniel [was born Stonington, Conn., in 1692, was married to Margaret Gallup, and died April 3, 1739]; William, baptized May 26, 1695, died at Voluntown in August, 1735: and Benjamin, born Nov. 1, 1696, married Theody Parke.”
--Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, p. 50.
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