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Josiah Gayle

Parents

Children with Mary Cantey (b. 1726, d. about 1760)

Son	Christopher Gayle, Sr.+ (b. 2 November 1748, d. 19 December 1819)
Son	Josiah Gayle, Jr (b. about 1749, d. August 1780)
Daughter	Dorthy Gayle+ (b. 1750, d. 19 December 1794)
Daughter	Mary Gayle (b. 1750)
Daughter	Dorothy Gayle (b. 1751, d. 25 December 1823)
Son	Caleb Gayle+ (b. 1751, d. 2 March 1814)
Daughter	Elizabeth Gayle+ (b. 1753, d. 25 December 1823)
Son	Ransom Gayle+ (b. 1755, d. 1813)
Daughter	Ann Gayle (b. 10 March 1757, d. 1840)
Son	Ambrose Gayle (b. 10 January 1759, d. 1794)
Son	John Gayle+ (b. 10 December 1760, d. before 19 January 1814)
Daughter	Lucy Catherine Gayle (b. 1 January 1765, d. 2 September 1831)

Biography

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Anecdote		Josiah Gayle, based on the known birth dates of some of his children, must have been born about 1722/1724. He married about 1745, Mary.... . The Kingston Parish Register records the birth of their second child, Josiah Gayle, Jr. in 1749. From Josiah Sr.'s will, dated December 17, 1794 (proved Jan. 5, 1795 and recorded in Sumter Dist. SC Will Book AA, at page 459), and from the Kingston Parish Register, it is known that by this marriage, Josiah and Mary were the parents of nine children. The birth of their last child, John, is recorded as having occurred on Dec. 10, 1760. Mary must have died at or shortly after the birth of this child, and Josiah married again within a few months as the Kingston Parish Register records the birth of a daughter, Mary, on August 26, 1762 to Josiah and Hannah Gayle. It is known from Josiah's will that he had a daughter, Mary. Josiah apparently was a farmer. He lived in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, VA at least from the time of his first marriage (about 1745) until about 1763 when he moved to Lunenburg County. It is quite ppossible that he was born in Kingston Parish because records indicate there were Gayles living in that Parish as early as 1672 when a Matthew Gayle was granted 284 acres of land in consideration of his bringing into Virginia six headrights. What, if any, relationship Josiah bore to this Matthew is not known.
DNA Verified		27 DNA matches through Josiah Gayle
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Person Source		He had person sources.1
Birth	2 November 1720	He was born on 2 November 1720 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, United StatesBG.1,3
Marriage	1745	He and Mary Cantey were married in 1745.
Military	1775	He served in the military in 1775 in South Carolina, United StatesBGO. The following document supporting the revolutionary cause was signed by Josiah Gayle, and his son Caleb Gayle.  The following paragraph and text of the Declaration were found on www.morganvirtualreunion.com.   The early revolutionary movement in North Carolina was slow to gain support. Although it was one of the largest of England's thirteen colonies, its economy was not dominated by a large planter class such as existed in Virginia and South Carolina. The radical Whig movement in most of the colonies was given its revolutionary impetus when the First Continental Congress created the Continental Association, a network of committees--often called associations--that were set up to enforce compliance with its resolutions designed to halt trade in English goods. In the northern colonies committees had been formed in almost every county and large town by the spring of 1775. They were often the vehicles through which the Whigs organized militia units or at least secured pledges of support for the revolutionary cause. People were called upon to sign the "articles of Association," and if they refused to do so they immediately fell under suspicion. In North Carolina only six committees were organized by the Whigs by 1775.  ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC DEFENCE, DISTRICT EAST OF WATEREE (RIVER) 1775  SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION The actual commencement of Hostilities against this continent, by the British Troops in the bloody scene on the 19th of April last, near Boston the Increase of arbitrary Impositions from a wicked and despotic Ministry and the dread (missing) Insurrection in the Colonies, are causes sufficient to drive an oppressed People to the use of Arms. We therefore the Subscribers, Inhabitants of South Carolina, holding ourselfs bound by that most Sacred of all Obligations, the Duty of good Citizens toward an injured County, and thoroughly convinced, that, under our present distressed Circumstances, we shall be Justified before God and Man in resisting Force by Force; Do unite ourselves under every tie of Religion and the Honour and associate as a Band in her Defense, against every Foe. Hereby solemnly engaging that, whenever our Continental or Provincial Councils shall decree it necessary, we will go forth and be ready to sacrifice our Lives and Fortunes to secure her Freedom and Safety. This obligation to continue in full Force until a Reconciliation shall take place between Great Britain and America, upon constitutional Principles an Event which we most ardently desire. And we will hold all those persons inimical to the Liberty of the Colonies, who shall refuse to subscribe this Association.  Abbitt, Thomas         Gayle, Caleb             Neal, David Arendall, Benjamin     Gayle, Josiah            Neal, Thomas Asberry, Sylvester      Greening, Mason         Neiser (?), Peter Adkerson, Frederick    Harrell, Zachariah       Nettles, Elisha Atkinson, Atwell        Harven, John             Newton, John Barden, John            Haynsworth, Henry     Nixon, Stephen Berry, James            Helton, William          Peebles, Elisha Boneday, Samuel        Hill, Josiah             Pettipool, Abraham Bourdeaux, James       Holladay, John           Peteypool, Epream Bradford, Phileman     Holiday, Daniel          Pettypool, Philip Bradford, Richard       Holiday, Daniel Jr.     Pitts, John Bradford, Thomas       Hood, William            Ramsey, Willis Brumfeld, Watson       Jackson, Isaac           Ridgway, Hope(?) Brunson, Charles        Jackson, Thomas         Rees, Benjamin Brunson, Isaac          James, John              Rees, Edward Brunson, Moses          Justice, Eliason         Rees, Hubbard Brunson, William        Knighton, Moses Jr.    Rees, Hugh Burough, James          Lane, Edward             Rogers, David Clark, Henry            Lenoir, Isaac            Rogers, John Croswell, Gilbert       McCormick, James     Singleton, John Dinkins, William        McKintosh, John        Singleton, John Farmer, James           Malone, John             Singleton, John Jr. Fleming, Robert         Matthews, Peter          Singleton, Joseph Fletchher, Drury        Mellet, Peter            Singleton, Matthew Freeman, James          Morgan, Michel          Singleton, Robert Freeman, James          Moore, Isham             Smitheshill, Thomas Furman, Wood            Moore, John              Spears, Augestan Moore, Nathaniel         Spears, Joshua             Spears, Obediah Sylvester, Asberry Ref.(16)
Residence	1775	He lived in Residents, South Carolina Colony, SCBG, in 1775.4
Residence	1790	He lived in Claremont, South Carolina, United StatesBGO, in 1790.5
Will	17 December 1794	He signed a will on 17 December 1794 in Claremont, South Carolina, United StatesBGO. In the name of God, Amen, I, Josiah Gayle of Claremont County in the State aforesaid, being in a low state of health but of sound mind & memory...do make & ordain this to be my last Will & Testament...I give & bequeath unto my two grandchildren, John & Sarah Gayle, son & daughter of my son Ambrose, one seventh part of my Estate after taking out what is disposed of above (numerous small bequests)...Lastly I lend all & singular the remainder of my Estate not disposed of above equally between my six children, Namely, Christopher, Caleb & Ransom, Dorothy, Elizabeth & Ann, during their natural lives, to be equally divided amongst them, & at their death I give & bequeath all the said property of my said Estate unto the children of those children of mine which will be my grandchildren...And I do hereby nominate & appoint my son Christopher & my friend Huberd Rees my true & lawful Executors to this my last Will & Testament made this 17th day of December 1794. Josiah (X) Gale Written Dec.17, 1794. Proved Jan.5, 1795.
Probate	17 December 1794	He had his estate probated on 17 December 1794 in Sumter, South Carolina, USABG.6
Death	19 December 1794	He died on 19 December 1794 at age 74 in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United StatesBGO.1

Citations

1. [S26] Harper Families of Perry Co., AL, online ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Harper Families of Perry Co., AL.
2. [S709] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
3. [S279] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
4. [S645] Ancestry.com, South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
5. [S256] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Claremont, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 227; Image: 144; Family History Library Film: 0568151
6. [S3369] Ancestry.com, South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, Author: Brimelow, Judith M.; Probate Place: Sumter, South Carolina