Father | Miles Gale (b. 1702, d. 1747) |
Mother | Hannah Yeals (b. about 1706) |
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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) |
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Included in charts - lists | Box Pedigree - CRS Charles Ryland Scott Ancestors Descendants of Josiah Gayle b. ca 1720 Indented - CRS |
Relationship | 5th great-grandfather of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott 7th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn 7th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 7th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott 7th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 7th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn 7th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
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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![]() | |
Civil2 | ||
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 |
Last Edited | 18 October 2019 |