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Josiah Gale[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male circa 1730 - 1795  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Josiah Gale 
    Born circa 1730  Essex county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Between 1791 and 1795  Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • The Gale surname can be found in Virginia records as early as the late 1600s.  One Gale family compiler has recorded that Josiah Gale's sister, Lucy Catherine, was born in Essex County, VA.  The Essex County, VA tax, deed and marriage records prove that the Gale, Faulconer, and Conduit families were all living in the county in the mid 1700s.  Josiah Gale and Sarah Condiut married in Essex County sometime before 1750 and eight children were born to the union.  Josiah and Sarah (Conduit) Gale bought 100 acres of land in Essex County from Thomas Powell on 16th September, 1776.  Nicholas Faulconer witnessed the deed.  Josiah and Sarah sold 100 acres to Nicholas Faulconer on 19th August, 1779.
      Josiah Gayle signed his last will and testament on August 1, 1791 in Chesterfield County, VA.  He appointed his eldest son, James, and his brother-in-law, Thomas Lafon, as the Executors of his will.  He left his estate to his widow until she either died or remarried at which time the estate was to be divided among the eight children.  Witnesses to the will were Chesterfield County friends William Fleming and Burkinhead Pitts.
      Josiah died between August, 1791 and April, 1795.  An inventory of his estate was entered in the record and his will was probated in Chesterfield County, VA in April, 1795.
      Sometime between April, 1795 and October, 1805 Josiah's widow, Sally, migrated with seven of her eight children to Smith County, TN.  James Gayle had led the way earlier by migrating from Chesterfield County, VA to Hawkins County, TN by way of NC.
      End Notes:  Essex County, VA Deed Book 31, 1772 - 1780, pp 274, 545.
                          Laura Willis, Smith County, TN Wills and Inventories, Dec, 1805 - Dec, 1808, Melber,
                          KY, Simmons Historical Publications (1999), pp 18 - 30.
                          Laura Willis, Smith County, TN Wills & Adminstration, Vol. I, Will Book A, Dec, 1805 - Dec,
                          1808, Simmons Historical Publications (1999), pp 18 - 30.
    Person ID I87281  mykindred
    Last Modified Feb 15, 2006 

    Father [son] Gale,   d. Y 
    Mother [dau] (__),   d. Y 
    Family ID F29379  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Conduit,   b. circa 1730, Essex county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1820 and 1826, Smith county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married circa 1750  Essex county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James B. Gailey,   b. Between 1750 and 1760, Essex county, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1830, Warren county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     2. Elizabeth Gailey,   d. Y
     3. John Gailey,   d. Y
     4. Sally Gailey,   d. Y
     5. Josiah Gailey,   d. Y
     6. Polly Gailey,   d. Y
     7. Robert Gailey,   d. Y
     8. Thomas Gailey,   b. Aft 1790, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F29377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1417] Essex County, VA Deed Book 31, 1772 - 1780, pp 274 - 275.
      Josiah and Sarah Gale's purchase of land from Thomas Powell. The land was located in St. Ann's Parish and adjoined the lands of Col. John Lee, Achelles Garnett, Archibald Ritchie and James Gray. The deed of transfer was entered on 18th June, 1776 by Col. John Lee, Essex County Court Clerk. Witnesses were Nicholas Falconer, Jr., Thomas Carnal and William Gayle.

    2. [S1417] Essex County, VA Deed Book 31, 1772 - 1780, p 545.
      Josiah and Sarah Gale sell their land to Nicholas Faulconer, Jr. prior to their moving to Chesterfield County, VA. The deed of transfer was recorded on 20th November, 1780 by Essex County Court secretary John Hancock.

    3. [S1435] Smith County, TN Wills & Administration, Vol. I,, Will Book A, pp 18 - 20.
      Josiah Gale Will.

    4. [S1128] Gedcom - Shirley, Raymond.

    5. [S1377] Smith County, TN Wills & Inventories, 1805 - 1809, pp. 9 - 12.
      Legal transfer of Josiah' Will and estate inventory from Chesterfield County, VA to Smith County, TN.
      Laura Willis, Smith County, TN Wills & Inventories, 1805 - 1809, (Melber, KY, Simmons Historical Publications (1999), pp. 9 - 12, Legal transfer of Josiah' s Will and estate inventory from Chesterfield County, VA to Smith County, TN.