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JOHN GALLUP (b. 25 Jan 1619/20, d. 19 Dec 1675)

JOHN GALLUP (son of JOHN GALLUP and CHRISTOBEL CRABBE BRUSHETT) was born 25 Jan 1619/20 in BRIDPORT, ENGLAND, and died 19 Dec 1675 in SWAMP FIGHT AT NARANGANSETT, CONN. He married HANNAH ANNA LAKE on 1643 in BOSTON, MA, daughter of JOHN LAKE and MARGARET READE.

Notes for JOHN GALLUP:
John was born in England and came to this county in 1633. He was with his father in the engagement off Block Island, and afterwards engaged in the Pequot War. The General Court of Conn., granted him a hundred acres of land for his services in that war. He settled in New London, CT in 1650/51. On 9 Feb 1652 he recieved three hundred acres of land on the Mystic River, in consideration of his father's military services, and the next year, one hundred and fifty acres more, about which there has been much disagreement. In 1654 he moved his family to the East side of the Mystic River, now Stonington, and was one of the early settlers of that town. Even though he was over sixty years of age when King Philip's War broke out, he joined with Captain John Mason, of Norwich, Ct., at the head of the Mohegans. These troops were engaged in the swamp fight at Narragasett, he was one of six Captain's who were killed in this fight.

More About JOHN GALLUP:
Burial: Unknown, WHITEHALL CEMETERY, MYSTIC, CT..

More About JOHN GALLUP and HANNAH ANNA LAKE:
Marriage: 1643, BOSTON, MA.

Children of JOHN GALLUP and HANNAH ANNA LAKE are:

+JOHN GALLUP, b. 14 Sep 1646, BOSTON, MA, d. 26 Dec 1733, STONINGTON, CT.