Ahnentafel #1038 - John Gallop

Captain John Gallop also written as Gallup, Galloup, Galloupe ang Gallupe

Baptized: Jan. 25, 1620/21, St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, England

St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset

Died: Dec. 19, 1675 in the Narragansett Swamp fight in present South Kingston, Rhode Island

Buried: Dec. 1675 near Wickford, Rhode Island

Married: Hannah Lake by1644 in Boston, MA

Immigration:1633 with his mother and siblings.  John's father immigrated on his own in 1630. 

Occupation: 

• soldier 
• Indian interpreter
• representative at the General Court in Stonington, CT from Oct. 1665 to May 1667

Military Service: Soldier in Pequot War and captain of the 1st Connecticut Company during King Philip's War, John Gallop was killed in action at the Great Swamp Fight.

Notebook - Rhode Island

Salter, Edwin. "Rhode Islanders Who Settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey," Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983.

The original settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey were chiefly from Newport and Portsmouth on the island of Rhode Island, and from Gravesend, Long Island; a few came from Providence, Rhode Island.  Settlers between 1667 and 1670.

Walter Clarke
John Throckmorton
Job Throckmorton

Walter Clarke purchased a share of land in Monmouth County, but didn't settle there. He probably transferred his shares to friends and other probably abandoned them.

In Memoriam - December 19th

Great Swamp Fight Monument

1675 Captain John Gallop during the Narragansett Swamp Fight near present South Kingston, Rhode Island.  When King Philip's war broke out, although he was over sixty, age had not quenched his martial ardor.  New London County having raised seventy men under Captain John Mason of Norwich, Captain Gallup joined with him at the head of the Mohegans.  These troops forming a junction with those of the other colonies, were engaged in the fearful swamp fight at Narragansett, Dec. 19, 1675, (within the limits of the present town of South Kingston, RI).  In storming this fort he led his men bravely forward and was one of the six captains who fell in this memorable fight.  A complete victory was here gained over the savage foe, but with a great loss of life on both sides.  Capt. Gallup was a brave and valuable officer and was loved and respected by his men.