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Benadam
GALLUP, Jr.
(my sixth great-grandfather) (Benadam3 GALLUP Sr., Bendam2 GALLUP, John1 Gallup II, John-2 GALLUP, John-1 GALOP) 1716 to 1800 In
memory of/Col. Ben Adam Gallup,/Who died march 29th /
1800, in ye. 84th year/of his age. The fweet remem-/brance of the Juft/fhall flourifh when/ they sleep in duft |
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Gallup
Burying Ground, Ledyard, CT (was Groton, CT when he died)
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Who
was Benadam Gallup?
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He
came from a long lineage of men who belonged to a family in England
known to adhere to the family motto,"Be bolde, Be wyse" and
were military leaders both here in the colonies and back in England.
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He
was part of the Connecticut militia and his commission was signed by
Gov. Trumbull.
The Records of Colonial Connecticut (1616-1776) which lists him in Vol. 15, pps. 9, 10, 277, 278, 422, 423 The History of Stonington, by R.A. Wheeler says he served on the Committee of Safety, in the Assembly and in the militia for the coast defense." The Gallup genealogy records him as: "Colonel Benadam Gallup, son of Lieutenant Benadam Gallup, born October 26, 1716, married, August 11, 1740, Hannah Avery, of Groton. Colonel Gallup was a brave officer in the revolution. He served with the militia in the Second Battalion of Wadsworth's brigade, raised in June, 1776; and was at the Brooklyn Front battle of Long Island, raised August 27, 1776; in the retreat to New York, August 27-30; in the retreat from New York City, September 15, with the main army at White Plains. Colonel Gallup died at Groton, Connecticut, May 19, 1800, and his wife died July 28, 1799. " |
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What
was the Battle of New York?
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Turning
to the George
Washington Papers at the Library of Congress , The Battle of Brooklyn
(also called The Battle of Long Island) was one of the largest battles
of the Revolution. Col. Gallup, despite the fact that he was 60
years old at that time, was a member of the Wadsworth Brigade
and declining a promotion to Major, he chose to fight with his militia troop. |
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The
Battle
of Long Island entry at Wikipedia, and at a Web site for a new
book, offers maps of New York published in 1884. (note the position
of Oyster Island which is now Ellis Island)
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Other
Selected Links
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HistoryCentral's
Battle of New York
1777
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New
York Public Library's Map
of the Battle
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