Joan Gallop

Joan was born on September 20th, 1618 in Bridgeport, Dorset, England.  She died at the age of 72 on March 20th, 1691 in Hingham, Plymouth, MA.  She was buried in Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, MA.

• General Notes

  Daughter  of  John  Gallop,  who  was  an  Indian  trader;  and  who,  as  well  as  his   son:  also  named  John,  was  renowned  as  an  Indian    fighter.    Both    of  them   served  in  the   Pequot  War,  and  received   large grants   of  land   in  consequence   of  their   services.     John     Gallop,  Jr.,  married   Hannah  Lake,  a  niece  of   Governor   Winthrop,  and  was  one  of  the  six  captains  killed  in  the  fearful   swamp   fight   at  Narragansett,   Dec.  19th,   1675.   He  left  four  sons and  five  daughters.    Two  of  his grandsons were  engaged  in   some  of  the  earliest  struggles  during  the  war   for   independence,  and  were  both   field   officers in  1777.  John  Gallop,  Senior,  owned  a  good  deal  of  property  in  Boston.      An  island   containing   16  acres,  called   Gallop's  Island,  belonged  to  him. 

Details of Joan's family with Thomas Joy