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William Gammell

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Birth	:	1750 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	23 Apr 1835 Hillsboro Center, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial	:	Hillsborough Centre Cemetery, Hillsboro Center, Hillsborough County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.1477440, -71.9364600
Description	:	William was a Farmer. He was christened 23 Jul 1758 in Boston, Massachusetts. During Revolutionary War William served in the military Massachusetts. The History of Hillsborough New Hampshire 1735-1921. He lived at Boston until he was fourteen, being for a part of the time Clerk in Boston Market. In 1764 he removed to Chelmsford, Mass., where he engaged in farming. Both his older(?) brother and he were ardent patriots, and were present at the Battle of Bunker Hill. William was with the American army at Lake Champlain one winter, suffering severely from... Read More	William was a Farmer. He was christened 23 Jul 1758 in Boston, Massachusetts. During Revolutionary War William served in the military Massachusetts. The History of Hillsborough New Hampshire 1735-1921. He lived at Boston until he was fourteen, being for a part of the time Clerk in Boston Market. In 1764 he removed to Chelmsford, Mass., where he engaged in farming. Both his older(?) brother and he were ardent patriots, and were present at the Battle of Bunker Hill. William was with the American army at Lake Champlain one winter, suffering severely from cold and hunger. In the spring the soldiers were discharged, and ordered to form into small companies, return to their homes in Boston and vicinity by different routes which ran through an almost unbroken wilderness, their sustenance consisting of such fish and game as they might capture on their way, with such provision as might be procured from an occasional settler met with in their dreary march. March 4, 1831, he was granted a pension of $40 a year. He had come to Hillsborough in 1773, having bought one hundred acres of land about one mile northeast of the centre of the town, paying Colonel Hill thirty pounds for the tract. He cleared a portion on "Gammell's Hill," boarding at the nearest house, now known as the "James H. Jones place." Having neither team nor plow with which to stir the ground, he dug up the earth as best he could between the rocks and stumps with a pick and sowed winter rye, and then returned to Massachusetts. While in the army he obtained a furlough to come to his new plantation in Hillsborough and harvest his grain. He married in 1777, Thankful Keyes of Chelmsford, Mass., b. in 1753. He came to Hillsborough with his wife to live permanently in 1779, and the homestead he literally hewed out of the wilderness in the "days that tried men's souls" has remained in the family ever since. Mr. Gammell became blind in his old age, so he was unable to go about very much unattended. In this plight a favorite white gander, with almost, if not quite, human intelligence, came to his assistance, and guiding him by a string attached to its neck, the twain would take long walks and visit the neighbors. While Mr. Gammell was making one of his calls, the gander would patiently wait outside the door, and upon his reappearance and taking up the guide string would march proudly homeward, always accommodating its gait to that of its companion. Mrs. Gammell d. April 28, 1828; he d. April 23, 1835. From Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1899 we find: Gammell, William, Concord. Capt... Abishai Brown's Co., Col. John Nixon's (5th) Regt.; order for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 10, 1775, signed by said Gammell and others; also, Private, same co. and Regt.; also, company return dated Sept. 30, 1775; also Capt. Zachariah Fitch's Co., Col. Samuel Brewer's Regt.; service from Aug. 23, 1776, to Sept. 30, 1776, 1 mo. 9 days.

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William Gammell's memorial is located at: Hillsborough Centre Cemetery, Hillsboro Center, Hillsborough County, USA.
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William Gammell death on 23 Apr 1835 in Hillsboro Center, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
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Latitude: 43.1477440
Longitude: -71.9364600

Family Members:

Spouse

Thankful Keyes Gammell

(1752 - 1828)

Children

John Gammell

(1785 - 1866)

Nancy Gammell Hartwell

(1792 - 1847)

Rhoda Gammell Hartwell

(1792 - 1873)

Samuel Gammell

(1794 - 1880)

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