Gallop

I, too, have the GALLOPs in my tree. However, they are not one of my main lines and therefore I cannot claim to have dotted every i and crossed every t in my research of them. So, although I offer the following as "to the best of my knowledge" it does come with a slight health warning:

1. Richard GALLOP married Rachel HUGHES at Wrington on 10 July 1774

2. Their son Thomas GALLOP was baptised at Wrington on 18 March 1779

3. There was one other child - Elizabeth Hughs GALLOP (bap 17 September 1775)

4. Thomas GALLOP married Elizabeth BADMAN (a widow) in Burrington (3 miles from Wrington) on 31 March 1811.

5. Their son William was baptised at Churchill on 21 February 1819. Their abode was recorded as Doleberrow which is 3 miles from Burrington and less than a mile (as the crow flies) from Churchill. (Nempnett is around 8 miles from Churchill I think.)

6. Thomas GALLOP was buried in Wrington on 23 August 1826. The recorded age was 47 which fits with a birth year of 1779.

7. Richard GALLOP  was baptised in Wrington on 10 january 1747. His parents were William GALLOP and Martha.

I hope this helps!

Dave Erasmus

Thanks for that. Almost all that you say confirms my notes but I remain very uncertain that the THOMAS GALLOP of Wrington is the same THOMAS GALLOP who married ELIZABETH BADMAN at Burrington. My main reasons for the doubt is first that THOMAS and RICHARD of Wrington had the trade of carpenters. In 1803 both of them are listed in the Apprentices records as jointly taking on an apprentice in that trade. The marriage record of 1811 at Burrington states that THOMAS was a labourer. Second if THOMAS & ELIZABETH raised their family in nearby Churchill I would have expected a burial record of THOMAS at Wrington to have said that he was "of Churchill". I had assumed that THOMAS of Wrington had remained there working with his father (who died in 1816) and never married. I remain of an open mind on this as I have no firm evidence one way or another. Adrian

Thanks, Adrian. You make a very fair point and I entirely accept that the matter is not free from doubt. However, I would add (in a spirit of playing devil's advocate):

1. It is entirely possible that Thomas GALLOP stopped being a carpenter some time between 1803 and 1811.

2. I'm not sure there is any evidence that Thomas and Elizabeth raised their family in Churchill. As far as I have established (and I repeat that I have not researched them in depth) the only thing we know is that they baptised their son, William, there.

I wonder if Elizabeth BADMAN holds the key? If we knew who her first husband was and what her maiden name was it might offer a clue as to what (if any) connection she had to Churchill. I don't have that information. Do you?

Dave Erasmus

Sorry Unable to find any link in my tree that matches 

best regards

derek