Gallop, William

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: Roger Nason, “GALLOP, WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gallop_william_5E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Merchant and office holder; date and place of birth unknown; d. unmarried 1804 in St Andrews, N.B.
    • Had served for six months as a pilot on hms Greyhound and he had periodically turned privateer in the British interest. His experience as a mariner and his joint ownership of certain vessels operating out of Boston, Mass., during the revolutionary years may have been deciding factors in his selecting the Penobscot River as his future home.
    • As an original promoter of the St Andrews settlement, Gallop was appointed in 1784 one of the first magistrates for the township, a position he held for the next 20 years.
  • United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=3067
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