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FICES: justice, Provincial Court, 1726-1744 (quo-
rum, 1732-1744); judge, Assize Court, Eastern
Shore, 1731-at least 1739; naval officer, Poco-
moke, 1733-1740 (resigned); Council, 1738-1744
(qualified on May 15, 1738); judge, Land Office,
1738-1744; major general, Eastern Shore, commis-
sioned 1742. LOCAL OFFICES: clerk of Indictments,
Somerset County, appointed 1723/24; ranger,
Somerset County, appointed 1724/25; justice,
Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery,
Somerset County, commissioned 1736, 1742, and
1743; churchwarden, St. Anne's Parish, Anne
Arundel County, elected 1740. MILITARY SER-
VICE: lieutenant colonel, militia, by 1727; colonel,
by 1729. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 709 acres in Somerset County
(all inherited from his father). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION
AND DEATH: acquired 2,270 acres in Accomack
County, Virginia, through his marriage, by 1726-
1731; purchased or patented at least 3,715 acres in
Somerset County between 1726 and 1742; owned
one-eighth of 823 acres as a partner in the firm of
Col. Levin Gale & Company, 1728; inherited 280
acres in Somerset County from his mother, 1736;
sold 1,223 acres in Somerset County by 1743.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED will probated on April
24, 1744, in Somerset County. PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY TEV, £9,078.18.5 current money (including
43 slaves, 416 oz. 15 dwt. 17 gr. silver plate, 5
gold rings weighing 12 dwt. 5 gr., books; and the
ironworks property, which included 1 servant and
1 schooner); FB, estate overpaid £527.15.0. LAND:
at least 3,481 acres in Somerset County, plus one-
eighth of 823 acres in Somerset County, which
belonged to the partnership of Col. Levin Gale &
Company, plus 2,270 acres in Accomack County,
Virginia.
GALE, LEVIN (ca. 1730-1791). BORN: ca. 1730,
probably in Somerset County; only son. NATIVE:
third generation. RESIDED: in Somerset County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Capt. Matthias
Gale (?-1748), a merchant of Somerset County,
son of George Gale (167 1-1 7 12). MOTHER: Marga-
ret Gordon, of Virginia. UNCLES: Levin Gale (ca.
1704-1744); George Gale (?-ca. 1772); and John
Gale (?-ca. 1744). MARRIED on February 20, 1755,
his first cousin Leah Littleton, daughter of Levin
Gale (ca. 1704-1744). CHILDREN. SONS: Robert,
who married Jane; Littleton (?-1815), who mar-
ried Margaret (1774-1848), daughter of Henry
Hollyday (ca. 1725-1789); George Gale (1756-
1815); and Levin (?-by 1806). DAUGHTER: Leah
Littleton, who married Samuel Wilson. PRIVATE
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CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Anglican. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: attor-
ney, admitted to Somerset County Court in Au-
gust 1754; merchant, by 1766, in partnership with
John Stewart (?-?) and Henry Jackson (?-1795)
between at least 1774 and 1787; officeholder. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House,
Somerset County, 1756-1757 (elected to the 5th
session to fill vacancy), 1757-1758 (Bills of Credit
1), 1758-1761 (Bills of Credit 1), 1768-1770
(Grievances 3), 1771, 1773-1774 (elected, but did
not attend). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICE: riding
surveyor, Pocomoke, 1763-1776. LOCAL OFFICES.
justice, Somerset County, 1766-at least 1777 (quo-
rum, 1766-at least 1777); trustee for the Nan-
ticoke Indians, in office 1768; Somerset Parish
Vestry, Somerset County, in office 1769, elected
1779 (fined £20 for refusing to serve), in office
1783 and 1787; justice, Court of Oyer and Ter-
miner and Gaol Delivery, Somerset County, com-
missioned 1770, 1771, and 1772; commissioner of
tax, Somerset County, 1777-1779; justice, Or-
phans' Court, Somerset County, commissioned
1777; judge, Court of Appeals for Tax Assess-
ment, Somerset County, appointed 1786. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed
value £5,583.0.0 current money, including 51
slaves and 708 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION, at least 2,462 acres in Somerset County
and Virginia, plus 1 lot in Princess Anne, Somer-
set County (inherited at least 170 acres in Somer-
set County from his father; acquired at least 2,270
acres in Virginia through his marriage in 1755).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: sold 2,270 acres in Vir-
ginia, 1759; purchased 1,731 acres in Somerset
County and inherited an unspecified number of
acres in Somerset County from his uncle George
Gale (?-ca. 1772) between 1766 and 1772; deeded
or sold 480 acres in Somerset County between
1778 and 1786; charged with 2,412 acres in Som-
erset County, plus 1.5 lots in Princess Anne, 1783;
purchased 1,000 acres in Somerset County, 1785.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on October 9, 1791,
probably in Somerset County. LAND: at least 3,412
acres in Somerset County, plus 1.5 lots in Princess
Anne, Somerset County.
GALLOWAY, BENJAMIN (1752-1831). BORN:
in 1752 at his family's home on the West River,
Anne Arundel County; third son. NATIVE, fifth
generation. RESIDED: in Rhode River Hundred,
Anne Arundel County, until ca. 17% when he
moved to Washington County, settling in
Elizabeth Town (later called Hagerstown). FAMILY
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