William Gall

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1839

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

William Gall was the son of Dr Henry Beckles Gall and Sarah C Gall. He was the brother of Henry Beckles Gall (q.v.). Their father was a merchant and 'Practitioner of Physic' in Demerara. The brothers are recorded leaving that colony in June 1816.
He is listed as a slave owner in the 1832 and 1834 Slave Registers of Barbados.

Sources

Barbados Museum & Historical Society Journal , vol IV page 26 [not seen]. Will of William Gall of St. John proved 1 May 1839 [not seen]. The Essequebo and Demerary Gazette, 17 May 1806 [accessed 26/03/2013]. The Royal (Colophon) Gazette ,11 May 1816, http://www.vc.id.au/edg/18160511rg.html [accessed 26/03/2013].
Ancestry.com. Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

We are grateful to David O'Carroll for his assistance in compiling this entry.

Further Information

Will

William Gall of St.John

Estate to be divided ¼ to children of my sister Sarah CARBERRY, viz Joseph Alleyne C. Wilhemina Sharp C. and Clara C. at age 21 or marriage. ¾ to brother Henry Beckles GALL, and he to be executor.

Dated 19 September 1838. Proved 1 May 1839

Associated Claims (3)

Associated Estates (2)

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