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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2006-075-00396A |
Object Name |
House |
Title |
17 Franklin Street - Ambrose Gale House |
Caption of Image |
Current Photo |
Scope & Content/Description |
Booklet with the Marblehead Junior High Archives Historical Building Survey of the Ambrose Gale House, 17 Franklin Street. Ambrose Gale bought the land upon which he built his house in 1660 and he built the house in 1663. He had two wives: his first was Mary Ward, whom he married in 1665. She died in 1694. In the same year as his wife's death, he married Deborah Girdler. Captain Azor Gale was the grandson of Ambrose Gale. He lived in Marblehead from 1699 to 1710. He dealt heavily with real estate and went to sea for a few years. His gravestone is on Old Burial Hill. |
Subjects |
Historic buildings Marblehead Buildings Marblehead History |
Date |
Circa 1663 |
Catalog date |
2007-04-12 |
People |
Gale, Ambrose Girdler, Deborah Orne, Azor Ward, Mary |
Search Terms |
Marblehead Buildings 17 Franklin Street Ambrose Gale House |
Lexicon category |
1: Structures |
Lexicon sub-category |
Building |
Collection |
Old Houses etc. School Research Project |
Condition |
Good |