An American Family History

Sarah Fiske Gale was born in 1656 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Nathan and Susannah Fiske. 

When she was 17 she married her neighbor, Abraham Gale (Gael), on September 3, 1673 in Watertown. He was born in 1643 and was the son of Richard Gale and Mary Castle.

Sarah and Abraham's children were Abraham Gale (1674), Sarah Gale (1675), Richard Gale (1677), Hopestill Gale (1678), Mary Gale (1680), Abigail Gale (1682), Mercy Gale Sanderson (1683), Ebenezer Gale (1686), John Gale (1688), Mary Gale Pratt (1689), Sarah Gale Pratt (1694), Jonas Gale (1697), and Joshua Gale (1697).

Abraham died on September 15, 1718. Sarah died on May 14, 1728.

Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers by Henry Bond, Horatio Gates Jones

Richard Gale, was of Wat. as early as 1640; in. Mary. The birth of only one child recorded. His Will, dated Feb. 25, 1678-9, proved Ap. 1, 1679, mentions his wife (not named), sons Abraham and John, and drs. Mary Flagg and (Sarah) Garfield.

Dec. 2, 1661, he bought of Richard Dummer the east "or northeast half [250 acres] of the Oldham farm, some part of which has remained in the possession of his descendants to a very recent date, if not to the present time.

1. Sarah, b. Sept. 8, 1641; m., Ap. 3, 1663, Joseph Garfield. [Garfield, 7.]
2. Abraham, d. Sept. 15, 1718.
3. Mary, m., Mar. 30, 1670, John Flagg. [Flagg, 12.]
4. John.
5. Abigail, (?) d. Sept. 5, 1718, aged 76, not mentioned in fathers Will.
6. Ephraim. May, 1673, a vagrant, "distempered in his mind." [Court Files.] Probably d. before his father.

Abraham Gale, adm. freeman Oct. 11, 1682; m., Sept. 3, 1673, Sarah Fiske. [N. Fiske, 5f] She d. May 14, 1728.

1. Abraham.
2. Sarah, b. Feb. 15, 1674-5; d. young.
3. Richard, b. Sept. 25, 1677.
4. Hopestill, b. and d. Dec, 1678.
5. Mary, b. Mar. 27, 1680; d. youns.
6. Abigail, b. Mar. 12, 1681-2; d. Nov. 21, 1696.
7. Mercy, b. Sept. 16, 1683; m., Ap. 13, 1708, Samuel Sanderson. [Sanderson. I 21.]
8. Ebenezer, b. Ap. 30, 1686; m., Dec. 27, 1709. Elizabeth Green....
9. John, b. Ap. 23, 1687; d. Feb. 15, 1734, by wife Lydia, had...
10. Mary, bap. Ap. 1689; (?) m., Nov. 3, 1731. Michael Pratt, of Oxford.
11. Sarah, b. Aug. 29,1694. 12. Jonas, bap. Nov. 14,1697; d. Mar. 17, 1717-18.
13. Joshua, b. Feb. 22, 1696-7; d. Sept. 15, 1719.
14. Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1699.
15. Lydia, b. July 9, 1699.
16. Abigail, m. about 1720, Edward Jackson, Jr., of Newton, son of Edw. and Mary, and gr. son of Sebas. 11 chil. [See Genealogy of Edward Jackson.]

Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, by Ellery Bicknell Crane, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907

Abraham Gale, eldest son of Richard Gale ( 1 ), was born in 1643, in Watertown, Middlesex county, Massachusetts. He occupied the old homestead, situated in what is now Waltham, and was a selectman of Watertown in 1706 and 1718. He died in the latter year. His name in his will is spelled "Gael." He married Sarah, a daughter of Nathan Fiske, of Watertown. and they were the parents of sixteen children, of whom nine lived to maturitv and married.