The GFA is dedicated to maintaining the care of the Gallup Burying Ground on Gallup Hill Road in Ledyard. Our ancestral grounds are adjacent to and only a 5 minute walk from the Gallup Hill Farm. Photos by Stephen Laskey, Jon Saunders
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| |  Eunice Cobb (1693-1759)Daughter of Henry Cobb & Lois Hallet. Descendant of John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley, passengers on the Mayflower. Had 11 children with Ben Adam Gallup. |
 Col. Ben Adam Gallup (1716-1800)Veteran the Revolutionary, French and Indian Wars. Reinforced Washington’s forces in NY with his CT men in 1776. Married Hannah Avery 8/11/1740. |  Hannah Avery (1719-1799)Daughter of Christopher Avery & Prudence Payson. Married Col. Ben Adam Gallup 8/11/1740. They had 12 children. |  Benadam Gallup, Jr. (1741-1818)Son of Col. Ben Adam Gallup & Hannah Avery. Veteran of the Revolutionary War. Married Bridget Palmer 1/30/1766. They had 7 children. |
|  Avery Gallup (1796-1864)Son of Isaac Gallup & Anna Smith. Married Melinda Bailey and had 2 children. After her death, Avery married Mary Haley & had 7 more children. |  Mary Haley (1804-1891)Daughter of Lucy Gallup & Stephen Haley. 2nd wife of Avery Gallup, her cousin once removed. Married Avery 3/13/1834 & had 7 children. |
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| |  Hannah Mason (1731-1808)Daughter of Nehemiah Mason & Zerviah Stanton. Married Henry Gallup 10/4/1750. They had 6 children. |
|  Sarah Giddings (1729-1778)Daughter of Nathaniel Giddings & Mary Williams, and a descendant of Mayflower passengers Edward & Samuel Fuller. Wife of Col. Nathan Gallup. |  Ebenezer Gallup (1757-1794)Son of Nathan Gallup & Sarah Giddings. Served in the Revolutionary War in the 10th CT under Capt. Spicer in 1775 and in Capt Morgan’s 8th Reg of NY Militia in 1776. |
 Christopher Gallup (1764-1849)Son of Sarah Giddings & Col. Nathan Gallup. Married Martha Stanton 4/13/1790. They had 7 children. (Dates don’t match... needs further research) |  Martha Stanton (1766-1818)Daughter of Capt. Phineas Stanton & Elizabeth Stanton. Married Christopher Gallup 4/13/1790. They had 7 children. | |
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 Sarah Fish (1761-1791)Daughter of Nathan Fish & Catherine Helms. 1st wife of Josiah Gallup. She died within a few years of their marriage 11/4/1787. |  Eunice Gallup (1778-??)Daughter of Nathan Gallup & Lucy Packer. Nathan married Lucy 1/4/1778 and he died 9/16/1778. They had a son (Nathan) born in 1779. So 1778 is the only possible date for her birth. | |
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 Christopher Gallup (1876-1945)Son of Hannah Lamb & Christopher Milton Gallup. Married to Christine Ewing, who passed away in 1936. (Dates don’t match... needs further research) | | |
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| |  Nathan Williams PearsonA descendant of Lodowick Gallup through his daughter Fanny Gallup Williams. This recognizes Nathan’s “Dedicated & devoted service to the Gallup Family Association as member, president, honorary life trustee and gracious host to the Gallup Family reunions” |
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