Revolutionary War soldier. A leader of Shays' Rebellion. He was a farmer and volunteered for military service immediately after Lexington and Concord. Gale fought throughout the Revolution, seeing combat in numerous battles, including Saratoga and Yorktown. At the close of the Revolution Gale discovered the farm he had worked in the town of Princeton had been returned to its Loyalist owners in a post-war amnesty. With numerous Massachusetts creditors attempting to collect pre-war debts that cash-poor farmers like Gale could not pay, they organized a protest to prevent courts from enforcing judgments against debtors. These protests were led by Daniel Shays, a veteran of the Revolution, who obtained the assistance of other veterans, including Henry Gale and his brother Abraham. When Shays' Rebellion was stopped by the government Henry Gale was captured. Sentenced to be executed, he received a pardon from Governor John Hancock. In 1791 Henry Gale relocated to Barre, Vermont, where he was one of the town's first and most prominent settlers. In the early 1800s he relocated to Monroe County, New York where he continued farming in Brighton and Pittsford. Gale also received a pension as a veteran of the Revolution.
Revolutionary War soldier. A leader of Shays' Rebellion. He was a farmer and volunteered for military service immediately after Lexington and Concord. Gale fought throughout the Revolution, seeing combat in numerous battles, including Saratoga and Yorktown. At the close of the Revolution Gale discovered the farm he had worked in the town of Princeton had been returned to its Loyalist owners in a post-war amnesty. With numerous Massachusetts creditors attempting to collect pre-war debts that cash-poor farmers like Gale could not pay, they organized a protest to prevent courts from enforcing judgments against debtors. These protests were led by Daniel Shays, a veteran of the Revolution, who obtained the assistance of other veterans, including Henry Gale and his brother Abraham. When Shays' Rebellion was stopped by the government Henry Gale was captured. Sentenced to be executed, he received a pardon from Governor John Hancock. In 1791 Henry Gale relocated to Barre, Vermont, where he was one of the town's first and most prominent settlers. In the early 1800s he relocated to Monroe County, New York where he continued farming in Brighton and Pittsford. Gale also received a pension as a veteran of the Revolution.
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