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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Birth: 1757 / Northampton / PA Death: 1825 Chanceford / York / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Served in 3rd PA Battalion. enlisted in 1776 with Captain Alexander Graydon's Company in the Third Pennsylvania Battalion
He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Washington and was imprisoned in both the Sugar House in NYC and on board the British prison ship, the Grovesnor
He was released in 1777 when his service time was up
He also is listed in the 1781 rolls of the First Battalion of Northampton County Militia under Lt Colonel Geiger
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784 Date:1775-1785 Publisher: NARA Record Group: 93 Roll: 0799
Spouse: Anna Maria Blanck Children: George; John; Henry; Mary; Jacob; Polly; Anna; Daniel; Valentine; Lydia; Fronica; Conrad; Susanna;
Author: Lee Johnson
Valentine Gable, the York County innkeeper and farmer, was the son of Johannes Gabel of Salisbury Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. We have no record of Valentine’s birth or baptism, but we do know that he was confirmed in 1771 by the Rev. Jacob Van Buskirk in the Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church, Western Salisbury Township.
In 1776-1777 Valentine saw service in the Third Pennsylvania Battalion. “The Third Pennsylvania Battalion, known as 'Shee's', was enlisted under authority of the resolution of congress dated December 9, 1775. On the 11th of June (1776) Congress ordered the battalion, with the Fifth, Col. Macaw, to New York. On the 15th they marched, reaching New York from the 20th to the 25th, and, on the 29th, they were put under the command of Brig. Gen. Mifflin. Valentine served in Captain Alexander Graydon's Company, Lt. Col. Lamber Cadwalader's Battalion, and was taken prisoner at the defense of Fort Washington on November 16, 1776. He was imprisoned in the Sugar House on board the Grosvenor. He was exchanged when his time was up in January of 1777.”
On March 31, 1781, Val Gable, Private, was found as a substitute for Adam Wieder in the 7th Class of the 1st Battalion (Northampton Militia) under the Command of Lt. Col. Henry Geiger, Company Commander being Capt. Casper Greenmayer. In that same year on November 15th he was found a substitute for Christian Fisher in the 6th Class of the 1st Battalion. He was also on a list for Depreciation Pay. An interesting comment in the archives states they were “given 12 days to bury the dead killed by Indians.”
He married Anna Maria Blanck, the daughter of Johannes Blanck and Eva Elisabeth Beil at some point after his exchange in 1777 and before his 1781 enlistment. They moved to York County, Pennsylvania in 1783. They had a total of 13 children together.
According to family tradition and The History of York County, Valentine Gable was the innkeeper at the Sign of the Brogue in Brogueville, Chanceford Township. Brogueville is situated at the divergence of five roads. In the early days someone placed at the corner of one of the roads, near the tavern, a brogan or worn out shoe upon a pole. From this incident the place became known as 'The Brogue,' which appellation it has since borne. This public inn was a noted stopping place for stages going from York to Peach Bottom and for the traveling public before the days of railroads.
Valentine Gable's first wife, Anna Maria Blanck, died on March 13, 1819. Sometime later Valentine took a second wife, Elisabeth. Both are buried in St. Luke's (Stehli’s) Church cemetery in Chanceford. Valentine Gable died sometime before September 19, 1825. It is assumed that Valentine is also buried at St. Luke’s but unfortunately his headstone and the record of the location of where he was laid to rest in the cemetery has long disappeared.
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