| ![Show Contents]() Gally History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England France The family name Gally is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon names of Britain. It was originally a name for a person who worked as a galley-man. One source notes that these people were "rowers" 1 while another notes that "these were commonly called gallie-men, as men that came up in the gallies, who brought up wines and other merchandizes, which they landed in Thames-strete, at a place called Galley- key." 2 Early Origins of the Gally familyThe surname Gally was first found in Yorkshire where Henry Galye was first listed in the Assize Rolls of 1219. Years later, Adam del Galay was listed in 1304. 1 Early History of the Gally familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gally research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1304, 1696, 1714, 1717, 1721, 1728 and 1769 are included under the topic Early Gally History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gally Spelling VariationsBefore English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Gally include Galley, Gallie, Gally, Galey, Gally and others. Early Notables of the Gally familyDistinguished members of the family include - Henry Gally (1696-1769), English divine and classical scholar, son of the Rev...
- Peter Gally, a French Protestant refugee, was born at Beckenham, Kent, in August 1696...
Gally RankingIn France, the name Gally is the 4,497th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 3
 Gally migration to the United States | + |
A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:
Gally Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Richard Gally in Virginia in 1637
Gally Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Christian Gally, who settled in Philadelphia in 1751
| Gally migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Gally Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Flora Gally, aged 17, Scottish servant who landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1815-1816 4
| Gally migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Gally Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. John Gally, English convict who was convicted in London, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 27th August 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 5
- Mr. John Gally, English convict who was convicted in Leeds, Yorkshire, England for 6 years, transported aboard the "Edwin Fox" on 24th August 1858, arriving in Western Australia, Australia
| Gally migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 6Gally Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Edward Gally, who settled in Barbados in 1659
| Contemporary Notables of the name Gally (post 1700) | + |
- Henry Gally Knight (1786-1846), English writer on architecture, born at Langold Hall, Yorkshire
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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