Yesterday I was at the Swem Library in Williamsburg- first time there where I found reference to Joseph GAMBALL master of the scooner (sic) Polly 1775; has anyone information on this man's family- he was quite busy running gunpowder from Edisto to Philadelphia. The items I read were full of his work but I just wondered if he fell into GAMBLE GAMBRELL GAMBILL families anywhere. I have a Revolutionary John GAMBLE in South Carolina; my husband descends from a Revolutionary John GAMBRELL for whom we have no parents' names and there are many who say our SC Gambrells were originally the GAMBILLs from VA. GAMBALLs and variations are always of interest to me- especially before the Revolution. Diane "Dolly" Stratton Gambrell

Dolly -- Doubtless you found this reference in NDAR I:932, 953 with the name given only in the first citatation (19 July 1775). I suspect he is Captain Joseph Gamble of Philadelphia [see: NDAR 2:105, 405, 558; 6:186; 9:721-2] I would speculate that Contenental Navy Lieutenant / Pennsysvannia Captain William Gamble is related. There are a few references to "Captain Gamble" where the editor/indexers of the NDARs have inserted (in square brackets [ ]) the name William but the correct insertion might be Joseph. Key to my assumption that Joseph Gamball and Joseph Gamble are one and the same man is the covering letter [NDAR 1:932] which describes the gunpowder being loaded onto the Philadelphia Pilot Boat. Joseph Gamble was one of the Philadelphia pilots as is documented in the other citations. Shooting in the dark -- you also may want to try: John W. Jackson's _The Pensylvania Navy, 1775-1781; the Defense of the Delaware_ (New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press. 1974), 514 p. Bob Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <Huguenaute@aol.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:18 AM Subject: [A-REV] Joseph GAMBALL master of the Polly 1775 running gunpowder > Yesterday I was at the Swem Library in Williamsburg- first time there where I > found reference to Joseph GAMBALL master of the scooner (sic) Polly 1775; > has anyone information on this man's family- he was quite busy running > gunpowder from Edisto to Philadelphia. The items I read were full of his work > but I just wondered if he fell into GAMBLE GAMBRELL GAMBILL families > anywhere. I have a Revolutionary John GAMBLE in South Carolina; my husband > descends from a Revolutionary John GAMBRELL for whom we have no parents' > names and there are many who say our SC Gambrells were originally the > GAMBILLs from VA. GAMBALLs and variations are always of interest to me- > especially before the Revolution. > Diane "Dolly" Stratton Gambrell