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Note: The following time-line will record the birth and death dates of the children of Michael Gallinger, Sr. And Agatha Ade but not the next generation, in other words, not the grandchildren of Michael Sr. and Agatha.

ca. 1702 Michael Gallinger, herdsman of the cows, and Agnes (surname unknown) married in Hopfau, in the realm of Baron Goll, Alpirsbach district (now in Baden-Württemberg) Germany. ¹

1703 Christian Gallinger born in 1703, Hopfau, Germany, son of Michael and Agnes Gallinger. ¹

1705 Johann Georg/Hans Jerg Gallinger born 11 Mar 1705, Hopfau, Germany, son of Michael and Agnes Gallinger. ¹

1725 Hans Jerg Gallinger and Anna Barbara Kübler married 9 Nov 1725, Hopfau, Germany. ¹

1726 Johann Michael Gallinger born 10 Jan 1726, Hopfau Germany, son of Hans Jerg and Anna Gallinger. ¹

1726 Michael Gallinger died 25 Jan 1726, buried 27 Jan 1726, Hopfau, Germany. ¹

1727 Agatha Ade born 20 Sep 1727, Dürrenmettstetten, Germany daughter of Christian and Maria Catharina Ade. ¹

1727-60 King George II, House of Brunswick, Hanover line, is monarch of Great Britain. ²

1733 Organization of Trinity Lutheran Church of Stone Arabia, Province of New York. ³

1738 In the Americas, William Johnson arrived at the village of Schenectady, in the Mohawk Valley, Province of New York, to manage the 14,000 acres his uncle had purchased. Within a year Johnson had leased 23 farms on his uncle's estate, and had established a good relationship with his Iroquois and German Palatine neighbors in the Mohawk Valley. He would become the largest single landowner and the most influential individual in the settlement and development of the Mohawk Valley. ⁴

1739 William Johnson built Mount Johnson (near present-day Amsterdam NY). ⁵

1749 A stone house, now known as "Fort Johnson", was built on the north side of the Mohawk River about five miles east of Fonda and three miles west of Amsterdam. William Johnson and family moved to this house which served as the seat of his estate. [It is now a National Historic Site, Amsterdam Twp (Montgomery) NY.] ⁵

1751 Johann "Michael" Gallinger and Agatha Ade married 2 Nov 1751 in either Hopfau or Neunthausen, Germany. ¹

1752 Barbara Gallinger born 29 Dec 1752, Hopfau, Germany, daughter of Johann Michael and Agatha Gallinger. ¹

1753 Barbara Gallinger age 2 months, 18 days, died 16 Mar 1753, Hopfau, Germany. ¹

1754 Michael and Agatha (Ade) Gallinger emigrate to America and settle near the Mohawk River in the Mohawk Valley, Province of New York.

ca. 1754 Michael Gallinger Jr. son of Michael and Agatha (Ade) Gallinger, born in Europe? on the ship? in New York? Birth and baptismal records have not been located.

1755-63 Seven Years War raged up and down the river valleys in Upper New York, including the Mohawk Valley. Tenants of Sir William Johnson were required to belong to the militia. It is likely that Michael Gallinger Sr. belonged to Sir William's militia. He was known to Sir William Johnson by at least Feb 1762 as there are records to show Michael Sr.'s name was submitted for inclusion into Land Patents owned by Sir William Johnson. It is likely Michael Sr. was known to Johnson long before 1762.

1756 Christian/Christopher Gallinger born 3 Oct 1756 and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church, Stone Arabia, Palatine Twp (Montgomery) Province of New York, son of Michael and Agatha (Ade) Gallinger. ³

1758 Organization of Caughnawaga Reformed Church at Fonda, Province of New York. ³

1759 Maria Catrina Gallinger baptized 25 Feb 1759, Trinity Church Parish, New York City (New York) Province of New York, daughter of Michael and Agatha (Ade) Gallinger. ³

1759 Michael Gallinger Sr. granted naturalization on 3 Jul 1759, New York City (New York) Province of New York. ⁶, ⁷

1761 Henrich/Henry Gallinger born 4 Sep 1761 and baptized 15 Nov 1761 at the Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia Palatine Twp (Montgomery) Province of New York, son of Michael and Agatha (Ade) Gallinger. ³ [In 1766 Montgomery county was officially named Albany, it became Tryon in 1772 and in 1784 it received its current name of Montgomery.]

1762 Anna Barbara Gallinger wife of Johann Georg/Hans Jerg age 58 years, 9 months, 3 days, died 11 Feb 1762, Germany. ¹

1762 Michael Gallinger Sr.'s name submitted with 39 other names 14 Feb 1762 to Goldsbrow Banyar, Undersecretary of the Province of New York, for inclusion into an unnamed Land Patent. ⁸

It was common practice to submit a request to the Crown for a Land Patent with the major petitioner using the names of trusted friends or employees to be shown as participants. One name for each 1,000 acres was typical because that was the legal maximum an individual could request. The major petitioner would eventually take ownership of the total tract/patent granted. For example 24 people would petition for a 24,000 acre tract. When granted, 23 of the petitioners would soon sign over their ownership to one person.

1762 Johann Georg/Hans Jerg Gallinger died, age 57 years 1 month 1 week 4 days on 22 Apr 1762, supposedly in Neunthausen, Germany, buried 24 Apr 1762, Neunthausen, Germany. ¹

1763 Johnson Hall, built by Sir William Johnson, became the site of regular conferences involving Indians of the Iroquois Confederacy and it became the nucleus of a working estate designed to encourage settlement. "Johnson Hall" is now a State Historic Site located in Johnstown, Johnstown Twp (Fulton) in the historic Mohawk Valley NY. ⁴

1764 Michael Gallinger Sr. rented 100 acres of land known as Lot 85E, Kingsborough Patent (see 1769 below) where it is most likely the family lived until they moved to Canada.

1764 George Gallinger born ca 1764 Province of New York, son of Michael and Agatha (Ade) Gallinger. Baptismal record has not been located.

1765 Sir William Johnson laid out and built the town of Johnstown, a mile from his house. ⁴

1766 Michael Gallinger Sr.'s name appears on the Mohawk Valley tax list in January 1766. ⁹

1767 Dorothea Gallinger born 9 Dec 1767 and baptized 28 Dec 1767 at The Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia, Palatine Twp (Montgomery) Province of New York, daughter of Michael and Agatha (Ade) Gallinger. ³

1769 Michael Gallinger Sr. began paying rent on 25 March 1769 on Lot 85E, Kingsborough Patent, located 4 miles north of the Mohawk River just east of Johnstown. ¹⁰

There is evidence that tenants at Kingsborough did not pay rent for the first five years of tenancy while the land was being cleared. This being the case, Michael was probably on the land in 1764 and remained there until the family moved to Canada in 1781.

Michael Gallinger Sr.'s name is included on a "Draft of a Grant to Sir William Johnson & his Associates on the Mohawk River" by Order in Council dated 3 May 1769. ⁸

1769 Sir William Johnson opened free schools at Fort Hunter (30 pupils) and Johnstown (45 pupils). Henry Gallinger is attending the Free School at Johnstown. ¹¹

1770 Michael Gallinger Sr.'s name is submitted along with other names by Sir William Johnson to Goldsbrow Banyar, 8 Mar 1770 for "Names to be inserted in the Patent for my Half of the Lands along the Adegeghteinge &ca. also for the 1,000 acres at "Adigo" [Adigo is Otego Creek.] ⁸

1770 Michael Gallinger Sr.'s name is submitted along with 79 others on 27 Apr 1770 for insertion into a Patent for the Northern Tract of 80,000 acres in the rear of Kingsborough, alias Stuarts purchase. ⁸

Entries in Sir William Johnson Papers:
On 28 Sep 1770:
To Cash ‹ gave Michl. Gallengar[sic] £ .8.
1 paper pins to Betsy ........... .1.
Michael Gallinger was paid a total of 9 shillings.

[Who is Betsy? Could she be a daughter of Michael Gallinger Sr. and Agatha? There is evidence of an Elizabeth Gallinger in the area in 1785 and perhaps later although nothing further has been researched on her.] ²²
On 22 Mar 1771:
To Michael Gallinger for Riding Post 47 Times at 16s. pr. ..... £ 37.12s.

1770 Michael Gallinger Sr.'s name is submitted along with 25 others on 8 May 1770 for inclusion into the Charlotte River Patent, a tract 20 miles long and 1 mile wide on both sides of the Charlotte River. ⁸

1773 Boston Tea Party. On 16 Dec 1773, a band of American colonists disguised as Indians raided three British ships in Boston harbor and threw contents of 340 chests of tea overboard. The colonists were determined not to pay what they considered unfair taxes to the British government. ²

1774 Sir William Johnson age 59, died 11 Jul 1774 at Johnson Hall. ⁴

1774 First Continental Congress was a delegation from the American colonies who met 5 Sep 1774 to defend American rights. It denounced many laws passed by parliament since 1763, and agreed not to import any goods from Britain or Ireland after Dec 1774 and not to export to the British Isles after Sep 1775. The movement for full independence from Britain had begun to develop. ²

1775 Paul Revere, who had taken part in the Boston tea party, took up the movement for independence. He rode from Boston to Lexington at midnight 18-19 April 1775 to rouse the Minutemen (a group of militiamen ready to act at a moment's notice) to the defense of Boston. ²

1775 American Revolutionary War began 19 Apr 1775 - an uprising against English rule in the Thirteen Colonies. ²

1775 17 Jun 1775, the British drove colonists from Breed's Hill in the Battle of Bunker Hill. ²

1775 The colonists hoped to prevent the British from using Canadian bases. In the fall of 1775, two American expeditions, led by Benedict Arnold and Brig.Gen. Montgomery, marched northward to Canada. In November, Montgomery occupied Montreal, and swept down the St. Lawrence River towards Quebec City. Guy Carleton took command of the British army in Canada, and defeated the American army which was attacking the city of Quebec. ²

1775 The first organized revolutionary movement to develop in the Mohawk Valley was in May 1775. Sir John Johnson and sons-in-law of Sir William Johnson were known in Albany as the family as shown in this quote from 'King's Royal Regiments of New York': " ..this country has for a series of years been ruled by one family, the several branches of which are still strenuous in dissuading the people from coming into Congressional measures, and have even last week, at a numerous meeting of the Mohawk district, appeared with all their dependents armed, to oppose the people considering of their grievances; their number being so great, and the people unarmed, they struck terror into most of us and they dispersed." ¹³

1776 In Jan 1776, Sir John Johnson was forced to stand down "a correspondence ensued between himself and General Schuyler, which resulted in his giving his 'parole of honor' not to take up arms against America, and agreeing not to go westward of German Flatts and Kingsland". ¹⁴

The rebels harassed others to join their cause and Sir John Johnson's tenants were probably harassed to declare themselves for the rebel cause. Prior to Apr 1775, Michael Gallinger Sr. was imprisoned for 6 months and Michael Gallinger Jr. was imprisoned for 1 month, 10 days. When Michael Jr., got out of prison, he and his brother Christian Gallinger enlisted with Sir John and fled to Canada. ¹²

Much has been written about Sir John Johnson's flight to Canada with about 170 of his tenants and neighbors from Johnstown in the Mohawk Valley, NY, to Montreal. Their party, led by three Indian guides, survived the miseries of a 200-mile journey, taking 19 days through the wilds of the Adirondack region without proper food and exposed to the vagaries of the northern spring weather. A map exists of their trail, even showing where they abandoned two cannons in Jun 1776 that were recovered in Sep 1937.

1776 Michael Gallinger Jr. age 22, enlisted KRRNY (King's Royal Regiment of New York) - 1st Battalion on 19 Jun 1776. ¹³
Christian Gallinger age 20, enlisted KRRNY - 1st Battalion on 19 Jun 1776. ¹³

This date of 19 June 1776 is the very beginning of the King's Royal Regiment of New York. On this date Sir John was given permission by Sir Guy Carleton in Montreal, to form the 1st Battalion. This means Michael Gallinger Jr. and Christian Gallinger were part of the 200-250 (numbers vary and soldiers, mostly Indians, were picked up along the way) on this trek to Montreal. Sir John's followers were quickly increased to 500 with Canadian volunteers and Indians with whom he crossed the river to the island of Montreal.

1776 Declaration of Independence was approved on 4 Jul 1776 by Second Continental Congress. ²

1777 Michael Gallinger Jr. and Christian Gallinger were likely involved in the St. Leger expedition to Fort Stanwix in August 1777, and they may have been in the bloody Battle at Oriskany, in the same year. They would have seen extensive service and much action throughout the war.

13 Jun 1778 Petition by Daly's Company, KRRNY to Hon. Guy Carleton of Quebec stating that the signees had joined the Regiment as volunteers and had "at divers times been presed and affronted by the Regimental Orders of the Afore Said regt." that the signees think "themselved Improper persons to Garrison this province [Quebec]" and request that they be forwarded to the "Citty of New York" where they could be applied to better purpose as volunteers in "Reducing his majestys Rebellious Subjects and in Recovering their Distressed families and Defending the province [New York] to which the[y] properly belong." Signed by 30 men including: Quinn, McCune, Cryerman, Castleman, Jacock, Cline, Empty[sic], Carr, Waggoners, Davis, Michael Gallinger and Christopher Collinger.

1779 Henry Gallinger age 18, enlisted KRRNY - 1st Battalion, on 16 May 1779. ¹⁴ He was likely recruited during a scouting and recruitment drive in the Mohawk Valley in March 1779. This puts Henry in the 1st Battalion along with Michael Jr., and Christian. Henry would have been involved, likely with his brothers, in several skirmishes in the Lake Champlain, Schoharie Valley areas and around Stone Arabia in the 1780s.

1780 Maria Catrina Gallinger married Peter Eamer 19 Jan 1780, Fonda (Montgomery) NY. ³

ca. 1780 Henry Gallinger married Dorothy Eamer.

1781 First reference to Michael Gallinger Sr. moving to Canada appears in a sworn deposition in Montreal on 14 Feb 1788, swearing that he came to Canada in 1781 and now resides at New Johnstown [now Cornwall ON.] ¹⁵

1781 Court of Tryon and Montgomery County - 14 June 1781, Bill of Indictment filed against more than 100 men and women, including Michael Jr. and Christian Gallinger, "for adhering to the enemies of the State of New York". It would appear that if these people showed their faces in Tryon and Montgomery Counties, they would land in jail. Perhaps some did. Michael Jr. and Christian likely weren't present for the indictment and served no time because they were in the KRRNY and not available to the courts of the Province of New York. ¹⁶

1782 George Gallinger age 18, enlisted KRRNY - 2nd Battalion on 8 Jul 1782. ¹³ In July 1782 the 2nd Battalion was preparing to rebuild the post at Oswego and it may be that George enlisted at Oswego. It is also possible that he joined a detachment which was on a campaign with Joseph Brant against the upper settlement on the Mohawk at Fort Dayton and Fort Herkimer. George may have joined the 1st Battalion to be with his brothers only to be transferred to the 2nd once his father enlisted.

At this time (1782), the 1st Battalion was then working out of the Montreal area on the St. Lawrence supply route. Remembering that Michael Jr. and Christian were on the trek to Canada in 1776, does this mean Michael Jr. and Christian were then in the Montreal area, went up and down to the Mohawk area, being sent with their troop to different skirmishes? Did the four brothers ever meet up with each other? George was not likely to have seen any action but he may have been involved in the expedition to Oswego and was likely to have been involved in the subsequent building of the military post at Cataraqui (Kingston) ON.

1783 Michael Gallinger Sr. age 57, enlisted KRRNY - 2nd Battalion on 28 Mar 1783. ¹³ Place of enlistment is unknown and his most significant service would likely have been the building of the military post and settlement at Cataraqui which began at the end of July 1783.

1783 Treaty of Paris signed 19 Apr 1783 ends American Revolutionary War. ²

1783 Late fall of 1783, families of men of King's Royal Regiment who remained in the Mohawk Valley were ferried to Isle aux Noix, at the head of Lake Champlain, where they rejoined their husbands. ¹⁷ Most of the men and their families wintered at Isle aux Noix; the rest spent the winter in various camps at Fort St. Johns, Fort Chambly and around Montreal. ¹⁸

1783 The King's Royal Regiment was disbanded 24 Dec 1783. ¹⁸

1784 Christian/Christopher Gallinger married 1) Sarah (Runnions) Fykes 4 Jan 1784, Montreal QC.

1784 Patrick McNiff was given instruction to proceed with the survey of the eight numbered townships (in Glengarry, Stormont and Dundas counties) on 1 Mar 1784. ¹⁸

1784 All disbanded men of the King's Royal Regiment and their families destined for the eight numbered townships were ordered to gather at Lachine no later than 2 Apr 1784 to await transport up the St. Lawrence River. ¹⁹

1784 In June, Loyalists of the King's Royal Regiment were ferried up the St. Lawrence by bateaux and landed at the site of [present day] Cornwall - ready to start their new lives. ¹⁸

1784 Provisioning and Victualling Lists for Township 2 (Cornwall) ²⁰

Michael Sr., wife, boy over 10, girl over 10 = 4 rations per day
Michael Jr. = 1 ration per day
Christian, wife, boy over 10, girl under 10 [Sarah's children by marriage to Henry Fykes]
= 3 1/2 rations per day
Henrich, wife, girl under 10 = 2 1/2 rations per day
George = 1 ration per day

1785 Michael Gallinger Jr. married 1) Catherine Cryderman likely in Cornwall area (Stormont) ON

1785 Elisabeth Gollinger married 1) James Thompson on 20 Jan 1785 Fonda, NY ^{3, 22}

1786 Dorothea Gallinger married 1) Solomon Tuttle ca 1786

1786 Provisioning and Victualling Lists for Township 2 (Cornwall) ²⁰

Michael Sr., wife, boy over 10 = 3 rations per day
Michael Jr., wife, girl under 10 = 2 1/2 rations per day
Christian, wife, 1 boy under 10, 2 girls under 10 = 4 rations per day
Henrich, wife, 2 girls under 10 = 3 rations per day
George = 1 ration per day

1786 After settling on their Crown grant of land in Upper Canada, the Gallingers appear on McNiff's Map of 1 Nov 1786 which shows:

Michael Sr. on Plot No. 15, Concession 1
Henry on Lot 8 and Christian on Lot 10, Concession 2
Michael Jr. and George on Lot 11, Concession 4

all in Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON ²¹

1788 Michael Gallinger Sr., New Claim #267 in Montreal, Upper Canada with a Determination date of 22 Feb 1788 lists the property he lost. He estimated the value of his real and personal estate as of April 1775, which he lost during the Revolution, to be £292.7.6., but was awarded only £60. ¹⁵

1788 Elisabeth Collicher[sic], married 2) Edward Duffen on 28 Sep 1788, Fonda (Montgomery) NY. ^{3, 22}

1788 George Gallinger married Margaret Warner on 20 Oct 1788, Upper Canada.

1789-97 George Washington is the first President of the United States of America. ²

1791 The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided the old province of Quebec in Canada into two self-governing parts. British settlers occupied 'Upper Canada', the region along the Great Lakes and the upper St. Lawrence River (now Ontario). The former French settlements (now Quebec) to the northeast were called 'Lower Canada'. Colonies in the rest of Canada were administered separately. ²

1797 Michael Gallinger Sr. died before 23 Oct 1797, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

ca. 1804 Solomon Tuttle, husband of Dorothea Gallinger age about 46 years, died 1804, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1805 Dorothea Gallinger married 2) Solomon Noble, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

ca. 1807 Catherine (Cryderman) Gallinger, wife of Michael Gallinger Jr. age about 46 years, died at Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1809 Michael Gallinger Jr. married 2) Rosette Laforce on 21 Mar 1809, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1812-15 War of 1812 declared on 18 Jun 1812 by US President Madison against Great Britain. British forces in Canada repulse several American invasions, but fail in invasion of US. ²

1815 Sarah (Runnions Fykes) Gallinger, wife of Christian Gallinger, age about 58 years, died. She was buried 18 Jun 1815, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1827 Michael Gallinger Jr. age 73 years, died 3 May 1827, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1830 Peter Eamer, husband of Maria Catrina Gallinger, age about 73 years, died ca 1830, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1831 Dorothea (Eamer) Gallinger, wife of Henry Gallinger, age about 51 years, died 30 Jun 1831, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1833 George Gallinger age about 69 years, died 13 Jan 1833, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1834 Solomon Noble, husband of Dorothea Gallinger, age about 72 years, died ca 1834, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1835 Henry Gallinger age 74 years 12 days, died 16 Sep 1835, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1837 Christian Gallinger age 81 years 11 days, died 14 Oct 1837, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1839 Maria Catrina (Gallinger) Eamer, wife of Peter Eamer, age 80 years 8 mos, died 27 Oct 1839, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

1853 Margaret (Warner) Gallinger, wife of George Gallinger, age about 86 years, died 7 Mar 1853, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

ca. 1853 Dorothea (Gallinger) Noble, wife of Solomon Noble, age about 87 years, died ca 1853 (St. Lawrence) NY.

1854 Ruth (Ketchum Gould) Gallinger, wife of Christian Gallinger, age about 89 years, died 24 Sep 1854, Cornwall Twp (Stormont) ON.

¹ Auszug aus der evang. Pfarrei Hopfau. (Extracts out of Protestant Parish of Hopfau, Germany.)
² The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1999.
³ Baptismal records: Trinity Lutheran Church, Stone Arabia, NY p.20 : Trinity Parish, New York City, NY p.175: Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia, NY p.29, p.81: Marriage record: Caughnawaga Reformed Church, Fonda, NY p.4.
⁴ Mohawk valley happenings. by Katherine M. Strobeck. New York: Montgomery County Historical Society, Baronet Litho, Inc. 1995. 91p.
⁵ Montgomery County Historical Society, NY. various pamphlets.
⁶ Denizations, naturalizations and oaths of allegiance in Colonial New York. by Kenneth Scott and Kenn Stryker Rodda. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975. 120p.
⁷ Colonial laws of New York, 1664-1775. 5 vols. Albany: James B. Lyon, 1894.ch.1089 p.30.
⁸ The papers of Sir William Johnson, several volumes. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1957.
⁹ Upstate New York in the 1760's, by Florence Christoph. Camden, Maine: Picton Press.
¹⁰ Sir John Johnson's rent roll of the Kingsborough patent. Ontario Historical Society.
¹¹ Papers relating to the Six Nations. p. 261.
¹² New claim of Michael Golinger[sic], late of Tryon Co. Record held in Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London.
¹³ The King's Royal Regiment of New York. by Ernest A. Cruikshank and Gavin K. Watt. Toronto: The Ontario Historical Society, 1931. 295 p.
¹⁴ The life and times of Sir William Johnson volume 2. by William L. Stone. Albany: J. Mumsel, 1865p. 504.
¹⁵ United Empire Loyalists - second report of bureau of archives for the Province of Ontario. by Alexander Fraser. Toronto, L.K.Cameron. 1904. p.407 claim 342.
¹⁶ Court of general session minutes, Tryon and Montgomery county. 1772-1806.
¹⁷ Illustrated historical atlas of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Counties. H. Belden & Co. Belleville: Mika Silk Screening 1972. 57p.
¹⁸ Lancaster township and village. by Ewan Ross. Ste-Anne de Bellevue: Imprimerie Cooperative Harpell, 1980. 419p.
¹⁹ The King's men, the soldier founders of Ontario. by Mary Beacock Fryer. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1980. 392p.
²⁰ Early Ontario settlers, a source book. by Norman K. Crowder. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1993.
²¹ A map of new settlements on St Lawrence River by Patrick McNiff. 1786.
²² It has been suggested that Betsy or Elisabeth is the daughter of Michaeland Agatha (Ade) Gallinger however proof has not been found.

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