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1634Mar, 11

Nicholas Gassaway

Nicholas Gassaway, colonial military and political leader (d. 1691)
Colonel Nicholas Gassaway (baptized 11 March 1634 – between 10 and 27 January 1691 Julian Calendar) was a colonial military and political leader and justice in early Maryland. He is the progenitor of the some five and a half thousand Americans who bear the family name in the 2000 census.

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