John Gambold [SEP] father
John Gambold
John Gambold (10 April 1711 – 13 September 1771), was bishop of the Unitas Fratrum.
Early life.
John Gambold was born in Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, the son of William Gambold, a clergyman in the Church of England. He received his early education at home. In 1726 he became a servitor at Christ Church, Oxford. He enjoyed poetry and drama. His father's death in 1728 affected him, and for a couple of years he abandoned himself to religious melancholy. In March
with Major Ridge, who also had a farm at Oothcaloga. They shared some ambitions for their children and the Cherokee people. They both sent sons to study with the Moravian missionaries, the Gambolds. In addition, William Hicks became baptized as a Christian, as did his brother Charles and his wife, and Ridge's wife Susanna. Ridge later hired a private tutor for his son John Ridge and sent him to a private white school. About 1822 Ridge and Hicks urged Father Gambold to open a mission at Oothcaloga and to