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Female Desire Gorham Click to view Desire Gorham in the family tree

Desire was born on September 26th, 1710 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.1   Desire's father was Shubael Gorham and her mother was Puella Hussey.  Her maternal grandparents were Stephen Hussey and Martha Bunker. She had three brothers and six sisters, named George, Daniel, Jonathan, Abigail, Lydia, Hannah, Theodate, Ruth and Deborah.  She died at the age of 91 on November 5th, 1801 in Nantucket, Nantucket Co, Massachusetts, USA.2 

1 Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850 @ p. 99
2 John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol 1&2, Vol 1 @ p. 154
Further sources/citations:
Lucy Folger, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_newport&id=I11580

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