Jabez Gorham 
Jabez was born on August 3rd, 1656 in MA, Barnstable Co.1 Jabez's father was Capt John Gorham and his mother was Desire Howland. His paternal grandparents were Ralph Gorham and Margaret Stephenson; his maternal grandparents were John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. He had four brothers and six sisters, named James, John, Joseph, Shubael, Desire, Temperance, Elizabeth, Mercy, Lydia and Hanna. He was the fifth youngest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 68 on May 3rd, 1725 in RI, Bristol Co., Briston.1 Death Notes
Born in Barnstable, MA and died in Bristol, RI, USA
General Notes
Jabez Gorham
b. 3 August 1656 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
d. 18 May 1725 at Bristol, Bristol Co., MA (now in RI)
m. c1676 to Hannah Sturgis (1654-17 Oct 1736, sister of Edward Sturgis, Jr., husband of Temperance Gorham, and Sarah Sturgis, wife of Joseph Gorham) and had children Hannah Gorham (23 Dec 1677-28 Mar 1682), Elizabeth Gorham (c1680-11 Apr 1746, married second to Shubael Baxter, son of Temperance Gorham and Thomas Baxter above), Samuel Gorham (15 Apr 1682-24 Nov 1735), Jabez Gorham (31 Jan 1683/4-21 Nov 1745), Shubael Gorham (12 Apr 1686-1734), Isaac Gorham (1 Feb 1688/9-bef Mar 1739/40), John Gorham (8 Nov 1690-Jan 1717), Joseph Gorham (22 Aug 1692-19 Jan 1773), Hannah Gorham (21 Feb 1693/4-), Benjamin Gorham (11 Dec 1695-bet 18 Oct 1771-25 Jan 1772) and Thomas Gorham (30 Oct 1701-). Hannah Sturgis had married first c1670 to John Gray and had child John Gray (1671-)
Jabez was born in Barnstable on August 3, 1656. He is the predecessor of all the Gorhams in Rohde Island. He Moved to Rhode Island as a young man, probably living on the lands in Swansea that were granted his father. He lived there during the King Phillip War and was wounded in the fighting.
He returned home to live with his mother in Yarmouth. He remained in Yarmouith until the early 1680's. He then moved to Bristol, Rhode Island. The land in Rhode Island was originally owned by his father and then by his brother, Shubael.
He married Hannah Sturgis, widow of John Gray, in 1676 in Yarmouth and all ten children were by her. The first three were born in Yarmouth and the rest in Bristol, Rhode Island.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.1588
- b.1550 d.1576
- b.1575 in England, Northamptonshire, Benefield d.05 Apr 1642 in England, Northamptonshire, Benefield
- b.28 Jan 1621 in England, Northamptonshire, Benefield d.05 Feb 1676 in MA, Bristol Co, Swansea
- b.1579 in England, Northamptonshire, Benefield
- b.03 Aug 1656 in MA, Barnstable Co d.03 May 1725 in RI, Bristol Co., Briston
- b.16 Jan 1602 in England, Cambridgeshire, Fengate d.24 Feb 1673 in MA, Plymouth Co.
- b.13 Oct 1625 in MA, Plymouth Co., Plymouth d.13 Oct 1683 in MA, Barnstable Co
- b.30 Aug 1607 in England, Bedford, Henlow d.21 Dec 1687 in MA, Bristol Co, Swansea
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Details of Jabez's family with Hannah Sturgis
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