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Sir William de Gorram III was
Lord of Churchfield in
Northamptonshire. He sold his
inheritance in 1331. After that
the family fell into obscurity.
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7 Jul 1880
26 Jan 1956
Daniel
Joseph
Gorham
75
75
Actual born/death dates provided by: Mary Gorham, John Gorham's grandaughter. Ref: Hand written small ledger book.
22 Dec 1908
12 May 1980
John
D.
Gorham
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71
8 Jun 1942
23 Jan 2001
Virginia
Gorham
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29 May 1913
21 May 1997
Charles
Joseph
Gorham
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4 May 1906
27 Feb 2007
Mary
Theresa
Gorham
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She has been a life long resident of Hartford, CT.
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1986
Delphine
Trapp
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68
Paul
Showalter
18 Oct 1911
27 Sep 1996
Harris
Smith
84
84
12 Jul 1911
12 Apr 1978
James
Francis
Gorham
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66
29 May 1913
3 Apr 1984
Beryl
M.
Murray
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4 May 1809
24 Apr 1883
John
J.
Gorham
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73
Actual born, death,etc. dates provided by: Mary Gorham, John Gorham's grandaughter. Ref: Hand written small ledger book. & Ancestry.com original scanned document.
John J. Gorham had 11 children and the familly home is located in Billerica, MA.
John G. Gorham vice John J. Gorham is incorrectly indicated as one of James Lane Gorhams and Charlotte Kneelands children.
Refer to: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=laplante&id=I83404
Refer to: Billerica, Middlesex County, MA 1850/1855 Census Excerpt picture shown in this report.
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1 Sep 1878
Eliza
Farwell
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7 Sep 1837
1909
John J.
Gorham,
Jr.
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The following comments were provided by Suzy Goulet, Los Angeles, CA:
John J. Gorham served in the war between the States. During the war he served as a Corporal in Massachusetts Company B. He was captured, served a short time in Libby Prison and then released in a prisoner exchange.
Now for a little on the Gorham's. Including John Jr., there were 9 brothers and sisters.
They lived in Billerica. Their house built in 1845 is still there. Owned by someone else but in great shape, listed on the Billerica Historical List. Not opened to the public. I was up there in October. Photo and more information on this next week. So the two brothers John and George were both in MA 29th CO. B. They enlisted in 1861. And then re enlisted. They were both at the siege of Petersburg.
In Aug 1864 at the second battle of Waldon RR, George is over come by the heat. It was said to have been 90/100 Degrees. They were told to take and hold the train, so as to cut off another supply line of General Lee. George is sent to the hospital and then released and discharged because of disability in Jan 1865. He never recovers, goes back to Billerica eventually is listed as insane and remains in the care of his family until he dies in 1875. Things never change, it actually takes an act of congress to get him a pension.
John continues on. He's at Petersburg. On March 25, 1865, he's taken prisoner, his arm is slashed with a saber. He's then released in a prisoner exchanged in April and then Lee surrenders a week or so later. John eventually gets a partial disability pension.
John Gorham and John Sheahan worked at the Jewell Belting Co. in Hartford CT for years. John Shean was Ellen Sheahans' brother.
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Ellen
Sheahan
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John Gorham and Ellen Sheahan probably met through her brother, John Sheahan. Both John's worked at the Jewell Belting Co. in Hartford CT for years.
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30 Oct 1910
Frances
Ellen
Gorham
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Flanders
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29 Jan 1880
John
James
Gorham
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26 Mar 1878
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Arthur
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Phebe
Thatcher
13 Jul 1760
Hezekiah
Gorham
10 Jun 1725
28 Aug 1777
Abigail
Meeker
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17 Jan 1720
1791
Lockwood
Gorham
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D. 3 Feb 1738
Abigail
Lockwood
22 Aug 1692
19 Jan 1773
Joseph
Gorham
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. JOSEPH (4) GORHAM (JABEZ(3), JOHN(2), RALPH(1) was born 22/August/1692 in Bristol RI1, and died 19/January/1773 in Westport Fairfield Co CT1. He married DEBORAH BARLOW 13/January/1725-261, daughter of JOHN BARLOW and RUTH SHERWOOD. She was born 10/January/1705-06 in Westport Fairfield Co CT1, and died 25/January/1778 in Westport Fairfield Co CT1.
More About JOSEPH GORHAM and DEBORAH BARLOW:
Marriage: 13/January/1725-261
Child of JOSEPH GORHAM and DEBORAH BARLOW is:
5. i. ISAAC (5) GORHAM, b. 14/November/1729, Fairfield Fairfield Co CT; d. 14/July/1798, Redding Fairfield Co CT.
1717
Deborah
Barlow
22 Dec 1654
17 Oct 1735
Hannah
Sturgis
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3 Aug 1656
3 May 1725
Jabez
Gorham
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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.
13 Oct 1625
13 Oct 1683
Desire
Howland
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Desire Howland. Born ca 1625 at Plymouth, MA. Desire died at Barnstable, MA, on 13 Oct 1683."
On 20 Feb 1642/3 Desire married Capt. John Gorham, son of Ralph Gorham (ca 1575-ca 1643) & Margaret Stephenson (-bef 1637), at Plymouth, MA. Born ca 1620 at Benfield, Northamptonshire. Baptized on 28 Jan 1620 in Benfield, Northamptonshire. John died at Swansea, MA, on 5 Feb 1677.
Her children:
Desire (1645-1700)
Temperance (1646-1715)
Elizabeth (1648-1683)
James (1650-1707)
John (1651-1716)
Joseph (1654-1726)
Jabez (1656-)
Mercy (1658-1725)
Lydia (1661-1744)
Hannah (1663-1728)
Shubael (1667-ca1750)
28 Jan 1621
5 Feb 1676
John
Gorham
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55
John Gorham and his decendants are the only ones listed in the Plymouth colony throughouth the Seventeenth century, so even if there were other sons, only he survived.
He was baptized in Benefield, Notrhamptonshire in England on January 26, 1620/21. He was probably born around 1618. He was raised in the Puritan faith and was a leather tanner by trade.
On January 8, 1643/44 he married Desire Howland in Plymouth. Desire was a daughter of Jolhn Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. She was born in Plymouth on April 24, 1627.
It is through Desire Howland that we have two 'Mayflower Lines'. Her father, her mother and her mother's parents all came over on the Mayflower and landed at Provincetown and finally landed in Plymouth in 1620.
In 1646, John and Desire moved North along the coast to the new town of Marshfield. He was chosen Constable there in 1648. He became a freeman there in 1650 and in 1651 was a member of the Grand Inquest of the Colony.
In 1652, he moved to Cape Cod and settled in Yarmouth and purchased part of the Hallett farm. He had some 100 acres, most of which lay in the town of Banrnstable. He operated both a grist mill and a tannery in Yarmouth. He was a deputy to the Plymouth Colony Court in 1653.
In 1669 he was granted a large portion of land in Swansea, Massachusetts. He didn't seem to go there immediately as in 1673 and 1674 he was a selectman in the town of Barnstabe.
In 1675, John was made a Captain of the militia from Yarmouth in the war with King Phillip, and Indian chief who vowed to run the white men out of his land. He led his troops in the decisive battle of December 19, 1675 that broke the will of the Indians.
John Gorham developed flu from the cold and died in Swansea and was buried on the lands he owned but never occupied. He died February 5, 1675/76.
As reward for service in the war with King Phillip, soldiers wer given lands in Main and the town was named Gorham, Maine in John's honor.
John was a resident of Yarmouth at the time of his death, but soon his widow moved to live with her son in Barnstable. She, Desire Gorham, died there December 13, 1683.
Children of John GORHAM and Desire HOWLAND are:
1. Desire GORHAM, born April 02, 1644 in Plymouth, MA; died June 30, 1700 in Yarmouth, MA; married John HAWES October 07, 1661.
2. Temperance GORHAM, born May 05, 1646 in Marshfield, MA.
3. Elizabeth GORHAM, born April 02, 1648 in Marshfield, MA.
4. James GORHAM, born April 28, 1650 in Marshfield, MA.
5. John GORHAM, born February 20, 1651/52 in Marshfield, MA.
6. Joseph GORHAM, born February 16, 1653/54 in Yarmouth, MA.
7. Jabez GORHAM, born August 03, 1656 in Barnstable, MA.
8. Mercy GORHAM, born January 20, 1657/58 in Barnstable, MA.
9. Lydia GORHAM, born November 16, 1661 in Barnstable, MA.
10. Hannah GORHAM, born November 28, 1663 in Barnstable, MA.
11. Shubael GORHAM, born October 21, 1667 in Barnstable, MA.
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Selectman/ military service. Soldier in Great Swamp Fight. Came over from England with his father, Ralph in 1635, but Ralph returned to England. Was landowner at Yarmouth; resided at Barnstable and Plymouth, MA; capt. 2nd Barnstable company in Great Swamp fight.
1579
Margaret
Stephenson
1575
5 Apr 1642
Ralph
Gorham
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Ralph was born in Benefield, Northamptonshire in 1575.
He came to America in 1635. The ship's list for the Phillip, show a Thomas Gorham age 19 and John Gorham age 18. They may have been his sons. His son John Gorham was baptized in 1620 so they were most likely his children.
He was in Plymouth (or the Plymouth Colony) in 1637 when he was granted land on which to build a house on October 2, 1637. In 1638 he was referred to as 'Ralph the elder' indicating he had a son named Ralph as well. However, only this son, John Gorman, had his birth recorded and John was the only one mentioned in the records of the Plymouth Colony.
COMMENTS: On 5 March 1638/9 Ralph Gorham the elder was presented for beating Webb Adey [PCR 1:118].
Webb Adey is probably the best-recorded antisocial pauper in Plymouth Colony. Although he seems to have done his best at all times to live by his own rules and not those of the Colony, he did receive grants of land, and at his death had not one house but two.
In some records his names are reversed, and he appears as Addy Webb; this version of his name is seen only at his first appearance, in the tax lists, and in his death record. At all other times he is Webb Adey, and that is the sequence used here. (Savage enters him under the surname "Webb," and in another place misrepresents him as "William Adey.")
Ralph Gorham was granted land at Plymouth Colony (now in MA) for a house and garden on 2 October 1637. Apparently he did not get along with his neighbors as he sued and was sued by them several times. He married Margaret Stephenson 23 May 1610 at Oundle, England. Information about her ancestry is unknown. They had at least one child:
1. John Gorham
b. c28 January 1620/1 at Benefield, Northamptonshire, England
d. c5 February 1675/6 at Swansea, Plymouth Colony (now Bristol Co., MA)
m. c1643 to Desire Howland at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ( now Barnstable Co., MA)
Agnes
Bernington
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
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1576
James
Gorham
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26
James was born in Benefield, Northampton, England in about 1550. In 1572 he married Agnes Bernington in Benefield. They had one son, Ralph, born in 1575 and then James died in 1576.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Elena
Gorham
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
D. 1588
John
Gorham
The Gorham family were originally French. The French spelling was DeGorran and they came from La Tanniere near the Brittany border. Several of the family went to England in the Eleventh Century following William the Conqueror and the Norman Invasion of the British Isles.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Elena
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Cornelius
Gorham
!. The Gorham family were originally French. The French spelling was DeGorran and they came from La Tanniere near the Brittany border. Several of the family went to England in the Eleventh Century following William the Conqueror and the Norman Invasion of the British Isles.
2. Sir William de Gorram III, Lord of Churchfield in Northamptonshire sold his inheritance in 1331. After that the family fell into obscurity and re-surfaced as Gorham in the 1400's.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
16 Feb 1654
7 Sep 1726
Joseph
Gorham
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Joseph Gorham
b. 16 February 1653/4 at Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
d. 9 July 1726 at Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA
m. c1678 to Sarah Sturgis (c1656-bef 3 Feb 1738/9, sister of Edward Sturgis, Jr., husband of Temperance Gorham, and Hannah Sturgis, wife of Jabez Gorham) and had children Sarah Gorham (16 Jan 1678/9-9 Sep1705), Joseph Gorham (15 Apr 1681-24 Apr 1742), Samuel Gorham (Oct1682-bef 27 Apr 1712), John Gorham (28 Feb1683/4-died young), Desire Gorham (Apr 1685-23 June 1749, married John Baxter, son of Temperance Gorham and Thomas Baxter above), Isaac Gorham (Oct 1687-1714), Hezekiah Gorham (Aug 1689-1714) and Josiah Gorham (2 Dec 1692-1 Apr 1775)
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3 Feb 1738
Sarah
Sturgis
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83
30 Aug 1607
21 Dec 1687
Elizabeth
Tilley
80
80
16 Jan 1602
24 Feb 1673
John
Howland
71
71
2 Apr 1644
30 Jun 1700
Desire
Gorham
56
56
1. Desire Gorham
b. 2 April 1644 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
d.. 30 June 1700 at Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA
m. 7 October 1661 to John Hawes (c1635-11 Nov 1701) at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children Elizabeth Hawes (5 Oct 1661-1732), Mary Hawes (10 June 1664-5 Mar 1725/6), Edmund Hawes (2 May 1669-between 1692-1701), John Hawes (14 May 1671-27 Dec 1723), Joseph Hawes (16 July 1673-16 Nov 1752), Jabez Hawes (20 May 1675-between 31 Mar 1693-15 Oct 1701), Ebenezer Hawes (24 Mar 1678/9-7 Oct 1727), Isaac Hawes (9 Mar 1679/80-bef 18 Mar 1730/31) , Desire Hawes (last of Feb 681/2-8 Feb 1723/4), Benjamin Hawes (20 Mar 1682/3-1722) and Experience Hawes (24 Sep 1686-19 Nov 1758)
5 May 1646
12 Mar 1714
Temperance
Gorham
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Temperance Gorham
b. 5 May 1646 at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
d. 12 March 1714/5 at Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA
m. 1663 to Edward Sturgis, Jr (10 Apr1642-8 Nov 1678, brother of Sarah Stugis, wife of Joseph Gorham, and Hannah Sturgis, wife of Jabez Gorham) at Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children Joseph Sturgis (1664-16 Mar 1746/7), Samuel Sturgis (1665-12 Jan 1736/7), Desire Sturgis (c1666-29 Mar 1749 ), James Sturgis (1668-3 Jan 1717/8, married Rebecca Thacher, daughter of John Thacher and Rebecca Winslow below), Edward Sturgis (1673-1 June 1738), Thankful Sturgis (20 May 1675-1 May 1745, married Peter Thacher, son of John Thacher and Rebecca Winslow below) and Fear Sturgis (c 1678-22 June 1753)
m. 27 January 1679/80 to Thomas Baxter (c1653-22 June1713) at Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children John Baxter (c1680-aft 18 Apr 1749, married Desire Gorham, daughter of Joseph Gorham and Sarah Sturgis, see below), Thomas Baxter (c1683-aft 15 Apr 1745) and Shubael Baxter (1687-12 Apr 1741, married Elizabeth Gorham, daughter of Jabez Gorham and Hannah Sturgis below)
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5 Mar 1683
Elizabeth
Gorham
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34
Elizabeth Gorham
b. 2 April 1648 at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
d. before 5 March 1683/4 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
m. before 5 March 1666/7 to Joseph Hallett at Sandwich, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
28 Apr 1650
9 Dec 1707
James
Gorham
57
57
James Gorham
b. 28 April 1650 at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
d. before 9 December 1707 at Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA
m. 24 February 1673 to Hannah Huckins (14 Oct 1653-13 Feb 1727) at Barnstable Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children Desire Gorham (9 Feb 1674/5-bef 20 Jan 1735/6 ), James Gorham (6 Mar 1676/7-1718), Experience Gorham (28 July 1678-23 Dec 1733), John Gorham (2 Aug 1680-1729), Mehitable Gorham (20 Apr 1683-bef 28 Sep 1747), Thomas Gorham (16 Dec 1684-bef 3 Dec 1771), Mercy Gorham (22 Nov 1686-12 June 1689), Joseph Gorham (25 Mar 1689-1762), Jabez Gorham (6 Mar 1690/1-bef 5 Mar 1739/40), Silvanus Gorham (13 Oct 1693-bef 24 Sep 1747) and Ebenezer Gorham (14 Feb 1695/6-16 Nov 1776)
20 Jan 1658
24 Sep 1725
Mercy
Gorham
67
67
Mercy Gorham
b. 20 January 1658 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
d. 24 October 1699 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
m. c1677 to George Denison (c1653 -27 Dec 1711) and had children Edward Denison (1678-9 Dec 1726), Joseph Denison (1681-18 Feb 1724/5), Mercy Denison (1683-aft 1721), Samuel Dension (bef 26 Sep 1686-2 June 1724), Desire Denison (bef 15 July 1688-died young), Elizabeth Denison (11 Sep 1689-22 Nov 1749), Desire Denison (bef 16 Apr 1693-13 Aug 1737), Thankful Denison (bef 1 Apr 1695-aft 21 Mar 175(2?)) and George Dension (bef 7 May 1699-16 Jan 1736/7)
Mercy was born in Barnstable. She married George Dennison. George was from New London, CT and the family moved to Stonington, CT. Mercy died there.
20 Feb 1652
11 Nov 1716
John
Gorham
64
64
John Gorham
b. 20 February 1651/2 at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
d. 11 November 1716 at Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA
m. 4 February 1674 to Mary/Mercy Otis (14 Mar 1652/3-1 Apr 1733) at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children John Gorham (18 Jan 1675/6-1 Apr1679), Temperance Gorham (2 Aug 1678-aft 1756), Mary Gorham (18 Sep 1680-23 Oct 1748), Stephen Gorham (23 June 1683-1743), Shubael Gorham (2 Sep 1686-20 Feb 1745/6, married Mary Thacher, daughter of Lydia Gorham and John Thacher below), John Gorham (28 Sep 1688-1769), Thankful Gorham (15 Feb 1690-aft 2 Feb 1732/3), Job Gorham (30 Aug 1692-bef 2 Nov 1762) and Mercy Gorham (1 Dec 1695-9 Apr 1782)
John Gorham was born in Marshfield, MA. He took over his father's tanning business. He inherited his father's house and was the second wealthiest man intown.
He served with his father in King Phillip's War. In 1690 he was lade Lieutenant Colonel in the militia that went to fight in Canada.
He is buried at the Unitarian Meeting House in Barnstable.
11 Nov 1661
2 Aug 1744
Lydia
Gorham
82
82
Lydia Gorham
b. 11 November 1661 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
d. 2 August 1744 at Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA
m. 1 January 1682/3 to John Thacher (16 or 17 Mar 1638/9-8 May 1713) at Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children Lydia Thacher (11 Feb 1684/5-3 Sep 1724), Mary Thacher (5 Feb 1686/7-28 June 1778, married Shubael Gorham, son of John Gorham and Mercy/Mary Otis above), Desire Thacher (24 Dec 1688-6 May 1722), Hannah Thacher (9 Oct 1690-6 May 1780), Mercy Thacher (23 July 1692-27 Aug 1692), Judah Thacher (20 Aug 1693-8 Jan 1775), Mercy Thacher (28 Dec 1695-22 Aug 1696), Ann Thacher (7 May 1697-13 Mar 1756), Joseph Thacher (11 July 1699-17 June 1763), Benjamin Thacher (25 Jul 1702-1768), Mercy Thacher (7 Feb 1702/3-aft 1722) and Thomas Thacher (2 Apr 1705-20 Dec 1746). John Thacher had married first 6 November 1661 to Rebecca Winslow (c1642-1643-15 July 1683) and had children Josiah Thacher, Rebecca Thacher (1 June 1669-10 Apr 1734, married James Sturgis, son of Temperance Gorham and Edward Strugis, Jr. above), Bethiah Thacher, John Thacher, Elizabeth Thacher, Hannah Thacher, Mary Thacher and Peter Thacher (20 May 1665-12 Feb 1735/6, married Thankful Sturgis, daughter of Temperance Gorham and Edward Sturgis, Jr. above).
28 Nov 1663
1728
Hanna
Gorham
65
65
Hannah Gorham
b. 28 November 1663 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
d. c1728 at Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ
m. c1682 to Joseph Wheldon at Barnstable or Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children Hannah Whilldin (c1683-1728), Joseph Whilldin (c1690-18 Mar 1748), Mary Whilldin (c1693-), Experience Whilldin (c1696-) and Isaac Whilldin (c1698-aft 1730)
21 Oct 1667
Apr 1750
Shubael
Gorham
82
82
Shubael Gorham
b. 21 October 1667 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
d. April 1750 at Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA
m. May 1695 to Puella Hussey (c10 Oct 1677-bef 23 Sep 1748) at Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA and had children George Gorham (29 Jan 1696/7-1772), Abigail Gorham (latter end March 1699-28 June 1778), Lydia Gorham (14 May 1701-1 Mar 1763), Hannah Gorham (28 July 1703-16 Aug 1751), Theodate Gorham (18 July 1705-6 Apr 1787), Daniel Gorham (24 Sep 1708-1745), Desire Gorham (26 Sep 1710-5 Nov 1801), Ruth Gorham (7 May 1713-2 Sep 1792), Deborah Gorham (aft 1714-21 Apr 1787) and Jonathan Gorham (-died young)
1635
11 Nov 1701
John
Hawes
66
66
10 Apr 1642
8 Nov 1678
Edward
Sturgis,
Jr.
36
36
1653
22 Jun 1713
Thomas
Baxter
60
60
Joseph
Hallett
14 Oct 1653
13 Feb 1727
Hannah
Huckins
73
73
14 Mar 1652
1 Apr 1733
Mary/
Mercy
Otis
81
81
1653
27 Dec 1711
George
Denison
58
58
16 Mar 1638
8 May 1713
John
Thacher
75
75
Joseph
Weldon
10 Oct 1677
23 Sep 1748
Puella
Hussey
70
70
23 Jun 1683
1743
Stephen
Gorham
60
60
Stephen Gorham
Born: 23 Jun 1683, Barnstable Barnstable MA
Christened: 1686, Barnstable Barnstable MA
Married: 25 Dec 1703, Nantucket Nantucket MA
Died: 1743, Nantucket ? Nantucket MA
Stephen married Elizabeth Gardiner, daughter of James Gardner and Mary S. Starbuck, on 25 Dec 1703 in Nantucket Nantucket MA. (Elizabeth Gardiner was born in 1683 in Nantucket Nantucket MA and died on 22 Jul 1763 in Nantucket Nantucket MA.)
They had the following children:
Mary Gorham
Susannah Gorham+
Nathaniel Gorham+
Sarah Gorham
Barnabus Gorham
Zaccheus Gorham
Elizabeth Gorham
Eunice Gorham
Stephen Gorham
Josiah Gorham
Lois Gorham
Lydia Gorham
2 Sep 1675
1 Apr 1679
John
Gorham
3
3
2 Aug 1678
1756
Temperance
Gorham
78
78
18 Sep 1680
23 Oct 1748
Mary
Gorham
68
68
2 Sep 1686
20 Feb 1745
Shubael
Gorham
58
58
22 Sep 1688
Sep 1769
John
Gorham
81
81
Born: 28 Sep 1688, Nantucket Nantucket MA
Christened: 03 Mar 1689, Barnstable Barnstable MA
Married: 21 Oct 1712, Barnstable Barnstable MA
They had the following children:
Joseph Gorham
Benjamin Gorham
Anne Gorham
Deborah Gorham
John Gorham
Thankful Gorham
Mary Gorham
Nathaniel Gorham
Experience Gorham
Mercy Gorham
Naomi Gorham
Abigail Gorham+
Prudence Gorham
Rachel Gorham
Died: 01 Apr 1769, Barnstable Barnstable MA
John married Prudence Crocker, daughter of Joseph Crocker and Anne Howland, on 21 Oct 1712 in Barnstable Barnstable MA.
(Prudence Crocker was born on 26 Jul 1692 in Barnstable Barnstable MA and died in 1778 in Barnstable Barnstable MA.)
15 Feb 1690
2 Feb 1732
Thankful
Gorham
41
41
30 Aug 1692
2 Nov 1762
Job
Gorham
70
70
1 Dec 1695
8 Apr 1782
Mercy
Gorham
86
86
29 Jan 1697
Apr 1772
George
Gorham
75
75
George was born January 29, 1696/97. He was a merchant and sea captain. He was married to Hannah Banks on July 20, 1726 in New Rochelle, New York. They lived in Greenwich and Samford, Connecticut. Both died in Samford, he in April 1772 and she in about 1790. His sloop Hannah was named for his wife.
In addition to sailing, George owned several grist mills in Stamford and Darien, CT.
Their children were: Shubael, Hannah, Puella, Abigail, Mary, Phebe, Daniel, Anne, Jonathan, Sarah, George, Joseph and Deborah Gorham. The first was born in Greenwich, the next seven in Rye, New York and the rest in Stamford.
D. 1790
Hannah
Banks
Her children were: Shubael, Hannah, Puella, Abigail, Mary, Phebe, Daniel, Anne, Jonathan, Sarah, George, Joseph and Deborah Gorham. The first was born in Greenwich, the next seven in Rye, New York and the rest in Stamford.
23 Dec 1677
28 Mar 1682
Hannah
Gorham
4
4
1680
11 Apr 1746
Elizabeth
Gorham
66
66
15 Apr 1682
24 Nov 1735
Samuel
Gorham
53
53
31 Jan 1683
21 Nov 1745
Jabez
Gorham
62
62
12 Apr 1686
1734
Shubael
Gorham
48
48
1 Feb 1688
Mar 1739
Isaac
Gorham
51
51
Hannah
Gorham
17 Dec 1695
18 Oct 1771
Benjamin
Gorham
75
75
They had 7 Children:
Gorham, Benjamin (1718 - )
Gorham, Bethiah (1721 - <1764)
Gorham, Sarah (1723 - 1810)
Gorham, Jemima (~1725 - <1763)
Gorham, Elizabeth (b1728 - 1785)
Gorham, Jabez (1730 - >1733)
Gorham, Samuel (~1732 - <1764)
30 Oct 1701
Thomas
Gorham
8 Nov 1690
Jan 1717
John
Gorham
26
26
9 Dec 1696
1773
Bethida
Cary
77
77
They had 7 Children:
Gorham, Benjamin (1718 - )
Gorham, Bethiah (1721 - <1764)
Gorham, Sarah (1723 - 1810)
Gorham, Jemima (~1725 - <1763)
Gorham, Elizabeth (b1728 - 1785)
Gorham, Jabez (1730 - >1733)
Gorham, Samuel (~1732 - <1764)
1730
17 Aug 1773
Jabez
Gorham
43
43
They had 4 children:
Gorham, John (*1753 - b1759)
Gorham, Jabez (1760 - 1802)
Gorham, Bethiah (1761 - )
Gorham, Samuel (1763 - )
27 Jan 1730
17 Aug 1773
Abigail
Field
43
43
They had 4 children:
Gorham, John (*1753 - b1759)
Gorham, Jabez (1760 - 1802)
Gorham, Bethiah (1761 - )
Gorham, Samuel (1763 - )
15 Jul 1760
27 May 1802
Jabez
Gorham
41
41
They had 10 children:
Gorham, Hannah (1784 - 1833)
Gorham, Benjamin (1786 - 1809)
Gorham, Field (1787 - 1787)
Gorham, Bethiah (1789 - 1821)
Gorham, Sarah (1791 - 1791)
Gorham, Jabez (1792 - 1869)
Gorham, Catharine (1793 - 1835)
Gorham, John (1795 - 1853)
Gorham, Sarah (1797 - 1824)
Gorham, William Field (1798 - 1804)
Nov 1762
29 Mar 1807
Catherine
Tyler
44
44
They had 10 children:
Gorham, Hannah (1784 - 1833)
Gorham, Benjamin (1786 - 1809)
Gorham, Field (1787 - 1787)
Gorham, Bethiah (1789 - 1821)
Gorham, Sarah (1791 - 1791)
Gorham, Jabez (1792 - 1869)
Gorham, Catharine (1793 - 1835)
Gorham, John (1795 - 1853)
Gorham, Sarah (1797 - 1824)
Gorham, William Field (1798 - 1804)
18 Feb 1792
24 Mar 1869
Jabez
Gorham
77
77
ne of eight children, Jabez Gorham was born on February 18, 1792. A few years after his father's death, Jabez was apprenticed at age 14 to Nehemiah Dodge, one of the founders of the silverware and jewelry industry in 18th-century New England. After learning his craft for seven years, Jabez formed a partnership that failed within five years. The determined young man then formed his own business as "Jabez Gorham, Jeweler." Achieving enough success to hire a small staff, Jabez was the first to make "French filigree" jewelry and a special kind of gold chain known as the Gorham chain. But the business struggled until 1831 when Jabez and his craftsmen began making "coin silver spoons," which had become quite popular throughout the northeast.
FROM FATHER TO SON
Jabez took on partners and the enterprise flourished. He sold his interest in the partnership and retired for a brief period. Then he repurchased the silver business from former partner Henry Webster, a talented silversmith. But, by now, Jabez was wealthy and he didn't want to devote much time to the business, so he brought his son, John, into the Gorham company. However, John left the company after only a few months because of problems with the foreman. He worked at various jobs and then rejoined his father as a partner. After John convinced his father to borrow a considerable sum to expand the company facility, Jabez sold his entire interest in the company to his son. John managed to pay off the debt and make the company grow. In fact, over the next 15 years, John and his associates evolved from a small shop that mostly made silver spoons to one of the largest and most prominent silverworks in the world.
A REMARKABLE LEGACY
Gorham dominated American silver from the late 19th century to the 20th century. But creating and crafting beautiful and functional silverware is only part of the story. So talented and skilled were Gorham's artisans that they were often commissioned to create one-of-a-kind masterpieces and other important designs.
For example, Gorham crafted the famous monument of George Washington for our nation's Capitol Rotunda, as well as the famous statue of Theodore Roosevelt - the last American president elected by popular mandate - outside the Museum of Natural History in New York. The sculpture of the "Independent Man" commissioned for Rhode Island's famed domed state house serves as testimony to Gorham's artistic heritage. The Lincolns, Grants and, more recently, the Bush family chose Gorham for the elegant tableware that served so many friends and guests in the White House throughout their administrations. President Bush made Chantilly the official sterling flatware pattern of Air Force One. And Mrs. Grant chose Gorham to help commemorate the nation's Centennial in 1876.
In addition to crafting monuments and presentation pieces for foreign dignitaries and heads of state, Gorham was called upon to design elaborate trophies to honor major sporting events. These included the Borg-Warner Trophy for the Indianapolis 500, the Davis Cup for tennis and the America's Cup for yachting. Other noteworthy commissions received by Gorham ranged from Mrs. Abraham Lincoln's tea set to a grand "loving cup" composed of 70,000 dimes for Admiral George Dewey in 1899. The largest single commission Gorham ever received was the famous Furber service. Ordered by Colonel Henry Jewett Furber, the president of Universal Life Insurance Company of New York, the 740-piece service embodies the opulence of high Victorian dining. Perhaps no object better demonstrates the technical and artistic talents of Gorham craftsmen than the monumental silver and parcel-gilt "Neptune" epergne made for Furber and displayed at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876.
Throughout the years, other exhibitions of hand-hammered silver tables and ornate and imaginative holloware pieces in silver and gold earned Gorham worldwide acclaim. Gorham won the Grand Prize Medal, Gold Medal and many other international awards.
THE LEGACY LIVES ON
Now entering its third century, the Gorham hallmark has been recognized as a symbol of excellence. In a world of constant change, some things should never change – like maintaining and, if possible, elevating the highest standards of workmanship. This is the commitment to the original founder's principles that is shared to this day by the metalsmiths and crystal artisans who create beautiful and functional collections bearing the Gorham hallmark. The artists of Gorham continually dedicate themselves to an enduring legacy of artistic beauty and consummate craftsmanship.
1683
22 Jul 1763
Elizabeth
Gardner
80
80
Elizabeth Gardiner
Born: 1683, Nantucket Nantucket MA
Married: 25 Dec 1703, Nantucket Nantucket MA
Died: 22 Jul 1763, Nantucket Nantucket MA
Elizabeth married Stephen Gorham, son of John Gorham and Mary Otis, on 25 Dec 1703 in Nantucket Nantucket MA. (Stephen Gorham was born on 23 Jun 1683 in Barnstable Barnstable MA, christened in 1686 in Barnstable Barnstable MA and died in 1743 in Nantucket, Nantucket MA.)
They had the following children:
Mary Gorham
Susannah Gorham+
Nathaniel Gorham+
Sarah Gorham
Barnabus Gorham
Zaccheus Gorham
Elizabeth Gorham
Eunice Gorham
Stephen Gorham
Josiah Gorham
Lois Gorham
Lydia Gorham
12 Dec 1709
1751
John
Gorham
42
42
John Gorham represented the fourth generation of Gorhams in America to serve in the military: his great-grandfather, John, rose to the rank of Colonel in a Massachusetts Regiment during King Phillip's War, dying of exposure following the Narragansett Swamp fight (1675); his grandfather, also named John, participated on the ill-fated expedition to Quebec in 1690; and his father, Shubael, became Colonel of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment during the Louisburg expedition of 1745.
Born at Barnstable, Mass., on December 12, 1709, John Gorham began working on ships operating out of the port before he had turned twenty, trading at various ports in Canada, and he was occasionally involved in land speculation in Nova Scotia and Maine. Following the family pattern, however, he entered into military service before 1741. At the outbreak of King George's War in 1744, Gorham organized a group of about 50 Rangers in New England that was sent to reinforce the garrison at Annapolis Royal, N.S. Gorham's Rangers, mostly Mohawks or persons of mixed-blood, were a highly successful free-ranging unit that employed "unorthodox" tactics -- i.e., those not commonly employed by British regulars -- including the applied use of terror. Their arrival at Annapolis Royal shifted the military balance in favor of the English, and for this, Gorham received wide recognition. His Rangers rapidly gained a fearsome reputation among the French and indigenous populations. Early in 1745, Gorham returned to Massachusetts to recruit additional Rangers, and was persuaded by Governor Shirley and William Pepperell to join the expedition against Louisburg and Ile Royale. At their request, Gorham accepted a commission as Lt. Col. of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by his father. John Gorham organized the landing at Gabarus Bay on April 30, 1745 and, along with Lt. Col. Arthur Noble, led the failed assault on the Island Battery on 23 May. With his father's death on February 20, 1745/46, he was promoted to Colonel of the 7th Massachusetts and remained in effective command of New England forces at Louisburg until April 1746.
The Louisburg victory, however, did not prove as beneficial as Gorham had wished. First, rivalries with other officers cost him the opportunity to deliver news of the victory personally to George II, effectively denying him a measure of recognition and monetary reward; second, his troops were not allowed to plunder the area around Louisburg as they had been promised, depriving him of a large, and fully expected source of compensation. Finally, Gorham and his troops never received any direct compensation from the crown for their services. The lack of financial support from the British government became an issue that occupied much of Gorham's time and energy during the last five years of his life.
Throughout the remainder of 1746 and 1747, Gorham and his Rangers enhanced their reputation as being "far more terrible than European soldiers," and came to be viewed as the most effective fighting unit in the Province. It was said that their reputation was such that neither French nor Indians would meet with them, and the arrival of Gorham's Rangers was usually sufficient cause for attacking parties to disperse.
After the defeat of Arthur Noble by French forces at Grand Pré, January 1747, Gorham returned to New England and received permission to form a much larger company of Rangers (about 100 men). With the support of the Duke of Newcastle and George II in England (gathered on a brief trip to London), and of Paul Mascarene and Gov. Shirley in the colonies, the defense of the entire province of Nova Scotia fell de facto into Gorham's hands. Following the peace treaty with France, the Rangers continued to play a vital role in furthering British interests in Nova Scotia. In 1748, Mascarene order Gorham to subdue French settlers along the disputed St. John River and to impose the Oath of Allegiance. In addition, he helped to establish Fort Sackville as a means of protecting the newly founded Halifax, and his Rangers were often involved in quelling disturbances of the Micmac and St. John Indians.
Gorham's career reached its apex in July 1749 when he was appointed to the Nova Scotia Council, on which he served until August 1751. But beginning with the appointment of Edward Cornwallis as Governor in July 1749, his fortunes began to decline. Cornwallis and Gorham shared a mutual antipathy perhaps stemming from Cornwallis' feeling that Gorham had already received adequate compensation for his efforts and that the constant requests for additional payment were exorbitant.
In 1751, Gorham traveled to England in an attempt to satisfy his financial claims. He died of smallpox in London in 1751.
Time to Stop Honouring Monsters of Past
By Daniel N. Paul
This article appeared in
The Chronicle-Herald
Halifax, Friday, 16 January 1998
I was shocked, but not surprised, when the Department of Transportation named the connector road between Bedford and Sackville after a man who was considered by the Mi'kmaq and Acadians, and by many of his peers, to be an "uncivilized savage." Captain John Gorham, the man honoured, and his kinfolks were not strangers to enforcing colonial scalping proclamations.
In the late 1600s, his great-grandfather was involved in the New England "Indian wars," which virtually exterminated the area's native Americans.
Gorham, Nova Scotia's first official bounty hunter, was set loose on the Mi'kmaq in 1744 by governor William Shirley of the Mass Bay colony. In 1744, the English and French, for the umpteenth time, declared war upon each other. The English fort at Annapolis Royal came under seige by French troops and Mi'kmaq warriors. In response, Nova Scotia's colonial governor, Paul Mascarene, wrote to the Mass Bay governor for assistance.
Shirley, who was in everything but name governor of Nova Scotia, responded by issuing a proclamation declaring war upon the Mi'kmaq. It contained these infamous instructions:
"That there be granted to be paid out of the public treasury to any company, party or person ... who shall voluntarily, and at their own cost, ... go out and kill a male Indian of the age of 12 or upwards ... for as long as the war shall continue, ... and produce his scalp in evidence of his death, the sum of 100 pounds in bills of credit of the Province of New England; and 105 pounds for any male ... who shall be taken captive; ... 50 pounds ... for women, and for children under the age of 12 ... killed in fight; ... and 55 ... (for those) taken prisoner, together with plunder."
To enforce his monstrous proclamation, Shirley sent Capt. John Gorham and 50 of his blood-thirsty rangers to Annapolis. These first bounty hunters were mostly Mohawk warriors, historic enemies of the Mi'kmaq, with a sprinkling of whites and half-breeds. In later years, whites would make up the majority.
Because of their murderous reputations, the civilian and military populations of the garrison did not welcome these barbarians with open arms. In fact — some say with good cause — many loyal British subjects were terrified of them.
George T. Bates reports in a paper he read before the Nova Scotia Historical Society in 1951: "Not long after their arrival, Mascarene tells us, they fell upon a family of Indians lurking in the woods nearby. The rangers seized this opportunity to establish a reputation for themselves by killing some and scattering the rest."
Gorham soon satisfied Mascarene that he was well qualified for the post. Father Maillard, a Catholic missionary, reports that among the first victims of these monsters were three pregnant women and two small children.
When Edward Cornwallis became governor in June of 1749, Gorham was still plying his ungodly trade in Nova Scotia. After the new governor, in October 1749, had circulated his own proclamation for Mi'kmaq scalps — which was also for the heads of men, women and children — he became its chief enforcer.
Bates reports: "It is reported that ... a party of Gorham's rangers one day brought in 25 scalps, claiming the bounty of £10 per scalp. It was strongly suspected that not all of the scalps were those of Indians, but included some Acadians too. The paymaster protested the payment, but was ordered to pay the £250 anyway. ... The records of Chignecto include several instances of extreme cruelty and barbarism by the rangers ..."
Gorham profited from his assignment to Nova Scotia. He became a ship owner and his family lived quite handsomely. It was reported that at least one of his ships was built with slave labour. From what I've read about him, I have no doubt that he was capable of using humans as work animals.
The Great Spirit intervened on behalf of the Mi'kmaq in December of 1751: John Gorham, while visiting London, contracted smallpox and died. However, his barbarous rangers continued to function in this province until 1761.
One might be excused for asking what kind of mentality does the leadership of this province harbour. Here we have a bounty hunter, a man who also committed atrocities against Acadians and who probably used slaves, being honoured by having a highway named after him.
Will this mentality some day lead to having Nova Scotia buildings, roads, etc., named after other historical monsters who undertook to exterminate people they considered inferior? It just might. After all, what is the real difference between the likes of Hitler and Stalin and the likes of Cornwallis and Gorham? They all tried to kill off what they deemed to be sub-human peoples.
One can't help but think that the Mi'kmaq are still viewed by many in the white power structure as being less than human. Why else would these power brokers continue to honour men who tried to exterminate them? Possibly the answer is ignorance. Whatever it is, I think it's high time the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission took a hard look at this practice and did something to stop it!
- Daniel N. Paul is a human rights activist, historian and author.
They had the following children:
Susannah Gorham,
Mary Gorham,
Anna Gorham,
John Gorham,
Christopher Gorham,
Elizabeth Gorham,
Daniel Gorham,
James Allyn Gorham,
Charles Gorham,
Sea Deliverance Gorham,
James Allyn Gorham,
Marry Gorham,
Solomon Gorham,
Susannah Gorham,
Susannah Gorham
5 Feb 1686
28 Jun 1778
Mary
Thacher
92
92
8 Jun 1713
25 Dec 1786
Elizabeth
Allen
73
73
They had the following children:
Susannah Gorham,
Mary Gorham,
Anna Gorham,
John Gorham,
Christopher Gorham,
Elizabeth Gorham,
Daniel Gorham,
James Allyn Gorham,
Charles Gorham,
Sea Deliverance Gorham,
James Allyn Gorham,
Marry Gorham,
Solomon Gorham,
Susannah Gorham,
Susannah Gorham
Anna
Gorham
26 Dec 1736
16 Feb 1758
John
Gorham
21
21
10 Jan 1738
11 Oct 1762
Christopher
Gorham
24
24
Eilzabeth
Gorham
D. 9 Sep 1742
James
Allyn
Gorham
D. 9 Sep 1762
Charles
Gorham
Sea
Deliverance
Gorham
3 Oct 1745
4 Apr 1746
James
Allyn
Gorham
6m
6m
Marry
Gorham
31 Oct 1748
20 Dec 1795
Soloman
Gorham
47
47
Susanna
Gorham
Susanna
Gorham
19 Aug 1915
26 Dec 2009
Ellen
Elizabeth
Gorham
94
94
2 May 1902
24 Apr 1989
Herbert
Dietz
Ensminger
86
86
5 Oct 1881
25 Jan 1964
Theresa
Mary
Scheibenpflug
82
82
16 Aug 1940
Kathleen
Ellen
Brink
Education:Old Saybrook High School 1958
26 Sep 1938
Theresa
Brink
George
Gorham
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
John
Gorham
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
5 Mar 1918
5 Aug 1944
Edward
C.
Brink
26
26
2 Oct 1839
3 Feb 1875
George
Frederic
Gorham
35
35
9 Sep 1838
21 Jan 1900
Antoinelle
Sarah
Gorham
61
61
John Quincy
Adams
Clifton
John Quincy Adams-Antoinelle Sarah Gorham lived in Boston.
Ref: Suzy Goulet of San Fransisco, CA
30 Jan 1832
1863
Eliza
Mitlda
Gorham
31
31
21 Mar 1833
Charlotte
Palmer
Gorham
11 Apr 1834
20 Apr 1865
Matilda
Leueret
Gorham
31
31
2 Feb 1841
15 Oct 1883
Emeline
Louisa
Gorham
42
42
7 Jan 1844
Edward
Agustus
Gorham
3 Apr 1846
Edwin
Agustus
Gorham
17 Nov 1847
Charles
Edward
Gorham
Stephen
Clapp
26 Jul 1692
1778
Prudence
Crocker
86
86
John
Fuller
Desire
Dimmock
Silvanus
Bourne
24 Feb 1627
6 May 1693
John
Howland
66
66
30 Aug 1629
8 Jan 1683
Hope
Howland
53
53
1631
26 Jan 1682
Elizabeth
Howland
51
51
1632
7 Apr 1708
Jabez
Howland
76
76
Mary
Lee
John
Chipman
John
Dickinson
Bethiah
Thacher
1633
1710
Lydia
Howland
77
77
James
Browne
1637
1705
Hannah
Howland
68
68
Jonathan
Bosworth
1640
1 Jan 1665
Joseph
Howland
25
25
1617
Eleanor
Gorham
1626
Thomas
Gorham
16 Jan 1678
9 Sep 1705
Sarah
Gorham
27
27
16 Jan 1678
Ebenezer
Howes
1645
Mar 1717
Elizabeth
Southworth
72
72
1640
Mary
Howland
James
Brown
1646
Ruth
Howland
15 Nov 1659
Isaac
Howland
Thomas
Cushman
Eliabeth
Vaughan
1801
Nabby
Gorham
4 May 1803
John
Gorham
26 Oct 1804
Lucy
Gorham
12 Aug 1806
Thacher
Gorham
22 Sep 1807
Hezekiah
Gorham
24 Jul 1809
Josiah
Gorham
25 Aug 1811
Phebe
Gorham
29 Oct 1813
Oliver
Gorham
19 Feb 1816
Suzy
Gorham
15 Dec 1818
Joseph
Gorham
15 Dec 1818
Benjamin
Gorham
Charles
Layman
Mercy
Baker
Freeman
taylor
D. 24 Jan 1856
Dinah
H.
Bray
Herriet
Barber
Frederick
Lewis
Eunice
T. Hall
Thomas
Ryder
Mehitable
S.
Ryder
Clara
C.
Matthews
6 Jul 1718
24 Jul 1772
Elizabeth
Gorham
54
54
3 May 1709
24 Dec 1761
Nathaniel
Gorham
52
52
1717
12 May 1796
Mary
Soley
79
79
27 May 1738
11 Jun 1796
Nathaniel
Gorham
58
58
14 Jul 1745
15 Mar 1822
Elizabeth
Gorham
76
76
14 May 1744
18 Nov 1812
Rebecca
Call
68
68
1778
3 Jun 1856
Lydia
Gorham
78
78
26 Aug 1713
1 Jan 1760
Joseph
Gorham
46
46
18 Jun 1715
27 Apr 1788
Benjamin
Gorham
72
72
13 Jan 1717
26 Mar 1748
Ann
Gorham
31
31
13 Nov 1718
11 Dec 1738
Deborah
Gorham
20
20
10 Feb 1722
3 Jan 1780
Thankful
Gorham
57
57
1 Jan 1724
13 Sep 1768
Mary
Gorham
44
44
30 Sep 1726
10 Feb 1800
Nathaniel
Gorham
73
73
23 Jun 1728
5 Jul 1728
Explerience
Gorham
12d
12d
5 Jul 1729
Mercy
Gorham
16 Jun 1731
21 Jun 1731
Naomi
Gorham
5d
5d
1 Jun 1732
3 Aug 1765
Abigail
Gorham
33
33
16 Aug 1734
29 Mar 1814
Prudence
Gorham
79
79
1736
1807
Rachel
Gorham
71
71
8 May 1722
Apr 1795
Mary
Sturgis
72
72
D. 26 Apr 1795
Sturgis
Gorham
26 Mar 1746
Benjamin
Gorham
4 Mar 1746
Dec 1778
Mehitable
Davis
32
32
Deborah
6 May 1726
1793
Benjamin
Gorham
67
67
Benjamin Gorham was a shipmaster. On 6 March 1774, Capt. Benjamin Gorham arrived in Boston from London in his brig Fortune, with 28 1/2 chests of Bohea tea. The following evening the famous Boston Tea Party took place on the decks of his ship when a number of “Indians” emptied every chest of tea into the dock, destroying the entire shipment
7 Feb 1714
Mary
Gorham
1740
1793
Nancy
Ann
Hinckley
53
53
James
Lane
Gorham
John G. Gorham vice John J; Gorham is incorrectlyindicated as one og James Lane Gorhams and Charlotte Kneelands children.
Refer to: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=laplante&id=I83404
Refer to: Billerica, Middlesex County, MA 1850/1855 Census Excerpt picture shown in this report.
Charlotte
Kneeland
UNKNOWN
Sir William
de Gorram
(Gorham) III
Sir William de Gorram III was Lord of Churchfield in Northamptonshire. He sold his inheritance in 1331. After that the family fell into obscurity.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Sir Hugh
de Gorram
(Gorham)
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Thomas
de Gorram
(Gorham)
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Mr Nicholas
de Gorram
(Gorham)
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
D. 1331
Margery
L'Angevin
Margery L'Angevin was daughter of Sir William L'Angevin
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
D. 1325
Sir William
de Gorram
(Gorham) II
Sir William de Gorram II was Lord of Churchfield in Northamptonshire.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Sir
William
L'Angevin
Sir William de Gorram II was Lord of Churchfield in Northamptonshire.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
UNKNOWN
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Cecilia
de
Sandford
Cecilia deSandford was governess of Johanna, sister of Henry III.
D. 1251
Sir William de
Gorram, 1st
(Gorham)
Sir Henry de Gorram was Lord of Westwick
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Sir Henry
de Gorram
(Gorham)
Sir Henry de Gorram was Lord of Westwick
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
1150
Geoffrey
de Gorram
(Gorham)
Abbot of St. Albans, 1151 - 1156.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
1150
Ralph de
Gorram
(Gorham)
Abbot of St. Albans, 1151 - 1156.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
1150
??? de
Gorram
(Gorham)
Not sure of typed first name.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
1150
Robert de
Gorram
(Gorham)
Abbot of St. Albans, 1151 - 1156.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Geoffrey
de Gorram
(Gorham)
Geoffrey de Gorram, son of Ralph, of La tanniere (France???), on the Main, came to England about the year 1100.
Abbet of St. Albans in the year 1120
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
William de
Gorram
(Gorham)
William de Gorram, son of Ralph, of La tanniere (France???), on the Main. Came to England about the year 1100.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Henry de
Gorram
(Gorham)
Henry de Gorram, son of Ralph, of La tanniere, on the Main.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
Ralph de
Gorram
(Gorham)
Ralph de Gorram , father of Geoffrey de Gorram, of La tanniere on the Main.
Refer to the typed text provided by: Ms. Mary Gorham, Hartford, CT - Did not attempt to verify accuracy.
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Abigail
Gorham
6 Apr 1712
David
Gorham
28 Jun 1718
Lydia
Gorham
6 May 1716
1746
William
Gorham
30
30
1 May 1720
18 Jun 1720
Hanna
Gorham
1m
1m
1 May 1721
Hanna
Gorham
27 Jun 1723
1748
Shubael
Gorham
25
25
29 May 1725
Joseph
Gorham
10 Aug 1705
13 Jul 1777
Susanna
Gorham
71
71
15 Mar 1704
18 Feb 1780
Mary
Gorham
75
75
Daniel
Paddack
Daniel
Hussey
6 Aug 1711
18 Jul 1748
Sarah
Gorham
36
36
Lee
2 Jul 1723
Jul 1803
Josiah
Gorham
80
80
5 Nov 1727
10 Mar 1804
Lois
Gorham
76
76
Jan 1729
8 May 1765
Lydia
Gorham
36
36
John
Leighton
D. 1833
Charlotte
Gorham
26 Feb 1741
24 Jun 1741
Daniel
Gorham
3m
3m
Joseph
Palmer
Frederick
P.
Leverett
Palmer
Frederick
Palmer
Leverett
Charles
Leverett
1813
1863
Matilda
Gorham
50
50
Nancy
Gorham
1784
Benjamin
Gorham
John
Gorham
Nancy
Kneeland
Ellen
Rankin
Antoinette
Gorham
Anthony
Glean
James
Macomb
Young
Merriam
9 Dec 1728
13 Oct 1796
Annah
Lewis
67
67
11 Nov 1753
16 Jan 1821
Lewis
Gorham
67
67
3 Oct 1763
George
Lewis
Gorham
4 Jan 1754
10 Feb 1851
Sarah
Phinney
97
97
29 Mar 1775
Anna
Gorham
6 Aug 1778
David
Gorham
16 Jul 1781
11 Oct 1824
John
Gorham
43
43
8 Aug 1785
Henry
Gorham
12 May 1793
Sarah
Gorham
Phebe
Davis
8 Feb 1785
Phebe
Gorham
9 Oct 1789
Nathaniel
Gorham
19 Mar 1792
Deborah
Gorham
21 Apr 1795
Anna
Lewis
Gorham
29 Jul 1798
Benjamin
Davis
Gorham
James
Lane
Gorham
Jerusha
Ann
Wright
Samual
Gorham
Mary
Anderson
James
Gorham
Josephine
Gorham
Samual
Gorham
Sarah E.
Delboes
(Devoe)
Benjamin
Gorham
Richard
Gorham
25 Mar 1800
3 Feb 1860
James
Norton
59
59
James
Nource
30 Aug 1803
6 Jun 1900
Nancy
Hinkcley
Gorham
96
96
Walter
Norton
Eliza
Norton
George
Winthship
Eleanor
Norton
James
Norton
Eleanor
Rankin
3 Jul 1827
16 Nov 1848
Samuel
Norton
21
21
Eliza
Norton
Matilda
Norton
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
Mary
Rakin
Antoinette
Winship
William
Winship
George
Winship
Mary
Winship
Leon
Winship
Court
Alourd
(UNKNOWN)
Park
Clark
Henry
Lewis
Clark
Marie
Adele
Clark
Clara
Ernestine
Clark
George
Winship
Antoinette
Winship
William
Winship
George
Winship
Mary
Winship
Leon
Winship
Charles
Shepard
Fanny
Euphemia
Shepard
Ellen
Gorham
Charlotte
Gorham
Anna
Eliza
Gorham
Arthur
Wright
Gorham
Francis
Glean
Gorham
James
Wright
Gorham
Austin
Goddard
Gorham
Richard
Hinckley
Gorham
Grace
Kneeland
Gorham
Walter
Messinger
Gorham
UNKNOWN
Robert
M.
Morse
Mabel
Morse
Alice
Gorham
Morse
Sarah
Clark
Morse
Robert
Gorham
Morse
Frances
Harrison
Lydia
Gorham
Charles
Snow
Fanney
Snow
Cera
Snow
Charles
Snow
Francis
Richard
Glean
Emma
Jenkins
Francis
Anthony
Glean
James
Augustus
Glean
William
Allen
Glean
Lewis
Macomb
Glean
Robert
Gardiner
Glean
Charles
Gorham
Glean
Anita
Glean
John
Philpot
Thompson
James
Glean
Frances
Macomb
Louise
Macomb
Thomas
Macomb
Agustus
Thorndike
James
Macomb
Thorndike
Henry
Huth
Thorndike
Agustus
Otis
Thorndike
Augusta
Talmage
Henry
Auguetus
Talmadge
Mary
Virginia
Talmadge
Charles
Armand
Teisseire
Teisseire
21 May 1917
10 Oct 2012
Frances
J.
Gorham
95
95
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