Gorham, Shubael

1667 - 1750  (82 years)

• Name	Gorham, Shubael  [1]
  Birth	21 Oct 1667	Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation II	Tavern keeper  [2]
  Death	07 Aug 1750	Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA
  Person ID	I19034	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Gorham, Captain John,   b. 28 Jan 1620, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA d. 05 Feb 1676, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Howland, Desire,   b. 13 Oct 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA d. 13 Oct 1683, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	06 Nov 1644	Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
  Family ID	F8907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hussey, Puella,   b. 21 Oct 1677, Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA d. Bef 23 Sep 1748 (Age < 70 years)
  Marriage	May 1695	Barnstable Co., MA
  Children	1. Gorham, George  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Gorham, Abigail  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Gorham, Hanah  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Gorham, Theodate  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Gorham, Daniel  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Gorham, Desire,   b. 1710   d. 1801 (Age 91 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Gorham, Ruth  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. Gorham, Deborah,   b. Between 1670 and 1709   d. Between 1693 and 1789 (Age ~ 23 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   9. Gorham, Lydia,   b. 14 May 1701, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA d. 01 Mar 1763, Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA (Age 61 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F8576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Oct 1667 - Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Marriage - May 1695 - Barnstable Co., MA Death - 07 Aug 1750 - Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Frederic A. Godcharles, Litt. D., Pennsylvania Political, Governmental, Military and Civil Biographical Volume 2, (The American Historical Society, Inc., New York), pg 271. - "Shubael Gorham, son of Captain John and Desire (Howland) Gorham, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, october 21, 1667, and died in 1750. Shubael Gorham lived in Barnstable, where he was a carpenter and tavern keeper. After the death of his mother he was placed under the guardianship of his brother James. After his marriage in 1695-96, Shubael removed to Southsea. He built a house of two stories, which he kept as a tavern. On June 8, 1706, he built a fulling mill on the western Swan Pond River in Yarmouth. Among his descendents were Nathanial Gorham, who was President of the Continental Congress in 1786, and his son Benjamin Gorham, who graduated from Harvard College in 1796 and served several terms in the United Stated Congress. Shubael Gorham married in Nantucket, in May, 1695-1696, Puella Hussey, born 10-21-1677, died in 1748, daughter of Stephen and Martha (Bunker) Hussey and granddaughter of Christopher Hussey, one of the nine purchasers of Nantucket. Children: I. George, maried Hannah Bank. 2. Abigail, married James Lovell, Jr. 3. Lydia, of whom further. 4. Hannah, married (first) William Manning, (second) William Stubbs. 5. Theodate, married (first) Francis Coffin, (second) Ruben Gardner. 6. Daniel. 7. Desire, married Zachariah Bunker. 8. Ruth, married Dr. Cornelius Bennet. 9. Deborah, married Beriah Fitch. (James Savage: " A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Vol. II, pp. 281-82. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. LII, p. 358. "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," Vol. XXVIII, p. 134. L. S. Hinchman: "Early Ancestry," Vol. X, p. 146. A. Otis: "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" (revised by C. F. Swift), pp. 416-417, 426-27.)"

  
  

• Sources

  [S531] Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 7, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: October 17, 1996;), Tree #2867. Date of Import: 21 Oct 1997 [S404] Frederic A. Godcharles, Litt. D., Pennsylvania Political, Governmental, Military and Civil Biographical Volume 2, (Name: The American Historical Society, Inc., New York;), pg 270.