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Gorham, Captain John

Gorham, Captain John

Male 1620 - 1676  (56 years)

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  • Name Gorham, John  [1] 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 28 Jan 1620  Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 05 Feb 1676  Swansea, Bristol Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19698  My Damon Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2014 

    Family Howland, Desire,   b. 13 Oct 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1683, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 06 Nov 1644  Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gorham, Desire,   b. 02 Apr 1644, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1700, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     2. Gorham, Temperence,   b. 05 May 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1715, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     3. Gorham, Elizabeth,   b. 02 Apr 1648, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 05 Mar 1684 (Age < 35 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     4. Gorham, James,   b. 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1707, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     5. Gorham, Colonel John Jr.,   b. 20 Feb 1652, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1716, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     6. Gorham, Joseph,   b. 16 Feb 1654, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jul 1726, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     7. Gorham, Jabez,   b. 03 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1725, Bristol Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     8. Gorham, Mary Mercy,   b. 20 Jan 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1725, Stonington, New London Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     9. Gorham, Lydia,   b. 06 Nov 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Aug 1744, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     10. Gorham, Hannah,   b. 28 Nov 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1728, Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     11. Gorham, Shubael,   b. 21 Oct 1667, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Aug 1750, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    Family ID F8907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Jan 1620 - Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 06 Nov 1644 - Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 05 Feb 1676 - Swansea, Bristol Co., MA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Pennsylvania Political, Governmental, Military and Civil Biographical Volume 2 - "Captain John Gorham, son of John Gorham of Marshfield, Massachusetts, was born probably in Huntingdonshire, England, about 1622, and was buried at Swansea, Massachusetts, February 5, 1675-76. His approximate birthdate is fixed by a deposition: "John Gorun seni(or): aged 53 years of therabouts Testifyeth...Dated this 4th: 16(74-75)."
      He was problably the John Gorum who stood propounded to the Plymouth Court, June 7, 1648, to take up his freedom and who on June 4, 1650, was admitted a freeman.
      A deed dated at New Plymouth, March 8, 1648-49, from Mr. William Bradford, Governor, to Mr. John Howland, of Plymouth conveyed "land lying within the limits of Marshfield Commonly called the great yland with all the marsh meadow lyeing before the sd yland . . . thirteen acars . . ." "And I the said john howland seni . . . for . . . the sum of twenty-five pound sterling haue . . . Sould vnto my soninlaw John Gorum the one halfe of the aforsaid yland and marsh meadow . . . "
      Captain John Gorham married, in 1643, Desire Howland. Children (first born in Plymouth, next four in Marshfield, next one in Yormouth, last five in Barnstable, Massachusetts): I. Desire, married John Hawes. 2. Temperance, married (first) Edward Sturgis, Jr.; (second) Thomas Baxter. 3. Elizabeth, married John Hallett. 4. James, married Hannah Huckins 5. John, married Mary Otis. 6. Joseph, married Sarah Sturgis. 7. Jabez, married Mrs. Hannah (Sturgis) Gray. 8. Mercy, married George Denison. 9. Lydia, married Hon. Colonel John Thatcher. 10. Hannah, married Joseph Wheelding. II. Shubel, of whom further.
      ("The Mayflower Descendents," Vol. V, pp 28, 172-80. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. X, p 293; Vol, LII, pp. 357, 358; Vol. LXXXII, p 426. "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," Vol. XXVIII, pp. 133-36. James Savage: " A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Deeds, Etc.," Vol. I 1620-51, pp. 164-65.)"

  • Sources 
    1. [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


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