John Gorham

1621 - Bef 1676  (< 55 years)

• Name	John Gorham  [1]
  Birth	28 Jan 1621	Benefield, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Christening	28 Jan 1621	Benefield, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	per Mayflower records
  Note	came from Benefield, Northamptonshire, Eng. to Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA with Ralph
  Note	birth & death dates: FAMILIES OF THE PILGRIMS by John Howland, p 8: MAYFLOWER DESC. (1966) p 228
  Note	Ancestors service: Deputy Plymouth Colony 1653; Lt. 1673; Capt. 2nd Barnstable Co. under Maj. Wm. Bradford in the Great Swamp Fight, 1676; died as result of wounds. per NSDCW Lineage Bk, 1950-1958, p 421
  Note	per JOHN HOWLAND OF THE MAYFLOWER v 1, by Elizabeth P. White He was on a list of men able to bear arms in Plymouth in 1643. He was chosen constable in Marshfield in 1648. He was made a freeman 4 Jun 1650 and in 1651 he became a member of the Grand Inquest of Plymouth Colony. He and his family moved to Yarmouth, MA in 1652, and then went on to Barnstable where he owned a grist mill and a tannery. He was surveyor of highways in 1654. As a captain in the militia in King Philip's War, he took part in the Narragansett fight in Dec 1675, where he was wounded 'by having his powder horn Shot and Split against his side,' He died of the resulting fever and was buried in Swansea. (see info on estate in above book)
  Note	BIRTH: Mayflower Descendants, 5:28. NOTE: Age 53 in 1674/75.
  Note	MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: MD 5:175, 177. NOTE: 1st child born 2 Apr 1644.
  Note	BURIAL: Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., and David Pulsifer, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, 1620-1691, 8:44; MD 4:153.
  Reference	7932
  Name	Capt. Gorham  [1]
  Death	Bef Feb 1675/76	Swansey, Bristol, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Burial	5 Feb 1675/76	Swansey, Bristol, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I9271	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Desire Howland,   b. 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1643	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Children	> 1. Desire Gorham,   b. 2 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 30 Jun 1700, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 56 years) > 2. Temperance Gorham,   b. 5 May 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 12 Mar 1714, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 67 years) > 3. Elizabeth Gorham,   b. 2 Apr 1648, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. Bef 5 Mar 1683/84 (Age < 35 years) > 4. James Gorham,   b. 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. Aft 14 Nov 1707, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age > 57 years) > 5. John Gorham,   b. 20 Feb 1651/52, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 9 Dec 1716, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 64 years) > 6. Joseph Gorham,   b. 16 Feb 1653/54, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 9 Jul 1726, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 72 years) > 7. Jabez Gorham,   b. 3 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 16 Mar 1724/25, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, -USA (Age 68 years) > 8. Mercy Gorham,   b. 20 Jan 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 24 Sep 1725, Stonington, Connecticut, -USA (Age 67 years) > 9. Lydia Gorham,   b. 16 Nov 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. 2 Aug 1744, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 82 years)   10. Hannah Gorham,   b. 28 Nov 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA > 11. Shubael Gorham,   b. 21 Oct 1667, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA d. Aft 23 Sep 1748, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, -USA (Age > 81 years)
  Family ID	F2677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

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