Capt John GORHAM

Male 1621 - 1676  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name John GORHAM  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Prefix Capt 
    Christening 28 Jan 1621  Benefield, Nrthampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Gender Male 
    Death 05 Feb 1675/6  Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Fact Between 07 Mar 1676 and 1677  Division of Estate Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I25751  Main Tree
    Last Modified 13 May 2021 

    Father Ralph GORHAM,   b. 1575, Benefield, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1643 (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Margaret STEPHENSON,   b. Bennefield, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 23 May 1610  Benefield, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F07228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Desire HOWLAND,   b. Bef 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstaple Co.,, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 58 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1643  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Desire GORHAM,   b. 02 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachsetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1700, Yarmouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Birth]
     2. Temperance GORHAM,   b. 05 May 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1715, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
     3. Elizabeth GORHAM,   b. 02 Apr 1648, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 7 Mar and 5 Mar 1684  [Birth]
    +4. James GORHAM,   b. 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 14 Nov and 09 Dec 1707  [Birth]
    +5. Lieut. Col. John GORHAM,   b. 20 Feb 1651/2, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1716, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     6. Joseph GORHAM,   b. 16 Feb 1654, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jul 1726, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
     7. Jabez GORHAM,   b. 03 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 16 Mar and 20 Apr 1725, Bristol, Mass. (now Rhode Island) Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     8. Mercy GORHAM,   b. 20 Jan 1658, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1725, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
    +9. Lydia GORHAM,   b. 11 Nov 1661, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Aug 1744, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
     10. Hannah GORHAM,   b. 28 Nov 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1728, Cape May, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
    +11. Shubael GORHAM,   b. 21 Oct 1667, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 8 Jul 1749 and 7 Aug 1750, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F07218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 28 Jan 1621 - Benefield, Nrthampton, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - Between 07 Mar 1676 and 1677 - Division of Estate Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser.

    2. [S00012] E. Glenn Denison, "Denison Genealogy" Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison, (Name: Name: Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1993;;), 63-13712.

    3. [S2008] Edwin Martin Stone, The Life and Recollections of John Howland, Late President of the Rhode Island Historical Society.

    4. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

    5. [S2670] Helen Hester King, B.S and Kinetta Ainsworth Daniels, Some Descendants of Captain John Gorham of Plymouth Colony in New York State and the Western Reserve.

    6. [S3569] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II.

    7. [S3602] Leonard H. Smith Jr., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy Vol. 2 .