John GORTON

- 1714

• Name	John GORTON  [1]
  	We find no data from which to fix the time or place of his birth. He was given by his father all his lands west of Warwick, including land in Cranston. He married, January 25, 1665, Margaret Weeden. In 1668 he bought land with orchard and buildings of William and HannahBurton. In 1677 he and forty-seven others received a grant from the colony of 5,000 acres of land in East Greenwich in consideration of their "services in King Philip's War." East Greenwich then included what is now West Greenwich, the latter having been set from it in 1741. John was a mariner, and this occasion of protracted absence from home may account for the but few references to him that we find among the records of the town and colony. the date of his death is inscribed on the Warwick records as occurring February 3, 1714; no data regarding his wife Margaret is given. [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Feb 1714  [1]
  Person ID	I103979	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Samuel GORTON,   b. 1592   d. Dec 1677 (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary MAPLET,   b. England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F43488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret WEEDEN
  Marriage	25 Jan 1665  [1]
  Children	+ 1. John GORTON
  Family ID	F43487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S3068] Adelos Gorton, The Life and times of Samuel GORTON, the Founders and the Founding of The Republic.