McDonald Wilton family tree- black Hebrew Yahya family line 1 » Capt John Gorham (< 1621-1676)

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   Captain, John Gorham I<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Jan 28 1619 - Benefield, Northamptonshire, England<br>Christening: Jan 28 1621 - Benefield, Northamptonshire, England<br>Military Service: King Philip's War (including the battle at the Swamp Fort in the Narraganset country) - Between 1675 and 1676 - Plymouth, British America<br&;gt;Marriage: Spouse: Desire Howland - Circa 1643 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America<br>Death: Feb 5 1676 - Swansea, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America<br>Burial: Feb 5 1675 - Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America<br>Occupation: Cradle Maker, Tanner<br>Occupation: Soldier in the Great Swamp Fight<br>There seems to be an issue with this person's relatives. View this person on FamilySearch to see this information.<br>  Additional information: CauseofDeath:Infection from wound he received 2 months earlier during King Philip's War.LifeSketch:From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorham-171 in Benefield, Northamptonshire, EnglandDESCENDANTSThacher, Hannah (Gorham) Whilldin and Shubael GorhamPuritan faith. He was a leather tanner by trade and was a constable in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1648, freeman in 1650 and in 1651 was a member of the Grand Inquest of the Colony.d to Yarmouth, Massachusetts and purchased part of the Hallett farm (100 acres which part of it was in Barnstable) and operated a grist mill and leather tannery. He was a Deputy to Plymouth Colony Court in 1653.armouth, Massachusetts at the time of his death, but he died 5 Feb 1675/1676 in Swansea (from the flu) and was buried on the land in Swansea that he owned but never occupied, which was granted to him in 1669.Howland, the Pilgrim of the Mayflower, had Desire, b. 2 Apr. 1644; rem. to Marshfield, where he had been, perhaps,, bef had there Temperance, 5 May 1646; Eliz. 2 Apr. 1648; James, 2 or 28 Apr. 1650; and John, 20 Feb. 1652; rem. to Yarmouth, there had Aug. 1656; Mary, 29 Jan. 1659; Lydia, 11 Nov. 1661; Hannah, 28 Nov. 1663; and Shubael, 21 Oct. 1667; was capt. in Philip's war, d. on serv. of fever 5 Feb. 1676 at Swanzey. His d. Desire m. 7 Oct. 1661, John Hawes; s. Jabez was wound. in Philip's War; the wid. d. 13 Oct. 1683; d. Mary m. sec. George Denison, and Lydia m. 11 Jan. 1684, John Thacher.[2]. of Thomas Huckins; John, 1652, m. Mary, d. of John Otis; Joseph, 1654; Jabez, 1656; Mary, 1659, m. George Denison; Lydia, 1661, m. John Thacher; Hannah, 1663; and Shubael, 1667, m. Priscilla Hussey. Desire was born in Plymouth; Temperance, Elizabeth, James, and John were born in Marshfield; Joseph was born in Yarmouth; and Jabez, May, Lydia, Hannah, and Shubael were born in Barnstable.[3]Gorham and wife Desire moved from Plymouth to Marshfield in 1646, “where John was chosen constable in 1648. From there they moved to Yarmouth, adjoining Barnstable, in 1652.7 Plymouth Colony, (later Massachusetts, USA)6, 118, 128, 2:37-38, 7:8, 17, 19]. (No evidence connects Ralph Gorham with the John Gorham who married Desire Howland [MD 5:174-75]. The first New England record for John Gorham is in 1643 [ PCR 8:188].)record has 28 January 1619/20iels. Published online by Ancestry.com, Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005; originally published by Walker Printing Service, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, 1955.Barnstable Families (F.B. & F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers, Barnstable, Mass., 1888)(May 09, 2008) and Company, 1862)ical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985, Baltimore.)es and His American Descendants (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD, 2000)rinters, 1888) Advance Biology at the University High School, University of Chicagoociety, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 67. (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, 1881) p.77,79. country while commanding a company stationed in Swansea (Feb. 5, 1676)."storic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1898) Vol. 52, Page 358.rave: Memorial #38570795 Burial location: Cobb's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts on Feb 15 1675. [Note: No gravestone, or source]. in New England (William White, Boston, 1857)

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   John Gorham<br>Gender: Male<br>Alias name: John, Gorham<br>Residence: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States<br>Birth: Before Jan 28 1621 - Benefield, Northamptonshire, England<br>Baptism: Jan 28 1621 - Benefield, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom<br>Occupation: Leather Tanner, Lieutenant 1673, Captain of Barnstable (Mass.) Company, Soldier in the Great Swamp Fight, Captain in Militia - King Phillip's War, Ship's Captain, Sailor, Captain, Capt. of militia company 10 children<br&gt;Marriage: Spouse: Desire Gorham (born Howland) - Nov 6 1643 - Plymouth, (Present Plymouth County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts), (Present USA)<br>Death: Feb 5 1676 - Swansea, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America<br>Burial: Feb 15 1676 - Cobb's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States<br>Father: ;Ralph Gorham<br>Mother: Margaret Gorham (born Stephenson)<br>Wife: Desire Gorham (born Howland)<br>Children: Desire Hawes (born Gorham), Temperance Baxter (born Gorham), Shubael Gorham, Elizabeth Hallett (born Gorham), James Gorham, Sr., John Gorham, IV, Joseph Gorham, Jabez Gorham, Mercy Denison (born Gorham), Lydia Thacher (born Gorham), Hannah Whildin (born Gorham)<br>Siblings: Ralph Gorham, Thomas Gorham

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• Christening day January 28, 1621
• Day of marriage November 6, 1643
• Day of death February 5, 1676
• Day of burial February 15, 1676

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