Elizabeth (Gorton) Tallman (1715 - 1800)

Born 1 Dec 1715 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

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Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1800 at age 84 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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Biography

Samuel Gorton, son John and Margaret (Weeden) Gorton, born July 22, 1672, at Warwick, married, May 9, 1695, Elizabeth Collins, born November 1, 1672, daughter of Captain Elizur and Sarah (Wright) Collins. (p. 168)

He died June 5, 1722. His will bequeathed to wife Elizabeth use of household and all movables ; to his son Edward the old place, so called, which honored father John formerly dwelt on and lot at Horses Neck; to son Samuel the homestead farm; to son William lot at Soweset; and to daughters Ann, Margaret, Sarah, Elizabeth, money, etc. Children: Elizabeth Gorton, born 1716, married Benjamin Tallman.(p. 169)

Elizabeth Gorton, born at Warwick December 1, 1715, married, January, 1735, Benjamin Tallman, of Portsmouth, R. I., born June 19, 1710, son of Benjamin and Patience (Durfee) Tallman. Patience Durfee was daughter of Thomas Durfee. Elizabeth died November 1, 1800, aged about 80. Their first three children were born at Warwick; the seven following were born at Portsmouth.

Children:

Peleg Tallman, born March 25, 1736, married Sarah Soule.

Thomas Tallman, born March 28, 1738, married Abigail Nichols.

Patience Tallman, born December 15, 1740.

Benjamin Tallman, born September 15, 1742; married 1st Rhoda Church; m. 2nd Lucretia Williams.

Elizabeth Tallman, born June 27, 1746.

Hulda Tallman, born September 15, 1749.

Samuel Tallman, born December 7, 1751.

Annie Tallman, born January 9, 1753.

Phebe Tallman, born ___ , living and unmarried in 1817.

Gorton Tallman, born September 23, 1759. (p. 180)^[1]

Warwick Marriages

Gorton, Elizabeth, and Benjamin Tallman, Jan. — 1735. (p. 48)

Warwick Births (p. 206)

Tallman Peleg, of Benjamin and Elizabeth, Mar. 25, 1736. " Thomas, Mar. 28, 1738. " Patience, Dec 15, 1740. ^[2]

Portsmouth Births

Tallman, Benjamin of Benjamin and Patience, June 19, 1710. (p. 101)

Children: (p. 101)

Tallman, Peleg March 25, 1736. " Thomas, March 28, 1738. " Patience, Dec. 15, 1740. " Benjamin Sept. 15, 1743. " Elizabeth, June 27, 1746. " Huldah, Sept. 15, 1749. " Samuel, Dec. 7, 1751. " Anne, Jan. 9, 1753. " Gorton, Sept. 23, 1759. ^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ The life and times of Samuel Gorton by Adelos Gorton Philadelphia 1907
2. ↑ Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 First Series Birth, Marriage and Deaths: Vol. 1 Kent County- Warwick Marriages by James N. Arnold Providence 1891
3. ↑ Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 First Series Birth, Marriage and Deaths: Vol. 4: Newport County - Portsmouth by James N. Arnold Providence 1891
4. ↑ Entered by Chris Hoyt, Feb 20, 2012

• Gorton, Adelos,. The life and times of Samuel Gorton : the founders and the founding of the Republic : a section of early United States history and a history of the colony of Providence and Rhode Island plantations in the Narragansett Indian country now the state of Rhode Island, 1592-1636-1677-1687 : with a genealogy of Samuel Gorton's descendants to the present time. Philadelphia: unknown, 1907.