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Joseph Gorham (1681 - 1742)

Joseph Gorham
Born in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, New Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 9 Nov 1708 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
Husband of — married 20 Jun 1723 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at age 61 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
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Biography

He was a mariner.

Birth

15 APR 1681[1]

Marriage

9 NOV 1708 Massachusetts[2][1]

Burial

Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Connecticut

Probate

His will is dated 22 September 1741 and proved on 20 May 1742 in Fairfield. He mentions his wife, and his children, Joseph, Benjamin, George, John Samuel, Hezekiah, and Mary Munson. His inventory was taken on 3 August 1742 and included an enslaved woman and two enslaved children, no names or children relationships are mentioned.[3]

The distribution of his estate was recorded on 2 July 1750 in Fairfield.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register pg 359, 1898
  2. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees
  3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W6Q : 9 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 70-72, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 118-122.
  4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6WD2 : 20 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 393-394, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1748-1755, Page 185-187.
See also:
  • Wead, Frederick, W., Joseph3 Gorham of Stratford, Conn., The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 83.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 February 2021), memorial page for Joseph Gorham (15 Apr 1681–24 Apr 1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #11241776, citing Union Cemetery, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568) . (INcludes gravestone photo).
  • Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885)
  • Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1613-1695 and his Descendants, Roger Faxton Sturgis, editor, Stanhope press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914




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Pierpont-94 Rick Pierpont
Gorham-109 and Gorham-14 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth, death, and wife. Problem with parents.
posted by Rick Pierpont
Smith-40964 Philip Smith
You may have missed the proposed merge – it is on the bottom left of the profile.

You may have other pending merges as well, they are listed under Find at the very top right of the page. Thank you. Phil

posted by Philip Smith

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