Lockwood Gorham (1747 - 1812)

Born 9 Nov 1747 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Butler) Gorham — married about 1765 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1812 at age 64 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Name

Lockwood Gorham

Birth

09 Nov 1747 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut (Barbour Collection)

Baptism

15 Nov 1747 Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut (Church Record)

Marriage

ABT 1765 Probably, New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut (International Gen. Index)

Death

03 Jun 1812 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Native American newspaper)

Burial

Cemetery of the First Baptist Church, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Find A Grave)

near King Street District school

Sources

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Fairfield.

• Page 44: "Gorham, Lockwood, s. Lockwood & Abigail, b. Nov.9 , 1747 Vol. 1, Page 83"

• Hurtuk, Marjorie. The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Connecticut

• Confirmed descendant of John Howland1 (Desire2, Jabez3, Joseph4, Lockwood5) through the birth of Lockwood Gorham.

• Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions, Vol. 11, 404-9 Baptist Cemetery, Danbury, Conn. "Gorham, Lockwood, died June 3, 1812 age 64.
• International Gen. Index/North America (LDS) file # 45683
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Thankful Butler, Marriage: 6 Oct 1770 Falmouth. Spouse: John Gorham.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #9537468
• Native American (Norwich, Connecticut, Wednesday, June 17, 1812) Issue: 16.

• Page 3: "Died. At Ridgefield, on the 3d inst. Mr. Lockwood Gorham, aged 64; on the 5th, his widow, Mrs. ____ Gorham, aged 68, both of the prevailing fever.."

• The Day (Danbury, CT, Tuesday, Jun 09, 1812) Vol: I, Issue: 5, Page: 3. Ridgefield, Society of Ridgbury.

• Lockwood Gorham, died June 3, 1812 of the prevailing fever.
• Lockwood Gorham, His Widow, died June 5, 1812 of the prevailing fever.

• Talcott, Mary Kingsbury. Greenfield Hill Church Records, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1915) Vol. 69, Page 131
• White, Elizabeth Pearson John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 433.