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Elizabeth (Gorham) Tainter (abt. 1761 - 1801)

Elizabeth Tainter formerly Gorham
Born about in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Wife of — married 18 Dec 1791 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 40 in Whittingham, Windham, Vermontmap
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Biography

Birth of Elizabeth Gorham- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name: Elizabeth Gorham Event Type: Birth [or baptism, if she was born Dec. 20, 1760?] Birth Date: 10 Jun 1761 Birth Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts Father Name: Thomas Gorham Mother Name: Hannah

Excerpts from History of Dr. Stephen Tainter: "Stephen Tainter was born 13 October 1760 in Westborough, Massachusetts,[1] the son of Benjamin Tainter, of Newfane, Vermont, and Hannah Wood, his wife.[2] He married first on 18 December 1791 Elizabeth Gorham, who was born 20 December 1760, at Barnstable, Massachusetts, and died 3 October 1801, at Whitingham, Vermont. Children of his first marriage were Stephen G., Deacon Ezekiel W., Fordice and Elizabeth Tainter.[3]

Sources

  • Date and Place of Birth:

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

  • Date/Place of Birth and Death, Marriage and Children:

Excerpts from History of Dr. Stephen Tainter: "Sources: [1] Westborough, Massachusetts, "Records of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Town of Westboro [From 1717?]", p. 25, "Stephen Tainter Son of Benj'a Tainter and Hannah his wife was Born october 13: 1760"; digital images, "Massachusetts Town Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 September 2012). [2] Charles M. Taintor, Genealogy and History of the Taintor Family, From the Period of Their Emigration From Wales, to the Present Time (Greenfield, Mass.: Merriam and Mirick, 1847), 22-23. [3] Dean W. Tainter, History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Taynter, Who Sailed From England April, A.D. 1638, and Settled in Watertown, Mass. (Boston: David Clapp, 1859), 47.





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