Job Gorham (1692 - 1762)

Born 30 Aug 1692 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Dimock) Gorham — married 4 Dec 1719 (to 1732) in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Bethiah (Sturgis) Gorham — married 24 Nov 1735 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1762 at age 70 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Son of John Gorham (1651 – 1712) & Mary Otis Gorham (1653 – 1732).

On 4 Dec 1719 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Married 1st, Desire Dimmock [Desiah Dimmick] on 4 Dec 1719 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Married 2nd, Bethiah Sturgis Freeman, a cousin of his first wife, on 24 Nov 1735 in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Marriage

24 FEB 1675 Barnstable, Massachusetts (Savage)

m2. Nov. 24, 1735 Bethia Freeman of Fairfield.

Burial

Unknown, Specifically: Probably in Barnstable

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 27 June 2017), memorial #133169940 for Job Gorham (1692 - 1762) - Find A Grave Memorial.
• Savage, James., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore 1981) Vol. 2, Page 281-82.
• Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1904) Vol. 2, Page 518: First Extant Parish Record of Christ's Church, Fairfield, Marriages by Rev. Noah Hobart: "Nov. 24, 1735, Job Gorham of Barnstable and Bethia Freeman of Fairfield."
• Scituate and Barnstable Church Records, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1856) Vol. 10, Page 347
• The Connecticut Magazine (Hartford, Conn., March, 1905) Vol. 9, Page 929
• Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (F.B. & F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers, Barnstable, Mass., 1888-1890) Vol.1, Page 443
• Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1904) Book 6, Page 34: Fairfield.

• Job Gorham of Barnstable & Bethiah Freeman, Nov. 24, 1735.