William Gorton (1764)

Born 10 May 1764 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

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Biography

Hannah Wightman married 1 October 1786, William Gorton, born 10 May 1764 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, son of Benjamin and Avis (Hulett) Gorton. ^[1]

Children

1. Susannah Gorton; married (1) Daniel Southwick; (2) Stanley Carter.
2. Philip Gorton; married Nancy Gorton.
3. Rufus Gorton.
4. Samuel Gorton.
5. Othniel (twin) Gorton, born 5 July 1795; died 19 March 1872 in Gloversville, Fulton County, New York; married 1 August 1819, Hannah Hartshorn.
6. Theodosia (twin) Gorton, born 5 July 1795; died 5 September 1866 in Marthasville, Missouri; married Nathan Perkins.
7. Benjamin Gorton.
8. Mercy Gorton; married ----- Seagraves.
9. Ann Gorton.
10. Thomas Gorton.
11. Silas Gorton; married Clarissa Brown.
12. Hiram Gorton; died unmarried.

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Sources

1. ↑ Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants : Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman. Chicago, Ill. 1939. Page 117.
2. ↑ Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants : Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman. Chicago, Ill. 1939. Page 117.

• 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.