Temperance Gorham was born on May 20, 1744, in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, to Ebenezer Gorham and Temperance Hawes. She was baptized on May 20, 1744 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts[1][2]
She and Jonathan Sturgis filed a declaration of intention on January 5, 1765, in Barnstable and married on 7 February 1865.[3][1]
Hannah, b. 9 Dec, 1766, at Barnstable (birth also registered Gorham)
Temperance, b. 5 Nov., 1768, at Barnstable (birth also registered Gorham)
James Gorham, b. 3 Dec, 1771, at Gorham, Maine
Nathaniel, b. 3 Sept., 1774, at Gorham, Maine
Abigail, b. 4 March, 1776, at Gorham, Maine
David, b. 27 June, 1779, at Gorham, Maine
Joseph, b. 30 Jan., 1783, at Gorham, Maine
Sarah, b. 24 July, 1785, at Gorham, Maine
Jonathan, b. 6 Feb., 1788, at Gorham, Maine
Eleanor, who died young, at Gorham, Maine
They emigrated from Barnstable, to Gorham, Maine, about 1769.[4][5]
She died on November 26, 1824, in Gorham, Maine, age 80 years,[6] and was buried there.[7] She was survived by her husband.
↑ 1.01.11.2
Hugh D McLellan, History of Gorham, ME, published online by Google Books, original publisher: Smith & Sale, Printers, Portland, Maine, 1902.
↑ 2.02.1
Amos Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, published online by Ancestry.com. The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005; original publisher: F.B. & F.P. Goss, Barnstable, Massachusetts, 1890.
↑ 3.03.1
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-PL72 : 5 November 2017), Jonathan Sturgis and Temperance Gorham, 07 Feb 1765; citing Marriage, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 947,061.
↑ 4.04.1
"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-D6X : accessed 27 May 2018), Jonathan Sturgis, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 296, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 218,682.
↑ 5.05.1
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG3-NTY : accessed 27 May 2018), Jonathan Sturgis, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 142, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 281,237.
↑ 6.06.1
"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H2C-5HP : 17 October 2017), Temperance Sturgis, Death 26 Nov 1824; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 9,866.
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