Joseph Gorham Jr. (1741 - 1779)

Born 20 Nov 1741 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gray) Coley — married 16 Nov 1763 in Greens Farms, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1779 at age 37 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1741.

Joseph was a Revolutionary War Patriot

DAR Patriot # A046236

Name: Joseph Gorham

Cemetery: Greenfield Hill Cem

Location: Fairfield CT 62

He was accidentally shot by his own gun, while getting over a fence.

He passed away in 1779.

His inventory was completed on 3 February 1780 in Norwalk and recorded at Fairfield.^[1]

In 1797, his estate distribution was set out to the widow, now Mary Taylor, wife of Asher Taylor, Samuel Gorham (eldest son), Abigail Gorham, Mary Gorham, and Joseph Barlow Gorham.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 19-20, 1775-1783”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T2B8  : 6 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627295, image 397-398, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 20, 1778-1781, Pages 213-215.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 26-27, 1795-1819”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y4LZ : 29 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627303, image 390-392, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 27, 1798-1801, Pages 33-36.

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