Individual Details
John Gorham
(28 Jan 1621 - 5 Feb 1675/76)
RESIDENCE: John and Desire lived in Plymouth, Massachusetts until after daughter Desire Gorham was born 2 April 1644. Then they moved to Marshfield, Massachusetts. John was constable in Marshfield in 1648. They moved to Yarmouth, Massachusetts in 1652 and then to Barnstable, Massachusetts by 1654. John and Desire's house on the eastern edge of Barnstable just before the Yarmouth line built in 1660 still stands on Route 6A.
OCCUPATION: He owned a tannery and grist mill in Barnstable. He bought Hallett's Mill in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
DEATH: John died as a result of the Narragansett fight with the Indians in December 1675. He was a Captain in the militia in King Philip's War. His powder horn was shot and split against his side, resulting in a fever from which he died. He was buried in Swansea, Massachusetts 5 February 1675/76.
OCCUPATION: He owned a tannery and grist mill in Barnstable. He bought Hallett's Mill in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
DEATH: John died as a result of the Narragansett fight with the Indians in December 1675. He was a Captain in the militia in King Philip's War. His powder horn was shot and split against his side, resulting in a fever from which he died. He was buried in Swansea, Massachusetts 5 February 1675/76.
Events
| Birth | 28 Jan 1621 |  | |||
| Baptism | 28 Jan 1620/21 | Benefield, Northamptonshire, England | | ||
| Marriage | 1643 | Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts - Desire Howland | | ||
| Death | 5 Feb 1675/76 | | |||
| Burial | 5 Feb 1675/76 | Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Desire Howland (1624 - 1683) |
| Child | Desire Gorham (1644 - 1700) |
| Child | Temperance Gorham (1646 - 1714) |
| Child | Elizabeth Gorham (1648 - 1683) |
| Child | James Gorham (1650 - 1707) |
| Child | John Gorham (1651 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Gorham (1653 - 1726) |
| Child | Jabez Gorham (1656 - ) |
| Child | Mercy Gorham (1658 - ) |
| Child | Lydia Gorham (1661 - 1744) |
| Child | Hannah Gorham (1663 - ) |
| Child | Shubael Gorham (1667 - ) |
| Father | Ralph Gorham ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Rosena Hosmer Nicholson, Letter from Rosena Hosmer Nicholson.
2. Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990).
3. The American Historical Society, Inc., New England Families, Rhode Island Edition 1928 (1928).
4. Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990).
5. Rosena Hosmer Nicholson, Letter from Rosena Hosmer Nicholson.
6. Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990).