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GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 413
Bourman. Eastham four : Joseph Nessfleld, Joha Walker, John
M. [torn off] [Newman's Letter.]
Capt. Gorham was fifty-four years of age at his death. On
the 7th of March following, letters of administration were granted
by the Court to his widow, Mrs. Desire Gorham, and to his sons
Ja,mes and John to settle his estate. At the same Court Mr.
Hinckley, Mr. Chipman, and Mr. Huckens, were appointed guardians
of the children then not of age.
Mrs. Gorham died Oct. 13, 1683. Capt. Gorham, it appears,
was an inhabitant of Yarmouth at the time of his death,
and his widow continued to reside there, though she died at her
son's house in Barnstable. Her estate was settled on the 5th of
March following. All her children were then living except Elizabeth.
[The Gorham Genealogy I wrote several years since in the
form recommended in the Genealogical Register. The columns of
a newspaper are too narrow to set it economically in that form,
and I have therefore been under the necessity of transcribing it.
The personal notices are in the form of notes. That peculiarity I
retain.]
Capt. John Gorham, the ancestor of the family, was born at
Benefleld, in Northamptonshire, England, and was baptized January
28, 16-20-1. In the Benefield churchyard, no monuments of
the Gorham family are found, which indicates that the family had
not long resided at Benefield. Monuments to the memory of the
ancestors of the Freeman and other families who came to New
England are there found. The names of his father Ralph and his
grandfather James appear in the parish register, showing that the
family for one or two generations had been residents at Benefield.
Capt. Gorham married in 1643, Desire, daughter of Mr. John
Howland of Plymouth. He died as above stated, in the service
of his country, and was buried at Swansey Feb. 5, 1675-6. His
widow survived him and died in Barnstable Oct. 13, 1683.
Children of Capt. John Gorham and his wife Desire (Howland)
Gorham.
2. 1. Desire, born in Plymouth April 2, 1644.
3. II. Temperance, born in Marshfleld May 5, 1646.
4. III. Elizabeth, born in Marshfield April 2, 1648.
5. IV. James, born in Marshfield April 28, 1650.
6. V. John, born in Marshfield, Feb. 20, 1651-2.
7. VI. Joseph, born in Yarmouth Feb. 16, 1653-4.
8. Vll. Jabez, born in Barnstable Aug. 3, 1656.
9. Vlll. Mercey, born in Barnstable Jan. 20, 1658.
10. IX. Lydia, born in Barnstable Nov. 16, 1661.
11. X. Hannah, born in Barnstable Nov. 28, 1663.
12. XI. Shubael, born in Barnstable Oct. 21, 1667.