Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 427
in 1734 his tax for the support of the miaistry in the East Parish
was remitted for that reason. He was a mariner and died in 1745
of the small-pox in London. His will is dated Jan.
and was proved Jan. 19, 1746. He appoints his
24, 1740,
"affianced
brother" James Lovell, Jr., executor, and divides his estate into
eleven shares, giving his brother George, 1, his sister Abigail, 1,
Lydia 2, Hannah 1, Theodate 1, Desire 3, Euth 1, and Deborah
1 . He owned four rights in Gorham-town Amount of estate
£2,960,16,1, old tenor.
Ereatdm.—In last No. John Hale should be John Hall.
5T. Desire Gorham married Sept. 2, 1728, Zachariah Gardner,
(or Bunker) of Nantucket, and had seven sons and two
daughters. She died at Nantucket 5th 11 month, 1801, aged 91
years.
58. Ruth Gorham married Jan. 12, 1731-2, by Shubael Baxter,
Esq., to Dr. Cornelius Bennet from Middleboro'. Her son
Cornelius was born in Barnstable Sept. 30, 1732. Her other chil- i
dren were Theodate who married Miller ; Christina,
who married Samuel Russell ; William ; Thomas ; and perhaps
others.
59. Deborah Gorham married Dec. 11, 1735, Beriah Fitch
of Nantucket, and had four sons and five daughters. Their son
Jonathan Gorham Fitch, born Sept. 13, 1740, is said to have been
the first child on Nantucket having a double, or two christian
names. Beriah and Jonathan were worthy men. Some of their
descendants reside in Baltimore.
As nearly all the daughters of Shubael Gorham married at
Nantucket, it is probable that during some portion of his life he
resided there. However, his wife had many relatives at Nantucket
and his daughters probably visited there, and as he keptthe
public house where travellers from that island stopped, he perhaps
did not remove from Hyannis Port.
Third Generation.
It would require a volume to give as many particulars, as I
have thus far, relative to each member of the succeeding generations
of the Gorhams, and I am therefore under the necessity of
condensing my materials into the smallest space, and give little
beside names and dates.
14-2. James Gorham, Jr., son of James, married Sept. 29,
1707, Mary, daughter of Heosea Joyce, of Yarmouth. He died
Sept. 10, 1718, aged 41. His widow survived him. A widow
Mary Gorham died in Barnstable June 28, 1778.
Children horn in Barnstable.
60. I. Thankful, 25th May, 1711.
61. II. Isaac, baptized April 17, 1715.
62. III. Hezekiah, baptized April 17, 1715.
63. IV. James, baptized May 12, 1717.