Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

428 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAKNSTABLE FAMILIES.
64. V. Mary, baptized July 19, 1719.
The will of James Gorham, Jr., is dated Sept. 10, 1717,
proved Nov. 5, 1718. He names his wife Mary and sons Isaac,
Hezekiah and James, and daughter Thankful. His daughter Mary
was born after his death, therefore not named. He describes land
in the Common Field, bounded by the land of his uncle Shubael.
Executors, his wife Mary, her brother Thomas Joyce, and Joseph
Davis.
easterly
All the
part of
land on the north of the road, in the north-
the town, was then called the "Common Field."
His uncle Shubael's house is yet standing, and was owned by the
late Job C. Davis. James Gorham, Jr.'s land, I presume, was on
the west.
60. Thankful Gorham married May 16, 1701, Thomas
Hawes,
town.
of Yarmouth. She had four children and died in that
61. Capt. Isaac Gorham married Jan. 24, 1738, Hannah
Hallett, of Yarmouth. She died Aug. 19, 1741, aged 24, and he
married Sept. 2, 1742, Mary Cobb, daughter of Gerfehom. He
died in Scotland Jan. 1753, and his widow married James Churchill
Feb. 3, 1756-7. His children by his first wife were Mary, who
married Feb. 8, 1759, Elisha Hedge of Yarmouth, and Thankful
who married John Hall of Yarmouth. By his second wife he had
1, 'Edward, baptized Sept. 11, 1743, who probably died young,
not being named in his father's will ; 2, James, baptized Aug. 4,
1745, married Widow Mary Baker, had no issue ; 3, Sarah, baptized
June 19, 1748, and 4, Hannah, baptized June 17, 1750.
He was also the reputed father of Isaac Gorham, son of Remember
Backhouse, born Aug. 19, 1746.
62. Capt. Hezekiah Gorham, twin brother of Isaac, was a
sea captain. He married Widow Anna Davis May 12, 1746. In
her will dated March 2, 1702, she names her sous James and
Jonathan and her son Josiah Davis of Gorham, in the County of
Cumberland, daughters Anna, wife of Sylvanus Gorham, and
Susan, wife of Gorliam Easterbrooks. Also her dwelling-house
and her part of the Grist Mill, which as before mentioned originally
belonged
was the widow
to the Gorhams. I infer from her will that she
of John Davis, Jr., whom she married March 25,
1736, and had Josiah, John and Martha, baptized in the I^ast
Church April 25, 1742. She was a daughter of Mr. James Allen,
and was connected by marriage with some of the most influential
and respectable families in the Colony. Capt. Hezekiah Gorham
died Oct. 2, 1778, aged "about 60 years." His children born in
Barnstable, 1, .lames, baptized Feb. 22, 1746-7 ; 2, Anna, July
17, 1748; 3, Lemuel, May -5, 1751, died young; 4, Jonathan,
Feb.
1760.
4, 1753; 5, Susan, April 21, 1754; and Isaac April 13,
James of this family married Rachel Easterbrooks ; Anna
married Sylvanus Gorham and had a large family ; Susan married