Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

432 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
now owned by Mr. Ezekiel Thacher. He married Dec. 21, 1752,
Marv Thacher ; in 1764, Hope Carver of Plymouth, and July 16,
1767, Hannah, widow of Lot Hall, of Yarmouth. He was guardian
to Daniel, f Lot, Urian and William Hall, minor children of
Lot Hall, deceased. His widow Hannah administered on his estate
in 1773, which was rendered insolvent. Dividend 5 sh. 2d.
in the £. It does not appear that he had more than one child,
Hannah, and that by his third wife.
82. Capt. Prince Gorham was a sea captain, and in the latter
part of his life was insane. He built on the Gorham farm the
house now owned by the heirs of Ansel Hallett, deceased, standing
on the County road near the lane to the mill. He married
April 22, 1756, Abigail Gorham, who died Aug. 3, 1765, aged
aged 34 ; and second, Nov. 15, 1767, Desire Clap of Barnstable.
She died Aug. 20, 1813, aged 72 years. His children were: 1,
Sarah, born June 27, 1762, married Nov. 15, 1778, Wm. H. Jackson,
of Plymouth ; 2, Abigail, born May 15, 1669, mai-ried May
18, 1790, Isaac Davis, and second, Samuel Holmes of Plymouth.
After the death of her second husband she resided in Boston,
where she kept a store. 3, Prince, born Sept. 8, 1775, died, leaving
no issue, at his sister Abigail's house in Boston ; 4, Eunice,
born Aug. 25, 1777, married a Capt. Shaw, of Providence, R. I.,
went on a voyage to Maderia with him, and on her return died at
her sister's house in Boston ; 5, Stephei;i, born July 28, 1779, was
lost at sea. He left no family.
83. Hannah Gorham married Thomas Gorham May 16,
1764, and had seven children. She died April 5, 1765, aged 32.
84. Mary Gorham married Dec. 22, 1757, Samuel Davis.
85. Sarah Gorham, both daughters of this- name died
young.
86. Thankful Gorham married May 3, 1759, Josiah Davis,
son of John, Jr., and removed to Gorham, Me.
88. Temperance Gorham married Feb. 7, 1765, Jonathan
Sturgis, a brother or Eben of Barnstable, and removed to Gorham.
t Daniel Hall married Oct. 31, 1776, Mehitabel, daughter of John Gorham, Eaq. He
was a lieut. with Capt. Magee, and was one of those who perished Dec. 27, 1778, and was
buried in Plymouth.
Lot removed to West Minister, in "Vermont. He married Mary Homer, of Boston, a
daughter of Benjamin, Jr., of Yarmouth. He was an associate-justice of the Supreme
Court of Vermont. His son Lot was a distinguished lawyer at Ti'dy, N. Y., and his grandson
Edward H. graduated at Harvard College in 1851.
Of Urian I have no information. William is deserving of note for his eccentricities.
About the year 1798, he established himself in Boston as gi'ocer and ship chandler. He
did a large business, lived fast, and about 1806 failed for a large amount. Afterwards he
entertained the visionary project of connecting Nobscusset Pond, by a ship canal with the
deep water of the Bay. North Dennis was to be a city, and the rival of Boston in trade,
He planned the streets of the new city, and selected a site for the Custom House on the
northern declivity of Scargo Hill. To obtain an appropriation for the purpose he for several
years was a loby member of the Massachusetts Legislature, and continually harrased
the members to obtain a legislative report in favor of his project, and failing in his efforts,
he visited Washington several times, and it is hardly necessary to add thi?t he was unsuccessful.
He died in the Alms House, in Boston, in which city ihe had obtained a legal residence.