436 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. Phillip's war, or their legal representatives, their just dues. In his strenuous efforts to do justice to others, he was unjust to him- self, and involved himself, for the benefit of others, in liabilities which he was unable to meet. 102. Col. John Gorham, son of Shubael, was distinguished as an officer in the colonial forces in the latter French wars. He was at the taking of Louisburg, and rendered similar services to those which his grandfather had rendered in the previous wars. He resided in Bai-nstable till the year 1742, when he removed to Falmouth, now Portland, and was sometime a resident at Gorham. In 1749 he resided in Boston. He built the first mills in the town of Gorham, was a large land holder ; but did not become a permanent resident. After the close of the French war he visited, Europe and he and his wife were presented at the Court of St. James, and had an audience with the King, a distinction to which few of the subjects of rojality attain. He married March 9, 1731-2, Elizabeth, daughter of James Allyn, one of the most accomplished ladies of her time. They had fifteen children ; but I have not a complete list of them. Those born in Barnstable were: 1, Susannah, 21st Nov. 1732, died March 1738; 2, Mary, 3d Dec. 1733, died 8th Jan. 1738; 3, Anna, 28th July, 1735, died 18th March, 1738 ; 4, John, 26th Dec. 1736 ; 5, Christopher, 10th Jan. 1737-8 ; 6, Elizabeth, baptized 16th Dec. 1739 ; 7, Daniel, baptized March 1, 1740-1. The other children were born after the removal of the family in 1742, to Falmouth : 8, Sea Deliverance, a daughter, was baptized at the East Church July 22, 1744, and was christened by that name because she was born at sea. Three of the other children were Mary, Susannah and Solomon. Elizabeth Gorham of this family married Daniel Rogers of Kittery, Maine, and had four children. Mary married Eben. Parsons, a large^ship owner and merchant of Boston, well known to all our aged sea captains. Christopher died at sea unmarried. ^ 103. Col. David Gorham resided on the old homestead in Barnstable. His dwelling-house, yet remaining, was afterwards the dwelling-house of Dr. John Davis and of his son Job C. Davis, Esq. He was with his brother John at Cape Breton and the taking of Louisburg, * and was engaged in other military services. During the Revolution some parties unjustly charged him with being a tory, because he would not advocate the extreme measures of younger men. He was many years Register of Probate, and kept the records very carefully. He was much in public life, was active, energetic, and capable ; but was never a popular man. In the latter part of his life he was intemperate, and many of his old friends lost their confidence in him as a man of * Blind Abner, whom the middle aged remember, was a slave of Col. David Gorham, ami was with his master in his eastern campaigns.
GKNEALOGIOAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 437 integrity and honor. Tbey had reason to, for the civil law was his standard of morality. His intemperate habits was the cause of this change, and while we can honor him in youth and middle age, impartial justice requires that no veil be drawn over his short comings in after life. Col. David Gorh am married three wives, namely : Aug. 2, 1733, Abigail Sturgib, she died Feb. 11, 1775, aged 63; 2, to Elizabeth iStevens, of Truro, in 1775, and 3, to Hannah Davis June 17, 1783. She died at the house of Ebeu. Sturgis Oct. 3, 1812, aged 79 years, 3 months. Mr. Sturgis and Eben. Bacon, Esq., took care of her property and provided for her support during the latter part of her life." He died in 1789, aged 77. His children born in Barnstable, were: 1, David, Aug. 24, 1735, died young; 2, Elizabeth, Aug. 22, 1737, died young; 3, Edward, April 23, 1739, living ifl 1756, probably died soon after; 4, Lydia, May 30, 1741, ma:rried Jan. 26, 1764, Capt. Edward Bacon, Jr. ; 5, William, July 12, 1743 f ; 6, Shubael, born Feb. 3, 1745, died 1748; 7, Benjamin, t 23d Feb. 1747; 8, Abigail, March 5, 1749, married Oct. 12, 1775, Dr. Jeremiah Barker, of Falmouth, now Portland, § Maine. He married 2d, Temperance, widow of Hon. Wm. Gorham ; 9, Shubael, Feb. 18, 1751-2, died at sea, leaving no issue; 10, Mary, May 21, 1754. The Rev. Dr. James Freeman, of Boston, paid attention to Mary ; but she declined his offer, and afterwards married, in 1778, William Pren- tiss. She died in Barnstable July 8, 1784, aged 25, leaving no is- sue. 104. Mary Gorham married Oct. 24, 1734, Mr. Stephen Clap, of Scituate. t Hon. William Gorham, when young, wrote a splendid hand, and assisted liis father in the office of Register of Probate. About the year 1770 he removed to Gorham, Maine, and was a prominent man during the Revolution. Hs was on the committees of safety, correspondence and vigilance, and -most of their pati-iotic and spirited papers were written by him. He held many municipal offices, was president of the convention to consider the matter of the separation of Maine from Massachusetts ; Judge of Probate 1782, and of the Court of Common Pleas 1787, and held both offices till his death in 1804. He married twice. 1st, "Widow Temperance White of Scituate, in 1769, and 2d, Temperance Garret. He had a son Francis born in 1775, who died young, and his only daughter Fanny Tyler, died in 1698. (See Pierce's History^of Gorham.) t Benjamin Gorham, son of Col. David, was called "Turkey Foot," to distinguish him from the other Ben. Gorhams. After his marriage, Oct. 15, 1775, to Desire Thacher, his father built a house for him on Dimmock's Lane, which in a few years was removed to a lot on the Gorham farm. He removed to Gorham, Maine, was there in 1789; but January, 1791, had returned to Barnstable, and died not long after. He is called on the records a "spendthrift." He had no business capacity—a man of weak intellect, and his wife was a yet weaker vessel, though a member of the church, an honest woman and good neighbor. Their children are not on the town records, some were probably bom in Maine. 1, Edward, baptized April 28, 1776, was a respectable man, married Widow Joana Polond [Webb] and had Fanny, Rhoda, Eliza, Mary and John, born in Boston ; 2, William, baptized Jan. 25, 1778, a worthy man, married Charlotte Beals, resided in Portland, and had William, Charlotte, and Joseph B. ; 3, Christopher, never married, died at sea, he and Polly and Shubael stammered, and were onlv one remove from idiocy ; 4, Polly, died unmarried, had David 1809; 5, David, baptizecl April 1786, a respectable and worthy man, resided in Maine ; 6, Shubael, baptized July 11, 1790, died single in 1840. §Dr. Barker practiced in Barnstable several years before removing to Portland, and must be included in the list of physicians of that town.
at sea, leaving no issue; 10, Mary, May 21, 1754. The Rev.<br />
Dr. James Freeman, <strong>of</strong> Boston, paid attention to Mary ; but she<br />
declined his <strong>of</strong>fer, and afterwards married, in 1778, William Pren-<br />
tiss. She died in <strong>Barnstable</strong> July 8, 1784, aged 25, leaving no is-<br />
sue.<br />
104. Mary Gorham married Oct. 24, 1734, Mr. Stephen<br />
Clap, <strong>of</strong> Scituate.<br />
t Hon. William Gorham, when young, wrote a splendid hand, and assisted liis father in<br />
the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> Register <strong>of</strong> Probate. About the year 1770 he removed to Gorham, Maine, and<br />
was a prominent man during the Revolution. Hs was on the committees <strong>of</strong> safety, correspondence<br />
and vigilance, and -most <strong>of</strong> their pati-iotic and spirited papers were written by<br />
him. He held many municipal <strong>of</strong>fices, was president <strong>of</strong> the convention to consider the<br />
matter <strong>of</strong> the separation <strong>of</strong> Maine from Massachusetts ; Judge <strong>of</strong> Probate 1782, and <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Court <strong>of</strong> Common Pleas 1787, and held both <strong>of</strong>fices till his death in 1804. He married<br />
twice. 1st, "Widow Temperance White <strong>of</strong> Scituate, in 1769, and 2d, Temperance Garret.<br />
He had a son Francis born in 1775, who died young, and his only daughter Fanny Tyler,<br />
died in 1698. (See Pierce's History^<strong>of</strong> Gorham.)<br />
t Benjamin Gorham, son <strong>of</strong> Col. David, was called "Turkey Foot," to distinguish him<br />
from the other Ben. Gorhams. After his marriage, Oct. 15, 1775, to Desire Thacher, his<br />
father built a house for him on Dimmock's Lane, which in a few years was removed to a<br />
lot on the Gorham farm. He removed to Gorham, Maine, was there in 1789; but January,<br />
1791, had returned to <strong>Barnstable</strong>, and died not long after. He is called on the records a<br />
"spendthrift." He had no business capacity—a man <strong>of</strong> weak intellect, and his wife was a<br />
yet weaker vessel, though a member <strong>of</strong> the church, an honest woman and good neighbor.<br />
Their children are not on the town records, some were probably bom in Maine. 1, Edward,<br />
baptized April 28, 1776, was a respectable man, married Widow Joana Polond<br />
[Webb] and had Fanny, Rhoda, Eliza, Mary and John, born in Boston ; 2, William, baptized<br />
Jan. 25, 1778, a worthy man, married Charlotte Beals, resided in Portland, and had<br />
William, Charlotte, and Joseph B. ; 3, Christopher, never married, died at sea, he and<br />
Polly and Shubael stammered, and were onlv one remove from idiocy ; 4, Polly, died unmarried,<br />
had David 1809; 5, David, baptizecl April 1786, a respectable and worthy man,<br />
resided in Maine ; 6, Shubael, baptized July 11, 1790, died single in 1840.<br />
§Dr. Barker practiced in <strong>Barnstable</strong> several years before removing to Portland, and<br />
must be included in the list <strong>of</strong> physicians <strong>of</strong> that town.
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