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Captain John Gorham

Desire Howland, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley

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"Mis Gorom" died on 30 July [16]83 in Yarmouth. [VRMY]

Children of John Gorham and Desire Howland:

i. Ensign Joseph Gorham married Sarah Sturgis.

ii. Lydia Gorham married Captain Thatcher on 1 January [16]83 in Yarmouth. [VRMY]

iii. Desire Gorham married John Baxter on 11 June 1706 in Yarmouth. [VRMY]

iv. Shubal Gorham married Mary Thatcher on 2[torn] December 1708 in Yarmouth. [VRMY]

References:

VRMY. Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, vol. 1 (Warwick: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1975), 125 (death of Desire), 128 (marriage of Lydia), 137 (marriages of Desire and Shubal).

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Last revised: 26-Aug-2021