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Benjamin Capt Gorton 1640–1699 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1640

Birth Location: Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies

Death Date: 25 Dec 1699

Death Location: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies

Father: Samuel Sr.

Mother: Mary Maplett

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In 1640, Benjamin Capt Gorton entered the world in Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies, born to Samuel Governer Gorton Sr And Mary Lady Maplett. Benjamin Capt Gorton passed away in 1699 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies.

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Biography

  • In 1640, Benjamin Capt Gorton entered the world in Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies, born to Samuel Governer Gorton Sr And Mary Lady Maplett.
  • Benjamin Capt Gorton passed away in 1699 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies.

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Benjamin Gorton's Ancestors

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Benjamin Gorton
1640–1699
Birth Place: Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies
Parents
Samuel (Governer) Gorton Sr.
1592–1677
Gorton, Lancashire, England
Mary ((Lady)) Maplett
1609–1677
St Lawrence Jewry, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Grandparents
Thomas Gorton
1566–1610
GORTON, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth (Ann) Johnson
1566–1623
Manchester, Lancashire, Eng
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin Gorton's Timeline

2 Records

1640
Jan 1640
Birth of Benjamin Capt Gorton in Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies
Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies
1699
25 Dec 1699
Age 59
Death of Benjamin Capt Gorton in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1640
    Event Place: Aquidneck Island, Newport, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1699
    Event Place: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Colony, British Colonies

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