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Desire Gorham 1624–1683 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1624 or 1625

Birth Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 13 Oct 1683

Death Location: Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: John Howland

Mother: Elizabeth Howland

Spouse(s): John Gorham

Children(s): Temperance Baxter, James Sr, Elizabeth Hallett, Lydia Thacher, Mercy Denison, Desire Hawes, John Gorham, Jabez Gorham, Joseph Gorham, Shubael Gorham

Desire Gorham was born in 1624 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Howland And Elizabeth Howland. Desire Gorham married John Gorham, and had children including Desire Hawes, Elizabeth Hallett, Jabez Gorham, James Gorham Sr, John Gorham, Joseph Gorham, Lydia Thacher, Mercy Denison, Shubael Gorham, Temperance Baxter. Desire Gorham passed away in 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Desire Gorham was born in 1624 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Howland And Elizabeth Howland.
  • Desire Gorham married John Gorham, and had children including Desire Hawes, Elizabeth Hallett, Jabez Gorham, James Gorham Sr, John Gorham, Joseph Gorham, Lydia Thacher, Mercy Denison, Shubael Gorham, Temperance Baxter.
  • Desire Gorham passed away in 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Desire Gorham's Ancestors

Self
Desire Gorham
1624–1683
Birth Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
John Howland
1591–1672
Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Elizabeth Howland
1607–1687
Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Desire Gorham's Descendants

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Desire Gorham (1624 or 1625–13 Oct 1683) m. John Gorham (28 January 1619–5 February 1676)
  1. 1. Temperance Baxter 1646–1715 m. Edward (Sturgis) II 1642–1678
    1. 1. Thankful Sturgis 1675–1745 m. Peter Thacher 1665–1736
      1. 1. Sarah Thacher 1709–1762 m. George Lewis 1704–1757
        1. 1. Anna Gorham –1796
        2. 2. Anna (Elizabeth) Gorham 1728–1796
        3. 3. Josiah Lewis 1745–1795
        4. 4. John Lewis 1731–1781
        5. 5. Temperance Lewis 1747–
        6. 6. Susannah Lewis 1749–1841
        7. 7. Thankful Lewis 1734–
        8. 8. James Lewis 1753–1773
        9. 9. Sarah Lewis 1737–1785
        10. 10. Temperance Lewis 1743–1744
        11. 11. Temperance Lewis 1739–1739
        12. 12. Thankful Lewis 1729–1729
      2. 2. Peter Thacher 1695–
      3. 3. Thacher 1703–
      4. 4. Hannah Thacher 1715–1748
      5. 5. Thankful Thacher 1694–1768
      6. 6. Temperance Thacher 1711–1736
      7. 7. Peter Thacher 1712–1775
  2. 2. James (Gorham) Sr 1650–1707
  3. 3. Elizabeth Hallett 1648–1683
  4. 4. Lydia Thacher 1661–1744
  5. 5. Mercy Denison 1658–1725
  6. 6. Desire Hawes 1644–1700
  7. 7. John Gorham 1651–1715
  8. 8. Jabez Gorham 1656–1726
  9. 9. Joseph Gorham 1654–1726
  10. 10. Shubael Gorham 1667–1750

Desire Gorham's Timeline

3 Records

1624
1624 or 1625
Birth of Desire Gorham in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1643
1643
Age 19
Desire Gorham was married
None
1683
13 Oct 1683
Age 59
Death of Desire Gorham in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1624 or 1625
    Event Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1643

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Oct 1683
    Event Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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