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Lydia Gorham 1741–1803 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 May 1741

Birth Location: Barnstable, Mass

Death Date: 14 Apr 1803

Death Location: Gorham, Maine

Father: Colonel Gorham

Mother: Abigail Gorham

Spouse(s): Edward Bacon

Children(s): Elizabeth Coffin

Lydia Gorham was born in 1741 in Barnstable, Mass, the child of Colonel David Gorham And Abigail Gorham. Lydia Gorham married Edward Bacon, Sir Knight James Coffin, and had children including Elizabeth Coffin. Lydia Gorham passed away in 1803 in Gorham, Maine.

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Biography

  • Lydia Gorham was born in 1741 in Barnstable, Mass, the child of Colonel David Gorham And Abigail Gorham.
  • Lydia Gorham married Edward Bacon, Sir Knight James Coffin, and had children including Elizabeth Coffin.
  • Lydia Gorham passed away in 1803 in Gorham, Maine.

Immediate Family

Parents

Colonel Gorham
1712–1786
Birth Location: Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Abigail Gorham
1712–1775
Birth Location: Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Edward Bacon
1742–1811
Birth Location: Barnstable
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Coffin
1565–1624
Birth Location: ,,Devon,England
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Lydia Gorham's Ancestors

Self
Lydia Gorham
1741–1803
Birth Place: Barnstable, Mass
Parents
Colonel David Gorham
1712–1786
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Abigail Gorham
1712–1775
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Mary (E) Thacher
1687–1778
Yarmouth, Mass
John (Gorham) II
1686–1746
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts,
Samuel Sturgis
1665–1762
Yarmouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail Sturgis
1688–1723
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Thacher
1639–1713
Lydia Thacher
1661–1744
Edward II
1642–1678
Temperance Baxter
1646–1715
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Sr
1613–1695
Elizabeth Hinckley
1617–1691

Lydia Gorham's Descendants

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Lydia Gorham (30 May 1741–14 Apr 1803) m. Edward Bacon (19 Oct 1742–20 Aug 1811)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Coffin 1565–1624 m. Richard Jackson 1561–1625
    1. 1. Alice Jackson 1591–1667 m. Samuel (Samuel) Pettypool 1590–1667
      1. 1. William (I) Pettypool 1630–1668 m. Ann (Parham) Parham 1645–1710
        1. 1. William Pettipoole 1660–1726 m. Elizabeth Tucker 1683–1726
        2. 2. Ambrose Pettypool 1665–
        3. 3. Elizabeth Pettypool 1660–
        4. 4. Dorothy Poole 1660–1750

Lydia Gorham's Timeline

2 Records

1741
30 May 1741
Birth of Lydia Gorham in Barnstable, Mass
Barnstable, Mass
1803
14 Apr 1803
Age 62
Death of Lydia Gorham in Gorham, Maine
Gorham, Maine

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 May 1741
    Event Place: Barnstable, Mass
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1803
    Event Place: Gorham, Maine
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories
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