Captain Benjamin Gorham
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Jun 1715 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 2 Apr 1788 - Barnstable, Massachusetts 1 Burial: in Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Gorham (1688-1769) Mother: Patience Crocker (1692-1777)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Sturgis (8 Mar 1722 - 29 Apr 1793) Marriage: 3 Sep 1741 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Status: Children: 1. Edward Gorham (1762-1822) 2. Sturgis Gorham (1742-1795)
Notes
General:
stone:Marriage Notes (Mary Sturgis)
In memory of
Capt BENJAMIN GORHAM
who departed this Life
2d day of April 1788
in ye 73d Year of His age 1
Children, in Barnstable
Sturgis GORHAM b: 1742
Deborah GORHAM b: 1744
Benjamin GORHAM b: 1746
Mary\\Polly GORHAM b: 1748
Mehitable GORHAM b: 1755
Olive GORHAM b: 1759
Edward GORHAM b: 1762
Benjamin D Gorham
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Jul 1826 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 19 Nov 1879 - Boston, Massachusetts 2 Burial: Cause of Death: apoplexy
Events
• Military
100 days, 1864
Parents
Father: Benjamin D Gorham (Est 1794-Bef 1850) Mother: Abigail R (1797-1867)
Spouses and Children
1. *Climena F Marston (Cir 1832 - After 1920) Marriage: 29 Aug 1854 - Boston, Massachusetts 2 Status: Children: 1. Mary Anna Gorham (1860-1942) 3
Notes
General:
1854, 1879 tailor, BostonMedical:
age 53-3-19Marriage Notes (Climena F Marston)
married
tailor
b Barnstable, res 11 Parmenter St Boston
s/o Benjamin D & Abigail 2
1920 US census, Somerville
living with dau Mary A Babbitt and family
Benjamin D Gorham
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1794 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: Bef 1850 Burial: Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail R (1797 - 5 Nov 1867) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Abigail Gorham (1826- ) 2. Benjamin D Gorham (1826-1879) 3. Edwin Gorham (1831- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Abigail R)
1830 US census, Barnstable
1850 US census, Boston
Benjamin F Gorham
Sex: MAKA: Benjamin Tripp Gorham
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Sep 1838 - South Harwich, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 5 Oct 1903 - South Harwich, Massachusetts 4 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph F Gorham (1803-1881) Mother: Sally Robbins (Est 1805- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret F Gallagher (1856 - ) Marriage: 3 Jul 1878 - Harwich, Massachusetts Status: 2. Sarah M Pratt (1843 - Bef 1878) Marriage: 17 Feb 1862 - Harwich, Massachusetts 4 Status: Children: 1. Benjamin Kelley Gorham (1876-After 1930)
Notes
General:
1862 painter, HarwichMarriage Notes (Margaret F Gallagher)
1880, 1900 US census, Boston
Benjamin F Gorham
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1821 - (Barnstable, Massachusetts) Baptism: Death: 1 Oct 1848 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts) Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Charles Gorham (1792-1859) Mother: Charlotte Huckins (1794-1859) 6Benjamin Kelley Gorham
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Oct 1876 - South Harwich, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: After 1930 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin F Gorham (1838-1903) Mother: Sarah M Pratt (1843-Bef 1878)
Spouses and Children
1. *Lois Walton Amadon (Feb 1879 - 6 Apr 1949) Marriage: 3 Apr 1913 - Boston, Massachusetts 7 Status: 2. Emma N Eldridge (7 Dec 1875 - 8 Nov 1911) Marriage: 28 Sep 1898 - Boston, Massachusetts 2 Status: Children: 1. Arthur N Gorham (1899- )
Notes
General:
1898 clerk, 189 Trenton St BostonMarriage Notes (Lois Walton Amadon)
1913 electric salesman, 238 Willow Ave, Somerville, widowed
1930 US census, BostonMarriage Notes (Emma N Eldridge)
1900, 1910 US census, Somerville
Caroline Gorham
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Aug 1791 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Edward Gorham (1762-1822) Mother: Abigail Taylor (1763-1820) 1Charles Gorham
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Jan 1792 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 16 May 1859 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8 Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet Cause of Death: gravel
Parents
Father: Josiah Gorham (1759-1829) Mother: Hannah Childs (1769- ) 9
Spouses and Children
1. *Charlotte Huckins (17 Feb 1794 - 4 Jan 1859) 10 Marriage: 24 Aug 1814 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Status: Children: 1. Ezra Gorham (1815-1865) 2. Allen Gorham (1817-1861) 11 3. Benjamin F Gorham (1821-1848) 5 4. James H Gorham (1821-1888) 12
Notes
General:
"Mr. Charles Gorham died May 16, 1859, aet. 67 yrs. 3 mos. & 19 days.Medical:
'He is not dead but sleepeth.' " 13
age 67-3-19Marriage Notes (Charlotte Huckins)
married
died at Barnstable, born at Wellfleet [probably the opposite, actually]
parents Josiah & Hannah 8
1850 US census, Wellfleet:
house 150, household 165
Charles Gorham, 58, trader, $500
Charlotte Gorham, 56
both b Mass.
Captain Charles Allen Gorham
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Aug 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14 Baptism: Death: 16 Mar 1897 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15 Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet Cause of Death: diabetis 15
Parents
Father: James H Gorham (1821-1888) 12 Mother: Sarah Waterman Oliver (1824-1851) 16
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorcas Collins Rich (18 Sep 1846 - 8 Jul 1926) 17 Marriage: 16 Nov 1865 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts Status:
Notes
General:
Charles went to sea at age 13, and was a master of vessels from 1863 until 1886. After that, he succeeded his father in the grocery business in Wellfleet. 18Marriage Notes (Dorcas Collins Rich)
Charles A. Gorham, born in 1845, is a son of James H. and Sarah (Oliver) Gorham, and grandson of Charles Gorham. He began going to sea at the age of thirteen, and was master of vessels from 1863 until 1886. Since that time he has been a merchant in Wellfleet, where he succeeded his father in the grocery business. He married Dorcas C., daughter of Michael Rich.
1880 Wellfleet census:
Charles A Gorham, 35, sea captain, MA, MA, MA
Dorcas C Gorham, wife, 33, keeping house, MA, MA, MA 19
Charlotte Ann Gorham
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Aug 1840 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20 Baptism: Death: 14 Mar 1880 Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ezra Gorham (1815-1865) Mother: Mary Ann Kemp (1818-1901)
Spouses and Children
1. *Snow Rich (1 Nov 1835 - 26 Mar 1904) 21 Marriage: 14 Dec 1861 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts Status: Children: 1. Frank Gorham Rich (1869- ) 22
Notes
Marriage Notes (Snow Rich)
of Salem, 1901
Daniel Gorham
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Nov 1708 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 24 Baptism: Death: 1745 - London, England Burial: Cause of Death: smallpox
Events
• Alt Birth, , Barnstable, Massachusetts in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Shubael Gorham (1667-1750) Mother: Puella Hussey (1677-1763)
Notes
General:
Owned 4 rights in Gorhamtown, Maine. "On 9 Aug 1739, he was in Gorhamtown, and acted as Proprietor's Clerk at a meeting when two hundred acres of land were voted and granted to Edmund and Stephen Phinney. He died of small pox in London, in 1745. He was unmarried, and his will left his estate of land in Gorhamtown to his brother and sisters, George, Abigail, Lydia, Hannah, Theodate, Desire, Ruth and Deborah. It does not appear that any of them came to Gorham." 23
David Gorham
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 May 1738 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 2 May 1780 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Gorham (1692-1775) Mother: Marcy Gray (1696-1775)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Hamblin (4 Apr 1740 - 9 Sep 1815) Marriage: 1765 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Status: Children: 1. Sarah Gorham (1767-1825)David Gorham
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Apr 1712 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 2 Jan 1786 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Burial: in Cobb's Hill cemetery, Barnstable Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death, , Barnstable, Massachusetts in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Shubael Gorham (1686-1746) Mother: Mary Thacher (1687-1778)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Cobb (29 Oct 1726 - 29 Mar 1784) 26 Marriage: 17 Dec 1775 - Truro, Massachusetts 27 Status: 2. Abigail Sturgis (9 Sep 1712 - 11 Feb 1775) 25 Marriage: 2 Aug 1733 - Barnstable, Massachusetts 25 Status: 3. Hannah Davis (31 May 1731 - 3 Oct 1810) 25 Marriage: 17 Jun 1783 - Barnstable, Massachusetts 25 Status:
Notes
General:
This is possibly the David Gorham Esqr who was master of Rheta, who filed Intentions with Cesar, servant of John Gorham Esqr, in 1749;Marriage Notes (Abigail Sturgis)
and of Abner Coffen, at Abner's filing of Intentions with Peggy Cyprus of Harwich, on 15 Sep 1764 in Barnstable. 28
Children
David Gorham b: 24 AUG 1735 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Gorham b: 22 AUG 1737 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Edward Gorham b: 23 APR 1739 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia Gorham b: 30 MAY 1741 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
William Gorham b: 12 JUL 1743 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Shubael Gorham b: 03 FEB 1744 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin Gorham b: 23 FEB 1746 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Abigail Gorham b: 05 MAR 1748 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Shubael Gorham b: 18 FEB 1751 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Gorham b: 21 MAY 1754 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Deborah Gorham
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1715 - Nantucket, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 21 Apr 1787 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 29 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Shubael Gorham (1667-1750) Mother: Puella Hussey (1677-1763)
Spouses and Children
1. *Beriah Fitch (30 Oct 1713 - 4 May 1785) Marriage: 11 Dec 1735 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 30 Status: Children: 1. Eunice Fitch (1736- ) 2. Lydia Fitch (1738- ) 3. Jonathan Gorham Fitch (1740- ) 4. Pernal Fitch (1742- ) 5. Phebe Fitch (1744- ) 6. Lucinda Fitch (1746- ) 7. Beriah Fitch (1748- ) 8. Reuben Fitch (1750- ) 9. Shubael Fitch (1750- ) 10. Deborah Fitch (1755- ) 11. Puella Fitch (Est 1752- ) 12. Jedidiah Fitch (1762- ) 31Desire Gorham
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Mar 1728 - Barnstable, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Job Gorham (1692-Cir 1762) Mother: Desire Dimmock (1696-1733)Desire Gorham
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Aug 1710 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Baptism: Death: 21 Dec 1767 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1 Burial: in Yarmouth Ancient cemetery Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Gorham (1680-1729) Mother: Anne Brown (1673-After 1730)
Spouses and Children
1. *Lieutenant Thomas Hallett (1691 - 10 Apr 1772) Marriage: 19 Aug 1750 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Status:
Notes
General:
stone:
Here lyes ye Body of
Mrs DESIRE HALLET
Wife to Mr
THOMAS HALLET
who departed this Life
Decem'r ye 21st 1767
Aged 56 Years 1
Desire Gorham
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Feb 1674 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony Baptism: Death: Jan 1736 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Gorham (1650-1707) Mother: Hannah Huckins (1653-1728) 32
Spouses and Children
1. *Daniel Hamilton (Est 1675 - ) Marriage: 15 Dec 1715 - Barnstable, Massachusetts 33 Status:
Notes
General:
? m1 Edward Springer of Newport, RI
Desire Gorham
Sex: FAKA: Desier Gorham
Individual Information
Birth: Apr 1685 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony 34 Baptism: Death: 23 Jun 1749 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Gorham (1654-1726) Mother: Sarah Sturgis (1656-Bef 1738)
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain John Baxter (1680 - 18 Apr 1749) Marriage: 11 Jun 1706 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Status: Children: 1. Elizabeth Baxter (1707- ) 2. Sarah Baxter (1708- ) 3. Jenny Baxter (1710- ) 4. Temperance Baxter (1712- ) 5. John Baxter (1714- ) 6. Joseph Baxter (1716- ) 7. Isaac Baxter (1718- ) 8. Hezekiah Baxter (1720-After 1767) 9. Desire Baxter (1722-1722) 35 10. Samuel Baxter (1723- ) 11. Thomas Baxter (1725- ) 12. Shubael Baxter (1726- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Captain John Baxter)
Children, in Yarmouth, Mass
Elizabeth Baxter b: 2 JAN 1705/06
Sarah Baxter b: 28 OCT 1708
Jeney Baxter b: 5 NOV 1710
Temperance Baxter b: 14 AUG 1712
John Baxter b: 5 JUL 1714
Joseph Baxter b: 3 MAR 1714/15
Isaac Baxter b: 12 JAN 1716/17
Hezekiah Baxter b: 21 MAR 1719/20
Desire Baxter b: 20 FEB 1720/21
Samuel Baxter b: 4 FEB 1721/22
Thomas Baxter b: 1 FEB 1723/24
Shubal Baxter b: 21 DEC 1726
(mc1966)
(double-year dates are 1 year later with leemartin728)
Desire Gorham
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Apr 1644 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony 37 Baptism: Death: 30 Jun 1700 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain John Gorham (1621-1676) 38 Mother: Desire Howland (1625-1683)
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain John Hawes (Bef 1640 - 11 Nov 1701) 39 Marriage: 7 Oct 1661 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony 36 Status: Children: 1. Elizabeth Hawes (1661-1733) 40 2. Mary Hawes (1664-1726) 3. Edmond Hawes (1669- ) 4. John Hawes (1671- ) 5. Deacon Joseph Hawes (1673-1752) 6. Jabez Hawes (1675- ) 7. Ebenezer Hawes (1678-1727) 8. Isaac Hawes (1680-Bef 1731) 9. Desire Hawes (1681-1724) 10. Benjamin Hawes (1683-1722) 41 11. Experience Hawes (1686-1758)Desire Gorham
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Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Nov 1710 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 42 Baptism: Death: 5 Nov 1801 - Nantucket, Massachusetts 43 Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , Barnstable, Massachusetts in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Shubael Gorham (1667-1750) Mother: Puella Hussey (1677-1763)
Spouses and Children
1. *Zachariah Bunker (1700 - 14 Aug 1757) Marriage: Status: Children: 1. Jonathan Bunker (1729- ) 2. Shubael Bunker (1731- ) 3. James Bunker (1733- ) 4. Simeon Bunker (1736- ) 5. Elizabeth Bunker (1738-Bef 1775) 6. Desire Bunker (1741- ) 7. Zachariah Bunker (1744- ) 8. Francis Bunker (1746- ) 9. Andrew Bunker (1752- )
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12 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 34, lot 1. Gorham. .... Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 816. .... Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1888, p 28, death records.
13 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 23.
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15 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1987, p 39.
16 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 34, lot 1. Gorham. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:125. the children of Benjamin and Elisabeth Oliver.
17 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 34, lot 1. Gorham. .... Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 816.
18 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 816.
19 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 816. .... 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, Charles A Gorham household.
20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:179. The children of Exra Gorham and Mary his wife.
21 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:140. The children of Samuel and Polly Rich.
22 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 13.
23 Hugh Davis McLellan, Katherine B. Lewis, History of Gorham, Maine (1908. Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, Printers [online]), 519.
24 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 99. vol. 1, births A-F; vol. 2, births G-Z; vol. 3, marriages A-F; vol. 4, marriages G-Z; vol. 5, deaths
25 Hugh Davis McLellan, Katherine B. Lewis, History of Gorham, Maine (1908. Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, Printers [online]), 520.
26
Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:265. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278, 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.
27 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 107.
28 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 19:128.
29 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 252.
30 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 553.
31 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 460.
32 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 32 (MD6:139).
33 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 47 (MD14:87).
34 George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, "Yarmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant, in several parts), 5:160.
35 George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, "Yarmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant, in several parts), 13:222.
36 Paul Sturtevant Howes, Mayflower Descendants in Cape May County, New Jersey (1921. Cape May, NJ: Albert R. Hand [online]), 97.
37 Paul Sturtevant Howes, Mayflower Descendants in Cape May County, New Jersey (1921. Cape May, NJ: Albert R. Hand [online]), 11.
38 Paul Sturtevant Howes, Mayflower Descendants in Cape May County, New Jersey (1921. Cape May, NJ: Albert R. Hand [online]), 6-12.
39 Rootsweb.com, sriddle.
40
Charles Edward Banks, M.D, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts. in three volumes (1911. Boston: George H Dean [online]
1966. Edgartown Massachusetts: Dukes County Historical Society. (reprint)).
41 New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), 69:242.
42 Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 2:99.
43
Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. in 5 volumes (1925-8. Boston: NEHGS; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/), 5:83.
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