Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

436 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
Phillip's war, or their legal representatives, their just dues. In
his strenuous efforts to do justice to others, he was unjust to him-
self, and involved himself, for the benefit of others, in liabilities
which he was unable to meet.
102. Col. John Gorham, son of Shubael, was distinguished
as an officer in the colonial forces in the latter French wars. He
was at the taking of Louisburg, and rendered similar services to
those which his grandfather had rendered in the previous wars.
He resided in Bai-nstable till the year 1742, when he removed to
Falmouth, now Portland, and was sometime a resident at Gorham.
In 1749 he resided in Boston. He built the first mills in the town
of Gorham, was a large land holder ; but did not become a permanent
resident. After the close of the French war he visited,
Europe and he and his wife were presented at the Court of St.
James, and had an audience with the King, a distinction to which
few of the subjects of rojality attain.
He married March 9, 1731-2, Elizabeth, daughter of James
Allyn, one of the most accomplished ladies of her time. They
had fifteen children ; but I have not a complete list of them.
Those born in Barnstable were: 1, Susannah, 21st Nov. 1732,
died March 1738; 2, Mary, 3d Dec. 1733, died 8th Jan. 1738;
3, Anna, 28th July, 1735, died 18th March, 1738 ; 4, John, 26th
Dec. 1736 ; 5, Christopher, 10th Jan. 1737-8 ; 6, Elizabeth, baptized
16th Dec. 1739 ; 7, Daniel, baptized March 1, 1740-1. The
other children were born after the removal of the family in 1742,
to Falmouth : 8, Sea Deliverance, a daughter, was baptized at the
East Church July 22, 1744, and was christened by that name because
she was born at sea. Three of the other children were
Mary, Susannah and Solomon.
Elizabeth Gorham of this family married Daniel Rogers of
Kittery, Maine, and had four children. Mary married Eben.
Parsons, a large^ship owner and merchant of Boston, well known
to all our aged sea captains. Christopher died at sea unmarried.
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103. Col. David Gorham resided on the old homestead in
Barnstable. His dwelling-house, yet remaining, was afterwards
the dwelling-house of Dr. John Davis and of his son Job C.
Davis, Esq. He was with his brother John at Cape Breton and
the taking of Louisburg, * and was engaged in other military services.
During the Revolution some parties unjustly charged him
with being a tory, because he would not advocate the extreme
measures of younger men. He was many years Register of Probate,
and kept the records very carefully. He was much in public
life, was active, energetic, and capable ; but was never a popular
man. In the latter part of his life he was intemperate, and
many of his old friends lost their confidence in him as a man of
* Blind Abner, whom the middle aged remember, was a slave of Col. David Gorham,
ami was with his master in his eastern campaigns.