This page collects information about people with surname Gorham who were known or believed to have lived in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Notable Individuals
- Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796) - delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the US Constitution.
- see also John Howland List of Famous Descendants
Notable Landmarks
- Pilgrim Monument - built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landfall of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620 and the signing of the Mayflower Compact in Provincetown Harbor.
See Also
- Gorham in Massachusetts
- Plymouth Colony
- Early Colonial New England Conflicts
- Barnstable County, Massachusetts/First families
- Barnstable County, Massachusetts/Monuments and Memorials
- Immigrant ships to America/First Families
- Barnstable County Church - (Religion.Wikia.org)
- Barnstable County Attractions and Events - (ScoutHut)
External Links
- Barnstable, Massachusetts - Wikipedia
- Vital Records of Massachusetts - Barnstable County - Birth/Marriage/Death Records 1620-1850
- Barnstable County Genealogy Trails
- PlymouthColony.Net - Barnstable County History - Genealogy
- Barnstable County Genealogy - FamilySearch.org
- Barnstable Historical Society -
- Cape Cod Museum Trail - Barnstable Historical Society
- This family profile prepared courtesy of Massachusetts Scouting, helping to preserve our shared heritage.
:Note, for the following tables, that there may be more than one county or district of this name and that some contributors may have entered a different (possibly shorter and/or ambiguous) name when this one was meant. Search for similar names to get a more complete result. Common abbreviations are "Co." and "Cty", but there may have been no word for "county" (or equivalent) included, or such a word may have been wrongly included.
Familypedia people with surname Gorham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
See also: Barnstable County, Massachusetts/bdm, Category:Gorham (surname), Category:Resided in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, and Category:People from Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Born in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Baptised in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Married in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- See also Category:Married in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Died in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Buried in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
References
- History of Cape Cod by Frederick Freeman (2 Vol, 1600+ pages, Publ 2017) - The Annals of Barnstable County, and of Its Several Towns, State of the art technology restores many rare local records and histories.
- John Howland: Vol 1 - Descendants of Desire Howland Gorham - The First Five Generations; Documented descendants through his first child Desire2 Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham. By Elizabeth Pearson White, CG, FASG, FNGS. 736 pp. Maps, illus, printed endsheets, 12,455 entry Every Name Index. 1990. This prize-winning opus by Elizabeth White documents the multitude of descendants of Mayflower passenger John Howland through his first child, Desire (Howland) Gorham.
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