Jabez Gorham was born 3 August 1656 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts to John Gorham (1621-1675) and Desire Howland (1625-1683) and died 20 April 1726 Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island of unspecified causes. He married Hannah Sturgis (1654-1736) 8 April 1677 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Research Notes
In the census of Bristol in 1689, Jabez Gorham is mentioned with wife and four children. The will of Jabez Gorham is dated March 16, 1724-5. He calls himself "of Bristol, in the County of Brisol, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, (Bristol, Rhode Island today), yeoman"; names "wife Hannah," "eldes son Jabez Gorham," sons Isaac, Joseph and Benjamin, "daughter Elizabeth, wife of Shubael Baxter," and gransons Edward, William and Samuel Downs. Executors, "wife Hannah and son Benjamin."
On May 18, 1725, Isaac Gorham, "of New Haven, Colony of Connecticut," gave a receipt for his portion of the estate of his "father, Jabez Gorham, late of Bristol, dec'd."
On June 16, 1725, Joseph Gorham "of Fairfield, in the County of Fairfield, in the Colony of Connecticut in New England, cordwalner," gave a receipt for his portion of the estate of his father, Jabez Gorham. Joseph married twice at Fairfield and has many descendants. Otis wrongly states that he "died without issue."
September 7, 1732, "Hannah Gorham of Yarmouth, in the County of Barnstable, seamstress," quitclaimed to Benjamin Gorham of Bristol, "tanner," all her interest in five acres of land in Bristol. Deed recorded, Sept 12, 1732.
In the old burial ground in Brewster MA is a stone to "Hannah Gorman, wife of Jabez Gorham, died Oct. 17, 1736.
These last two records show that Hannah Gorham, widow of Jabez, had returned to Cape Cod after her husband's death, signed the deed of 1732, and died there in 1736, outliving her husband by eleven years.
- Source: The Gorham Family in Rhode Island: by Georgiana Guild and Henry S Gorham, pg 4
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Hannah Gorham (1677-1695) | |||
| Elizabeth Gorham (1680-1746) | |||
| Samuel Gorham (1682-1735) | |||
| Jabez Gorham (1684-1745) | |||
| Shubael Gorham (1686-1735) | |||
| Isaac Gorham (1689-1739) | |||
| John Gorham (1690-1717) | |||
| Joseph Gorham (1692-1773) | |||
| Hannah Gorham (1693-) | |||
| Benjamin Gorham (1693-1771) | 11 December 1695 Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island | 18 October 1771 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island | Bethia Cary (1696-) |
| Thomas Gorham (1701-1725) | |||
Siblings
Residences
References
- 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.
- Gorham in Bristol County, Rhode Island - first families
- Jabez Gorham - disambiguation