Joseph Gorham Jr

  Noted events in his life were:

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Jul 1779. Joseph Gorham
Birth:
Nov. 20, 1741
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA
Death:
Jul. 8, 1779
Greens Farms
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA

Husband of Mary Grey-Gorham. Son of Joseph and Deborah Barlow-Gorham. Revolutionary War Soldier.

Family links:
Parents:
Joseph Gorham (1692 - 1773)
Deborah Barlow Gorham (1706 - 1778)

Spouse:
Mary Grey Gorham-Coley (1745 - 1825)

Children:
Samuel Gorham (1765 - 1842)*
Joseph Barlow Gorham (1775 - 1832)*

Siblings:
Jabez Gorham (1719 - 1764)**
Shubael Gorham (1726 - 1807)*
Isaac Gorham (1729 - 1798)*
John Gorham (1732 - 1802)*
Joseph Gorham (1741 - 1779)

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Note: Served in Capt. John Andrews company of Col. Samuel Whiting's regiment of the Connecticut State Militia in the Revolutionary War.

Burial:
Colonial Cemetery
Westport
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA
Plot: 178
GPS (lat/lon): 41.12645, -73.33156

Maintained by: Emma Simmons
Originally Created by: DParrish
Record added: Mar 30, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 35352399

Joseph married Mary Gray, daughter of Samuel Gray and Ellener Sturges, on 16 Nov 1763 in Fairfield, Connecticut. (Mary Gray was born on 8 Mar 1746 in Fairfield, Connecticut, christened on 16 Mar 1746 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut and died on 25 Sep 1825 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield, by Jacobus, Volume II, Page 399, 16 Nov 1763, Fairfield, Connecticut. Also in Early Connecticut Marriages

FAIRFIELD—WESTPORT.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Fairfield was settled in 1639. Named 1645. Of the several Congregational churches in old Fairfield, the one located at Green's Farms (in Westport) was organized in 1715. The following are the marriages recorded. Rev. David Chapman, pastor from 1715 to 17.41. Rev. Daniel Buckingham, 1742 to 1766.

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Joseph Gorham, Jr., & Mary Gray, Nov. 16, 1763

Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Third Book: Edited by Frederic W. Bailey, 1898