Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameHannah GORHAM
Birth28 Nov 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts13,18,582,1383
Deathabt 1728, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey18,1382 Age: 64
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherCapt. John GORHAM (1621-1676)
MotherDesire HOWLAND (~1625-1683)
Individual Notes
• In Colonel John Gorham’s “Wast Book” is the following entry: “Hannah maryd a Wheelding boath movd to Cape May.”185,1380,1382
Spouses
1Joseph WHILLDIN
Birthabt 1660, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts18
Birthabt 1660, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts1382
Settlementabt 1689, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey1382 Age: 29
Deathabt 1727, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey18,1382 Age: 67
Occupationsea captain and farmer1382
FatherJohn WHELDEN (<1632-1711)
MotherMary FOLLAND
Individual Notes
• One of the earliest settlers in Cape May, New Jersey, was Joseph Whilldin and his wife, Hannah Gorham, who left Yarmouth, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and settled in Cape May about 1689.1382
General
• Whalers from Long Island and New England settled permanently on the Delaware Bay at Portsmouth (Town Bank), Cape May County, New Jersey, late in the 17th century. Later the site of the settlement was inundated by waters from the bay and the town was moved to higher ground.1382
Marriageabt 1682, Yarmouth?, Barnstable, Massachusetts17,1382
ChildrenHannah (~1683-1728)
 Joseph (~1690-1748)
 Mary (~1693-)
 Experience (~1696-)
 Isaac (~1698->1730)
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Updated 19 May 2025
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