• The Gorhams of England trace their descent from the De Gorrams of Le Tanniere, near Gorram in Maine, on the borders of Brittany, where William, son of Ralph de Gorram, built a castle in 1128. During the reign of William the Conqueror, several of the family removed to England, where certain ones of the name became persons of some standing; but the immediate ancestors of Captain John do not appear to have been of much note.
James Gorham of Benefield, Northamptonshire, England, who was born in 1550, married Agnes Bernington [sic] in 1572 and died in 1576.3370, p 516