Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJabez GORHAM 
Birth3 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts501, p 2,3097, p 24,3221, p 44,3098, p 122,3448, p 3
RemovalBristol, Bristol, Rhode Island
Memofrom Barnstable
Will16 Mar 1725501, p 30 Age: 68
Deathabt Apr 1725, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island501, p 28; place only,3097, p 24,3098, p 99; approx. date Age: 68
Probate20 Apr 17253097, p 24 Age: 68
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherCapt. John GORHAM (1621-1676)
MotherDesire HOWLAND (~1625-1683)
Individual Notes
• The ancestor of the Gorham family in Rhode Island.
• He died in Bristol, which was then in Massachusetts but is now in Rhode Island, between 10 March 1724/5, the date he made his will, and 20 April 1725, the date his will was proved.3097, p 24
• He died in Bristol, which was then in Massachusetts but is now in Rhode Island, between 10 March 1724/5, the date he made his will, and 20 April 1725, the date his will was proved.3097, p 24
Census Data
• Jabez Gorham, wife and four children appear in the Census of Bristol 1689 (NEHGR, Vol. 34, p 405).501, p 29
Spouses
Birthabt 16543097, p 25
Death17 Oct 1736, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts3097, p 25 Age: 82
BurialOld Burial Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts3097, p 25
FatherEdward STURGIS Sr. (~1613-1695)
MotherElizabeth HINCKLEY (1617-1692)
Individual Notes
• Sister of Samuel Sturgis, also of Sarah Sturgis who married Joseph Gorham, and widow of John Gray.501, p 28
Marriageabt 1676, Yarmouth?, Barnstable, Massachusetts3097, p 25,3223, p 180; marriage only,3224, p 7; marriage only