• Col. Shubael Gorham, who was the fifth child of Lieut. Col. John and Mary (Otis) Gorham, was like his father, something of a military man. He was Colonel of the 7th Mass. in the Louisburg expedition; his commission bearing the date of Feb. 2, 1744; and he was also Captain of the First company. His son John was Lieut. Colonel and Captain of the Second company. Shubael Gorham was a man of enterprise, who persevered in whatever he undertook till he failed or succeeded. Much in public business, he was esteemed by all who knew him. It was principally through his instrumentality and the efficient part he took, that the grants were made by the General Court, of the seven townships of land to the officers and soldiers of the Narragansett, or King Philip war, or their lawful representatives. When the assembly of grantees was held on Boston Common, June 6, 1733, Hon. Shubael Gorham was made chairman of the Committee for Narragansett No. 7. By an order in Council, Shubael Gorham was empowered, July 5, 1736, to call together the grantees of Narragansett No. 7. Col. Gorham spent much time and money in forwarding and fostering the settlement of Gorhamtown. He bought a great many shares of those who did not wish to emigrate, but his speculation proved unfortunate. He died insolvent in the year 1746, his children being his principal creditors. He married his cousin Mary, daughter of Col. John and Lydia (Gorham) Thacher of Yarmouth.3370, pp 518-9

• The second son of Lieutenant Colonel John was Shubael, born Sept. 2, 1686; at the age of twenty, on the 13th May 1707, he sailed with the forces under Colonel John March, from Nantasket, in the expedition against Port Royal, with the rank of ensign in Captain Caleb Williamson’s company of Barnstable.
His military career closed with his services at Louisburg in 1745. He was commissioned “Colonel of the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment and captain of the First Company,” Feb. 20, 1744-5.
His greatest service, however, was his successful effort in obtaining the grants of the Narragansett townships to the heirs of the soldiers who fought in King Philip’s War. As a grandson of Captain John and son of Colonel John Gorham, he was granted land in Narragansett No. 7, or Gorhamtown, now Gorham, Maine. His time and money were freely spent in the settlement of that place to his own pecuniary loss, and insolvency of his estate at his death in 1746.3369