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About Benjamin Gorton
A Patriot of the American Revolution for RHODE ISLAND with the rank of PRIVATE.
DAR Ancestor # A046305
BENJAMIN" GORTON (Samuel* Samuel' Samuel' Samuel'), b. April I, 1754, married by Elder John Gorton on May 30, 1780, at Warwick, Thankful Whitford, born August 2"], 1763, died 1834, daugh- ter of George and Hannah (Wickes) Whitford, of Warwick. He was a Deacon of the Baptist Church, a prominent and generous man, lavish in his hospitality. Of his seventeen children, he reared sixteen of them to adult age, lived to see them married and many grandchildren torn. It is said that rarely if ever was there the equal to the multitude of his own household and his and their friends, and the abundance of good fellowship enjoyed by them at his home. He died November 18, 1833
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Benjamin Gorton's Timeline
| 1754 |
April 1, 1754
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Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
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| 1781 |
April 1, 1781
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June 17, 1782
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January 24, 1784
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Warwick, Kent, Ri
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| 1785 |
December 6, 1785
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April 15, 1787
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| 1788 |
May 11, 1788
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November 3, 1790
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April 24, 1792
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April 13, 1794
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