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Bethiah Gorham (Sturgis)

Also Known As: "Freeman"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Death: July 11, 1769 (73)
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Cobb's Hill Cemetery East and West, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Sturges and Rebecca Lewes
Wife of Isaac Freeman, Sr. and Job Gorham
Mother of Isaac Freeman, Jr.; Edmund Freeman; Sarah Freeman; Rebecca Freeman; James Freeman and 2 others
Sister of Rebecca Sturges; Hannah Matthews; Temperence Sturges; Thankful Hallet; Elizabeth Sturges and 2 others

Managed by: Chad Bouldin
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About Bethiah Gorham

Descendant of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland



Birth: 1695 Death: Jan. 11, 1768 Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA

Married 1st, Isaac Freeman on 16 Mar 1715/16 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Married 2nd, Job Gorham (1692 - 1762) son of John Gorham and Mary Otis Gorham on 24 Nov 1735 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Job Gorham's first wife was Bethiah's cousin, Desire [Desiah] Dimmock.

Thanks to contributor Margot Hudson for identifying her husbands.

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Parents:
 James Sturgis (1668 - 1717)
 Rebecca Thacher Sturgis (1669 - 1734)
Spouses:
 Isaac Freeman (1686 - 1732)
 Job Gorham (1692 - 1762)*
Children:
 James Freeman (1723 - 1725)*
Siblings:
 Elizabeth Sturgis Davis (____ - 1727)*
 Hannah Sturgis Matthews (1693 - 1763)*
 Bethiah Sturgis Gorham (1695 - 1768)
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Inscription:

Here lies buried Mrs. Bethiah widow of Mr. Job Gorham who decd Jany ye 11th 1768 in ye 73d year of her age.

Burial: Cobb's Hill Cemetery (East and West) Barnstable Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA

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Created by: Charles Baker Record added: Mar 06, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 66585125

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Married 1st, Isaac Freeman on 16 Mar 1715/16 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Married 2nd, Job Gorham (1692 - 1762) son of John Gorham and Mary Otis Gorham on 24 Nov 1735 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Job Gorham's first wife was Bethiah's cousin, Desire [Desiah] Dimmock.

Thanks to contributor Margot Hudson for identifying her husbands.

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Bethiah Gorham's Timeline

1696
February 19, 1696
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
1717
1717
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1719
1719
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1720
August 1, 1720
1723
January 27, 1723
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1728
November 5, 1728
Fairfield, CT
1730
July 26, 1730
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1736
1736
1769
July 11, 1769
Age 73
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts