Lt. Col. John Gorham, IV

John Gorham, or Gowin, of Barnstable. He commanded most of the expeditions of the ‘Whaleboat fleet’ which was of such material assistance in the French and Indian War from 1689-1704, and made a brilliant record as a soldier. John and Mary had five sons and four daughters.

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From the Find A Grave page on Col. John Gorham:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9423090

Birth: Feb. 20, 1651

Death: Nov. 11, 1715

History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty, by John Gorham Palfrey, Vol. 4, Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1888, p. 269:

Ineffective expedition of Major Church 1704, May.

Major Church was placed in command of an expedition expected to operate vigously in the eastern country. Three ships of war conveyed 36 whale-boats, besides 14 transports, which conveyed five 150 men. John Gorham, son of the officer of the same name owned one of the two Plymouth companies in Philip's War, was second in command and had charge of the whale-boats."

• Served in the French & Indian War.
• Deputy for Barnstable in 1702
• Commissioned to Colonel on Mrch 18, 1703/4.
• From 1711 to 1714, appointed Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

He married Mary Otis on Feb. 24, 1673/4 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA.

Their children:

• 1. John Gorham (1675-1679)
• 2. Temperance (Gorham) Clapp (1678-1768), m. Stephen Clapp
• 3. Mary (Gorham) Hinckley (1680-1748), m. Joseph Hinckley
• 4. Stephen Gorham (1683-1743), m. Elizabeth Gardner
• 5. Shubael Gorham (1686-1745, m. Mary Thatcher
• 6. John Gorham (1688-1769), m. Prudence Crocker
• 7. Thankful (Gorham) Fuller (1689-1732), m. John Fuller
• 8. Job Gorham (1692-1762), m. Desire Dimmock
• 9. Mercy (Gorham) Bourne (1695-1782), Sylvanus Bourne

Family links:

Parents:

• John Gorham (1620 - 1676)
• Desire Howland Gorham (1623 - 1683)

Children:

• Temperance Gorham Clapp (1678 - 1756)*

Spouse:

• Mary Otis Gorham (1653 - 1732)

Inscription:

• HERE LYES THE BODY OF THE
• HONOURED JOHN GORHAM, ESQ.
• COLL. OF THE REGIMENT AND ONE
• OF HIS MAJESTIES JUSTICES OF THE PIEASE
• IN THE COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE, WHO
• DEPARTED THIS LIFE, NOV. THE 11TH 1715,
• IN THE 65TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
• Here Lyes a Valient Soldier and A Saint
• A Judge, A Justice, Whom no Vice could taint
• A Perfect Lover of His Countrys cause,
• Their Lives, Religion, Properties and Laws,
• Who in His Young, yea, very Youthful Years,
• Took up His Sword, with Philip and His Peers,
• And when that Prince and His black Regiment
• Were all Subdued, He could not be content
• to take ... West
• But in a ... the rest
• Here lyes likewise Interred
• Beneath this Stone
• MARY, Consort of the late
• Colo JOHN GORHAM,
• who died April 1st 1732.
• The Sweet Remembrance of the Just
• Shall flourish when they Sleep in Dust.

The original inscription is beneath. Erected by his descendants; - P. C. BROOKS, SHEPHERD BROOKS, & FRANCIS BROOKS, 1888

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

• Plot: Cobb's Hill East

Maintained by: Nareen

• Originally Created by: Kevin Murphy
• Record added: Sep 05, 2004
• Find A Grave Memorial# 9423090

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John Gorham served in King Philip’s War, was on the expedition to Canada in 1690, rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was second in command to Colonel Benjamin Church in 1703, and was a Deputy in 1688 and later.
(Dommerich, Hall and allied families, edited by Louis Effingham de Forest, page 33)