Mary Gorham

Biography

Mary was born in Hingham 14 Mar 1652. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Jacob) Otis.[1][2]

Mary Otis married Colonel John Gorham of Barnstable,[3] February 24 1674.[4][2]

Mary died 1 Apr 1733 in Barnstable. There is a memorial for Mary in Cobb's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.[5]

In the name of God Amen I Mary Gorham of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable widow Relict of John Gorham Esqr Late of Barnstable deceased being advanced In years but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing yt it is appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my Last will and testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it & my body I recommend to the earth to he buried in Christian Burial at ye discretion of my Executors nothing doubling but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching my worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me In this life I give demise & dispose of the same in the following mannner Vizt.

Imprimis: I give and bequeath unto my three Sons Viz. Stephen. John & Job each twenty shillings money or paper hills out of my Estate.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my Son Shubael the sum of six pounds money or Passable bills of Credit out of my Estate.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my grandson John Gorham son of my son Shubael Gorham and to his heirs & assigns for ever my eight shares in a Lott of land in Barnstahle aforesd The Remainder of sd Lott being owned by the heirs of James Gorharn deceased.

Item, I give and bequeath all the remainder of my Estate both real & personal whatsoever & wheresoever The same may be found to my four Daughters Vizt Temperance Clap, Mary Hinckley, Thankful Fuller and Mercy Bourne equally to be divided among them so that each may have one quarter part thereof and I do hereby appoint my sd Son Shubael Gorham and my Son in law Silvanus Bourne Executors to this my Last will & testament and I do hereby utterly revoke and disannull all former wills or testaments by me made heretofore either by word or writing Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this seventh day of November Anno Domini One Thousand seven hundred and twenty seven.

Mary Gorham. (seal)

Signed sealed published Pronounced & declared by the sd Mary Gorham as her Last will and testament In presence of us the subscribers

James Allyn
John Sturgis, Tertius
Mehitable Crocker.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Otis-4

Mary (Otis) Gorham (1652 - 1733)

Mary "Mercy" Gorham formerly Otis aka Gowin

Born 14 Mar 1652 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of John Otis and Mary (Jacob) Holbrook

Sister of James Otis, John Otis, Hannah Otis, Stephen Otis, James Otis, Joseph Otis, Elizabeth (Otis) Loring and Job Otis Sr.

Wife of John Gorham Jr. — married 24 Feb 1674 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Mother of John Gorham, Temperance Gorham, Mary (Gorham) Hinckley, Stephen Gorham, Shubael Gorham, John Gorham, Thankful (Gorham) Fuller, Job Gorham and Mercy (Gorham) Bourne

Died 1 Apr 1733 at age 81 in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 20 Dec 2022 | Created 11 Jun 2010

Sources

↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.102
↑ 2.0 2.1 Waters, H. F. (Henry Fitz-Gilbert)., New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England historical and genealogical register. [Boston, etc.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, etc.. p. 329]
↑ Briggs, L. Vernon, History and genealogy of the Briggs family, 1254-1937, see Jacob Ancestry, page 409
↑ Hinchman, Lydia Swain, Early settlers of Nantucket, published 1901, Ferris & Leach, Philadelphia, reference page 262
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2020), memorial page for Mary Otis Gorham (1 May 1653–1 Apr 1732), Find A Grave: Memorial #9423095, citing Cobb's Hill Cemetery (East and West), Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Murphy (contributor 46486461)
Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (F.B. & F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers, Barnstable, Mass., 1888) Page 420
Sprague, Frank William. Ancestry of Amos Otis, Esq., of Yarmouth Port, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1897) Vol. 51.
See also:

“Barnstable, MA: Probate Records 1685–1789.” Records of Barnstable, Mass. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
Notes

Info added 9/10/14 was from an approved application to the Descendants of the Mayflower Society, which references Austin's Allied Families, pp. 110, 183, 149

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