Joseph Gorham, Jr.

Joseph Gorham, Jr. was born November 20, 1741 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Joseph Gorham, Sr., and Deborah Barlow (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7). He married Mary Gray on November 16, 1763 in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut (4, 6, 7, 8).

They had the following children.

1. Abigail Gorham, born May 24, 1767 in Connecticut.

2. Samuel Gorham, born abt 1765

3. Joseph Gorham, born at 1775

4. Mary Gorham, born abt 1771

Joseph served and was killed in the Revolutionary War (5, 7). DAR patriot #A046236 (4).

Joseph died July 8, 1779 in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut (1, 3, 4, 5, 7). He is buried in the Westport Colonial Cemetery in Fairfield County, Connecticut, plot #178 (4). The inscription on his headstone reads "in 49th year" (4).

Headstone of Joseph Gorham, Jr.

Sources:

1. Ancestry Trees, Adams Family Tree, dmprescot86@ancestry.com, 5/4/2010

2. Connecticut Town Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Fairfield Vital Records 55

3. Connecticut Deaths and Burial Index 1650-1934

4. Find-A-Grave. Joseph Gorham, Memorial #35352399

5. Ancestry Minor Databases, Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

6. Ancestry Minor Databases, Early Connecticut Marriages

7. Publications, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol II, Part I

8. Rootsweb, The Inman Compendium, jim76501@wm.com, 11/14/2014