Desire Howland Gorham

Birth: 1624
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 13 Oct 1683 (aged 58–59)
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Cobb's Hill Cemetery East and West
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Memorial ID: 18676934 View Source

Daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilly, and grand daughter of Mayflower passengers John Tilly and Joan Rogers, she married John Gorham, son of Ralph Gorham and Margaret Stephenson, about 1643. Between them they had 11 children;
Desire Gorham 1644–1700
Temperance Gorham 1646–1715
Elizabeth Gorham 1648–1684
James Gorham 1650–1707
Lieut. Col. John Gorham 1651-1716
Joseph Gorham 1653–1726
Jabez Gorham 1656–1725
Mercy Gorham 1658–
Lydia Gorham 1661–1744
Hannah Gorham 1663–
Shubael Gorham

Also had a daughter:
Hannah Gorham Whillden or Whilldin
Born: 11/28/1663
Died: 1728
Hannah and her husband, Joseph Whillden or Whilldin, settled in Cape May, New Jersey.

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1619–1676 (m. 1643)

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Added: 29 Mar 2007
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Desire Howland Gorham

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John Howland

Elizabeth Tilley Howland

John Gorham

John Howland

Hope Howland Chipman

Elizabeth Howland Dickinson

Lydia Howland Brown

Hannah Howland Bosworth

Joseph Howland

Jabez Howland

Ruth Howland Cushman

Isaac Howland

Desire Gorham Hawes

Temperance Gorham Baxter

Elizabeth Gorham Hallett

James Gorham

John Gorham

Joseph Gorham

Jabez Gorham

Mercy Gorham Denison

Lydia Gorham Thacher

Hannah Gorham Whilldin

Shubael Gorham

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