Ancestry of
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
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- 6th Great-grandfather of Chevy Chase — 9th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 262
- Father:
- Jabez Gorham
- Mother:
- Hannah Sturgis
- Birth Date:
- 31 Jan 1683/1684
- Birth Location:
- Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 21 Nov 1745
- Death Location:
- Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island
- Burial Date:
- 23 Nov 1745
- Burial Location:
- St. Michael's Churchyard, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island
- Spouse Name:
- Leah Littlefield
- Marriage Date:
- BEF 1707
- Marriage Location:
- Children:
Samuel Gorham
Elizabeth Gorham
Shubael Gorham
Hannah Gorham (Ahnentafel No:131 )
Mary Gorham
Rebecca Gorham
Nathan Gorham
Deborah Gorham
Jabez Gorham Jr.
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Additional marriages for Jabez Gorham Jr.
- Spouse:
- Mary Maxfield
- Marriage Date:
- 31 Jul 1744
- Marriage Location:
- St. Michael's Church, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island
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Sources for Jabez Gorham Jr.
- 1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1900, Vol. 54, pp. 168-169.
- 2 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Bristol County, Vol. 6, p. 1-80, Birth record for Jabez Gorham.
- 3 The American Genealogist, 1952, Vol. 28, p. 153.
- 4 Parsons, Gerald James and Louis William Hagen, The Gorham Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Ephraim Gorham (1753-1830): Revolutionary Soldier of . . ., Rochester, New York: Unknown (1955), 17, 20-21.
- 5 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 311, 683.
- 6 White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 26, 105-106.
- 7 White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1993, 4th printing 2008), 408.
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