Ancestry of
Gerard Way

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Co-creator of "The Umbrella Academy"

Isaac Gorham

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Gerard Way — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 284 
  • Father:
  • Isaac Gorham 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Wakeman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Nov 1761 
  • Birth Location:
  • Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 24 Jan 1762 
  • Christening Location:
  • First Congregational Church, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 4 May 1813 
  • Death Location:
  • Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Hull Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Morgan
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Mar 1780 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Joseph Wakeman Gorham (Ahnentafel No:142 )

• Sources for Isaac Gorham

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A046223.
  • ² Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 2, p. 687.
  • ³ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No 2937, Membership application for Laura (Lee) Armstrong.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/28/2025).
  • ⁵ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 437.

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