Ancestry of
Gerard Way

Singer, Songwriter and Comic Book Writer
Co-creator of "The Umbrella Academy"

Isaac Gorham

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Gerard Way — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 568 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Gorham 
  • Mother:
  • Deborah Barlow   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Nov 1730 
  • Birth Location:
  • Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 30 NOV 1729 [sic] 
  • Christening Location:
  • Christ's Church, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 14 Jul 1798 
  • Death Location:
  • Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Great Pasture Road Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Wakeman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Jul 1752 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Hannah Gorham

  Anna Gorham

  Isaac Gorham (Ahnentafel No:284 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for Isaac Gorham

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A046223.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/28/2025).
  • ³ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 110, 436-438.

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