Ancestry of
Homer Loomis Pound

(1858–1942)

John Gorham Jr.

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Homer Loomis Pound — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 172 
  • Father:
  • John Gorham 
  • Mother:
  • Desire Howland   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Feb 1651/1652 
  • Birth Location:
  • Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Nov 1716 
  • Death Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cobb's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Otis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Feb 1674/1675 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  John Gorham

  Temperance Gorham

  Mary Gorham

  Stephen Gorham (Ahnentafel No:86 )

  Shubael Gorham

  John Gorham

  Thankful Gorham

  Job Gorham

  Mercy Gorham

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources give the birth date of John Gorham as 14 MAR 1654, while others give it as 20 FEB 1651/2.

• Sources for John Gorham Jr.

  • ¹ MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 4, 3rd ed., Edward Fuller, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 38.
  • ² Otis, William A., A Genealogical and Historical Memoir of the Otis Family in America, Chicago: Unknown (1924), 70.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 148.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 16, 34, 96, 100, 127, 157, 160, 176, 206, 215, 262, 269, 472, 495, 506, 552, 576.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 616.
  • ⁶ White, Elizabeth Pearson, ""John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 3, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2008, 2nd printing 2011), 173.
  • ⁷ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 11, 22-23, 128, 233, 333.
  • ⁸ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1993, 4th printing 2008), 105.