Ancestry of
O. Henry

Short Story Writer

Stephen Gorham

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of O. Henry — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 86 
  • Father:
  • John Gorham Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Otis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Jun 1683 
  • Birth Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 1686 
  • Christening Location:
  • West Barnstable Church, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1743 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Gardner
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Dec 1703 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Gorham

  Susannah Gorham

  Nathaniel Gorham

  Sarah Gorham (Ahnentafel No:43 )

  Barnabas Gorham

  Zaccheus Gorham

  Elizabeth Gorham

  Eunice Gorham

  Stephen Gorham

  Josiah Gorham

  Lois Gorham

  Lydia Gorham

• Sources for Stephen Gorham

  • ¹ Sons of the Revolution in State of Virginia Quarterly Magazine, 1922, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 44.
  • ² Hinchman, Lydia S., Early Settlers of Nantucket: Their Associates and Descendants, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1896), 133.
  • ³ Nantucket Historical Society, The Barney Genealogical Record, (accessed 05/08/2020).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 148.
  • 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), 16, 127, 160, 176, 206, 215, 472, 495, 552, 576.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 616.
  • ⁷ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 23, 85-86, 580.