Ancestry of
Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

Lydia Gorham

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• • 7th Great-grandmother of Bill Weld — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 731 
  • Father:
  • John Gorham 
  • Mother:
  • Desire Howland   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Nov 1661 
  • Birth Location:
  • Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Aug 1744 
  • Death Location:
  • Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • John Thacher
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jan 1683/1684 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lydia Thatcher

  Mary Thacher

  Desire Thacher (Ahnentafel No:365 )

  Hannah Thacher

  Mercy Thacher

  Judah Thacher

  Mercy Thacher

  Anne Thacher

  Joseph Thacher

  Benjamin Thacher

  Mercy Thacher

  Thomas Thacher

• Sources for Lydia Gorham

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/14/2016).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Yarmouth, Vol. 1, p. 33, Birth record for son Judah Thacher.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Yarmouth, Vol. 1, p. 32, Marriage record for John and Lydia Thacher.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Yarmouth, Vol. 1, pp. 32-33, Birth records for children of John and Lydia Thacher.
  • ⁵ Allen, David W., Genealogy, and Biographical Sketches, of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher, From Their Settlement . . ., Vineland, New Jersey: Independent Printing House (1872), 34-35.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VII, T-Y, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2011), 19.
  • ⁷ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 210.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 34, 41, 141, 254, 267, 519, 525, 551, 568, 578.
  • ⁹ Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings, 2nd Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1997), 69.
  • ¹⁰ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 11, 28-29, 86, 186, 415.

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