Gorham (Y-DNA) - Revision history

MayflowerDNA1620: /* Third Generation */

2026-02-12T13:33:14Z

‎Third Generation

MayflowerDNA1620: /* Second Generation */

2026-02-12T12:07:53Z

‎Second Generation

Wing genealogist: /* DNA Results I-BY82922 */

2024-11-23T22:43:00Z

‎DNA Results I-BY82922

Wing genealogist: /* Additional NGS/WGS testing needed */

2024-08-25T15:49:08Z

‎Additional NGS/WGS testing needed

Wing genealogist: /* Previous DNA testing */

2024-08-25T15:48:03Z

‎Previous DNA testing

Wing genealogist: /* Southern Gorham Family */

2024-08-25T15:46:36Z

‎Southern Gorham Family

Wing genealogist: /* Third Generation */

2024-08-23T15:42:13Z

‎Third Generation

Wing genealogist: /* Biography */

2024-08-23T15:38:26Z

‎Biography

Wing genealogist: /* DNA Results I-M253 */

2024-08-22T14:09:07Z

‎DNA Results I-M253

Wing genealogist: /* DNA Results TBD */

2024-03-26T11:17:00Z

‎DNA Results TBD

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 [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/40316778796/facts Joseph Gorham (II)] was born Yarmouth 15 Apr 1681 and died Stratford, CT 24 Apr 1742. He married twice, first Charlestown 9 Nov 1708 Sarah Kirk and second, Boston 20 Jun 1723 Temperance NORTON Adams. By his first wife he had five children: Mary (1709), [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066269879/facts George] (1711 m Hannah Welles), [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066269877/facts Joseph] (1712 m Anna/Hannah Curtis), Elizabeth (1716-1716) and [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066269881/facts John] (1718 unm.). By his second wife he had three more children: [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/332356219952/facts Samuel] (1724 m Ann Green), [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/332356219957/facts Hezekiah] (1727/8 likely unm.) and [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/332356219958/facts Benjamin] (1733 likely unm.).
-[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/40316778791/facts Samuel Gorham] was born Yarmouth Oct 1682 and died prob. in Bristol (now in RI) bef 27 Apr 1712. He married Newport, RI Elizabeth Hedge and had no children.
+[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/40316778791/facts Samuel Gorham] was born Yarmouth Oct 1682 and died prob. in Bristol (now in RI) bef 27 Apr 1712. He married Newport, RI [[Munnings (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Elizabeth Hedge]] but they had no children.
 [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/40316778789/facts John Gorham] was born Yarmouth 28 Feb 1683/4. He married abt 1706 Ann Brown but there is no further record of this couple.

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 [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorham-18 (Lieut. Col.) John Gorham] was born Marshfield 20 Feb 1651/2 and died Barnstable 11 Nov 1716. He married [[Otis (mtDNA) |Mary Otis]] Feb 1674/5 in Barnstable, where they lived out their lives. They had nine children ([West] Barnstable): John (1675/6-1679), Temperance (1678), Mercy (1680), Stephen (1683), Shubael (1686), John (1688), Thankful (1690), Job (1692) and Mercy (1695).
-[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorham-29 (Ens.) Joseph Gorham] was born Yarmouth 16 Feb 1653/4 and died there 9 Jul 1726. He married (prob. in Yarmouth) before 1678 [[Sturgis (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Sarah Sturgis]] and they had eight children (Yarmouth): Sarah (1678/9), Joseph (1681), Samuel (1682), John (1683/4 d.y.), Desire (1685), Isaac (1687-1714 no ch.), Hezekiah (1689-1714 no ch.) and Josiah (1692).
+[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorham-29 (Ens.) Joseph Gorham] was born Yarmouth 16 Feb 1653/4 and died there 9 Jul 1726. He married (prob. in Yarmouth) before 1678 [[Munnings (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Sarah Sturgis]] and they had eight children (Yarmouth): Sarah (1678/9), Joseph (1681), Samuel (1682), John (1683/4 d.y.), Desire (1685), Isaac (1687-1714 no ch.), Hezekiah (1689-1714 no ch.) and Josiah (1692).
-[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorham-30 Jabez Gorham] was born Barnstable 3 Aug 1656 and died in Bristol (now part of RI) in 1725.<ref>Will 16 Mar 1724/5, proved 20 Apr 1725.</ref> He married [[Sturgis (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Hannah STURGIS Gray]] before 1677. They moved to Bristol, MA (now in Rhode Island) about 1682.<ref>After the birth of their third child, Samuel.</ref> They had eleven children: Hannah (1677-1682), Elizabeth (c1680), Samuel (1682), Jabez (1683/4), Shubael (1686-1734 no ch.), Isaac (1688/9), John (1690-1717 no ch.), Joseph (1692), Hannah (1693/4), Benjamin (1695) and Thomas (1701).
+[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorham-30 Jabez Gorham] was born Barnstable 3 Aug 1656 and died in Bristol (now part of RI) in 1725.<ref>Will 16 Mar 1724/5, proved 20 Apr 1725.</ref> He married [[Munnings (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Hannah STURGIS Gray]] before 1677. They moved to Bristol, MA (now in Rhode Island) about 1682.<ref>After the birth of their third child, Samuel.</ref> They had eleven children: Hannah (1677-1682), Elizabeth (c1680), Samuel (1682), Jabez (1683/4), Shubael (1686-1734 no ch.), Isaac (1688/9), John (1690-1717 no ch.), Joseph (1692), Hannah (1693/4), Benjamin (1695) and Thomas (1701).
 [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gorham-34 Shubael Gorham] was born Barnstable 21 Oct 1667 and died there in 1750. He married Nantucket Island in May 1695 to [[Hussey (mtDNA) |Puella (Priscilla?) Hussey]] and they had ten children: George (1696/7), Abigail (1699), Lydia (1701), Hannah (1703), Theodate (1705), Daniel (1708), Desire (1710), Ruth (1713), Deborah z(c1715) and Jonathan (d.y.).

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 Y-STR testing of two Gorham descendants give a predicted haplogroup of I-M253. NGS/WGS testing still needs to be done to determine where the family falls under I-M253.
-==DNA Results '''I-BY82922'''==
+==DNA Results '''I-FTD60129'''==
 ===Previous DNA testing===
-Currently, the Gorham surname DNA Project has Four Y-DNA results individuals claiming either (Capt.) John Gorum or Miles Gorham as their patrilineal ancestor.<ref>One of the individuals has a Non-Paternal Event, as he falls under a different haplogroup R1b.</ref> From Y-STR results, the family is predicted to fall under Haplgroup I-M253 <ref>One has also taken the Big Y-700 and falls under BY82922.</ref> There are currently two other Gorham's who have taken some Y-DNA testing at FTDNA and they both fall under I-M253 and are matching with one of the Gorhams in the Gorham surname Project.
+Currently, the [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Gorham?iframe=ydna-results-overview Gorham surname DNA Project] has four Y-DNA results individuals claiming either (Capt.) John Gorum or Miles Gorham as their patrilineal ancestor.<ref>One of the individuals has a Non-Paternal Event, as he falls under a different haplogroup R1b.</ref> From Y-STR results, the family is predicted to fall under Haplgroup I-M253 <ref>One has also taken the Big Y-700 and falls under BY82922.</ref> There are currently two other Gorham's who have taken some Y-DNA testing at FTDNA and they both fall under I-M253 and are matching with one of the Gorhams in the Gorham surname Project.
 ===NGS/WGS testing===
-As of August 2024, we have three individuals who have Big Y-700 tested.<ref>One of the individuals falls under the R1b Haplogroup.</ref> Two of the individuals fall under I-M253>DF29>Z58>Z138>S2293>Z2541>S19185>S23519>S20030>A13207>A13216>Y94629>BY82922. Since these two individuals fall under two different sons of John Gorum, we know John himself must fall under this haplogroup as well.
+As of August 2024, we have three individuals who have Big Y-700 tested.<ref>One of the individuals falls under the R1b Haplogroup.</ref> Two of the individuals fall under I-DF29>Z58>Z138>S2293>Z2541>S19185>S23519>S20030>A13207>A13216>Y94629>BY82922>FTD60129. Since these two individuals fall under two different sons of John Gorum, we know John himself must fall under this haplogroup as well.
 ===Additional NGS/WGS testing needed===

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 ===Additional NGS/WGS testing needed===
-Testing more patrilineal (all male line) descendants of John Gorum should reveal further subclades of BY82922 thus defining branches of his descendants.
+Testing more patrilineal (all male line) descendants of John Gorum may well reveal distinctive haplogroups for Capt. John and Miles as well as defining branches of descendants.
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 ==DNA Results '''I-BY82922'''==
 ===Previous DNA testing===
-Currently, the Gorham surname DNA Project has Four Y-DNA results individuals claiming (Capt.) John Gorum as their patrilineal ancestor.<ref>One of the individuals has a Non-Paternal Event, as he falls under a different haplogroup R1b. The of the other two individuals descend from different sons of Capt. John.</ref> From Y-STR results, the family is predicted to fall under Haplgroup I-M253 <ref>One has also taken the Big Y-700 and falls under BY82922.</ref> The common ancestor of these two haplogroups is several thousand years ago, so at least one of these individuals cannot be a patrilineal descendant of (Capt.) John Gorum. There are currently two other Gorham's who have taken some Y-DNA testing at FTDNA and they both fall under I-M253 and are matching with one of the Gorhams in the Gorham surname Project.
+Currently, the Gorham surname DNA Project has Four Y-DNA results individuals claiming either (Capt.) John Gorum or Miles Gorham as their patrilineal ancestor.<ref>One of the individuals has a Non-Paternal Event, as he falls under a different haplogroup R1b.</ref> From Y-STR results, the family is predicted to fall under Haplgroup I-M253 <ref>One has also taken the Big Y-700 and falls under BY82922.</ref> There are currently two other Gorham's who have taken some Y-DNA testing at FTDNA and they both fall under I-M253 and are matching with one of the Gorhams in the Gorham surname Project.
 ===NGS/WGS testing===

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 ===Southern Gorham Family===
-Miles Gorham of Virginia is the earliest known patrilineal ancestor of a large branch of Southern Gorhams. Two of his patrilineal descendants have Y-DNA tested and their Y-STR and Big Y-700 test results indicate they are somehow related to the Gorham family of Barnstable. At this time it is uncertain whether Miles descends from Capt. John Gorum or whether he descends from a patrilineal ancestor of Capt. John. More NGS/WGS testing may help answer this question.
+Miles Gorham of Virginia is the earliest known patrilineal ancestor of a large branch of Southern Gorhams. Two of his patrilineal descendants have Y-DNA tested and their Y-STR and Big Y-700 test results indicate they are somehow related to the Gorham family of Barnstable. Given the fact Miles was apparently born ca 1625, it appears he does not descend from Capt. John Gorum but shares a patrilineal ancestor with Capt. John.
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 [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066209012/facts Shubael Gorham] was born Bristol 12 Apr 1686 and died there in 1734. It is believed he never married.
-[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330023055956/facts Isaac Gorham] was born Bristol 1 Feb 1688/9 and died New Haven, CT bef Mar 1739/40.<ref>Inventory of his estate presented to court.</ref> He married twice, first abt 1712 Mary ___ and second 6 Aug 1717 New Haven Hannah Miles. By his first wife he had two children (Bristol): [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210095/facts Isaac] (1712/3 m Jemima Potter) and [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210099/facts Hezekiah] (1714/5-1715). By his second wife Isaac had nine more children: [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210092/facts John] (1720 m Lydia Dorman), Mary (1721), [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210089/facts Timothy (1723 m Mary Mable Punchard & Sarah Rowe Brown), [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210090/facts Hezekiah] (1725 m Abigail Dickerman), Elizabeth (bp 1727/8), Samuel (bp 1730-1755 no ch.), Hannah (1733), Sarah (1735) and Richard (1737-b1740).
+[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330023055956/facts Isaac Gorham] was born Bristol 1 Feb 1688/9 and died New Haven, CT bef Mar 1739/40.<ref>Inventory of his estate presented to court.</ref> He married twice, first abt 1712 Mary ___ and second 6 Aug 1717 New Haven Hannah Miles. By his first wife he had two children (Bristol): [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210095/facts Isaac] (1712/3 m Jemima Potter) and [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210099/facts Hezekiah] (1714/5-1715). By his second wife Isaac had nine more children: [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210092/facts John] (1720 m Lydia Dorman), Mary (1721), [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210089/facts Timothy] (1723 m Mary Mable Punchard & Sarah Rowe Brown), [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330066210090/facts Hezekiah] (1725 m Abigail Dickerman), Elizabeth (bp 1727/8), Samuel (bp 1730-1755 no ch.), Hannah (1733), Sarah (1735) and Richard (1737-b1740).
 [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330023055949/facts John Gorham] was born Bristol 8 Nov 1690 and died there Jan 1717. He is believed to have married Sarah ____ but prob. had no children.
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 [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330023099273/facts Daniel Gorham] was born Barnstable 14 Sep 1708 and died London, ENG in 1745. He never married.
 ===Southern Gorham Family===

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	[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330023099273/facts Daniel Gorham] was born Barnstable 14 Sep 1708 and died London, ENG in 1745. He never married.		[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74451455/person/330023099273/facts Daniel Gorham] was born Barnstable 14 Sep 1708 and died London, ENG in 1745. He never married.
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		+	===Southern Gorham Family===
		+	Miles Gorham of Virginia is the earliest known patrilineal ancestor of a large branch of Southern Gorhams. Two of his patrilineal descendants have Y-DNA tested and their Y-STR and Big Y-700 test results indicate they are somehow related to the Gorham family of Barnstable. At this time it is uncertain whether Miles descends from Capt. John Gorum or whether he descends from a patrilineal ancestor of Capt. John. More NGS/WGS testing may help answer this question.

	'''References'''		'''References'''

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 Y-STR testing of two Gorham descendants give a predicted haplogroup of I-M253. NGS/WGS testing still needs to be done to determine where the family falls under I-M253.
-==DNA Results '''''TBD'''''==
+==DNA Results '''''I-M253'''''==
 ===Previous DNA testing===
-Currently, the Gorham surname DNA Project has three Y-DNA results individuals claiming (Capt.) John Gorum as their patrilineal ancestor.<ref>One of the individuals has a known Non-Paternal Event, but it is possiblie his genetic/biological line may still go back to Capt. John Gorum. The other two individuals descend from different sons of Capt. John.</ref> Unfortunately, there is a conflict in the haplogroup assingments. One of the infividuals (who has taken the Big Y-700 test) falls under Haplogroup R1b-M269 (FT285492) while the other two individuals fall under Haplgroup I <ref>One has also taken the Big Y-700 and falls under BY82922.</ref> The common ancestor of these two haplogroups is several thousand years ago, so at least one of these individuals cannot be a patrilineal descendant of (Capt.) John Gorum.
+Currently, the Gorham surname DNA Project has three Y-DNA results individuals claiming (Capt.) John Gorum as their patrilineal ancestor.<ref>One of the individuals has a known Non-Paternal Event, but it is possiblie his genetic/biological line may still go back to Capt. John Gorum. The other two individuals descend from different sons of Capt. John.</ref> Unfortunately, there is a conflict in the haplogroup assingments. One of the infividuals (who has taken the Big Y-700 test) falls under Haplogroup R1b-M269 (FT285492) while the other two individuals fall under Haplgroup I <ref>One has also taken the Big Y-700 and falls under BY82922.</ref> The common ancestor of these two haplogroups is several thousand years ago, so at least one of these individuals cannot be a patrilineal descendant of (Capt.) John Gorum. There are currently two other Gorham's who have taken some Y-DNA testing at FTDNA and they both fall under I-M253 and are matching with one of the Gorhams in the Gorham surname Project.
 ===NGS/WGS testing===
-One of the individuals who fall under Haplogroup I has ordered a Big Y-700 test with their results pending.
+Ideally, we would need the other Gorham DNA testers to join the Gorham surname project and upgrade to the Big Y to compare SNP results with current Big Y Gorham testers.
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