John GORTON

Birth:
2 Jun 1742
Cranston City, Providence, Rhode Island
Death:
14 May 1819
Waterford, New London, Connecticut
Marriage:
2 Feb 1764
Cranston City, Providence, Rhode Island
Sources:
1998 Ancestral File
Notes:
                   1. Soon after his marriage to Susanna (2nd wife) he moved to Richmond,
NH, buying on the 21 SEP 1786  80 acres of land.  He sold this farm,
receivung payment in the currently circulating currency which was
repudiated by the Legislature before he could re-invest it.  The Society
of Friends, of which he was a member, presented him with a sum of
money to make up a part of his loss.  He then moved to North Adams, MA,
establishing a weaving and retail cloth business.  He moved in 1800 to
Hancock, MA .
Mary MANWARRING
Birth:
31 Aug 1744
New London, New London, Connecticut
Death:
4 Mar 1776
New London, New London, Connecticut
Mother:
Mary SMITH
Children
Marriage
1
Lydia GORTON
Birth:
5 Jun 1765
New London, New London, Connecticut
Death:
2
Mary GORTON
Birth:
21 Apr 1767
New London, New London, Connecticut
Death:
1812
Burlington, Otsego, New York
3
David GORTON
Birth:
23 May 1769
New London, New London, Connecticut
Death:
16 Sep 1842
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1. He and his brother Oliver (257) bought land in New Lisbon, NY in 1793
where all but the first of his children were born.  He moved in 1831 to
Ypsilanti to be near his brother Job (258).  David was a Quaker  and is
buried in the Friends Society cemetary in Ypsilanti, MI .
4
John GORTON
Birth:
17 Sep 1771
New London, New London, Connecticut
Death:
10 Jul 1774
 
Marr:
 
5
Oliver GORTON
Birth:
31 Jul 1774
New London, New London, Connecticut
Death:
21 Jan 1863
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1. At age 19 Oliver moved with his brother David (255) to New Lisbon
(now Garrettsville), Otsego Co., NY
6
Job GORTON
Birth:
22 Jan 1776
New London, New London, Connecticut
Death:
27 Apr 1854
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan
Sarah EMERSON 
Marr:
Abt 1799
of New Lisbon, Otsego, New Yor 
Notes:
                   1. Job went with his brothers from NH to New Lisbon, NY, then in 1809 to
Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY and finally to Ypsilanti, MI in 1824
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John Gorton - Mary Manwarring

John Gorton was born at Cranston City, Providence, Rhode Island 2 Jun 1742. His parents were William Gorton and Lydia Collins.

He married Mary Manwarring 2 Feb 1764 at Cranston City, Providence, Rhode Island . Mary Manwarring was born at New London, New London, Connecticut 31 Aug 1744 daughter of Oliver Manwarring and Mary Smith .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Lydia Gorton born 5 Jun 1765.
Mary Gorton born 21 Apr 1767.
David Gorton born 23 May 1769.
John Gorton born 17 Sep 1771.
Oliver Gorton born 31 Jul 1774.
Job Gorton born 22 Jan 1776.

John Gorton died 14 May 1819 at Waterford, New London, Connecticut .

Mary Manwarring died 4 Mar 1776 at New London, New London, Connecticut .