William GORTON

                   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 .
                  

                   1.  By his father's will he was placed in his brother Benjamin's care at
age 13.  On 9 MAR 1778 he leased from the Rhode Island government a
farm at point Judith.  The trade which he and others were carrying on
between Point Judith and Block Island was declared inimical to the
colony.  Soon after, a company of British  foragers raided his farm and
carried off most of his stock.  On 25 MAR 1779 he moved to Nine
Partners, Dutchess Co., NY where he bought over 8,000 acres of land.
According to Adelos Gorton, "on account of his dignified and gentlemanly
bearing, he was called General."  Quoted from Adelos Gorton, p 212
                  

                   1. Collins, a Quaker, owned an interest in the "New London Gazette", one
of the earliest newspapers of the region.