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Status summary

Completed as of March 20, 2022:

• Recruiting matrilineal (direct female-line) descendants of Mary OTIS Gorham for mtDNA testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Biography

First Generation

Mary Otis was born Hingham 14 Mar 1652/3, daughter of John Otis and Mary Jacobs. She died Barnstable 1 Apr 1732. Mary married Barnstable 24 Feb 1674 John Gorham and they had nine children ([West] Barnstable): John (1675/6-1679), Temperance (1678), Mary (1680), Stephen (1683), Shubael (1686), John (1688), Thankful (1690/1), Job (1692) and Mercy (1695).

Second Generation

Temperance Gorham was born (West) Barnstable 2 Aug 1678 and died probably Scituate aft 1756. She married Barnstable 24 Dec 1696 "Mr." Stephen Clapp and they had five children (Scituate): John (1697), Rachel (1701), Thomas (1703), Stephen (1706 d.y) and Nathaniel (1709).

Mary Gorham was born (West) Barnstable 18 Sep 1680 and died there 23 Oct 1748 in her 68th year. She married Barnstable 21 Sep 1699 Joseph Hinckley and they had ten children (Barnstable): Mercy (1700), Joseph (1702), Mary (1703/4), Samuel (1705/6-1733), Thankful (1708), Abigail (1710), Elizabeth (1712/3-1733 unm.), Hannah (1715-1732 unm.), John (1717) and Isaac (1719).

Thankful Gorham was born (West) Barnstable 15 Feb 1690/1 and died there after 2 Feb 1732/3.^[1] She married Barnstable 16 Jun 1710 John Fuller and they had seven children ([West] Barnstable): Hannah (1711), John (1712), Mary (twin, 1715), Bethiah (twin, 1715), Nathaniel (1716), Benjamin (bp 1717, d.y.) and Thankful (1718).

Mercy Gorhan was born (West) Barnstable 1 Dec 1695 and died there 9 Apr 1782, aged 86 years. She married Barnstable 20 Mar 1717/8 Sylvanus Bourne and they had ten children: Desire (1718/9), Mary (1720), Melatiah (1722), William (1723/4), Hannah (1725), Mercy (1727), Abigail (1729), Sylvanus (1731), Eunice (1732/3) and Richard (1739).

Third Generation

Rachel Clapp was born Scituate 29 May 1701 and died Norton 23 Apr 1783. She married Scituate 9 Nov 1721 George Leonard and they had four children (Norton): Rachel (bp 1727), George (1729), Anna and Thomas (1743-1743).

Mercy Hinckley was born Barnstable 17 Aug 1700 and died Falmouth 22 Jun 1778. She married Barnstable 16 Mar 1721 John Bourne and they had ten children (Falmouth): Joseph (twin, 1725), Sarah (twin, 1725), Mary (1727-1754 unm.), John (1729), Mercy (1731-1737), Elizabeth (1733), David (1735), Mercy (1738), Thomas (1740) and Isaac (1746 d.y.)

Mary Hinckley was born Barnstable 25 Feb 1703/4 and died there 11 Mar 1756. She married Barnstable 23 Sep 1731 (as his second wife) Gershom Davis and they had seven children (Barnstable): Robert (1732-1738), Samuel (1734), Elizabeth (1736), Mary (1740), Abigail (1744 d.y.), Abigail (1746) and Mercy (1748 d.y.)

Thankful Hinckley was born Barnstable 9 Jul 1708 and died there 20 Aug 1745. She married Barnstable 2 Dec 1727 James Davis and they had nine children (Barnstable): Hannah (1729-1729), Hannah (1731 m Isaac Davis & David Gorham), Joseph (1733), Benjamin (1735), Eunice (1737), Thankful (1739), James (1741), David (1743) and Barnabas (d.y.)

Abigail Hinckley was born Barnstable 30 Oct 1710 and died Harwich 7 Sep 1749. She married Barnstable 3 Jan 1741/2 (as his second wife) John Dillingham and they had one child (Harwich): Mehitable (1747).

Hannah Fuller was born (West) Barnstable 1 Aper 1711 and died aft 24 Jul 1771 She married Barnstable 3 Sep 1739 Matthias Smith and they had ten children ([West] Barnstable): Mary (1731), Hannah (1732), Bethiah (1734), Huldah (1736), Matthias (1738), Anne (1740), Samuel (1743), Lydia (1745), Abigail (1747) and Benjamin (1750).

Mary Fuller was born (West) Barnstable 1 Sep 1715 and died there 16 Jan 1763. She married Barnstable 11 Aug 1737 Seth Lothrop and they had six children (Barnstable): Nathaniel (1739), Joseph (1742 d.y.), John (1745), Thankful (1746/7), Mary (1748/9) and Benjamin (1753).

Bethiah Fuller was born (West) Barnstable 1 Sep 1715 and died there 2 Feb 1794. She married Barnstable 20 Dec 1739 Joseph Bursley and they had six children (Barnstable): John (1741), Bethiah (1743), Lemuel (1745 d.s.p.), Sarah (1748), Abigail (1750-1790 unm.) and Joseph (1757-1776).

Thankful Fuller was born (West) Barnstable 19 Sep 1718 and died Lee 18 Mar 1809. She married Barnstable 25 Oct 1739 Nathan Bassett and they had seven children ([West] Barnstable): Mary (1740), Bethiah (1747), Nathan (1750), Cornelius (1753), John (1756), Gershom (1758) and Thankful (1761).

Desire Bourne was born Barnstable 19 Jan 1718 and died probably Scituate after 27 Apr 1786. She married Barnstable 21 Dec 1737 Nathaniel Clapp and they had eleven children (Scituate): Hannah (1739), Desire (1741), Sylvanus (1742/3), Temperance (1744), Mary (1746/7), Susannah (1748), Abigail (1750), Eunice (1751/2), Rachel (1755 d.y.), Nathaniel (1756 d.y.) and Stephen (1759 d.y.)

Hannah Bourne

Mercy Bourne

Abigail Bourne

Eunice Bourne

1. ↑ named in inventory of husband's estate.

DNA results TBD

To date, we know of no matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Mary OTIS Gorham, who has taken a mtDNA test (and publicly posted their results). Anyone who believes they are a matrilineal descendant (ie mother's mother's mother's etc.) is encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com.

External resources and references

• White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, volume 2 (son John Howland), Picton Press, Camden, ME. 1993