NATHANIEL GORHAM

Gorham, Nathaniel (1738-1796) Father of Benjamin Gorham. A Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Mass., May 27, 1738; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the provincial legislature 1771-1775; delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1775; member of the board of war 1778-1781; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1779; served in the State senate in 1780 and 1781; Member of the Continental Congress in 1782, 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1789, and was its president from June 6, 1786, to February 2, 1787; delegate to the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787; delegate to the State constitutional convention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; judge of the court of common pleas from July 1, 1785, until his resignation on May 31, 1796; interested in the purchase and settlement of lands in the Genesee Valley, N.Y.; died in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Mass., June 11, 1796; interment in Phipps Street Cemetery.
Parents: Nathaniel Gorham, Mary Soley
Spouse: Rebecca Call
Born: 14 May 1744 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: 18 Nov 1812
Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1763 Charleston, Suffolk, MA
Children Sex Birth
Nathaniel Gorham M 25 Oct 1763 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Rebecca Gorham F 20 Mar 1765 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Mary Gorham F 7 Dec 1767 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Gorham F 21 Jul 1769 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Ann Gorham F 3 Mar 1771 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
John Gorham M 2 Nov 1772 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Benjamin Gorham M 13 Feb 1775 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Stephen Gorham M 1776 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Lydia Gorham F 1779 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Sources:
Vital Records
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell