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Where did the English Gorham family come from? What is the English Gorham family crest and coat of arms? When did the Gorham family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Gorham family history?
The ancestry of the name Gorham dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived at Gorhambury located in the county of Hertfordshire.
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- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Gorham have been found, including Goreham, Gorham and others.First found in Hertfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. One of the first noteworthy people of the name Gorham was Geoffrey de Gorham, sometimes called Geoffrey of Dunstable or (of Le Mans) who died at St. Alban's, 26 February 1146. He was a Norman scholar who became Abbot of St Albans Abbey from 1119 to 1146. He was from the province of Maine, in the Dukedom of Normandy and was invited by Richard d'Aubeney, Abbot of St. Alban's, to become master of the Abbey school.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gorham research. Another 282 words(20 lines of text) covering the year 1776 is included under the topic Early Gorham History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Some of the Gorham family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 106 words(8 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Gorham, or a variant listed above:
Gorham Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- John Gorham settled in Boston in 1630
- Ralph Gorham settled in New England in 1630
- Thomas Gorham settled in Virginia in 1635
- Thomas Gorham, aged 19, arrived in Virginia in 1635
- John Gorham who settled in Virginia in 1635
Gorham Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Prince Gorham, aged 45, landed in Maine in 1812
- Allen Gorham, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1813
- Solomon Gorham, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1813
- S P Gorham, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850
- Arthur Gorham, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850
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- Benjamin Gorham (1775-1845), American politician
- Christopher Gorham (b. 1974), American actor
- George Congdon Gorham (1832-1909), American politician and newspaper editor
- John Milton Gorham (1867-1943), cofounder of American college fraternity Delta Chi
- Mel Gorham (b. 1959), American actress
- Sarah Gorham, American poet
- Scott Gorham (b. 1951), American guitarist and songwriter
- Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796), American 14th President of the United States in Congress assembled, under the Articles of Confederation
- Claire Gorham, English journalist and television presenter
- George Cornelius Gorham (1787-1857), English cleric
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- John Howland of the Mayflower by Elizabeth Pearson White.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Virkus, Frederick A. Ed. Immigrant Ancestors A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1964. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
- Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
- Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
- Holt, J.C. Ed. Domesday Studies. Woodbridge: Boydell, 1987. Print. (ISBN 0-85115-477-8).
- Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
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