Thankful (Butler) Gorham (1744 - 1812)

Born 1744 in Connecticut [uncertain]

Wife of Lockwood Gorham — married about 1765 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1812 at about age 68 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Her LNAB is Unknown. (Jacobus)

Some online family tree says she is Thankful Ives. ^[1]

Name

Thankful Butler

Birth

1744 (Conn. Deaths & Burials)

Marriage

ABT 1765 Probably, New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut (International Gen. Index)

Death

5 Jun 1812 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Find A Grave)

Thankful died age 68 - 2 days after her husband.

Buried beside her husband, Age at Death: 68

Burial

Cemetery of the First Baptist Church, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut (Find A Grave)

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/pt/PersonMatch.aspx?tid=117116890&pid=242146899150

• Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions, Vol. 11, 404-9 Baptist Cemetery, Danbury, Conn. "Gorham, Thankful, wife of Lockwood, died June 5, 1812 age 68."
• Native American (Norwich, Connecticut, Wednesday, June 17, 1812) Issue: 16.

• Page 3: "Died. At Ridgefield, on the 3d inst. Mr. Lockwood Gorham, aged 64; on the 5th, his widow, Mrs. ____ Gorham, aged 68, both of the prevailing fever.."

• International Gen. Index/North America (LDS) file # 45683
• Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2557&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0002695009&o_lid=0002695009&o_sch=Affiliate+External Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

FHL Film Number: 3329

Name: Thankful Gorham

Birth: abt 1744

Age at Death: 68

Death: 5 Jun 1812 Connecticut

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Married

Spouse: Lockwood

• Find A Grave: Memorial #9537473, memorial page for Thankful Gorham (unknown–5 Jun 1812), citing Cemetery of the First Baptist Church, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut; Maintained by Lemures4 (contributor 46633686) .

Death: Jun. 5, 1812

Note: Wife of Lockwood.

Aged 68 years.

Burial: Cemetery of the First Baptist Church Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)

Thankful Butler, Gender: Birth: 1750 .

Spouse: John Gorham: Birth: 1739 CT.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 2, Page 391: Her LNAB is Unknown.
  • Footnote: "Adm'n granted, 8 June 1812, to Isaac Wilson of New Fairfield. Distribution: eldest dau. Mercy wife of Zar Barnum; youngest dau. Thankful wife of Daniel Barnum.
• The Day (Danbury, CT, Tuesday, Jun 09, 1812) Vol: I, Issue: 5, Page: 3. Ridgefield, Society of Ridgbury.

• Lockwood Gorham, died June 3, 1812 of the prevailing fever.
• Lockwood Gorham, His Widow, died June 5, 1812 of the prevailing fever.