John GORTON

Birth:
Abt 1675
of Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Marriage:
2 Feb 1700
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Sources:
1998 Ancestral File
Patience HOPKINS
Birth:
Abt 1678
of Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Mother:
Sarah
Children
Marriage
1
Patience GORTON
Birth:
12 Dec 1700
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Death:
3 Oct 1788
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
2
Benjamin GORTON
Birth:
Abt 1701
of Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Death:
1775
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
 
Marr:
 
3
Samuel GORTON
Birth:
Abt 1703
of Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Death:
9 Aug 1723
at sea
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1. Samuel died at sea between Rhode Island and New London, CT.
4
Hopkins GORTON
Birth:
Apr 1704
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Death:
27 Mar 1725
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
 
Marr:
 
5
William GORTON
Birth:
Abt 1705
of Cranston City, Providence, Rhode Island
Death:
12 Nov 1761
Lydia COLLINS 
Marr:
1736
Cranston City, Providence, Rho 
Notes:
                   NOTE:  died in the Hudson River
6
Priscilla GORTON
Birth:
Abt 1707
of Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
John GORTON
Birth:
Abt 1710
of Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
Death:
Susanna Berry BABCOCK 
Marr:
9 Nov 1764
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Is 
Notes:
                   1. John resided in Warwick, South Kingstown and Westerly, RI, but his
will, dated 8 JUL 1787 calls him of Westerly.  The Rhode Island state
census of 1774 lists him in South Kingstown with 14 whites and 2
Indians in his household.  The South Kingstown monthly meetings of
Friends mention his daughters Hannah, Elizabeth, Ruth, and Sarah in 1782
and indicate his presence, along with his three sons at the marriage in
1785 of his daughter, Elizabeth.
8
Samuel GORTON
Birth:
Abt 1715
of Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
Death:
Notes:
                   1. In1773 he joined the Friends' South Kingstown Monthly meeting but
despite that he served in Col. Brewer's Regt. in 1777 in the Revolutionary
Army.  In 1778 he gave his age as 55 years.  He resided in Teft's Plains
(now Richmond), RI and New London, CT.
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John Gorton - Patience Hopkins

John Gorton was born at of Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Abt 1675. His parents were John Gorton and Margaret Weeden.

He married Patience Hopkins 2 Feb 1700 at Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island . Patience Hopkins was born at of Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Abt 1678 daughter of Thomas Hopkins and Sarah .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Patience Gorton born 12 Dec 1700.
Benjamin Gorton born Abt 1701.
Samuel Gorton born Abt 1703.
Hopkins Gorton born Apr 1704.
William Gorton born Abt 1705.
Priscilla Gorton born Abt 1707.
John Gorton born Abt 1710.
Samuel Gorton born Abt 1715.