Saturday, January 2, 2016

Surname Saturday - GORTON (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1191 who is Alice GORTON (1652-1712) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this GORTON family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)


18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zavhariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

74.  Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)
75.  Hannah Smith (1768-1824)

148.  Ephraim Sawtell (1738-1800)
149.  Abigail Stone (1736-1800)

296.  Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779)
297.  Joanna Wilson (1701-1786)

594.  John Wilson (1672-1717)
595.  Elizabeth Foster (1673-1742)

1190.  Joseph Foster, born 28 March 1650 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 December 1721 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2380. Thomas Foster and 2381. Elizabeth Whitmore.  He married 11 December 1672 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1191.  Alice Gorton, born before 08 March 1652 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 17 May 1712 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Joseph Foster and Alice Gorton are:
*  Elizabeth Foster (1673-1742), married 1694 John Wilson (1672-1717).
*  Joseph Foster (1678-1678).
*  Thomas Foster (1681-????), married 1706 Hephzabeth Sawtell (1689-????)
*  Sarah Foster (1683-1683).
*  John Foster (1685-1685).

2382.  John Gorton, born about 1610 in England; died before 19 October 1676 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1636 in probably Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2383.  Mary, born about 1612 in England; died in probably Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Gorton and Mary are:
*  Mary Gorton (1636-1636).
*  Mary Gorton (1641-????).
*  Sarah Gorton (1644-????).
*  Hannah Gorton (1646-1670).
*  Mary Gorton (1648-1703), married 1665 Daniel Marshcroft (1637-1703).
*  Alice Gorton (1652-1712), married 1672 Joseph Foster (1650-1721).
*  Elizabeth Gorton (1654-1654).
*  John Gorton (1656-1668).
*  Abraham Gorton (1659-????), married 1683 Mary Sumner (1664-????).

Information about this Gorton family was obtained from:

*  Henry Whittemore, Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, with a Brief History of Those of the First Generation (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967); page 217, John Gorton sketch. 

*  Massachusetts town vital record books.

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