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William Gorton

BIRTH: ABT 1708, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
DEATH: ABT 1 Dec 1789, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
BURIAL: 3 Dec 1789, Gorton Lot, Buttonwoods Avenue, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
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Father: Samuel Gorton (22 Jul 1672 - 5 Jun 1721)
Mother: Elizabeth Collins (2 Nov 1672 - 9 Sep 1724)

Family 1: Mercy Mathewson or Matteson (1708 - 3 Oct 1788)

MARRIAGE: 7 Jan 1730/1731, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

+Mercy Gorton (3 Jun 1744 - 11 Dec 1811)

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                                             _Samuell Gorton _____|
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                       _John Gorton ________|
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 _Samuel Gorton ______|
| (1672 - 1721) m 1695|
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|--William Gorton 
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|_Elizabeth Collins __|
  (1672 - 1724) m 1695|
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                      |_Sarah Wright _______|
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Notes

!SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of Samuel Gorton," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 3 Nov 2008. Cites Elder John Gorton and the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI (birth, death, burial); Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (marriage); Warwick, RI Historical Cemeteries (burial).

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