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Nathan Dexter Gorton

BIRTH: ABT 1844, , , Rhode Island
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Father: George Gorton (11 Feb 1817 - 18 Dec 1852)
Mother: Jane Helen or Ellen Jane Ballou (17 Jan 1819 - 20 Dec 1900)

Family 1: Marian A. or Miriam A. Sherman (ABT 1845 - 4 Aug 1878)

MARRIAGE: 28 Jul 1867, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island

James Dexter Gorton (19 Jul 1868 - ____)

Family 2: Mary Jane Smith (ABT 1844 - ____)

MARRIAGE: 11 Jun 1879, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island

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                                                           _John Gorton ________|
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                                    _George Brown Gorton _|
                                   | (1788 - 1838) m 1809 |
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 _George Gorton ___________________|
| (1817 - 1852) m 1841             |
|                                  |                                                                   _John Dexter ________+
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|                                  |                                             _William Dexter _____|_Mary Brown _________
|                                  |                                            | (1735 - 1773) m 1757  (1699 - 1770)       
|                                  |                       _Nathan Dexter ______|
|                                  |                      | (1759 - ....)       |
|                                  |                      |                     |                      _Samuel Warner ______
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|                                  |                      |                     |_Phebe Warner _______|_Kesiah Browne ______
|                                  |                      |                       (1737 - 1826) m 1757                      
|                                  |_Phebe Dexter ________|
|                                    (1789 - 1859) m 1809 |
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|                                                         |                      _John Warner ________|_____________________
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|                                                         |_Nancy Warner _______|
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|--Nathan Dexter Gorton 
|  (1844 - ....)
|                                                                                                      _Obadiah Ballou _____+
|                                                                                                     | (1689 - 1768) m 1740
|                                                                                _Benjamin Ballou ____|_Sarah Whipple ______
|                                                                               | (1747 - 1822) m 1769  (1701 - 1768)       
|                                                          _Thomas Ballou ______|
|                                                         | (1772 - 1826)       |
|                                                         |                     |                      _Daniel Whipple _____+
|                                                         |                     |                     | (1688 - 1768)       
|                                                         |                     |_Sarah Whipple ______|_Anne Chamberlain ___
|                                                         |                       (1748 - 1786) m 1769                      
|                                   _Horace Ballou _______|
|                                  | (1796 - 1867) m 1818 |
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|                                  |                      |                      _Benjamin Parnell ___|_____________________
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|                                  |                      |_Cynthia Parnell ____|
|                                  |                        (1771 - 1840)       |
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|_Jane Helen or Ellen Jane Ballou _|
  (1819 - 1900) m 1841             |
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                                   |_Harriet Atkins ______|
                                     (1802 - 1868) m 1818 |
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Notes

!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 2 Jul 2006. Cites/notes the following:

August 16, 1850 Census, Smithfield 1 & 4 Dist., Providence, RI p.430
- Gorton, George {38219} 33 b. MA {abt 1817}
- Gorton, Jane H. {38210} 31 b. NY {abt 1819}
- Gorton, Edwin 9 b. RI {abt 1841}
- Gorton, John A. 8 b. MA {abt 1842}
- Gorton, Nathan D. 6 b. RI {abt 1844}
- *Gorton, Whipple J. 1 b. RI {abt 1849}
June 28, 1860 Census, 1-dist. Smithfield, Providence, RI, p.80
- Gorton, Whipple {38220} 35, laborer, b. MA
- Gorton, Jane H. {38210} 41 b. NY
- Gorton, Edwin 19 b. RI {son of George and Jane}
- Gorton, John A. 17 b. MA {son of George and Jane}
- Gorton, Nathan D. 15 b. RI {son of George and Jane}
- Gorton, Whipple J. 12 b. RI {son of George and Jane}
- *Gorton, George 5 b. RI {son of Whipple and Jane}
- *Gorton, Thomas R. 3 b. RI {son of Whipple and Jane}
June 4, 1870 Census, Smithfield, Providence, RI, p.583
- Gorton, Whipple 45, works in cotton mill, b. MA
- Gorton, Jane H. 51 b. NY
- Gorton, Nathan D. 25 works in cotton mill, b. RI
- Gorton, [Maria] A. 25 b. MA {abt 1845; think this is Nathan's wife}
- Gorton, Whipple I. 22, works in cotton mill, b. RI
- Gorton, George W. 16, works in cotton mill, b. RI
- Gorton, Thomas R. 14, works in cotton mill, b. RI
- Gorton, Alma J. 7 b. RI {abt 1863}
- Gorton, [Del----] 2 b. RI {male, abt 1868}

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Jane Helen Ballou," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 21 Oct 2013. Additionally cites Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 (marriage).

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