Desire Howland

1623 - 1683  (60 years)

• Name	Desire Howland
  Born	13 Oct 1623	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Gender	Female
  Group	Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower - John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley
  	Descendant of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower - John Tilley & Joan Hurst
  	Descendant of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers of the Mayflower
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	18676934
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18676934
  Died	13 Oct 1683	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Cenotaph	Aft 13 Oct 1683	Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  	203326362
  	Desire (Howland) Gorham was a daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. This is a cenotaph found at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, placed there by the Pilgrim John Howland Society. Desire (Howland) Gorham is not buried in this cemetery. She is buried at Cobb's Hill Cemetery in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
  Buried	Aft 13 Oct 1683	Cobb's Hill Cemetery (East and West), Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I9021	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Howland, of the Mayflower,   b. Abt 1591, Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England ,   d. 23 Feb 1672/73, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Tilley, wife of John Howland,   b. 30 Aug 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England ,   d. 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1623	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Family ID	F3474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Captain John Gorham,   b. 28 Jan 1620/21, Benefield, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 5 Feb 1675/76, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 55 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1644	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Children	1. Desire Gorham,   b. 2 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 30 Jun 1700, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 56 years)   2. Temperance Gorham,   b. 5 May 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 12 Mar 1714/15, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 68 years)   3. James Gorham, Sr.,   b. 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 18 Nov 1707, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 57 years)   4. John Gorham,   b. 20 Feb 1650/51, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 11 Nov 1715, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years)   5. Joseph Gorham,   b. 16 Feb 1653/54, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Jul 1726, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)   6. Jabez Gorham,   b. 3 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts ,   d. Between 16 Mar 1724/25 and 18 May 1725, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 68 years)   7. Mercy "Marcy" Gorham,   b. 20 Jan 1658/59, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Sep 1725, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Oct 1623 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Married - 6 Nov 1644 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Died - 13 Oct 1683 - Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Cenotaph - 203326362 - Aft 13 Oct 1683 - Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 13 Oct 1683 - Cobb's Hill Cemetery (East and West), Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilly, and grand daughter of Mayflower passengers John Tilly and Joan Rogers, she married John Gorham, son of Ralph Gorham and Margaret Stephenson, about 1643. Between them they had 11 children: Desire Gorham 1644– 1700 Temperance Gorham 1646– 1715 Elizabeth Gorham 1648– 1684 James Gorham 1650– 1707 Lieut. Col. John Gorham 1651-1716 Joseph Gorham 1653– 1726 Jabez Gorham 1656– 1725 Mercy Gorham 1658– Lydia Gorham 1661– 1744 Hannah Gorham 1663– Shubael Gorham Also had a daughter: Hannah Gorham Whillden or Whilldin Born: 11/28/1663 Died: 1728 Hannah and her husband, Joseph Whillden or Whilldin, settled in Cape May, New Jersey.