Captain Benjamin GORTON

Male Abt 1647 - Abt 1724  (77 years)

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  • Name Benjamin GORTON  [1] 
    Title Captain 
    Birth Abt 1647 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1724  Warwick, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I02852  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Samuell GORTON,   b. Abt 1592, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1677, Warwick, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Mary MAPLETT,   b. 12 Mar 1608/09, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1650, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 42 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1629  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah CARDER,   b. Abt 1652   d. Aug 1724, Warwick, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 5 Dec 1672  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Gorton,   b. 31 Oct 1673
     2. Benjamin Gorton, Jr.,   b. Abt 1675
     3. Sarah Gorton,   b. Abt 1678   d. Abt Jan 1753 (Age 75 years)
     4. Samuell Gorton,   b. 3 May 1687, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1723, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     5. Alice Gorton,   b. Abt 1689
     6. Maplet GORTON,   b. 1690, Warwick, Kent County, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 18 Aug 1723 (Age > 33 years)
    Family ID F01076  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • In 1677 he was one of 48 who, along with his brother John, received a grant from the colony of 5,000 acres in East Greenwich, "in consideration of their services in King Philip's War." In 1686 he was Deputy (member) to the Upper House of the RI Legislature, and was captain of the military company, a position he held to the time of his death. His will names his children, their spouses, and his grandchildren. It contains details such as bequeathing his spectacles to his son Benjamin, and his "biggest silver spoon" to his grandson Benjamin Greene.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012381] Samuel Gorton of Rhode Island and His Descendants, by Thomas Gorton, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1985.

    2. [S012435] Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989), 670, 180.
      Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, 670, Warwick Marriages, FamilyTree Maker CD 180.