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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Burton

    Notes:

    According to a Wickes family memorial marker in Warwick Historical Cemetery 28, William Burton was "of Mashanticut, Cranston, R. I."

    William — Hannah Wickes. Hannah (daughter of John Wickes, Sr. and Marie Unknown) was born Abt 1640. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Susanna Burton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1665; died 25 Jun 1737.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Susanna Burton Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 1665; died 25 Jun 1737.

    Susanna — Richard William Harris. [Group Sheet]

    Susanna married Samuel Gorton, II 11 Dec 1684, Warwick, RI. Samuel (son of Samuell GORTON and Mary MAPLETT) was born Abt 1632, Gorton, Lancashire, England or London; died 6 Sep 1724. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Samuel Gorton, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Jun 1690, Warwick, RI; died Jan 1784, Warwick, RI.
    2. 4. Hezekiah Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jun 1692; died Between 1748 and 1749, Warwick, RI.
    3. 5. Susanna Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Jun 1694, Warwick, RI; died 29 Aug 1734, Warwick, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Samuel Gorton, III Descendancy chart to this point (2.Susanna2, 1.William1) was born 1 Jun 1690, Warwick, RI; died Jan 1784, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    On 13 April 1747 Samuel sold the ferry pier and adjoining land on Warwick Neck to Joseph Nichols of Middletown. The "Warwick Ferry" operated up until the Revolutionary War. The land and pier were later owned by Benjamin Greene of East Greenwich, and then by his son William, who owned much of Warwick Neck.

    Samuel — Freelove Mason. Freelove was born 5 Jun 1695; died 1737. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. William Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 7. Freelove Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 8. Ann Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Lydia Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 10. Samuel Gorton, IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Mar 1716/17, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA; died 1777.
    6. 11. Benjamin Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jul 1725, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA.

  2. 4.  Hezekiah Gorton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Susanna2, 1.William1) was born 11 Jun 1692; died Between 1748 and 1749, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    Hezekiah was a son of Samuel Gorton, Jr., the eldest son of the original Samuell Gorton who is our ancestor and the founder of Warwick. Hezekiah's father and our ancestor Benjamin were brothers. In 1724 the RI General Assembly granted Hezekiah permission to run a ferry from Warwick Neck to Prudence Island, en route to Newport. He lost this privilege in 1746.

    Hezekiah married Avis Carr 20 Aug 1719, Warwick, RI. Avis (daughter of Edward Carr and Hannah Stanton) was born 29 May 1698; died 17 Feb 1732/33. [Group Sheet]


  3. 5.  Susanna Gorton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Susanna2, 1.William1) was born 4 Jun 1694, Warwick, RI; died 29 Aug 1734, Warwick, RI.

    Susanna married Joseph Stafford Abt 1716. Joseph (son of Joseph Stafford and Sarah Holden) was born Abt 1691; died Aft 1770. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Joseph Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 13. Mercy Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 14. Susanna Stafford  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  William Gorton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Samuel3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1)

  2. 7.  Freelove Gorton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Samuel3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1)

  3. 8.  Ann Gorton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Samuel3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1)

  4. 9.  Lydia Gorton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Samuel3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1)

  5. 10.  Samuel Gorton, IV Descendancy chart to this point (3.Samuel3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1) was born 7 Mar 1716/17, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA; died 1777.

    Samuel married Ruth Slade 9 Dec 1742, Swansea, MA. Ruth was born Abt 1720. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Ruth Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Dec 1744, Swansea, MA; died 1793.

    Samuel married Frances Rice 5 May 1768, Warwick, RI. Frances (daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary Holden) was born 11 Jan 1733/34; died Aft May 1779. [Group Sheet]


  6. 11.  Benjamin Gorton Descendancy chart to this point (3.Samuel3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1) was born 2 Jul 1725, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA.

    Benjamin married Avis Hulett 18 Jul 1762. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Amos Gorton  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 May 1777, Warwick, RI; died Aft 1 Jun 1840.

  7. 12.  Joseph Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (5.Susanna3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1)

  8. 13.  Mercy Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (5.Susanna3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1)

  9. 14.  Susanna Stafford Descendancy chart to this point (5.Susanna3, 2.Susanna2, 1.William1)