Second Generation

2. Desire HOWLAND (*) (~)^8,9 was born on 13 October 1623 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.⁶ She was one of the first children born in Plymouth Colony.

(This is a diagram of the Pilgrim Village settlement in Plymouth Colony.) She was christened about 1624 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 13 October 1683 at the age of 60 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^10,11 Desire was buried on 14 October 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She has Ancestral File Number 842X-1R.

Desire HOWLAND (*) (~) and Captain John GORHAM (*) were married on 6 November 1644 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^6,12,13,14 Captain John GORHAM (*)^8,9 was born on 28 January 1620 in Benefield, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 28 January 1621 in Benefield, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 5 February 1675 at the age of 55 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. John was buried on 15 February 1676 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁰ He has Ancestral File Number 8L9W-D7.

Desire HOWLAND (*) (~) and Captain John GORHAM (*) had the following children:

+12	i.	Desire GORHAM.
+13	ii.	Temperance GORHAM.
14	iii.	Elizabeth GORHAM^8,9 was born on 2 April 1648 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^10,15 She was christened about April 1648 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died before 5 March 1683/4 at the age of 35. Elizabeth has Ancestral File Number 8M54-SR.
+15	iv.	James GORHAM.
+16	v.	Lieutenant Colonel John GORHAM.
+17	vi.	Joseph GORHAM.
+18	vii.	Jabez GORHAM.
+19	viii.	Mercy GORHAM.
+20	ix.	*Lydia GORHAM () (~).**
+21	x.	Hannah GORHAM.
+22	xi.	Shubael GORHAM.