Anna Gorham was born 21 February 1771 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States to Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796) and Rebecca Call (1744-1812) and died 21 February 1830 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. She married Peter Chardon Brooks (1767-1849) 26 November 1792 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Biography
Anna was the daughter of a famous politician and delegate and chairman of the US Constitution Convention.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Edward Brooks (1792-1878) | |||
Gorham Brooks (1795-1855) | |||
Peter Chardon Brooks (1796-1798) | |||
Ann Gorham Brooks (1797-1864) | |||
Signey Brooks (1799-1878) | |||
Charlotte Gray Brooks (1800-1859) | 4 November 1800 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 2 July 1859 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Edward Everett (1794-1865) |
Ward Chipman Brooks (1804-1828) | |||
Henry Brooks (1807-1828) | |||
Abigail Brown Brooks (1808-1889) | 25 April 1808 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 6 June 1889 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) |
Horatio Brooks (1809-1843) | |||
Octavius Brooks (1813-1822) |
Their daughter, Abigail Brown Brooks, would marry the grandson of President John Quincy Adams, leaving them with even more prominent posterity.
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Nathaniel Gorham (1763-1826) | |||
Rebecca Gorham (1765-1834) | |||
Mary Gorham (1767-1832) | |||
Elizabeth Gorham (1769-) | |||
Anna Gorham (1771-1830) | 21 February 1771 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 21 February 1830 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Peter Chardon Brooks (1767-1849) |
John Gorham (c1772-) | |||
Benjamin Gorham (1775-1855) | 13 February 1775 Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 27 September 1855 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Susan Cabot Lowell (1776-1816) |
Stephen Gorham (c1776-1849) | |||
Lydia Gorham (1778-1856) | 1778 Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 3 June 1856 | John Phillips (1776-1820) |
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
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