John Gorsuch

1712 - 1796  (84 years)

• Name	John Gorsuch
  Birth	1712	Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Apr 1796	St. James Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland
  Person ID	I30	Parlett-Stancliff
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Charles Gorsuch,   b. Abt 1685, Orangeville, Baltimore, Maryland, USA d. Bef 14 Jul 1747, Western Run, Baltimore County, Province of Maryland (Age < 62 years)
  Mother	Sarah Cole,   b. Abt 1698, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA d. Aft 1751, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA (Age > 54 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun	Talbot County, Maryland, USA   [1, 2]
  Married	1 Jan 1721	Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
  Family ID	F324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1712 - Baltimore County, Maryland, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  == Biography == John Gorsuch, "Revolutionary War John" === Origin ===John was born in 1712-1714 at Baltimore County, Maryland.<ref name="Gorsuch26">J. H. P., [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243688?seq=5 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Familes, Continued"] Vol 26, Pages 329-330 (July 1 1918,) ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed December 14, 2014</ref> He was a son of [[Gorsuch-20|Charles Gorsuch]] and his first wife, her name unknown.<ref name="Gorsuch26"/> According to the "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Familes, Continued," this wife may account fotr the connection with Nicholas Rogers.<ref name="Gorsuch26"/> === Family ===John married March 4, 1735 to Mary Price.<ref name="Haschemeyer">Haschemeyer, Sue N., [http://www.dunnuck.com/Bio-Gorsuch.html GORSUCH] Dunn*ck Family Genealogy accessed November 26, 2014</ref> Children: # Charles b. 1736-1808; mar Eleanor Bond<ref name="Haschemeyer"/># John b c. 1740; Belinda Bosley<ref name="Martin">Martin, Donna, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~djwm/html/fam01659.htm John (Rev_War) GORSUCH] 07 October 2009accessed December 14, 2014</ref> # Sarah; mar John Gill<ref name="Martin"/> # Rachel; mar James Bosley<ref name="Martin"/> # Mary; mar James Gittings<ref name="Martin"/> According to Gorsuch researcher, Sue Haschemeyer, the only known child of John Gorsuch is Charles.<ref name="Haschemeyer"/> === Revolutionary War Service ===John served in the state of Maryland as "patriotic service."<ref name="DAR">National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, [http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm Ancestor Number A046287] Database accessed December 14, 2014</ref> He also signed the Oath of Allegiance in 1778.<ref name="DAR"/> === Death and Legacy ===John died April 6, 1796 at St. James Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland.<ref name="Martin"/> John Gorsuch signed his will on 16 DEC 1788. He mentions his two sons, Charles and John to divide lands called Cole's Chance and Contrivance to Cole's Chance. John is also to receive an adjoining tract of 50 acres called Round About. Two of the daughters, Rachel Bosley & Sarah Gill, are to receive 5 shillings and no more. These daughters are cut from any other portion of the estate "for reasons best known to myself". His daughter Mary Gittings is willed two lots of ground in Baltimore town and a negro boy named Abraham. Charles is also given all the lands where he now has his plantation house, but must pay Mary Gittings 100 pounds in four annual payments. It was signed John Gorsuch, Senior and presented to the court by the witnesses on 20 APR 1796,<ref>Baltimore County Wills Liber 5/371 [[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTR3-S3QD?i=191&wc=SNYW-168%3A146536801%2C150566401&cc=1803986]]</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Source: <span id='S-781676472'>S-781676472</span> Repository: [[#R-1197866539]] Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. ===Acknowledgements===*Gorsuch-158 was created by [[Rush-991 | Hannah Rush]] through the import of Rush Family Tree (1).ged on Jun 11, 2014. Author: Seely Foley

  
  

• Sources

  [S1882825642] Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1882825735] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 117.