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==Biography==
No birth record for John Gorsuch has been found. He was deceased by 1733 when his brother, Thomas Gorsuch, took over the administration of the estate of their brother, Robert Gorsuch. He was definitely married to a woman named Elizabeth, and may have had one son named Charles who was born about 1720 and died in 1806.<ref>Barnes, Robert W. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield, 1989. </ref>
John Gorsuch, carpenter, the oldest son of Charles Gorsuch and his wife Sarah Cole, apparently born between 1678 and 1679, jointly with his brother Thomas Gorsuch, planter, received the tract Maiden’s Choice, 450 acres, under the will of David Jones 1687. Jones was the second husband of their aunt Anna Gorsuch. They sold it in 1708-9. <ref name="jhp"/>
===1687 Maiden Choice Inheritance===
Background of Maiden Choice: In a Deed, December 8, 1679, Charles Gorsuch of Talbot County and his wife Sarah convey to his brother in law David Jones the three Baltimore County tracts, Cole’s Harbour, 550 acres, upon which Baltimore Town was later laid out; Maiden’s Choice, 450 acres, at the head of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco, and Marybourne, on Jones Falls in what is now North Baltimore, 200 acres, the deed reading, his wife Sarah “being heiress to said land, as ye last will and testament of Thomas Cole will make appear. “And again, in a confirmatiory deed to these same tracs executed by Sarah, with Charles Gorscuh, alone, August 1, 1682, she is described as “the only and sole heir of Thomas Cole, late of Patapsco River, Baltimore County, deceased. The Annapolis patent records show that Thomas Cole in 1649 transported himself and wife Priscilla into the Province and settled in Anne Arundel County on the Severn, but later patented Maiden’s Choice and Cole’s Harbour in Baltimore County.” <ref name="jhp"> J. H. P, Baltimore, MD. The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families. Pages 207-222 and 325-332. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Published Quarterly by the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. Volume XXVI for the year ending December 31, 1918. Richmond, Virginia: House of the Society. https://books.google.com/books?id=Tgc1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&dq=land+OR+grant+OR+patent+OR+tract+%22Maiden%27s+Choice%22&source=bl&ots=dg_R9c78SM&sig=UFBwAVXNSgZWD28DsdbBGLgQYgw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZtvLo2aHRAhXE7iYKHXF5CisQ6AEIODAH#v=onepage&q=land%20OR%20grant%20OR%20patent%20OR%20tract%20%22Maiden's%20Choice%22&f=false.. Accessed January 1, 2017 </ref>
===Gorsuches Venture===
In a land deed dated 25 MAR 1749 John Gorsuch, the son and heir of Charles Gorsuch late of Baltimore County deceased, transferred a tract of land called Gorsuches Venture located in the Patapsco River Valley and surveyed by Charles Gorsuch on 20 FEB 1723 for 150 acres to a partnership of some of the wealthiest men in Maryland operating as the Baltimore Company. The deed states that Charles Gorsuch, father to John Gorsuch, by an obligation in writing signed with his own hand on 30 NOV 1744 held himself to be bound to the said Charles Carroll & Company in the sum of 80 pounds sterling on condition that Charles Gorsuch or his heirs make over unto Charles Carroll & Co. one tract of land called Gorsuches Venture in consideration that Charles Carroll & Co. should discharge Charles Gorsuch & his heirs from the payment of 8,000 pounds of tobacco which became due. John Gorsuch as eldest son of Charles Gorsuch, in order to comply with the condition of his father’s bond, released title to the land to the five partners: Charles Carroll, Daniel Dulany, Dr. Charles Carroll, Benjamin Tasker Jr., and Charles Carroll son & heir of Daniel Carroll of Dudington Manor deceased as tenants in common. The Baltimore Company owned over 28,000 acres of land in the Patapsco River Valley and operated several iron forges in the area. <ref>Baltimore County Land Records Liber TR C folio 170</ref>
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