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- == Biography ==
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== Biography ==John Gorsuch, Rector of Walkhorne in Hertford 1633<ref name="VMHB24.1">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243492 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families"] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan., 1916), pp. 81-93, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
=== Origin ===John Gorsuch was the son of [[Gorsuch-23|Daniel Gorsuch]] and [[Hall-347|Alice Hall]] (pp 83-84).<ref name="VMHB24.1"/> John's father, Daniel Gorsuch reported to the Visitation of London in 1633 (At that time, John was the Rector of Walkhorne).<ref name="VMHB24.1"/> John was born c. 1600, as upon admission to Cambridge in 1617, his age was stated as 17 years old, John Gorsuch, "son of Daniel Gorsuch, Mercer of London and Walkern", being admitted "Fellow Commoner" at Pembroke, Cambridge, aged 17, on June 18, 1617."<ref name="Overman">Overman, S. Esmé, [http://ubbw.org.uk/Churches/Gorsuch.htm Dr. John Gorsuch] Churches Together in Benington and Walkern, St. Peter's Benington with St. Mary's Walkern, accessed November 26, 2014</ref>
Sir William is said to have descended from Charlemagne through his maternal grandmother's Wroth family.{{Citation needed}}
=== Early years ===The family lived in London, near the Old St. Paul's, possibly at Bishopsgate.<ref name="Overman"/> John had two sisters, Katherine and Mary, (though we do not know how long Mary lived; she died young). John certainly began his education at home, as most children did then.<ref name="Overman"/> He may have also attended one of the church grammar schools later. Two were within a half a mile of his home, St. Paul's and the Mercers had their own.
John attended Cambridge University; he was admitted as a [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2FFellow%20Commoner Fellow Commoner] at age 17 at Pembroke on 18 June 1617, was awarded his B.A in 1620/1, his M.A. in 1624, and his D.D. in 1636 (although by 1632, he was already the Reverend of Walkern, Hertfordshire.<ref name="Cambridge">Dawson, J. L., [http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2014.pl?sur=Gorsuch&suro=w&fir=John&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=HRT&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 "Cambridge Alumni Database."] from [http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/Documents/acad/enter.html ''A Cambridge Alumni Database.''] accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
=== Family ===John married c. 1628 to [[Lovelace-8|Anne Lovelace]], daughter of Sir William Lovelace, Knight of Bethersden, Kent and Anne Barne.<ref name="VMHB29.1">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243807 "The Lovelace Family and Its Connections (Continued)."] (Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan., 1921), pp. 110-124) ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref> Anne Lovelace was the sister of Richard Loveless the poet and Francis Loveless, the Governor of New York 1668-1673.<ref name="VMHB29.1"/> Anne died in 1652.<ref name="Haschemeyer">Haschemeyer, Sue N., [http://www.dunnuck.com/Bio-Gorsuch.html GORSUCH] Dunn*ck Family Genealogy accessed November 26, 2014</ref> They had eleven or twelve children; they were: William, Daniel, Katherine, Robert, Richard, Anne, Elizabeth, Charles, Lovelace, Frances, John, and possibly Joanna(?). The five youngest children were not mentioned in the will of their grandfather, Daniel Gorsuch (written in 1638), but were mentioned in the will of their grandmother, Alice; so they were all born after 1638.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
===Children===
Children from "Bishop's Transcripts" of the Walkern Parish Register (pg 87):<ref name="VMHB24.1"/><ref name="VMHB24.2">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243521 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families (Continued)."] (Vol. 24, No. 2 (Apr., 1916), pp. 214-221) ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
# [[Gorsuch-211|Daniel Gorsuch]] born 1628 or 1629, eldest son, remained in England
# [[Gorsuch-178| John Gorsuch]] b c. 1630, 2nd son, poss died young# [[Gorsuch-173|William Gorsuch]] b 1631 or 1632, 3rd son, d 1698; mar Catherine Morgan, remained in England# [[Gorsuch-174|Katherine "Katheren" Gorsuch]] bpt Nov 26, 1633, to Virginia Theo. Hone; mar William Whitby
# [[Gorsuch-172|Robert Gorsuch]] bpt Nov 19, 1635
# [[Gorsuch-25|Richard Gorsuch]] bpt Apr 19, 1637, to Virginia# [[Gorsuch-26|Anne/Anna Gorsuch]] bpt March 13, 1638/9 Walkern, to Virginia; mar 1) Capt. Thomas Todd, 2) Capt. David Jones, 3) Capt. John Oldton# [[Gorsuch-192|Elizabeth Gorsuch]] bpt May 13, 1641, to Virginia; mar ____ Powell# [[Gorsuch-21|Charles Gorsuch]] bpt Aug 25, 1642; certificate of marriage 1690/1 to Anne Hawkins at a West River, Maryland Quaker MM
# [[Gorsuch-168|Lovelace Gorsuch]] b after 1638
# [[Gorsuch-215|Joanna Gorsuch]] bpt March 15, 1639/40# [[Gorsuch-214|Frances Gorsuch]] b after 1642, called a granddaughter in Anne (Barnes) Gorsuch's will (Pg 85), b after 1638, poss died young. The daughter, Frances, (erroneously often identified as a son), was clearly called "daughter" in the 1662 will of her grandmother, Alice (Hall) Gorsuch, "Johanna and Frances daughters of my said son John" (Pg 392).<ref name="VMHB27.34">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243737 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families (Concluded)"] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 27, No. 3/4 (Jul. - Oct., 1919), pp. 379-392, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
There was no daughter, Ruth; this was a mis-reading of the name, "Kath."<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
All of the children's records have now been found, but we still have the question of whether Anna was identical to Joanna, or were they two different daughters. There was a discovery in the "Bishop's Transcripts" of the Walkern Parish Register of the baptism of Joanna Gorsuch, on March 15, 1639/40, found written in the wrong place, among the marriages for 1639.<ref name="VMHB24.4">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243555 "The Gorsuch and Loverlace (''sic'') Families (Continued): Anna Gorsuch and the Todd Family of Virginia and Maryland."] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct., 1916), pp. 425-440, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
J. Hall Pleasants, who authored the many articles on the Gorsuch and Lovelace families in ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' believes the entry for Joanna was just a duplication of the entry for Anna. He contends that the correct entry is March 13, 1638/9, because Anna must have been married when she did not join her siblings in their 1656 petition for guardians.<ref name="VMHB24.4"/>
However, there could have been two daughters, Anna and Joanna, where Anna was married while Joanna had died before the petition in 1656. It would be a complex error with both the day and year different - possible but unusual.
The first son, Daniel, and the third son, William, both remained in England.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
The second son, John, and the youngest daughters, Frances and Joanna, possibly all died young.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
=== Rectory of "Walkhorne" in Hertfordshire ===
The Rectory was purchased by William Beale of London, grocer, on November 30, 1616, and from him was purchased by Daniel Gorsuch, merchant of London.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/> We don't know the date that Gorsuch purchased it from Beale. On July 13, 1632, it was given by Daniel Gorsuch to his son, John, as the rector, and Daniel subsequently built a new rectory for him there.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/> John was instituted as Rector on July 28, 1632.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
=== 1647 Executed ? ===
John Gorsuch, a staunch Loyalist, was persecuted as a result of his loyalty to the king. He and Cromwell were at odds, and the parliamentary party filed charges in 1642 (Pg 88).<ref name="VMHB24.1"/> This was a time of severe turmoil, and hundreds of clergy were accused and tried on false charges. Rev. John Gorsuch was charged with Drunkenness, Gaming, seldom appearing in the pulpit, published a wicked libel against the Parliament, calling some of them "Fools, Bastards and Cuckolds" (Pg 88).<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
On October 26, 1647, in "The Accounts of Plundered Ministers" is the report that when Mr. Simon Smeath, Vicar of Weston (next to Walkern), came to claim the rectory of Walkern, Dr. John Gorsuch "betook himself to ye Haymow & there lost his life."<ref name="VMHB24.1"/> This leaves a question about the end of John Gorsuch's life. It seems clear that he was in effect killed by Cromwell and his crusade against the established church, but the exact events are lost to history. Some believe the story of the "Haymow" is actually a distraction to cover John Gorsuch's escape and emigration, but there is no further record anywhere.
The Cambridge University record includes that John was ejected in 1642 and "[Died???]; Following upon his ejection he is said to have been 'smothered in an Haymow.' (Vis. of London, 1634 ; Cussans, II. iii. 85.)."<ref name="Cambridge"/> The "ejection" was as a result of the bogus charges brought against John Gorsuch during his conflict with Cromwell, verified by the "Bishop's Transcripts" of the Walkern Parish Register which show "John Gorsuch, rector of Walkern, ejected."<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
=== Death and Legacy ===
John died in 1647 at Walkhorne, Hertfordshire, England and was buried in the Walkern Cemetery, Walkern, Hertfordshire, England.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
After his death, Anne and the children lived at property they owned in the parish of Weston (next to Walkern), until their immigration to Virginia (Pgs 88-9).<ref name="VMHB24.1"/>
=== Anne Gorsuch to Virginia ===
After his death, John's widow, Anne, immigrated to Virginia with her brothers and several of the children, possibly Robert, Richard, and Anna.<ref name="VMHB24.2"/>
Robert, Richard, and Anna may have been the children who accompanied their mother to Virginia at a date slightly earlier than when Theo. Hone transported the younger children.<ref name="VMHB24.2"/>
A short time later, on February 22, 1652, "Theo Hoane" received a grant of land on the Rappahannock in return for the passage of the four younger children of John and Anne Gosruch.<ref name="VMHB24.3">Pleasants, J. Hall [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243537 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families (Continued)"] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jun., 1916), pp. 317-327, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed April 19, 2015</ref>
On May 31, 1661, Anne's son, Richard Gorsuch, who had arrived in Virginia earlier, received permission to transport six persons to Virginia, including Elizabeth Gorsuch.<ref name="VMHB24.3"/>
Among her descendants are the Todds of Virginia and Robert E. Lee.
== Key reference resources==
*J. Hall Pleasants. <ref name="VMHB24.1" />
*children of John: <ref name="VMHB24.2" />
*children beginning with Richard Gorsuch: <ref name="VMHB24.3" />
*Anna: <ref name="VMHB24.4" />*Toods and Baylors: <ref name="VMHB25.3">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243614 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families (Continued): Anna Gorsuch and the Todd and Baylor Families of Virginia and Maryland."] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul., 1917), pp. 302-323, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed December 11, 2014</ref>
*Charles Gorsuch Descendants: **Virginia Magasine, July 1918 <ref name="VMHB26">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/4243688 "The Gorsuch and Lovelace Familes, Continued"] Vol 26, Pages 325-332 (July 1 1918,) ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed November 26, 2014</ref>** Virginia Magazine, April 1919. <ref name="VMHB27.2">Pleasants, J. Hall, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/4243725 ''The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families (Concluded)''] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr., 1919), pp. 187-202, Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed November 26, 2014</ref>
** Virginia Magazine, July-Oct 1919: <ref name="VMHB27.34" />
*Barne and Lovelace families: <ref name="VMHB29.1" />
==Sources==
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John was born in 1600. He passed away in 1667.
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