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== Biography ==
===1637 Birth===
Richard Gorsuch was born Apr. 19, 1637 in Bethersden, Kent, England. He was the son of Reverend John Gorsuch D.D. (1600-1647) and Anne Lovelace Goursuch (1610-1652). <ref name="grave"> Find A Grave Memorial# 111857317, created by Stella, Jun 06, 2013 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=111857317</ref> <ref name="cite-01">[[#B-01|Dorman]] vol. 2, p. 472 </ref>
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 about Richard Gorsuch Name: Richard Gorsuch Gender: Male Christening Date: 20 Apr 1637 Christening Place: Walkern, Hertfordshire, England Father's Name: John Gorsuch Mother's Name: Anne. <ref name="grave"/>
Parents:<ref name="grave"/>
John Gorsuch (1600 - 1648)
Anne Lovelace Gorsuch (1610 - 1652)
===1652 Immigration to Virginia===
[[Gorsuch-25|Richard Gorsuch]] bpt Apr 19, 1637, to Virginia <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>
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about Richard Gorsuch - Name: Richard Gorsuch - Year:
1652 - Place: Virginia -Source Publication Code: 6220 -
Primary Immigrant: Gorsuch, Richard - Annotation:Record of 20,000 very early immigrants, with much relevant information. Taken from Patent Books 1 through 5. Title page states, "In 5 volumes," but up to 1979 only three had appeared. See nos. 6221 and 6223 for second and third volumes, published in 1977 - Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Dietz Printing Co., 1934. 767p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983. Page: 275 <ref name="grave"/>
Richard, with Thomas Powell, he entered rights for three hundred acres in Baltimore County, maryland, July 16,1659: Later removed to Talbot County, Maryland; married Elizabeth, Surname not known. <ref>Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Musser and allied families : a genealogical study with biographical notes. New York: The Company, 1941</ref> [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/16315/dvm_GenMono002841-00062-1?pid=69&backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89279162/person/342062887676/gallery&usePUB=true&_phsrc=bHc16988&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=dvm_GenMono002841-00063-1]
===1657 Katherine Guardian of Younger Brothers Richard, Robert and Charles===
After the death of her parents, Katharine was made guardian of her three younger brothers:
<blockquote>April 1st, 1657, At this Court personally appearing Richard, Robert & Charles Gorsuch, sonnes & Coheirs of John Gorsuch, professor of Divinity, dec'd, did by their petition presented to this Court noiate (?) that their sister Katheryn Whitby, widd. their guardian for such estate as doth any ways belong to them in Englande. The Court taking the question into consideration did accordingly admitt & approve of the s'd Katheryn guardian according to the request of petitioners. At this Court personally appearing Richard, Robert & Charles Gorsuch sonnes & Coheirs of John Gorsuch, professor in Divinity, dec'd, did by their petition presented to this court noiate (?) that Francis Morrison Esqr their guardian for such estate as doth any ways belong to them in Virginia, craving this court to admit thereof, of such request this Court taking consideration did admitt & approve of the s'd Coll. Francis Morrison according to the request of the petitioners. (Lancaster County Records Vol. 1656-LXVI p. 7)<ref name="VMHB24.1">J. H. P., [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 February 16, 2015</ref></blockquote>
===1659 Move to Baltimore County, Maryland with Gorsuch Family===
1659 July 16. Thomas Powell granted 700 acres, Howell Powell granted 300 acres on north shore of Patapsco River in Baltimore County, MD. Grants in same vicinity the same date were made to other residents (or former residents) of Lancaster County, VA: Robert Gorsuch, Richard Gorsuch, William Dickinson, and others. <ref name="strong"> Robert T. Strong<rtstrongjr@juno.com > Manager, Strong Mail List, Thomas POWELLs of Old Rappahannock Co., VA & Lancaster Co., VA; 08 Apr 1997. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/POWELL/1997-04/0860525213. Accessed February 9, 2016 </ref>
1661 May 13. Thomas Powell and Richard Gorsuch claimed headrights for transporting 12 persons to Maryland, including Howell Powell, Elizabeth Powell, Ann Powell, Thomas Powell, Ann Powell, Richard Gorsuch, Elizabeth Gorsuch, <b>Lovelace Gorsuch</b>. <ref name="strong"/>
The Powells and Gorsuch's moving to Maryland in 1661 are therefore:
*Thomas Powell*[[Gorsuch-25|Richard Gorsuch]]. (1637-1694), age 24, son of Anne Lovelace Gorsuch (1611-1652). Richard, joined the Society of Friends, and were with the group of Quakers driven out of Lancaster County, Virginia by Gov. Berkeley in 1660. <ref name="VMHB24.1">J. H. P., [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 July 19, 2015</ref> Three years later, in 1665, married Elizabeth Rowe and had children.
*Howell Powell
*Elizabeth Powell, wife of Howell
*Ann Powell, wife of Thomas Powell
*Thomas Powell
*Ann Powell, eldest daughter of Thomas
*Richard Gorsuch
*Elizabeth Gorsuch*[[Gorsuch-168|Lovelace Gorsuch]] (1644-1702), age 17, son of Anne Lovelace Gorsuch (1611-1652). Lovelace joined the Society of Friends, and were with the group of Quakers driven out of Lancaster County, Virginia by Gov. Berkeley in 1660.<ref name="VMHB24.1"/> Married in 1696 at age 52 in Third Haven Quaker Meeting, Talbot Co, MD, had daughter Sarah.
===1662 Named in Will of Grandmother Alice===
Richard Gorsuch was named in the July 7, 1662 will of his grandmother [[Hall-347|Alice (Hall) Gorsuch]], of Weston, Co. Hertford, spinster, widow of Daniel Gorsuch, proved February 3, 1662-3 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, to receive a bequest of £10. <ref name="jhp"> The Gorsuch and Lovelace Families, by J. H. P., Baltimore, Md. Virginia Historical Magazine, pp. 85-86. https://archive.org/stream/jstor-4243492/4243492_djvu.txt. Accessed Feb 10, 2016 </ref>
===1664 Marriage to Elizabeth Rowe===
Richard married Elizabeth Rowe (1639-1719) in Talbot, MD on Nov. 12, 1664. Elizabeth was the daughter of Edward Roe (1622-1676) and Mary Cunningham Roe (1623-1676).<ref name="grave"/><ref name="cite-02"/>, <BR>
===1694 Death and Burial in Talbot County, Maryland===
Richard Gorsuch died in 1694 in Talbot County, Maryland. <ref name="grave"/><ref name="cite-02"> [[#B-02|Faris]] p. 172. </ref>
Richard died in 1694 in Talbot County, Maryland. He was 57 years old.
He was buried in 1694 in Talbot County, Maryland. - <ref name="cite-02"/>
==Children==
Richard and Elizabeth Roe Gorsuch were the parents of the following known children: <ref name="grave"/>
#Mary,
#Ann Rachel Gorsuch Phelps (1666 - 1711)*
#Elizabeth,
#Sarah,
#Richard and
#Charles Gorsuch.
==Sources==
<references/>
See also:
# <span id='B-01'>B-01</span> Dorman, John Frederick. (2004). Adventurers of purse and person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/adventurers-of-purse-and-person-virginia-1607-16245/oclc/54456619&referer=brief_results] <BR>
# <span id='B-02'>B-02</span> Faris, David, (2nd ed., 1999) Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists: the Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999 [http://www.worldcat.org/title/plantagenet-ancestry-of-seventeenth-century-colonists-the-descent-from-the-later-plantagenet-kings-of-england-henry-iii-edward-i-and-edward-iii-of-emigrants-from-england-and-wales-to-the-north-american-colonies-before-1701/oclc/609154220?referer=br&ht=edition]. <BR>
*A nicely sourced family tree for Richard is at familysearch.org [https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I138684&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous#cite6] <BR>
* Source: <span id='S-781676472'>S-781676472</span> Repository: [[#R-1197866539]] Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=65838841&pid=1032 * Repository: <span id='R-1197866539'>R-1197866539</span> Name: Ancestry.com
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