Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Doane Rich 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 30 Mar 1779 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Aug 1859 - Truro, Massachusetts 2
         Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Richard Rich (1740-1813) 3
         Mother: Betty Smith (1743-1812)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Paine (16 Feb 1783 - 11 Aug 1859)
       Marriage: 29 Sep 1803 - Truro, Massachusetts 4
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally Rich (1805-1885) 5
                2. Doane Rich (1807-1842)
                3. Betsey Rich (1811-1841) 2
                4. Thomas William Rich (1813-1845)
                5. Richard Rich (1817-1843)



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Doane Rich 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Dec 1807 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Jan 1842 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
         Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Doane Rich (1779-1859)
         Mother: Sarah Paine (1783-1859)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mercy Hinckley (4 Jan 1811 - 16 Jun 1873)
       Marriage: 1831 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Dorcas Hinckley Rich (1838-1839) 8
                2. Thomas Williams Rich (1840-1918)



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Dorcas Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Feb 1796 - Gerry, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Rich (1772-      )
         Mother: Moriah Powers (Est 1775-      )



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Dorcas Collins Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Sep 1846 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 8 Jul 1926 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 14
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrhage 14

Parents 
         Father: Michael Rich (1806-1864) 15
         Mother: Mary E Kent (1819-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Charles Allen Gorham (7 Aug 1844 - 16 Mar 1897) 11 
       Marriage: 16 Nov 1865 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
General:
Provincetown Banner (reprint)
April 20, 1916
Truro Village News
Mr. and Mrs. Obadiah Rich, San Francisco, and Mrs. Dorcas Gorham, Wellfleet, recently visited their brother M.A. Rich of this village.
Medical:
age 79-10-20
Dorcas C. Gorham
Marriage Notes (Captain Charles Allen Gorham)
Charles A. Gorham, born in 1845, is a son of James H. and Sarah (Oliver) Gorham, and grandson of Charles Gorham. He began going to sea at the age of thirteen, and was master of vessels from 1863 until 1886. Since that time he has been a merchant in Wellfleet, where he succeeded his father in the grocery business. He married Dorcas C., daughter of Michael Rich.

1880 Wellfleet census:
Charles A Gorham, 35, sea captain, MA, MA, MA
Dorcas C Gorham, wife, 33, keeping house, MA, MA, MA 12 13

picture Dorcas Collins Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Sep 1846 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Michael Atkins Rich (1807-1868) 17
         Mother: Betsy Rich Snow (1809-Cir 1858) 18



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Dorcas Hinckley Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Oct 1838 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 27 Aug 1839 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Doane Rich (1807-1842)
         Mother: Mercy Hinckley (1811-1873)



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Drudie M Rich 
      Sex: F
AKA: Drusilla M Rich
Individual Information 
          Birth: 9 Jul 1870 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Peter Rich (1826-1897) 20
         Mother: Drusilla Cole Laha (1831-1899)
Notes
General:
Drudre? Deirdre?

picture Drusilla H Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Aug 1834 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Smith Rich (1804-1859) 22
         Mother: Abigail Higgins Atwood (1807-1844) 23 24



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Drusilla Ward Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Mar 1828 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 16 Oct 1850 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery 26
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Ephraim Rich (1806-1889)
         Mother: Mary Ward Hatch (1806-1832) 27
Spouses and Children 
1. *Zoheth Rich (4 Sep 1824 - 23 Apr 1892) 28 
       Marriage: 2 Jan 1849 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Edwin Augustus Rich (1849-1885) 30 31



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E Louise Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 Feb 1862
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Aug 1884
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Anthony Atwood Rich (1822-1891)
         Mother: Jemima Shedd (1825-1905)
Spouses and Children 
1. *George E Bodge (Est 1860 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status:
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Sources

1 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 101.

2 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 60.

3 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

4 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 204. Return of marriages made by Revd Jude Damon to Anthony Snow, Town Clerk.

5 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 59.

6 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 196, 198.

7 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 64.

8 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

9 Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 38. "This township was originally parts of Templeton and Athol. It was incorporated; October 20, 1786, and named in honor of Elbridge Gerry; but dissatisfied with his measures after he became governor, the citizens, [on 5 Feb 1814], procured a change of name to Phillipston." Nason & Varney, 1890
The date of the name change comes from the Phillipston Town Clerk, 27 Apr 2009.
online

10 Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 38.

11 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 34, lot 1. Gorham.

12 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 816.

13 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, Charles A Gorham household.

14 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1926.

15 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:131.

16 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 362-3.

17 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 195.

18 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 227.

19 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 15.

20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:55.

21 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:146. The children of Thomas S. [Rich] and Abigail H. his Wife.

22 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1.

23 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 75, #50. frequently differ from other records

24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:83. Eleazar jr & Jemima Atwood family.

25 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 293.

26 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 183.

27 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

28 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 21, lot 95. Zoheth Rich family.

29 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 394.

30 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 29. 1885, 1.

31 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 370.

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