Capt John PHINNEY^[1]

1696 - 1780  (84 years)

• Name	John PHINNEY
  Prefix	Capt
  Born	8 Apr 1696	Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Noteworthy	Founded Gorham, ME
  Died	29 Dec 1780	Gorham, Cumberland, Maine
  Buried	Gorham Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I32705	Main
  Last Modified	12 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Deacon John PHINNEY,   b. 5 May 1665, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Nov 1746, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah LUMBERT,   b. Dec 1666, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 May 1753, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	30 May 1689	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [3]
  Family ID	F28428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha COLEMAN,   b. 4 Mar 1698, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Dec 1784, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 86 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1718  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth PHINNEY,   b. 15 Jul 1721, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Apr 1795, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	12 May 2018
  Family ID	F28427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Apr 1696 - Barnstable County, Massachusetts Died - 29 Dec 1780 - Gorham, Cumberland, Maine Buried - - Gorham Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Capt. John Phinney was the eldest s/o Deacon John Phinney of Mass., and Sarah P. (Lombard) PHINNEY, and born at Barnstable, MA. He was the founder of Gorham, ME and known as "Capt. John". At this time Maine was part of Mass. and the soldiers of the Indian wars felt that they should lay claim to the territory. In 1727, after many delays, Massachusetts granted to the officers and soldiers, to each of one hundred acres. His eldest son was later the distinguished COL Edmund PHINNEY, of Revolutionary War fame. Capt. John married Sept. 25, 1718, Martha About 1732, he removed with his family from Barnstable, MA to Falmouth, ME and settled in Gorham in 1736. At beginning of French and Indian War, Capt. Phinney's and eight other families moved into the fort. Here those brave settlers, together with a handful of soldiers furnished by Mass. defended the fort for fourteen years against repeated attacks of the Indians. Capt. Phinney was a brave, energetic, sagacious man, who "looked after the interests of the little colony that grew up around him, with the affection and discretion of a father. He died Dec. 29, 1780, aged 87 yrs. His widow died same age, Dec. 16, 1784, and both were bur. in Old Cem. in Gorham village. They had ten children: Elizabeth, b. 1721, m. Eliphlet Watson; 2) Edward, b. 1723; 3) Stephen, b. 1725; 4) Martha, 1727; 5) Patience, 1730, m. Thom. Watson; 6)John, Jr., b. 1732; 7) Sarah, 1734, m. Sam Leavett; 8) Mary Gorham, 13 Aug. 1736, m. Jas. Irish. She was first white child born in Gorham; 9) Coleman, 1738, d. young; and 10) James, b. 1741. A monument was erected in the middle of Gorham to his honor. (more complete info can be found in "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 2, by Harry S. Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs. [2]

  
  

• Sources

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