John Gorham (Goreham, Gorum) (12 December 1709-December 1751) was a New England Ranger and was the first significant British military presence on the frontier of Nova Scotia and Acadia to remain in the region for a substantial period after the Conquest of Acadia (1710). He established the famous "Gorham's Rangers". He also commissioned two armed vessels: the Anson (Captain John Beare) and the Warren (70 tons, Captain Jonathan Davis), who patrolled off Nova Scotia.
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12 December 1709 Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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Died |
1 December 1751 (aged 41) London, England
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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