1Adelos Gorton, The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, p. 190 (1907).
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"132. JOHN4 GORTON (Sam'l3 Benjamin2 Sam'l1), born at Warwick, April 22, 1723, died June 6, 1792, married (1), August 31, 1746, Rhoda Bowen, born November 13, 1726, died June 13, 1781, daughter of Ezekiel Bowen, of Cranston and Providence. He married (2), May 11, 1783, Phebe Sheldon, widow of Rev. Benjamin Sheldon; no issue of this marriage. Elder John Gorton, of Warwick, was ordained a Baptist minister in 1753, and became one of the most popular ministers in the colony. He was the pastor of the church at East Greenwich for many years, and preached in a meeting-house that stood not far from the shore, but which has been demolished. He officiated at the marriage of General Nathaniel Greene. Two hundred and eighty-one of the marriages at which he officiated are recorded in his handwriting in a book still preserved by Henry W. Greene, of Warwick.
CHILDREN:
432. BARBARA GORTON, born April 13, 1748, died September 30, 1750.
433. JOHN GORTON, born February 25, 1749, married (1) Deborah Spink, (2) Mary Clark.
434. PHEBE GORTON, born May 13, 1751, married Peleg Olin.
435. ELIZABETH GORTON, born February 3, 1753, married Charles Briggs.
436. MARY GORTON, born December 4, 1754, married Jeremiah Pearce, Jr.
437. BOWEN GORTON, born December 5, 1756, died October 12, 1824, probably unmarried.
438. RHODA GORTON, born November 17, 1759, died June 9, 1763.
439. ANNA GORTON, born February 9, 1762, married Silas Andrews.
440. BENJAMIN GORTON, born August 11, 1764, married Hannah Gardner."