Gorham John
A native of Massachusetts. Stationed at Annapolis in
command of a body of provincial troops, 1845; sent to Boston to procure
aid against a threatened attack; induced to proceed to the siege of
Louisbourg under Pepperrell; appointed colonel. Returned to Annapolis
and placed in command of the Boston troops sent to Mines with Colonel
Noble. Afterwards commanded a body of Rangers raised in New England for
service in Acadia. A member of the Council of Nova Scotia. Returned to
Massachusetts, 1752. =Bib.=: Selections from the Public Documents of
Nova Scotia, ed. by Akins; Marshall, Life of Pepperell.