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     Israel Gorton III was born about 1755 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Mercy Gorton was born in 1765 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ She died on 28 June 1813.¹

     Thomas Gorton was born in 1765 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ He died in 1814.¹

     Job Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Othneil Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Ezra Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹

     Sarah Gorton was born in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ She married David Atwood on 12 October 1828.¹

     David Atwood married Sarah Gorton, daughter of Israel Gorton Jr. and Anne Searle, on 12 October 1828.¹

     Cyrus Gorton was born in April 1788 in Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island.¹ He died in 1835 in Millburg, Massachusetts.¹

     Lucy Burlingame was born in 1763.¹ She died on 30 May 1833.¹

     Richard Burlingame was born on 27 March 1767.¹ He died on 30 July 1838 at age 71.¹

     Cyrus Burlingame was born in 1772.¹ He died on 26 July 1854.¹

     Charles Burlingame was born on 24 March 1775.¹ He died on 26 January 1832 at age 56.¹

     Jabez Burlingame was born in 1778.¹ He was married by Eld. Samuel Littlefield to Ann Rice, daughter of Thomas Rice and Rosanna Blanchard, on 6 September 1816 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹ He died on 11 July 1845 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹
     He and Ann had no children.¹

     Ann Rice was born on 17 July 1779 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹ She was married by Eld. Samuel Littlefield to Jabez Burlingame, son of James Burlingame and Abigail Knight, on 6 September 1816 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.¹ She died on 23 April 1861 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, at age 81.¹
     She and Jabez had no children.¹

     Abigail Burlingame was born on 22 February 1780.¹ She died on 14 April 1859 at age 79.¹

     Mercy Burlingame was born about 1782.¹ She married Russell Atwood.¹

     Russell Atwood married Mercy Burlingame, daughter of James Burlingame and Abigail Knight.¹

     James Burlingame III was born about 1785.¹ He married in New Jersey but the name of his wife is unknown.¹
     He lived in Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.¹

     Rosilla M. Breeson was born on 11 June 1865 in Branch Co., Michigan.^4,5 She married first Gilbert S. Gulliksen, son of Svend Gulliksen and Martha Gunderson, on 31 October 1888 in Columbus, Platte Co., Nebraska.³ She married second Leroy Sylvester Orton, son of Chauncy P. Orton and Harriet Tucker, on 28 August 1901 in Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska.⁶ She died on 12 July 1935 at Jones Nursing Home in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, at age 70 from arteriosclerosis, with Parkinson's disease as a contributing factor.⁴ She was buried at Olney Cemetery (Block 16, Lot 22, Grave 3) in Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon.⁷
     She is listed twice in the 1880 census, once in Union, Branch Co., Michigan, as a boarder living with Edward and Cordelia Scott (enumerated on 1 June 1880), and again in Union Twp., Adams Co., Iowa, living with her half-brother John Stahlnecker and his family (enumerated on 15 July 1880).^8,9
     In 1900 she was working as a servant in the household of John Mock and his family in Egan, Moody Co., South Dakota. Her four children were also living there, listed in the census as boarders. At the same time, her husband Gilbert was being held as a prisoner in nearby Flandreau, by the county sheriff Charles McFarland. Both are listed as married.^5,10
     She and her second husband Leroy lived in La Grande, Union Co., Oregon. In the 1910 census her children Samuel and Imogene from her first marriage to Gilbert Gulliksen are listed with them, but as Leroy's son and daughter, and with the surname Orton. Also listed with them as Leroy's children are Agnes and Milton Orton, ages 27 and 29, presumably from his previous marriage.² Imogene was still with them in 1920, again with the surname Orton and as Leroy's daughter.¹¹ In 1930, after her husband Leroy's death, she and Imogene were living together in West Linn, Clackamas Co., Oregon.¹²
     She and her first husband Gilbert had four children, all born in South Dakota: Bertha (b December 1889), Philip (b February 1894), Samuel E. (b April 1896), Imogene M. (b April 1899).^5,2