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==Descendants== Gorham's descendants number in the thousands today.<ref>{{cite web | last = Roberts | first = Gary Boyd | author-link = Gary Boyd Roberts | title = #54 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Harvard, Its Presidents, and Kings | work = New England Ancestors.org | publisher = New England Historic Genealogical Society | year = 2001 | url = http://www.americanancestors.org/harvard-its-presidents/ | access-date = 5 July 2012}}</ref> Some of his notable descendants include: * Gorham's son [[Benjamin Gorham]] was a U.S. [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] from Massachusetts. *Bishop [[Phillips Brooks]] was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as [[Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts|Bishop of Massachusetts]] in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] during the early 1890s. He is best known for authoring the [[Christmas carol]] "[[O Little Town of Bethlehem]]". * [[Charles Francis Adams Jr.]] was a member of the prominent [[Adams political family|Adams]] family and son of [[Charles Francis Adams Sr.]] He served as a colonel in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] and was a railroad executive following the war. * [[John Quincy Adams II]] was an American lawyer and politician, the son of Charles Francis Adams Sr. and the grandson and namesake of president [[John Quincy Adams]]. * [[Charles Francis Adams III]] was the [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] under President [[Herbert Hoover]]. * [[Charles Francis Adams IV]] was a U.S. electronics industrialist. He served as the first president of the [[Raytheon Company]]. * [[Brooks Adams]] was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. * [[Henry Adams]] was an American journalist, historian, academic and novelist. He is best known for his autobiographical book, ''[[The Education of Henry Adams]]''. * [[William Everett]] was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts. * [[Octavius Brooks Frothingham]] was an American clergyman and author. * Catherine Lovering Adams married [[Henry S. Morgan|Henry Stugis Morgan]], who was an American banker. He was the son of [[J. P. Morgan Jr.|John Pierpont ("Jack") Morgan Jr.]] and the grandson of renowned banker [[J. P. Morgan|John Pierpont Morgan Sr.]], founder of [[J.P. Morgan & Co.]] * [[Peter Greenough|Peter Bulkeley Greenough]] was an American journalist and editor. He was the husband of opera singer [[Beverly Sills]]. * [[Gorham Parks]] was a U.S. Representative from Maine. * [[Cort William Gorham]] council man in Brielle New Jersey. * Greg Gray a baseball state champion coach in Massachusetts. * Ellen Gorham * Jackson Gorham * Milton Gorham * Susan Gorham * Robert Gorham * Matthew Gorham * Michael Gorham * Christopher Gorham * Mark Gorham * Tyler Gorham * Ed Gorham * Eric Gorham * Joshua Gorham
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