Philip Horr

Abt 1758 -

• Name	Philip Horr
  Birth	Abt 1758	Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	11 Jul 1762	Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	Gorham, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA
  Person ID	I9832	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	(Probable Son) Philip Horr,   b. 14 Sep 1734, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Nov 1822, Norway, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Hannah Haradon,   b. 13 Feb 1734, Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA d.
  Marriage	Abt 1757	Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F5518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Cates,   b. Abt 1758, d. Gorham, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA
  Marriage	17 Dec 1786	Gorham, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA
  Family ID	F4373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009

  
  

• Notes

  Found in: History of Gorham, Maine by Mclellan, page 140 Philip Horr (Jr.) of Gorham, who married Elder Joseph Cate's daughter Sarah, enlisted in Capt. Traffam's Company, in a Rhode Island regiment commanded by Col. Topham. While he was engaged in rowing a boat, containing Col. Topham and two of his officers, across the bay from Howland's ferry to Bristol, the boat was captured by the enemy. Horr was confined on one of the prison ships, where he suffered untold miseries before being released. From the effects of the hardships endured while a prisoner, he never recovered. When the pension acts were passed Mr. Horr was one of the recipients of this bounty from the Government????..After his marriage he returned to Gorham and settled in the Quaker neighborhood, on the farm recently owned by Reuben Elder. He and his wife both died in Gorham. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofgorham00pier/historyofgorham00pier_djvu.txt Philip Horr, of Gorham, who was a private in Capt. Traf- farn's company of Col. Topham's Rhode Island Regiment, was taken prisoner while rowing a boat from Rowland's ferry to Bristol, with Col. Topham and two of his captains. Mr. Horr was placed on board a British prison ship and endured great sufferings ; his health was ruined. He served twenty-eight months.