The eldest son, THOMAS GORTON, of Salford, Lancashire, m. 1st Ann, dau of John Graeme, of Halifax, Yorks, and by her, who d. about 1761, had issue,
I. Richard, of whom presently.
I. Mary, m. John Dyson, of Clay House, Halifax, who d. 24 April, 1790. She d. 7 April, 1805, leaving issue.
II. Margaret, who assumed the additional name of Holland, m. William Holden, of Bailden, Yorks, ad d. 1817. He d. same year.
III. Ann, d. unm.
IV. Hannah, d. unm.
V. Frances, m. Bernard Combe, of Newcastle-under-Lyne, co. Stafford, and d. about 1810.
He m. 2ndly, Margaret, dau. of John Furnival, of Sandbach, Cheshire, and d. 1779, having by her had issue, a dau.,
VI. Sarah, m. William Bent, of Newcastle-under-Lyne, co. Stafford, and had issue.