Short answers, pulled from the story.
Ferdinando Gorges was born between 1565 and 1568, likely in Clerkenwell or at the family manor of Wraxall in Somerset. His father Edward Gorges died on the 29th of August 1568, and early biographers noted that Ferdinando was born at the very moment his father was dying.
Sir Ferdinando Gorges never set foot in the New World despite being credited as the Father of English Colonization in North America. He built an empire on paper while remaining in the foggy ports of England throughout his life.
Ferdinando Gorges became involved in the rebellion led by Robert Devereux the 2nd Earl of Essex against Queen Elizabeth I in 1601. He escaped punishment only by testifying against the main conspirators, a decision that saved his life but marked him as a man willing to sacrifice loyalty for survival.
Ferdinando Gorges received a land patent along with John Mason from the crown's Plymouth Council for New England on the 10th of August 1622. The charter defined the original boundaries between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers and was later reconfirmed and enhanced in 1639 by King Charles I.
Ferdinando Gorges sold his rights to the state of Massachusetts in 1677 for a paltry sum of £1,250 due to the failure of his feudal model of governance. The growing divide between the old English aristocracy and the new American settlers led to the sale of his rights after decades of unsuccessful attempts to revive the Plymouth Company claims.