Capt John GILMAN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Between 1701 and 1705, Was a Selectman (and at other times thereafter)
• Fact: Between 1716 and 1722, Was a Representative
• Will: 02 May 1751
• Will Proved: 26 Jan 1754

John married Dorothy WIGGIN on 19 Nov 1695 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Dorothy (daughter of Andrew WIGGIN and Hannah BRADSTREET) was born on 13 Sep 1678 in Quampscott Farm, Hampton; died before 02 May 1751 in Exeter, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David GILMAN was born in 1706 in Hampton, New Hampshire; died in young.
2. John GILMAN was born about 1697 in Newmarket, New Hampshire; died before Dec 1784 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
3. Jonathan GILMAN was born in 1701 in Hampton, New Hampshire.
4. Hannah GILMAN was born about 1707 in Exeter, Massachusetts; died in 1770 in Exeter, Massachusetts.
5. Martha GILMAN was born about 1703 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died before 1754.

Notes:

Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Gilman...": Moses, youngest son of Edward, The Emigrant. He was baptized at Hingham, England, March 11, 1630, and came to America with hisparents in 1638. After living in Hingham, Mass., for several years, moved to Ipswich, Mass., and in 1652, with his father, was made a townsman of Exeter, N.H. He m. Elizabeth Hersie of Hingham, Mass., about 1658. Moses received numerous grants of land during his lifetime. His will indicates that he was a man of wealth. He was frequently appointed to positions of trust in Exeter and was Selectman for several years. He made his home in Newmarket, adjoining Exeter, and the charred beams of a portion of his original house are still to be seen in the country home "Gilman Terrace" which remained in the family until the recent death of Mr. Frank G. Peavey, a descendant. The children of Moses Gilman all married into prominent N.H. families. He died in 1701 and was buried near his home.

Moses married Elizabeth HERSIE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Hershey

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Bef 1638, From England to Ipswich, Mass., then Exeter

Edward married Mary CLARK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]