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1677 - Abt 1740 (62 years)
Generation: 1
1. | John GILMAN, 2nd was born on 19 Jan 1677; died about 1740. Notes:
John, who, by two wives, had eleven children, six sons, of whom were Peter, b. 6 Feb. 1705, a mandamus counsellor of New Hampshire, who d. 1 December 1788, and Samuel, the grandfather of Rev. Samuel Gilman, H.C. 1811, minister at Charlestown, S. C.
John married Elizabeth COFFIN on 05 Jun 1698. Elizabeth died on 04 Jul 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Elizabeth GILMAN was born on 05 Feb 1701 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died on 19 Aug 1736.
- 3. Robert GILMAN was born on 02 Jun 1710 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
- 4. Brig. Gen. Peter GILMAN was born on 06 Feb 1703 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died on 01 Dec 1788.
- 5. Joanna GILMAN was born on 10 Sep 1700 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in Infancy.
- 6. Abigail GILMAN was born on 19 Aug 1707 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
- 7. Jonanna GILMAN was born on 27 Oct 1716.
- 8. John GILMAN was born on 25 Oct 1712 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
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John married Elizabeth CLARK on 20 Dec 1720. Elizabeth was born on 15 May 1684 in Newbury, Massachusetts; died on 24 Jan 1762 in Beverly, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Nathaniel GILMAN was born on 18 Jun 1726 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died on 26 Jul 1752.
- 10. Sarah GILMAN was born on 23 Jul 1724 in Exeter, New Hampshire.
- 11. Samuel GILMAN was born on 20 Apr 1725 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in 1778.
- 12. Nicholas GILMAN was born in 1721 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in 1746.
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Generation: 2
4. | Brig. Gen. Peter GILMAN (1.John1) was born on 06 Feb 1703 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died on 01 Dec 1788. Notes:
Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy....":Brig. Gen. Peter Gilman m. 1st Mrs. Mary Gilman; 2nd Mrs. Dorothy Taylor, her 4th marriage, her last husband being Rev. Taylor, by whom she had Ann who m. Nicholas Gilman and became the mother of Gov. John Taylor Gilman and Nicholas, signer of the Constitution. Col. Peter m. 3rd the widow of Dr. Moses Prince, brother of the author of Prince's Chronology. Mrs. Prince brought with her 2 sons and a daughter who m. Rev. Chandler Robbins and had Hannah, who married Benjamin Ives Gilman. Col Peter Gilman was Speaker of the N.H. Assembly from 1759 to 1771 when he became a member of the Governor's Council. He attained the rank of Brigadier General and frequently entertained the representatives of the Crown, from whom he received many favors. His home was elaborately remodeled for this purpose and is one of Exeter's historic edifices. At the beginning of the Rev. he was under surveillance on account of his attachment to the Royalists. He was well advanced in years at the time and took no part in the war, holding the respect of the townsmen notwithstanding his loyalty to England. He had no male heirs.
Family/Spouse: Mary THING. Mary (daughter of John THING and Mehitable STEVENS) was born in 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Peter married Dorothy SHERBURNE about 1751. Dorothy (daughter of Henry SHERBURNE and Dorothy WENTWORTH) was born in 1713 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; died on 25 Jan 1761 in Milton, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Joanna GILMAN (1.John1) was born on 10 Sep 1700 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in Infancy. |
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