Capt. Hon. GILMAN John^{[1, 2]}

1624 - 1708  (83 years)

• Name	GILMAN John
  Prefix	Capt. Hon.
  Birth	10 Jan 1624	Hingham, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Baptism	23 May 1626	Hingham, Norfolk, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Will	16 Jul 1700  [2]
  	(bequeathed to his beloved sons Nicholas and John; to his beloved daughters Elizabeth Wadleigh, Sarah Dudley, Abigail Thing, Lydia White, Joanna Coffin, and two youngest daughters Alice and Katherine; his beloved wife to be executrix. The will was presented in Exeter in 1709, the widow declining to act, and administration was granted to the two sons.)
  _UID	60A40D38EB9ED5118A064445535400007896
  Death	1708	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [1, 2]
  Notes	He was with his father in Ipswich and Rehoboth, Mass. He is first mentioned in the Exeter records on 12 Jan 1649. He was associated with his father, his brother, Moses, and John Legat, in a 200-acre town grant with mill privileges, in 1652. He at once became a leading man in the town. He was Selectman in 1652 and repeatedly thereafter; was Lieutenant for Exeter in 1669 , and Representative to General Court the same year. In 1674 and later, the town made him important grants of land. He served as a Captain in King Phillip's War, 1675. He was Deputy to the General Court, Boston in 1678 and was Associate for Norfolk County, Conn. in 1678 and 1679, etc. New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts in 1680, and he was Councillor under the Royal Government for three years, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1682, but removed from both by the notorious Governor Cranfield in 1683. He was a member of the House of Representatives, and Speaker in 1693 and 1697. He kept an inn in Exeter, and his tavern license and victualer's license are of record. He was always called the Honorable John Gilman. From Piscataqua Pioneers: "The thing that is to his everlasting memory is the log house built in 1650, that was a garrison in Indian War times, and is now standing and well preserved. When Daniel Webster attended school in Exeter Academy he had a room there." He left a large estate. He was one of the first councellors named in President Cutt's commission,
  Person ID	I19136	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	GILMAN Edward,   b. Abt 1587, Hingham, Norfolk, England d. Abt 1655, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	CLARK Mary   d. 22 Jun 1681, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
  Marriage	England   [3]
  Family ID	F17457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	TRUEWORTHY Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1638/9   d. 8 Sep 1719, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1657	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [2]
  Children	1. GILMAN Mary,   b. 10 Sep 1658, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. Aug 1691 (Age 32 years)   2. GILMAN James,   b. 6 Feb 1660, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. GILMAN Elizabeth,   b. 16 Aug 1661, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 2 Aug 1732, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 70 years)   4. GILMAN John,   b. 6 Oct 1663, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. Yes, date unknown   5. GILMAN Catharine,   b. 17 Mar 1664, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 1684 (Age 19 years)   6. GILMAN Sarah,   b. 25 Feb 1666/7, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 24 Jan 1712/3, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 45 years)   7. GILMAN Lydia,   b. 12 Dec 1668, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. Yes, date unknown   8. GILMAN Samuel,   b. 30 Mar 1671, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 1691 (Age 19 years)   9. GILMAN Nicholas,   b. 26 Dec 1672, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 1749 (Age 76 years)   10. GILMAN Abigail,   b. 3 Nov 1674, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 7 Nov 1728 (Age 54 years)   11. GILMAN Deborah,   b. 30 Apr 1679, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 1680 (Age 0 years)   12. GILMAN Johannah,   b. 30 Apr 1679, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 1720 (Age 40 years)   13. GILMAN Joseph,   b. 28 Oct 1680, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. Yes, date unknown   14. GILMAN Alice,   b. 23 May 1683, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. Yes, date unknown   15. GILMAN Catharine,   b. 27 Nov 1684, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

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  [S386] Book-History of the Town of Hingham, MA, p.275. [S4177] Book-Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden, p.108. [S386] Book-History of the Town of Hingham, MA, p.274.