Captain
John
Gilman
Born in Exeter, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Gilman
and Elizabeth (Hersey) Gilman
Brother of
Moses Gilman, Jeremiah Gilman, Elizabeth (Gilman) Dudley, James Gilman, Joshua Gilman, Judith (Gilman) Lyford, Mary (Gilman) Connor and Caleb Gilman
Husband of
Mary (Dolloff) Gilman
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Dorothy (Wiggin) Gilman
— married
19 Nov 1695 in Hampton, New Hampshire
Descendants 
Died
at about age 84
in Exeter, New Hampshire
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Biography
John was born to Moses and Elizabeth in 1668 at Exeter.[1] John and his brother Jeremiah married sisters; he married Dorothy Wiggin in 1695;[2][3] the marriage was officiated and recorded by Rev. John Cotton of the Congregational Church of Hampton.[4]
The Gilman family, including John, participated in countless land transactions in Exeter and the neighboring communities. John was also active in civic affairs, holding many leadership positions.[5] He was considered extremely wealthy at the time of his death with an estate was estimated at 43,000 pounds. His will, proved January 1754,[4] left generous bequests to his children and grandchildren and "his negro man, Fortune."[3]
Children
- John b before 1700; married Abigail Thing
- Hannah b about 1700; married Trueworthy Dudley
- Jonathan b before 1705; married Elizabeth Leavitt
- Martha b about 1705; married Nathaniel Webster
John Gilman owned at least one slave a man named Fortune. In his will written May 2, 1751 and proved Jan 26, 1754, [6] he includes a list of items to be given to his son John Gilman, including:
- "... Also Twenty acres of land lying in Exeter aforesaid and is part of that one hundred acres of land that was Granted to me by the Town of Exeter and laid out in 1707 said Twenty acres to Lye on the North East side of said land: Also my Negro man Fortune: and my Great Silver Tankard..... "
Slaves
- Fortune, "my Negro man" whom he bequeathed to his son John Gilman.
Sources
- ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJH-64H : 18 January 2020), John Gilman, 1668.
- ↑ Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Vital records of Hampton, New Hampshire : to the end of the year 1900. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1701/i/40199/37/1085560232
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ames, Constance Le Neve. The Story of the Gilmans. Yakima, WA: Self-Published, 1950. Page 103 https://archive.org/details/storyofgilmansan00ames/page/n215/mode/2up/search/1405+Capt.+John
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fairman, Charles G. Capt. John Gilman, Son of Moses. Springfield, MA: Self-Published, 1950. Page 4 https://archive.org/details/captjohngilmanso00fair/page/n13/mode/2up
- ↑ Bell, Charles Henry. History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire. Boston, MA: Press of J.E. Farwell & Co., 1888.https://books.google.com/books?id=ngo1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22history+of+the+town+of+exeter%22+%22john+gilman%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCoqme1KTpAhWaB80KHUOODugQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22john%20gilman%22&f=false
- ↑ Probate records of the province of New Hampshire Vol 4, 1750-1753 State Papers series vol. 34 Page 120-121
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All these are against Mary Doloff marrying John Gilman.