Samuel Gilman (1698 - 1785)

Born 1 May 1698 in Exeter, New Hampshire

Ancestors

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Biography

Samuel was born at Exeter in 1698. He was married twice and all of his children predeceased him. He was keeper of a public house, a colonel in the militia, and a superior court judge for seven years. He died at 86 years old.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Bell, Charles Henry. History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire. Boston, MA: Press of J.E. Farwell & Co., 1888. Page 354. https://books.google.com/books?id=ngo1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+Town+of+Exeter,+New+Hampshire&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwip1c267p_pAhUCBs0KHbpED-AQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=snippet&q=%22Nicholas%20Gilman%22%201678&f=false

• "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2," by James Savage; "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1852, Vol. 6;"
• "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Gilman of Hingham, England, 1550-1950", by Constance Le Neve Gilman Ames; "Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England'"
• "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1864, Vol. 18;"
• "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1851, Vol. 5."
• Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1910) Vol. 2, Page 186.
  • "Gillman, Sam[ue]l, of Exeter, and Abigail Lord, int. July 11, 1719."
• Gilman, Arthur. The Gilman Family Traced in The Line of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, N. H. (J. Munsell, Albany, N.Y., 1864) Page 54.