Note information on the passengers of the Diligent are shown toward the end of this article.
Fourth Generation
16. Edward GILMAN, "The Emigrant" (Edward, Edward, Edward) was born about 1587 in , Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was christened on 20 Apr 1587 in Of, Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 22 Jun 1655 in , Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He was buried on 10 Apr 1681 in , Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. ***
Edward married Mary CLARK daughter of John CLARK and Elizabeth on 3 Jun 1614 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Mary was born in 1585/1600 in , Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 22 Jun 1655 in , Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts. ***
Edward "The Emigrant" came with Mary and his sons, John, Moses and Edward and two daughers, Lydia and Sara, to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1647. They left Gravesend on 26 Apr 1638 and sailed in June on the ship, "Dilligent" from Suffolk, England to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on 10 Aug 1638. There were about one hundred passengers on board, most from Hingham, Norfolk destined for Hingham, Massachusetts.
They had the following children:
25 F i. Mary GILMAN was born on 6 Aug 1615 in Of, Hingham, Norfolk, England. She was christened on 6 Aug 1615 in , Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 15 Jun 1681 in , Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Mary married (1) Nicholas JACOB in 1629 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.
Mary married (2) John FOULSHAM (FOLSOM) on 4 Oct 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.
Mary married (3) John BEAL (BEALES) on 10 Mar 1658/1659 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.