Nehemiah Gilman (1727 - 1757)

Born 1727 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Died 10 Aug 1757 at about age 30 in Fort William Henry, Lake George, New York

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Biography

Nehemiah was born in 1727. He was the son of Nehemiah Gilman and Elizabeth Smith.

He married Elizabeth Mead (1727–1824). They had the following children:

Elizabeth "Betsey" (1752-1832)

Simeon (1753-)

Bradbury (1755-1842)

Mary (1757-)

Nehemiah Gilman was killed by the Indians at the time of the massacre at Fort William Henry, Lake George, August 10, 1757.

Fort William Henry, located at the southern end of Lake George, on the frontier between the British Province of New York and the French Province of Canada, was garrisoned by a force of British regulars and provincial militia led by Lieutenant Colonel George Monro.

Sources

• The Gilman Family, traced in the line of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, N.H., with an account of many other Gilmans in England and America. By Arthur Gilman, A.M., pub. Albany, N.Y., Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, 1869. Nehemiah Gilman pg 239

• The Gilman Family, traced in the line of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, N.H., with an account of many other Gilmans in England and America. By Arthur Gilman, A.M., pub. Albany, N.Y., Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, 1869. Children of Nehemiah Gilman pg 245

• Wikipedia Siege of Fort William Henry