Peter Gilman (1705 - 1788)

Born 6 Feb 1705 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Sherburne) Gilman — married 12 Jun 1751 in Milton, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Jane (Bethune) Gilman — married 27 Aug 1761 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1788 at age 83 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Peter Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1705, the son of John and Elizabeth (Coffin) Gilman.

Peter Gilman served as a mandamus councilor, that is, a lawyer who served mandatory orders of the colonial court of New Hampshire upon citizenry and businesses in New Hampshire.

"Peter Gilman m. 1st Mrs. Mary Gilman; 2nd Mrs. Dorothy Taylor, her 4th marriage, her last husband being Rev. Taylor, by whom she had Ann who m. Nicholas Gilman and became the mother of Gov. John Taylor Gilman and Nicholas, signer of the Constitution. Colonel Peter m. 3rd the widow of Dr. Moses Prince, brother of the author of Prince's Chronology. Mrs. Prince brought with her 2 sons and a daughter who m. Rev. Chandler Robbins and had Hannah, who married Benjamin Ives Gilman. Colonel Peter Gilman was Speaker of the N.H. Assembly from 1759 to 1771 when he became a member of the Governor's Council 1771-1773. He attained the rank of Brigadier General and frequently entertained the representatives of the Crown, from whom he received many favors. His home was elaborately remodeled for this purpose and is one of Exeter's historic edifices. At the beginning of the Revolution he was under surveillance on account of his attachment to the Royalists. He was well advanced in years at the time and took no part in the War, holding the respect of the townsmen notwithstanding his loyalty to England. He had no male heirs." ^[1]

Colonel Peter Gilman served with Gilman's Regiment of Militia, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

He was a selectman in Exeter and a proprietor of the Gilmanton Exeter Branch church. As a colonel he commanded a regiment at Crown Point in 1755 and went on to hold several public offices in Exeter, was a member of the Royal Council (1772) and later became a Brigadier General.

Colonel Gilman`s Regiment - https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/New_Hampshire_Provincial_Regiment

He died in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1788.

Sources

1. ↑ Ames, Constance LeNeve Gilman. "The story of the Gilmans and a Gilman genealogy of the descendants of Edward Gilman of Hingham, England, 1550-1950," Madison, Wisconsin: Heritage Books, 1996.

See Also:

• "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDKM-M9Y : 10 February 2018), Peter Gilman, 01 Dec 1788
• The Gilman Family by Arthur Gilman, 1869, p. 68
• New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark/61903/1:1FDFY-1YV:10 February 2018), Peter Gilman, 06 Feb 1705
• Douglas M. Henry and www.dkdonovan.com maintained by Darlene K. Donovan.
• Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 130
• Museum of Fine Arts, Tankard, Text: "According to the initials "G/P & M," the vessel was probably made for Peter Gilman of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Mary (Thing) Gilman, the widow of John and of the same town, who were married in 1724."
• Gilman, Arthur. The Gilman Family Traced in The Line of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, N. H. (J. Munsell, Albany, N.Y., 1864) Page 67.