Grace (York) Gilman (abt. 1657)

Born about 1657 in Oyster River, Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire

Wife of John Gilman — married 3 May 1675 in Exeter. Rockingham, NH

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire [uncertain]

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Biography

Grace York was born say 1657,^[1] She died perhaps Exeter, Province of New Hampshire,

Grace York married in Exeter, Norfolk (old) County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 31 May 1675,^[2][3] John Gilman.^[4]

Research Notes

Prior version. A prior version of the profile reported her death at Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, 11 March 1743 on the same date as we report the death of her husband, John Gilman (abt.1650-1743).

Birth. Grace was not yet 18 at the time of her father's 1672 will. Reading of will suggests she was the youngest daughter, if not the youngest child. Was she older than Benjamin?

Sources

1. ↑ Grace York is generally shown as Richard and Elizabeth's youngest child, probably by a reading of her father's will, but she may have been older than Benjamin. Grace was not yet 18 on 23 April 1672 (Richard's will), so born after 1654; if she was aged 21 at marriage, she would have been born about 1654.
2. ↑ Gilman-Yorke 1675 marriage, George Francis Dow, Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex county, Massachusetts, 9 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex institute, 1911-1975), 6 (1675-1678):21n; digital images, Hathi Trust, "On May 31, 1675, John Gilman, jr. and Grace Yorke, both of Exeter, were married."
3. ↑ Gilman-York 1675 marriage, E. S. Stearns, "Record of Marriages Recorded in the Provincial Court Records, formerly at Essex, N.H.," Putnam's Historical Magazine, 5 (1897):133; digital images, GoogleBooks. "1675 31 May. John Gilman Junr and Grace York both of Exeter."
4. ↑ Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Water Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, rept, 2012), 264 (10-John Gilman, son of 4-Edward Gilman); digital images, InternetArchive (borrow), especially for his age, 27 and "Jr." in 1677, married 31 May 1675, Grace York, daughter of Richard; her sister married Philip Cartee.

See also:

• 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) [1]

Grace YORKE

Marriage 1675

Location Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Original Text 31 of may 1675 John Gillman Junir & Grace Yorke both of Exetur were Joyned in mariag before mee Sam Dalton Com'issinr

Spouse John, Jr. Gillman

Volume Name Hampton V.1 Page 575