Moses GILMAN

Male 1630 - 1701  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name Moses GILMAN  [1, 2, 3
    Christening 11 Mar 1630  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 1701  [3
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Gilman...": Moses, youngest son of Edward, The Emigrant. He was baptized at Hingham, England, March 11, 1630, and came to America with hisparents in 1638. After living in Hingham, Mass., for several years, moved to Ipswich, Mass., and in 1652, with his father, was made a townsman of Exeter, N.H. He m. Elizabeth Hersie of Hingham, Mass., about 1658. Moses received numerous grants of land during his lifetime. His will indicates that he was a man of wealth. He was frequently appointed to positions of trust in Exeter and was Selectman for several years. He made his home in Newmarket, adjoining Exeter, and the charred beams of a portion of his original house are still to be seen in the country home "Gilman Terrace" which remained in the family until the recent death of Mr. Frank G. Peavey, a descendant. The children of Moses Gilman all married into prominent N.H. families. He died in 1701 and was buried near his home.
    Person ID I25232  Main Tree
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2022 

    Father Edward GILMAN,   c. 1587   d. 1654, Exeter, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary CLARK 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F06445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth HERSIE 
    Children 
     1. James GILMAN,   b. 31 May 1665   d. 1738 (Age 72 years)  [Natural]
     2. David GILMAN,   b. Newmarket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1735  [Natural]
     3. Joshua GILMAN,   b. Abt 1673   d. 26 Jan 1718 (Age 45 years)  [Natural]
     4. Caleb GILMAN,   b. Abt 1678   d. 1766 (Age 88 years)  [Natural]
     5. Elizabeth GILMAN,   b. 19 Apr 1663   d. Abt 1698, Exeter, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [Natural]
     6. Mary GILMAN  [Natural]
     7. Moses GILMAN   d. 1747, Newmarket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     8. Capt. Jeremiah GILMAN,   b. 31 Aug 1660, Exeter, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    +9. Judith GILMAN  [Natural]
     10. Capt John GILMAN,   b. 07 Jun 1668, Exeter, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1753, Exeter, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F06633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S03310] Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. I Governor Thomas Dudley and Desc. through 5 Generations by Marston Watson.

    2. [S02746] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1876, Vol. 30 April.

    3. [S00092] Constance Le Neve Gilman Ames, "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Gilman of Hingham, England 1550-1950".