Maj. Ezekiel GILMAN

Male 1706 - 1766  (42 years)


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  • Name Ezekiel GILMAN  [1, 2, 3
    Title Maj. 
    Birth 15 Jan 1706  [3
    Gender Male 
    Birth 14 Feb 1706  Exeter, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 1746  Louisburg, Canada at the Battle of Louisburg Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death Between 1749 and 1766  [3
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Geneaolgy....": did not die at the Louisburg Garrison as has been stated. In 1749 he deeded land in Exeter to his son Bradstreet and in 1748 to his sons Brastreet and Dudley. He was a Major in the expedition against Louisburg and distinguished himself by his original device for transporting artillery over swamps. The Major was a lumberman and had drawn masts over boggy ground on sleds, and adopted the same method with artillery with complete success, teams of men being used instead of oxen or horses. He m. Sarah Dudley. She died, a widow, in 1766...."
    Person ID I25145  Main Tree

    Father Capt. Jeremiah GILMAN,   b. 31 Aug 1660, Exeter, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Mary WIGGIN,   b. 22 Mar 1667/8, Quampscott Farm, Hampton Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 30 Jul 1685  Exeter, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F10959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah DUDLEY,   b. 15 Jan 1706, Exeter, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1766, Exeter, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1725  Exeter, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Joanna GILMAN  [Natural]
     2. Jeremiah GILMAN,   b. Newmarket, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1760  [Natural]
     3. Mary GILMAN  [Natural]
     4. Sarah GILMAN  [Natural]
     5. Bradstreet GILMAN,   b. 1736, Newmarket, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1815 (Age 79 years)  [Natural]
     6. Hannah GILMAN  [Birth]
    Family ID F06627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02736] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1856, Vol. 10.

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

    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".