Gov John Taylor GILMAN

1753 - 1828  (74 years)

• Name	John Taylor GILMAN
  Prefix	Gov
  Born	19 Dec 1753	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Noteworthy	Governor of New Hampshire
  Occupation	Governor of NH
  Buried	1828	Winter Street Burial Ground, Exeter, New Hampshire   [1]
  Died	1 Sep 1828
  Person ID	I11520	Main
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family 1	Deborah FOLSOM,   b. 1753, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 20 Feb 1791, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 38 years)
  Children	1. Mary F. GILMAN,   b. 1786, Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, [Essex], Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Jul 1813, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 27 years)
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F3937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary FOLSOM,   b. 1753, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F3940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  john_taylor_gilman Tomb

  
  

• Notes

  Governor of New Hampshire. Born in Exeter, he was a member of a prominent New England family. His father served as State Treasurer and his brother Nicholas was a U.S. Senator and Signer of the U.S. Constitution. Gilman too had a distinguished political career as a State Representative (from 1779 to 1781), State Senator (1781), member of the Continental Congress (from 1782 to 1783) and at his father's death, State Treasurer (from 1783 to 1788). He served his first term as Governor in 1794 and won ten successive one year terms until 1805. He served again as Governor from 1813 to 1815. In this capacity he opposed the creation of more state banks other than the one he ran in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sponsored the creation of New Hampshire's first state map and supported the rebuilding of his state's harbors.

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images.