Edward GILMAN

1617 - Abt 1653  (35 years)

• Name	Edward GILMAN
  Born	16 Dec 1617	Hingham, Norfolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	26 Dec 1617	Hingham, Norfolk, England
  Migration	26 Apr 1638	“Diligent”
  Immigrant?	Y
  Cause of Death	Lost at sea  [1]
  Died	Abt 1653	At sea Sulawesi, Tengah, Indonesia
  Person ID	I6769	Main
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Edward GILMAN,   b. 1587, Caston, Norfolk, England ,   d. 22 Jun 1655, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary CLARK,   b. 1590, Hingham, Norfolk, England ,   d. 22 Jun 1681, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 91 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1614	Hingham, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F2367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Mary Folsom SMITH,   d. ?
  Married	28 Sep 1647
  Children	1. Charles GILMAN,   d. 19 Jan 1692 + 2. Edward GILMAN,   b. 1648,   d. 1692  (Age 44 years)   3. Joshua GILMAN,   d. ?   4. John GILMAN,   d. ?   5. Daniel GILMAN,   d. ?
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F3828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Dec 1617 - Hingham, Norfolk, England Baptism - 26 Dec 1617 - Hingham, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  The Good Ship Diligent 1638 Passenger list

  
  

• Notes

  He came to America with his parents, and in 1647 removed to Exeter, New Hampshire, probably from Ipswich, and finding suitable sites for saw mills and plenty of timber, he entered into an agreement with the town, November 4, whereby he w as accepted as a townsman and given privileges to enable him to build mills. In accordance with this agreement he erected mills upon a spot which has ever si nce been improved as a mill privilege. His father-in-law, it appears, has prese nted him with a place at Ipswich, which he sold to his father in 1648. He is d escribed as active, enterprising and judicious, and immediately became a popula r and leading man of Exeter. In 1648 he was on the committee to treat with a Mr . Thomson "to come to Exeter to be our minister," and if he would not come to engage some other, with the advice of the elders of Boston, Charlestown, and Ro xbury. In 1650 he was one of the committee who signed the agreement with Mr. Sa muel Dudley "to inhabit Exeter and be a minister of God's word unto us until s uch time as God shall be pleased to make way for the gathering of a church, and then he shall be ordained the pastor or teacher, according to the ordinance of God." Grants of land were repeatedly made to him by the town, the last of which was May 10, 1652, and upon the same day his father and brother Moses were, " upon their request," accepted as townsmen. His brother John was connected in business with him at one time. In 1653 Edward went to England for mill gearing, and never returned, having been lost at sea. His widow administered on his estate in 1655.

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] FOLSOM. A Genealogy of the Folsom family : John Folsom and his descendants, 1615-1882, Chapman, Jacob, AM, (Republican Press Association, Concord, NH. 1882).