Edward Gilman, The Emigrant

Edward Gilman and family arrived in Boston on the ship Diligent on August 10, 1638. He was from Hingham, England, where the family is still residing in high esteem, He was made a Freeman March 13, 1639. He removed to Rehoboth in 1643, and to Ipswich soon after, where he was in 1647, and Exter, New Hampshire after 1652.

Edward came to Boston in 1638 in the Diligent with his wife, three sons, two daughters, and two servants. He was from Hingham, England, where the family is still residing in high esteem. He was made a Freeman March 13, 1639. He removed to Rehoboth in 1643, and to Ipswich soon after, where he was in 1647, and Exeter, New Hampshire after 1652. Declared a Freeman 13 DEC 1638 Hingham, Essex County, Massachusetts

• Among those pilgrims on the ship DILIGENT under the command of Capt. John Martin were Mr. Joseph Peck wife, 3 sonnes,1 daughter, 2 men & 3 women servants.
• Edward Gilman, wife, 3 sons, 2 daughters, 3 servants.
• John Foulsham, wife, 2 servants.

The "Colonist" Edward Gilman was said to be 50 years of age at the time he left England.

Source: Story of the Gilmans 1550-1959.

by Contance Le Neve Gilman Ames

Family

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bobbistockton/gil.htm

Edward GILMAN, "Colonist", was born about 1587 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was christened on 20 Apr 1587 in Of, Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 22 Jun 1655 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He was buried on 10 Apr 1681 in , Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Edward married Mary CLARK daughter of John CLARK and Elizabeth on 3 Jun 1614 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Mary was born in 1585/1600 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 22 Jun 1681 in , Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Edward "The Colonist" came with Mary and his sons, John, Moses and Edward and two daughters to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1647. They sailed in June on the ship, "Diligent" from Suffolk, England to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving on 10 Aug 1638. There were about one hundred passengers on board, most from Hingham, Norfolk, destined for Hingham, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

1. 25 F i. Mary GILMAN was born on 6 Aug 1615 in Of, Hingham, Norfolk, England. She was christened on 6 Aug 1615 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 15 Jun 1681 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Mary married

• (1) Nicholas JACOB in 1629 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

Mary married

• (2) John FOULSHAM (FOLSOM) on 4 Oct 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

Mary married

• (3) John BEAL (BEALES) on 10 Mar 1658/1659 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

1. 26 M ii. Edward GILMAN was born on 26 Dec 1617 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, England. He was christened on 26 Dec 1617 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, England. He died on 22 Jan 1681 in Lost At Sea. He was buried in At Sea. Edward married (1) Elizabeth Mary SMITH on 28 Sep 1647 in Ipswich, Essex, MA. Edward married (2) Abigail MAVERICK Edward married (3) Gilman SMITH in Ipswich, Long Island, New York.
2. 27 F iii. Sarah GILMAN was born on 26 Dec 1617 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England. She was christened on 26 Dec 1617 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died DIED YOUNG. in Hingham, Eng..
3. 28 M iv. Moses GILMAN was born on 15 Sep 1619 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was christened on 15 Sep 1619 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 19 Sep 1619 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was buried on 19 Sep 1619 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.
4. 29 F v. Lydia Clark GILMAN was born in 1619 in , Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 12 Mar 1688/1689 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Lydia married Daniel CUSHING on 19 Jan 1645 in , Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
5. 30 M vi. Joshua GILMAN was born on 15 Sep 1619 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was christened on 19 Sep 1619 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England.He died in 1620 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was buried on 19 Sep 1619 in Hingham, Norfolk, Eng.
6. + 31 F vii. Sarah GILMAN was born on 19 Jan 1622. She died on 26 May 1700.
7. 32 M viii. John GILMAN was born on 10 Jan 1624 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, England. He was christened on 10 Jan 1624 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 24 Jul 1708 in Of, Exeter, Rockingham, NH. He was buried in 1708.

• John married (1) Elizabeth FREWORTHY on 20 Jun 1647 in , , , Colonies.
• John married (2) Elizabeth TREWORGYE (TREVORGYE) on 30 Jun 1657 in Exeter, Rockingham, NH.

1. 33 M ix. Lawrence GILMAN was born in 1626 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.
2. 34 M x. Jeremy GILMAN was born on 11 Mar 1628 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was christened on 11 Mar 1628 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 19 Aug 1635. He was buried on 19 Aug 1635 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.
3. + 35 M xi. Moses GILMAN was born on 11 Mar 1630 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, England. He was christened on 11 Mar 1630 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 6 Aug 1702 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He was buried in Newmarket, Rockingham, NH. Moses married (1) Elizabeth HERSEY HERSIE in 1658 in Hingham, Plymouth,Massachusetts. Moses married (2) Anne about 1660. Moses married (3) Anne HEARD
4. 36 M xii. Daniel GILMAN was born on 24 Aug 1633 in Of Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was christened on 29 Aug 1633 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 21 Apr 1634 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was buried on 21 Apr 1634 in Hingham, Norfolkshire, England.
5. 37 F xiii. Elizabeth GILMAN was born on 28 Sep 1634 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. She was christened on 28 Sep 1634 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 19 Feb 1635 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. She was buried on 19 Feb 1635 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

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The distinction between immigrant and colonist is mistaken in the request below. Edward Gilman was an immigrant, not a colonist. The Gilmans removed to New England to set up permanent residence there and begin a new life. They were immigrants by definition and by actions. They would not be called Colonists. They were immigrants to an England Colony. Some families did remove to New England for business but kept most family and social/financial connections in England. They would be called Colonists. Most of the Gilman's connections also immigrated.

The difference is by definition, and it has to do with how permanent the relocation. It isn't related to if one is "integrating into an existing society or not". The distinction is how strong the connection to the origin country, not whether or not one assimilates with the preexisting society in the new location. The initial immigrants were settlers because they moved to wilderness or to areas "sparsely settled" by indigenous people considered inferior or uncivilized. But although the first groups would be called settlers, one could say that by the late 1600s in the larger urban areas and in 1700s, people moving to well established settlements would be immigrants to those settlements. For example, moving from London Eng to Boston, NYC or Philadelphia.

An immigrant moves to a new location with the intent to set up a "new life". If they create a new life (typically by recreating the former one), then they are immigrant settlers. If they mostly move and assimilate into the preexisting society, then they are just immigrants.

A colonist, on the other hand, is a person who moves to a new location but retains as much as possible the connection to the place of origin, and is only exploiting the new location until they either move on or move back. There were many families who thought of their stay in New England as not necessarily permanent. Eventually, those people who felt more like "colonists" went to Canada or returned to England after the revolution. Many trading family groups were more like colonists that immigrant settlers.

But since the words do not describe the exact thing, one could also say that certain people were colonists who immigrated to New England. They might also be early settlers in a new community, but they aren't actually "Immigrants" because they do not intend to necessarily stay in the new location. They haven't really left their old life and connections behind.

To distinguish the direction of travel, an emigrant moves away from a location.

The term contemporary at the time would have been removed.

Edward Gilman was an early immigrant settler of Hingham in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of England. He was not a colonist himself. He removed to New England and expected to start a new life in New England. Just FYI

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Surname has also been reported to be Gyllman and Gylman.

Edward was not an immigrant, integrating into an existing society, he was a "colonist" establishing an English colony on the American continent. Remember the AMERICAN COLONIES were English colonies, or Dutch colonies or French colonies,etc. that were established in the wilderness of the wild American continent. They brought to America their own culture and technology with them that had evolved over millennia in Europe. They colonized wild America with European people and methodologies. They were not immigrants integrating into another civilization. They colonized America with their own civilization.

An immigrant is someone how moves into, and adopts the culture and ways of an existing culture they travel to, whereas the English colonists brought with them their own culture, tools, and civilization to the wilderness of the New World.

They were colonists. Please amend his name to "Colonist" not "immigrant".

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The Gilman Family came to England with William the Conqueror from the province of Maine in France.

Edward came to Boston on the “Diligent” of Ipswich in 1638 from Hingham, England and was admitted a freeman in Hingham, Massachusetts that year. He removed to Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1643 and to Ipswich, Massachusetts soon afterwards. He finally removed to Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Was the one of the colonists to the New World (as per letter from Mary Gilman Derr - Nov. 1974).

Embarked on ship "Diligent" of Ipswich, leaving Gravesend April 26, 1638 and arrived at Boston Aug. 10th, 1638. On Dec. 13, 1638 was admitted as a freeman at Hingham, Mass. Possibly died June 22, 1681.

Edward Gilman was the son o f Edward Gilman and mother's Mary Hawes.. He was Bpt. Hingham,England,1587. 

Edward married Mary Clark.

They emigrated to America on The Diligent 1638.of Ipswich,England,master,John Martin. The Diligent sailed from Ipswich, England in June 1638 and arr. in Boston Aug. 1638.There were about one hundred passengers. Most of which,like the Gilmans, were from Hingham,Eng., destined for Hingham, Ma. Edward and Mary Gilman along with all six of their children, daughter Mary, husband John Folsonm/Foulsham, and 2 servants all sailed to together.

They first lived in Hingham,ma. Ipswich,Ma and finally Essex,N.H.

Declared freeman, Hingham ,Ma. 13 dec. 1638.

Edward died 1654.,Exeter,N.H., U.S.A.

Children:

• 1.Edward Gilman Bpt. Hingham,England 26 Dec. 1617
• 2.Moses Gilman
• 3.Lydia Gilman
• 4.Sarah Gilman
• 5.John Gilman
• 6. mary m. John Folson

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Edward married Mary Clark in Hingham, Norfolk, England on 06/03/1614. Edward moved from Hingham, England to Boston, MA 04/26/1638, then removed to Exeter, NH. Edward in 1652 he was made a Townsman of Exeter, NH.

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