Hon. Captain John Gilman, Sr.

Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealog......":He was fourteen when he arrived in Hingham, Mass., and it was ten years later when he located in Exeter, New Hampshire. He and his older brother Edward were in the lumber and milling business, but, after Edward's death at sea the entire management devolved upon John and he became at once a leader in Exeter. He was selectman for many years and received many important grants of land. When New Hampsire was separated from Mass. in 1680 he was Councillor for 3 years. He was also a member of the House of Representatives and in 1693 was elected Speaker. He is referred to as the Honorable John.

• Wentworth, John. The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States|Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1870), Volume 1, pg. 381-382 Note: Wentworth (publ. 1878) reports the marriage date as 3 Jun 1657. This date was also reported by Source:Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Old Kittery and Her Families, p. 780 (publ. 1903), but differs from the 30 Jun 1657, which comes from the town registers as reported by BellS2 (1888) or from NEHGR, p. 95:182 (1941, "Alexander Shapleigh and Some of His Descendants" by Ralph Bartlett).
• "Family Registers from the Exeter Records", in Bell, Charles H. (Charles Henry). History of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. (Exeter, New Hampshire: The Quarter-Millennial Year, 1888), 16. "John Gilman m. 30 Jun 1657 Elizabeth Treworthy."
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