Edward Gilman married
Elizabeth Smith, daughter of
Richard Smith, Bef ORE 28-SEP-1647 at
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Reference: HFWEST-1,SAVAGE. Edward Gilman was naturalized; MILLER (SAW MILL). He CAME TO AMERICA ON 'DILIGENT' LEFT GRAVESEND 26-APR-1638/ARR BOSTON 10-AUG-38. SETTLED HINGHAM, MA. UNTIL 1645 THEN IPSWICH AND EXETER IN 1647. BUILT AND OPERATED SAW MILLS AND WAS PROBABLY IN THE LUMBER OR SHIP MASTS EXPORTING BUSINESS WITH HIS BROTHER JOHN. DIED AT SEA WHILE RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO ENGLAND. HAD A TWIN SISTER NAMED SARAH WHO DIED YOUNG.
ACCORDING TO ONE SOURCE, HE CAME FROM ENGLAND WITH MANY OTHERS, LED BY THE
REV. ROBERT PECK. NOTE: 'DILIGENT' LISTED IN ONE SOURCE AS BEING OUT OF
IPSWICH, WHILE ANOTHER SOURCE SAYS, GRAVESEND. YET ANOTHER SOURCE, 'NATIONAL
CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY', SAYS THAT EDWARD EMIGRATED FROM WALES IN
1638. IN GILMAN GENEALOGY, FOUND ON COMPUSERVE, EDWARD IS LISTED AS THE SON OF
EDWARD, BUT STILL THE GRANDSON OF EDWARD G. 1525-30. MAY HAVE TO HAVE MORE
CONCLUSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS RELATIONSHIP. He was born circa 1617 at
Hingham, Norfolk, England. He was the son of
Edward Gilman and
Mary Clark. Edward Gilman was baptized on 26 December 1617 at
Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died circa 1653 at
at sea - Lived in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.