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Edward Gilman

Edward was born about 1587 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.¹ Edward's father was Robert Gilman and his mother was Mary Gilman. His paternal grandfather was Edward Gilman and his paternal grandmother is Rose Snell. He had three brothers and a sister, named Robert, Lawrence, John and Margaret. He died before April 10th, 1655 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.²

General Notes
- Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5
  ISSUE
  page 300
  EDWARD GILMAN, of Easton and Hingham; b. 1587; d. in Exeter, New Hampshire, 22d June, 1681; m. 3d June, 1614, in England, Mary CLARK and with his wife, three sons, two daughters and three servants came to America 26th April, 1638 from Hingham, England, where his family was held in great esteem; leaving Gravesend, England on the ship Diligent of Ipswich, Capt. John MARTIN, and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 10th August, 1638, was admitted Freeman [p.300] 13th March, 1639; removed to Rehoboth, 1643, and to Ipswich soon after, where he was in 1647 and after 1652 to Exeter where he died. His descendants have been in civil office from the time Massachusetts became a royal province until the present time.
  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 wsoon after, where he was in 1647, and Exeter, New Hampshire after 1652.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Edward Gilman
  
  Edward Gilman
  - b.05 Feb 1523 in Caston, Norfolk, England d.BET 05 FEB 1573 AND 07 JUL 1573 in Caston, Norfolk, England
  
  Robert Gilman
  - d.02 Mar 1631 in Caston, Norfolk, England
  
  Yan Ryse
  - b.~  1446 in Of Bures St. Mar, Suff., England d.15 Aug 1521 in (Wd)
  
  John Ryse
  - b.~  1472 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England d. in (Wp)
  
  Joan
  
  Thomas Ryse
  - b.1500 in St. Mary Bures, Suffolk, England d.11 May 1560 in Bures, Suffolk, England
  
  Agnes Cracherode
  
  Rose Snell
  
  Anna
  
  Edward Gilman
  - b.~  1587 in Hingham, Norfolk, England d.<10 Apr 1655 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  
  Mary Gilman
  - b.~  1563 in Of Caston, Norfolk, England d.09 MAR 1617/18 in England

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Details of Edward's family with Mary Gilman

¹ The Gilman family traced in the line of Hon. John Gilman, of Exeter, N.H. : with an account of many other Gilmans in England and America. @ p 35
² Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine @ 1019
Sources/Citations Genalogical Dictionary of The first Settlers of New England, NEHG Register @ 30:207, Searches into the history of the Gillman or Gilman family : including the various branches in England, Ireland, America and Belgium. @ p 146, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine @ 1020