The Political Graveyard: Gilman family of New Hampshire

Gilman family of New Hampshire

Note: This is just one of 612 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

Nathaniel Folsom (1726-1790) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., September 18, 1726. Third cousin and father-in-law of John Taylor Gilman; third cousin of Nicholas Gilman. Merchant; lumber business; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1774, 1777-80; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-77, 1783-84; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1776-90; general in state militia, Revolutionary War; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., May 26, 1790. Interment at Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
- See also Gilman family of New Hampshire
- See also: congressional biography.
John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 19, 1753. Third cousin and son-in-law of Nathaniel Folsom; brother of Nicholas Gilman; granduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1779-81, 1810-11; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1782-83; New Hampshire state treasurer, 1783-89, 1791-94; Governor of New Hampshire, 1794-1805, 1813-16. Died September 1, 1828. Interment at Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
- See also Gilman family of New Hampshire
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Nicholas Gilman (1755-1814) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., August 3, 1755. Third cousin of Nathaniel Folsom; brother of John Taylor Gilman; granduncle of Charles Jervis Gilman. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1789-97; U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1805-14; died in office 1814. Congregationalist. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 2, 1814. Interment at Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
- See also Gilman family of New Hampshire
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Jervis Gilman (1824-1901) — also known as Charles J. Gilman — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., February 26, 1824. Grandnephew of John Taylor Gilman and Nicholas Gilman. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1851; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1854; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1857-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1860. Died February 5, 1901. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
- See also Gilman family of New Hampshire
- See also: congressional biography.

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