Gilman, John Ward (1741-1823)

Name:

Gilman, John Ward (1741-1823)

Title:

Postmaster, Town of Exeter, NH 1793-1823
Sealer of Weights and Measures, County of Rockingham, 1803

Other Names:

Gilman, John W.

Born:

05/09/1741

Birthplace:

Exeter, NH

Died:

06/16/1823

Death Location:

Exeter, NH

Residence:

Exeter, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith
Engraver

Father:

Gilman, John (Major) (1712-)

Mother:

Deane, Jane

Relations:

Sibling: Benjamin Clark Gilman (1763-1835)

Spouse:

Harriet Emery (1745-1802), December 3, 1767, Exeter

Children:

Stephen, born August 27, 1768; died October 9, 1849
Ward, born December 18, 1769; December 14, 1821
Jane, born July 16, 1773; died April 1, 1778
Allen, born July 16, 1773; died April 7, 1846
Deborah Harris, born Mary 26, 1775;
John, born April 8, 1777; April 11, 1777
Hannah, born May 6, 1778; died August 15, 1850
Jane, born July 22, 1780; November 2, 1835
John, born August 15, 1782; September 10, 1822
Samuel, born January 4, 1785;
Joseph, born March 4, 1789; died August 5, 1805
Elizabeth, born May 29, 1791; died March 10, 1858

Notes:

Charles H. Bell, History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire. (Boston, MA: J. E. Farwell & Co., 1888), 330.
80, 82, 243, 244.

Donald L. Fennimore, Metalwork in Early America. Copper and Its Alloys From the Winterthur Collection. (Winterthur, Delaware: Winterthu Museum, 1997), 236.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, MA: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 227.

Arthur Gilman, 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. (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869), 96, 131, 132.

New Hampshire Clocks, Silver, and Furniture. A Salute to
Charles S. Parsons. (Manchester, New Hampshire: The Currier Gallery of Art), 28, 29.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Clocks & Clockmakers. (Exeter, NH: Adams Brown Company, 1976), 313.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 102-103.

David M. Stauffer, American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel. (New York: The Grolier Club of the City of New York, 1907), 99.

Death Notice, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, New York, June 23, 1823, 3.

Winter Street Burial Ground, Exeter, NH