Gilman, Benjamin Clark (1763-1835)

Name:

Gilman, Benjamin Clark (1763-1835)

Title:

Selectman, Town of Exeter, 1797-1802, 1814-1817

Other Names:

Gilman, Benjamin C.

Born:

07/08/1763

Birthplace:

Exeter, NH

Died:

10/13/1835

Death Location:

Exeter, NH

Residence:

Exeter, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith
Engraver
Watch and Clock Maker
Builder
Hydraulic Engineer
Merchant
Landlord
Instrument Maker

Father:

Gilman, John (Major)

Mother:

Deane, Jane

Relations:

Siblings (10):
Gilman, John Ward (1741-1823)

Spouse:

Mary Thing (1768-1841), 1788

Children:

Phillips, born 1789; died 1838; silversmith
Clarissa, born 1790; died 1869; m. Samuel T. Odiorne; res. Philadelphia and Exeter
Charles William, born 1793; died 1870
William Charles, born 1795; died 1863
Serena, born 1797; died 1881
Samuel Frederick, born 1799; died 1816
Arthur Frederick, born 1801; died 1863
Rufus, born 1804; died 1828

Notes:

Silvio A. Bedini, Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Instittuion, Museum of History and Technology, 1964), 34,156,162,166-7.

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

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, 130, 133-144

New Hampshire Clocks, Silver, and Furniture. A Salute to
Charles S. Parsons. (Manchester, New Hampshire: The Currier Gallery of Art), 24, 28.

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.

Charles E. Smart, Tha Makers of Surverying Instruments in American Since 1700. Volume 2. (Troy, NY: Regal Art Press, 1962), 200.

Frank O. Spinney, "An Ingenious Yankee Craftsman," Antiques, (September 1943), 116-119.

Death Notice, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, NH, October 24, 1835, 3.

Winter Street Burial Ground, Exeter, NH