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Joseph Gilman (1738–1806)

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He was not a profound lawyer, but a careful, upright judge. He was candid and usually guided to correct conclusions by his strong common sense, industry, and desire to be right. He was a student and also possessed admirable social
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appointed him as Judge of Probate, Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Justice of the Peace, and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1796,
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A family history in letters and documents, 1667-1837: concerning the forefathers of Winthrop Sargent Gilman and his wife Abia Swift Lippincott
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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
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appointed him to be one of three judges in the territory in 1796. He served until the territory was dissolved in 1803.
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became a state and the territory was dissolved in 1803. Gilman had to travel for the court, as sessions were held in
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to keep a store, build ships and make seas voyages. They had extensive dealings in England and the Caribbean.
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twice, and served from 1784 to 1787. He was the chairman of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety in the
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Gilman was married to Jane Tyler, who probably died in 1760, and then to Rebecca Ives (1745-1823) of
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Joseph Gilman was the son of Reverend Nicholas Gilman and Mary (Thing) Gilman. He was born in
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of the United States. Prior to his immigration to the frontier, he was a state senator in
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President Washington appointed Gilman a Judge of the Northwest Territory in 1796
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Gilman died at Marietta on May 14, 1806. He was buried there, but his grandson
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Searches into the history of the Gillman or Gilman family: including the ...
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resigned as a Judge of the Northwest Territory to accept appointment as
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had him re-interred many years later at the Gilman family plot at
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Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography
270:In the autumn of 1776, Gilman was appointed by the 187: 170: 155: 139: 120: 115: 101: 89: 77: 48: 28: 235:, on May 5, 1738. He was the brother of minister 595:. Vol. 1. St Paul, Minn: privately printed. 490: 258:, in 1763. They had sons Robert (1764-1766) and 344: 243:. He was educated in his hometown, and went to 466: 427: 415: 8: 388:Collections of the Maine Historical Society 324:Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory 36: 25: 619:"The Supreme Court - a Historical Sketch" 538: 514: 478: 451: 439: 403: 294:with his wife and son for a fresh start. 380: 314:in 1789. 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Joseph Gilman

Northwest Territory
John Cleves Symmes
Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.
George Washington
Rufus Putnam
Exeter, New Hampshire
Marietta, Ohio
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Benjamin
Northwest Territory
New Hampshire
Committee of Safety
President Washington
Exeter, New Hampshire
Tristram Gilman
Nicholas Gilman
Boston, Massachusetts
Beverly, Massachusetts
Benjamin
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Rockingham County
New Hampshire Senate
American Revolutionary War
Ohio Company of Associates
Northwest Territory

Marietta

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