Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter New Hampshire (NH)

John Taylor Gilman
born
December 19th, 1755
died
September 1st, 1828
Governor
of New Hampshire
XIV years.
His only son
John T. Gilman, jr.
Died at Charleston, VA
Feb. 21, 1808

Cemetery: Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter New Hampshire

Governor of New Hampshire 1794-1805, Read more about John Taylor Gilman

"John Taylor Gilman of Exeter owned shares in the schooner Adventure, commanded by James Johnson." 1

A wooden statue was created in honor of him to be a part of Timothy Dexter's museum, a collection of historical figures carved in wood, placed on pedestals in his yard. The carvings were done by Joseph Wilson. 8

GILMAN, John Taylor, governor of New Hampshire, was born in Exeter, N.H., Dec. 19, 1753; son of Nicholas and Ann (Taylor) Gilman; and fourth in descent from the Hon. John Gilman (1624-1708), royal councillor of New Hampshire, 1680-83. He served in the provincial army in 1775, marching with one hundred men to Cambridge, Mass., when the news of the fight at Concord and Lexington reached Exeter. He was assistant receiver-general of the state under his father; representative in the New Hampshire legislature, 1779-80; a member of the committee of safety; a delegate to the defence convention at Hartford in 1780; delegate to the continental congress, 1782-83; treasurer of the state, 1783-94; one of the three commissioners to settle the war claims of the states; and governor of New Hampshire, 1794-1805, and again 1813-15, in the meantime serving as a representative in the state legislature, 1810-11. He was a trustee of Dartmouth, 1807-19, and received the honorary degrees of A.M. and LL.D. from that institution in 1799. He died in Exeter, N.H., Aug. 31, 1828.

His father, Nicholas Gilman, inherited the Ladd-Gilman house in Exeter in 1779. The house at one time served his home and as the state treasury during the Revolutionary War when Nicholas became New Hampshire's first Treasurer. Exeter at this time was the New Hampshire state capital. The home was bequeathed to John Taylor Gilman at his death, then served as the Governor's Mansion when John Taylor Gilman became Governor of New Hampshire. Read more about the Ladd-Gilman House

More pages about the Ladd-Gilman House: Ladd-Gilman House - Its History


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John Taylor Gilman born December 19th, 1755 died September 1st, 1828 Governor of New Hampshire XIV years. His only son John T. Gilman, jr. Died at Charleston, VA Feb. 21, 1808 Sergt. John T. Gilman N.H. Mil Rev. War Cemetery: Winter Street Cemetery, Exeter New Hampshire Governor of New Hampshire 1794-1805, Read more about John Taylor Gilman "John Taylor Gilman of Exeter owned shares in the schooner Adventure, commanded by James Johnson." 1 A wooden statue was created in honor of him to be a part of Timothy Dexter's museum, a collection of historical figures carved in wood, placed on pedestals in his yard. The carvings were done by Joseph Wilson. 8 GILMAN, John Taylor, governor of New Hampshire, was born in Exeter, N.H., Dec. 19, 1753; son of Nicholas and Ann (Taylor) Gilman; and fourth in descent from the Hon. John Gilman (1624-1708), royal councillor of New Hampshire, 1680-83. He served in the provincial army in 1775, marching with one hundred men to Cambridge, Mass., when the news of the fight at Concord and Lexington reached Exeter. He was assistant receiver-general of the state under his father; representative in the New Hampshire legislature, 1779-80; a member of the committee of safety; a delegate to the defence convention at Hartford in 1780; delegate to the continental congress, 1782-83; treasurer of the state, 1783-94; one of the three commissioners to settle the war claims of the states; and governor of New Hampshire, 1794-1805, and again 1813-15, in the meantime serving as a representative in the state legislature, 1810-11. He was a trustee of Dartmouth, 1807-19, and received the honorary degrees of A.M. and LL.D. from that institution in 1799. He died in Exeter, N.H., Aug. 31, 1828. His father, Nicholas Gilman, inherited the Ladd-Gilman house in Exeter in 1779. The house at one time served his home and as the state treasury during the Revolutionary War when Nicholas became New Hampshire's first Treasurer. Exeter at this time was the New Hampshire state capital. The home was bequeathed to John Taylor Gilman at his death, then served as the Governor's Mansion when John Taylor Gilman became Governor of New Hampshire. Read more about the Ladd-Gilman House More pages about the Ladd-Gilman House: Ladd-Gilman House - Its History Copyright © 2001 - 2005, Jenn Marcelais. a Soul Oyster Web Studios production. Web Site Design, Development, and Innovation