Gilman bothers Andrew and Jeremy captured by Indians

In May, 1638, Edward Gilman, with his wife, three sons, two daughters and three servants, came from Norfolk county, England, in the ship called the “Delight,” of Ipswich, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. Moses, the third son of Edward Gilman, lived in New Market, New Hampshire, and had six sons of his 0wn. One of those sons, Captain Jeremiah Gilman ( born in 1660),  had  children  Thomas, Andrew, Jeremy and others. Andrew and Jeremy and others workers were captured by the Indians in 1709 at the Pickpocket Mill, in Exeter and taken to Canada. During a war dance Jeremy  was burnt.  The Indians told Andrew that Jeremy and a “Moody” who had been captured with them, had been killed and eaten*. Andrew was sold to the French, and imprisoned, but obtained favor of the governor and was permitted to work for wages until he earned a sum sufficient to purchase his freedom. He returned to his old home, married, and had one son—Jeremiah—and three daughters.  Jeremiah was born about the year 1721. When the Revolutionary war broke out, he was commissioned a colonel and commanded a regiment in the New Hampshire line. His daughter, Mary Gilman, married Lieutenant David Bryant, who served in his father-in-law’s regiment during the war.

Gilman, Nehemiah, 1720-1757, New Market, N. H. Killed by Indians at the massacre at Fort William Henry, Aug. 10,1757.

*History of the Dudley Family, Northa America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. (pg 758).

19th Century Depiction of Colonial Indian Attack