Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23110, Peter Gilman, N.H.
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N.H.   Gilman, Peter   W. 23110
                       Martha
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Maine                     11502
Peter Gilman
of Kennebec, Co. in the State of Maine
who was a Pr in the Company commanded
by Captain Marsey of the Regt commanded 
by Col Reads in the N. H. Troops
Private 6 mo 11 ds              $21.20

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 21 Dollars 20 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of May 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833      42.40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   10.60
                                                         $53.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, 
Book E   Vol 1    Page 18
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Maine    230
Martha Gilman
of Norridgewock in the State of Maine
who was a _______in the ____________ commanded
by Captain _______of the _________commanded
By ______ in the ______________
line for widow of Peter Gilman
dec late a private of the
Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 21 Dollars 20 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Annl to 3 Oct 1834 to be deducted

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Nov.
1836 and sent Wm Allen of Norridgewock Me
 Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836   $116.60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '37  10.60
                                                           $126.20
Revolutionary Claim, (Act June 7, 1832. is crossed out)

Recorded by DD Addisen Clerk,
Book A     Vol. 1      Page 8


Date of death recd on ____
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DECLARATION.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State of Maine,__________County}ss.

On this eighth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Peter Gilman a resident of Norridgewock in the County of ____ and State of Maine, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Marsey and served in Col. Read's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: Marsey Captain, Read Colonel, that in October 1775 he entered that company and regiment as a substitute and served one month, and that he thinks the name of the man for whom he served as a substitute was Hampton, and that at the end of his month was verbally discharged at Wi___Hill, Cambridge. That in December 1775 at the request of ______Sullivan, he volunteered as a private in Capt. Samuel McConnell's  New Hampshire line company, but to what regiment attached, if any, does not remember. That he continued to serve in this company two months and at the end then was verbally discharged at Cambridge.  That on the fifth of December 1776, he was again drafted as a private in Capt Samuel McConnell's company, but he being sick, commanded by Lieutenant Hopkins, and Col. David Eilman's regiment of the New Hampshire troops. That in this company and regiment he continued to serve until the fifteenth of March 1777 when he was verbally discharged at (can't read) New York
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by Lieutenant Hopkins, and Col. David Eilman's regiment of the New Hampshire troops. That in this company and regiment he continued to serve until the fifteenth of March 1777, when he was verbally discharged at P ______, New York

And to interrogatories propou___ under the instructions ____ar department, he answers: that he was born at Exeter, New Hampshire in 1754, where his age is recorded. That in 1764 he removed with his father to P____ New Hampshire, where his home was during his revolutionary services. That in 1790, he moved to Norridgewock, Maine, where he now lives. That he never took any written discharge. That he served as a substitute, volunteered, and was drafted, as before stated. That in his two first periods, he served in the main Army at the siege of Boston. That under Colonel Eilman, he served at Peakskill on the Hudson, where Brigadier General McDongal commanded.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Signed:  Peter Gilman

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before Nathan Weston ___ ___ ___

And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Signed: Nathan Weston ___

State of Maine
April 4, 1833: It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant, by reason of age & infirmity cannot without prejudice to his health, appear in open court to renew his declaration & again to make oath to the same.
Nathan Weston First S. J. C.
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State of Maine

I Ezekiel Gilman, a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner, aged eighty four years, upon oath testify and declare, that I know that my brother Peter Gilman, then of Pembroke, now of Norridgewock, served our _____ winston Hill Cambridge as a private in the fall of 1775, and that he served afterwards served at Cambridge as a private two months under Capt. Samuel Conner, and that the next year he went into service at New York State under Col. Eilman, but do not remember how long he was gone.
Ezekiel (his mark) Gilman

Subscribed and sworn to, August 8, 1832, the deponent being a credible witness.
Before Nathan Weston ?????
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No. 3208
Peter Gilman ['24577' crossed out]
Private New Hampshire troops
Marsey's (Marcy) Co: Read's Regt. 1 month
Conner's Co: 2 months
McConnel's (McConnell) Co: Gilman's Regt 4 months
3.11
7 months as a private.
applicant inform - certified by Judge in open Court April 4, 1833. 
Adm'd 6.11 d's $21.20
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss. I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the HON. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Peter Gilman for a pension. 
[court seal] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 8th day of August A.D. 1832. 
/s/J. A. Chandler
R. C. Vose, 
Augusta, Me.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836 
State of Maine
County of Somerset ss. On the eleventh day of August A.D. 1836 personally appeared before the Hon. Drummond Farnsworth Judge of Probate of wills &c for the county of Somerset, State of Maine Martha Gilman a resident of Norridgewock in the county & State aforesaid aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her  oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 That she is the widow of Peter Gilman who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and at the time of his death was a Revolutionary pensioner on the Pension Roll of the Maine Agency at the rate of twenty one dollars and twenty cents a year under the Act of June 7th 1832. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Gilman at Pembroke N.H. on the fifth day of April in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five by Rev'd Timothy Wacker of Concord N.H. That she was the lawful wife of said Peter Gilman at the time he performed the service in the army in the Revolutionary war for which he was placed on the pension list in 1832. That her husband the aforesaid Peter Gilman died at said Norridgewock on the third day of October 1834. That she furnished evidence of her claim and obtained the arrears of his pension after his death to the time he died, as will appear by the papers on file in the War Department. and that she has remained a widow ever sine that period; as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. 
/s/X her mark Martha Gilman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me 
/s/D. Farnsworth Judge of Probate
Witness /s/Wm. Allen Jr
I hereby certify that evidence has been adduced that is satisfactory that the above named Martha Gilman was the lawful wife of the above named Peter Gilman, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, at the time he performed the service for which he received a pension as above stated and that said Peter Gilman died on the third of October 1834 and that said Martha has remained a widow since that time; I also certify that I have been well acquainted with said Martha and with her late husband for more than thirty five years last past
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having lived very near them till the time of his decease; and that I have entire confidence in the truth of the foregoing statements; and that I am full of opinion that said Martha Gilman is justly entitled to the pension claimed by her under the act of July 4, 1836. 
/s/D. Farnsworth
I Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock aged fifty seven years depose on oath and say that my wife is the daughter of the within named Peter & Martha Gilman and that I have often heard the s'd Peter Gilman say in his life time that he was married to said Martha before the Revolutionary war and I have good reason to believe it from the reputed ages of his children; I know that he died on the thirty of Octo. 1834 or about that time. - 
/s/Daniel Woodman
County of Somerset ss Subscribed and sworn before me this fifteenth day of August 1836 by the above named Daniel Woodman who is well known by me as a credible witness
/s/Wm Allen Jr Justice Peace
Ezekiel Gilman of Norridgewock aged Eighty nine years depose and say that I know that my late brother Peter Gilman who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war was married to Martha Clough in April 1775 before the Lexington fight in April 1775 and before my brother joined the army; I also know that my brother Peter Gilman died third day of October 1834 and that said Martha has remained a widow ever since; she lives one mile from me 
/s/X his mark Ezekiel Gilman
Witness /s/William Allen Jr
/s/Hannah Allen
State of Maine
County of Somerset}ss On the thirteenth day of August AD 1836 Personally appeared before me William Allen Jr a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Somerset. Ezekiel Gilman above named a person by me well known and a credible witness and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true
/s/William Allen Jr Just. Peace
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I Josiah Peet a Clergyman residing in Norridgewock in the county of Somerset State of Maine depose on oath and say that I have been the pastor of the Congregational church in Norridgewock for twenty two years, last past, during which time I have been well acquainted with the within named Martha Gilman, who is in my opinion of the age which she represents herself to be, in the foregoing declaration; and although I have never seen the record of her birth or her marriage which took place in New Hampshire; I am still well satisfied that she has stated the facts correctly from the apparent ages of the children and grand children of said Peter Gilman & Martha Gilman; and from her known character for truth and veracity; She has been a member of the church of which I am now pastor for thirty eight years last past, in good & regular standing; 
The said Peter Gilman was also a member of the church at the time he died and had been for thirty six years in good standing; I also know from the records of the church kept by me that said Peter Gilman died on the third day of October 1834. 
I attended his funeral - /s/Josiah Peet
State of Maine
County of Somerset ss. On this fifteenth day of August AD 1836 Personally appeared before me William Allen Jr Esq a Justice of the Peace for said county of Somerset Reverend Josiah Peet a Clergyman by me well known as a credible witness and made sworn oath to the above deposition by him subscribed, that the same is just and true
/s/William Allen Jr Just Peace
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[margin note: Martha Gilman's case]
I Joseph Gilman of Norridgewock aged sixty years on the twenty eighth day of February 1836 depose on oath and say that the within named Martha Gilman is my mother; and I believe her to be of the age of eighty six years as she states; and I have good reason to believe that she was married to my father Peter Gilman late of Norridgewock deceased at the time she states namely April 5, 1775 - I lived with my father and mother till I was twenty one years of age and then settled on a farm near by them where I now live. I have often heard my father say that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; and he was a Revolutionary Pensioner when he died; He died ['on' crossed out] the first week in October 1834 and I think the fourth day of the month; my father & mother had nine children and I verily believe the foregoing declaration made by mother is strictly true; my mother has remained a widow since my father's death. 
/s/Joseph Gilman
State of Maine
County of Somerset}ss. On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord 1836 personally appeared the above named Joseph Gilman, a person by me well known as a man of truth and veracity, and made solemn oath to the above deposition by him subscribed before me 
/s/William Allen Jr Just Peace. 
I Cullen Sawtelle Register of Probate for the county of Somerset hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings in the Court of Probate for said county in the application of Martha Gilman for a pension; and that the evidence adduced was satisfactory to the Court that said Martha is entitled to the pension claimed by her under the act of July 4, 1836
[court seal] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Norridgewock the fifteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty six
/s/C. Sawtelle} Register of Probate
I Joshua Gould Clerk of all the Judicial courts of the county of Somerset, do hereby certify that the Hon. Drummond Farnsworth is Judge of Probate and Cullen Sawtelle Esq is Register of Probate for said county; and that William Allen Jr Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said county that his commission is dated on the ninth day of March 1832 and expires on the ninth day of March 1839 and that the above signatures of the above named officers are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said county this fifteenth day of August 1836
/s/Joshua Gould, Clerk.
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[typewritten letter]
December 2, 1936
Peter Gilman
W. 23110
BA-J/AWF

Mr. Harry E. Wheeler
116 Lafayette Street
Salem, Massachusetts

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Peter Gilman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War from Pembroke, New Hampshire, and later lived in Norridgewock, Maine.
The data furnished herein were obtained from pension claim, W. 23110, based upon the service of Peter Gilman in the Revolutionary War.
Peter Gilman was born in the year 1754 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and moved in 1764, with his father, to Pembroke, New Hampshire. The names of his parents were not given.
Peter Gilman lived during the Revolutionary War in Pembroke, New Hampshire.
He marched on the Lexington Alarm and was out a few days. He enlisted sometime in October, 1775, served one month as a private in Captain Marcy's
company, Colonel Read's New Hampshire regiment. He enlisted sometime in December, 1775 and served about two months in Captain Samuel Conner's company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire regiment, and was at the siege of Boston. He served from December 5, 1776 to March 15, 1777 in Captain Samuel McConnell's company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire regiment. He served a short while in the fall of 1777, guarding prisoners at Portsmouth and Winter Hill, names of officers not given.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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[typewritten letter continued]
2 -
cuted August 8, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, where he had moved in 1790. He died there October 3, 1834.
Peter Gilman married April 5, 1775 at Pembroke, New Hampshire, Martha Clough. She was a native of said Pembroke; the date of her birth is not given, nor are the names of her parents shown.
The widow, Martha Gilman, was allowed pension on her application executed August 11, 1836, then living in Norridgewock, Maine, and aged eighty-six years.
The soldier, Peter Gilman, and his wife, Martha, had nine children; the only name designated was, Joseph, who was born February 28, 1776, and in 1836 was living in Norridgewock, Maine. In 1836, Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock, Maine, aged fifty-seven years, stated that his wife was a daughter of the soldier, and wife, Martha, but did not give her name. [margin note: Ref - gr ch 1836]
One Peter Gilman was of Norridgewock, Maine in 1836, his relationship to the family not shown.
Ezekiel Gilman, brother of the soldier, was eighty-nine years of age in 1836, and living in said Norridgewock. Aaron Whittemore of Pembroke, New Hampshire in 1836, stated that the soldier was his mother's brother. [margin note: aged 22 yrs]
The Colonel David Gilman in whose regiment, Peter Gilman served in 1777, was a "kinsman", degree of relationship not given.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 23110 
Martha Gilman Wid. of Peter Gilman 
Priv. Rev. War.
Act [blank]
Index: Vol. A, Page 274
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1892 May 19 
Eugenie A Jackson Minneapolis Minn J.S.
1927 Apr. 26 - Hist to Hon. George Huddleston awf
1928 June 30 - Hist to Helen Thissell awf.
1928. Dec. 6 - Hist to Anna S. Carville awf.
1930 May 26 - Hist. to Mrs. Edith Franklin Heald awf
1933 Jan. 26 - Mrs. Edith F. Heald adv. no further inf. than furnished on above date. A.D.Y. 
1934 Sept. 18 - hist to Emma Lou Walton awf
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1936 Dec 2 - hist to Harry Wheeler awf
1938 - Jan 29 - hist to Mrs. Ira A. Sutherland awf
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I Aaron Whittemore of Pembroke in the county of Merrimack and state of Newhampshire, depose and say that I was formerly acquainted with Peter Gilman Jr. and his wife Martha Gilman. that the said Peter Gilman Jun'r was a Brother of my Mother and that the said Peter and wife were frequently at my Father's when I was young and that from my earliest recollection, they were reputed by their connexion, and others as Man and wife and that I recollect of their moving to the state of Maine which was about fifty years ago. 
I further say that I have heard my Father and Mother, ['say' crossed out] who are now deceas'd, say that the said Peter and Martha (then Martha Clough) resided with them before their Marriage which was before my recollection and I further say I shall be sixty two years of age in Nov'r next. - 
I do further say that I have been inform'd by Town Clerk of Pembroke that there is no record of the Marriage of the said Peter Gilman Jr. to the said Martha Clough on the record of the said Town - and I further depose and say that I have requested the town Clerk of Concord in the same county and State aforesaid, to examine the records of said Concord to find a record of the Marriage of the said Peter Gilman Jr. and Martha Clough and that I was inform'd by the said Clerk that there was no record of ay such Marriage, and that no marriages were recorded on the record, of said Town before the year 1776. 
And I further say that I was inform'd by the Rev'd Mr. Barton the present pastor of the Church in said Concord that the Rev'd Timothy Walker the first Pastor of said church, who died more than fifty years ago, and by whom it is said the said Peter and Martha were Married, has not left any records of their said Marriage and that the said Walker left his records in a very imperfect state, in so much that there does not appear but five or six marriages on the records and those between the years 1730 and 1740. 
Pembroke Oct'r 31 1836 /s/Aaron Whittemore
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State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. 
On the thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, the within named Aaron Whittemore personally appeared before me Aaron Whittemore Jr. a Notary Public for and in said State of New Hampshire, and made solemn oath that the within declaration by him subscribed is ['in his belief' crossed out] true. - The said Aaron Whittemore is a reputable person and his testimony is entitled to full credit. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my and and seal 
Before me - /s/Aaron Whittemore Jr. [seal: Notary Public]
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Martha Gilman's Declaration as widow of Peter Gilman Dec'd
Abstract
1. Married April 5, 1775
Proof Depositions of Aaron Whittemore
Farnsworth Dudley
Ezekiel Gilman
2 served in 1775 - 5 weeks 
     "  1776 4. mo
     "  1777 1 mo/6 mo 1 w
3. Proof papers in the War department in Pension case No 11.502
4 Papers filed in August 1836 Also the Dep'ons of 
Rev. J. Peet 
Dr. James Bates 
and other evidence on file in the War Department 
See Roll of Col'o Stark & Col'o Gilman's Reg't
N.H. Troops
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State of Maine, Somerset County ss. 
I Cullen Sawtelle Register of Probate for the county of Somerset and State of Maine do hereby certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Martha Gilman for a pension
[court seal] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Norridgewock this eighth day of November 1836
/s/C. Sawtelle} Register
[margin note: No. ['602' crossed out] 5. 3.Sec.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the 3d section of the act of Congress of the 4th, July 1836. 
State of Maine
Somerset County} Ss. On this Eighth day of November A.D. 1836 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Drummond Farnsworth Judge of Probate of wills &c for the county of Somerset and State of Maine, at a Probate Court holden at Norridgewock in and for said county Martha Gilman a resident of said Norridgewock aged eighty six years; a person by the Court well known of good reputation and worthy of credit; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836; that she is the widow of Peter Gilman who was a private in the militia and in the army of the United States and served more than six months in the New Hampshire troops; and who in consequence of his said service was placed on the pension list roll of the Maine Agency that his pension certificate was No 11.502; that he received at the rate of twenty one dollars & twenty cents a year under the Act of 1832 till he died; and that she as his widow received after his decease the balance or arrears of pension due him at the time of his death; That her said husband at the time of the Lexington fight was called Peter Gilman Junior and was residing in same house with his brother in law Aaron Whittemore near his father's in Pembroke N.H that he and said Martha had just commenced house keeping had been married but twelve days when he was called out with the militia at the alarm of the Lexington fight and marched for Boston in April 1775 was gone several days and returned; and some time in the fall of 1775 as near as she can recollect his brother Ezekiel Gilman who had been in the army came home on furlough, and came to the house where she and her husband lived and prevailed on her said husband to go into the army for a short time, either
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as a substitute for said Ezekiel or some other person; that her said husband went and served some time but she cannot say how long; that he was quartered in the College buildings at Cambridge and afterwards used to say "that he had been to College", from that circumstance that he said husband again enlisted some time in the summer of 1776 to the best of her recollection under his Kinsman Col'o -- Gilman of the New Hampshire troops marched to Peekskill and served till he was discharged; she can not recollect the year or dates with certainty but remembers that he wrote letters to her from Peekskill; that she was engaged in domestic duties in the cellar when he came home and was alarmed with a loud exclamation from her mother in-law "Peter! dear Peter, has got home!!" thinks it was late in the fall; that afterwards to the best of her recollection in the fall of 1777 her said husband again enlisted or was  detached for a short term and served at Portsmouth & at Winter hill guarding prisoners; But from old age and want of recollection she is not able to fix on dates of her said husband's service with certainty nor can she well distinguish one term of service from the other; but she well recollects that twice he over staid the time of his enlistment that she heard him say that he was allowed for the odd days and that the same were made up to him on the pay roll and in his Pension certificate; and refers to his declaration which she presumes can be found at the War department for a more particular account
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than she is able to give; she can only say that she suffered much anxiety on her said husband's account while he was in the army; that she has no documentary evidence of his service in her possession except the annexed copy of his pension certificate marked "A". That she removed with her said husband soon after the war from said Pembroke N.H. to Norridgewock Maine where she has resided more than fifty years. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Gilman on the fifth day of April in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five by the Rev'd Timothy Walker of Concord N.H. at Rev. Mr. Walker's Congr't at Pembroke her native place; that her said husband Peter Gilman died at Norridgewock on the third day of October 1834 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period; All which will fully appear by the proof hereto annexed and by the evidence sent to the War Department in August last and other evidence on file to which she would refer; that she has caused diligent search to be made and can find no record of their married in their native town or elsewhere
/s/X her mark Martha Gilman
Witness /s/Peter Gilman
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above written by the above named Martha Gilman a person whom I have well known as a person of truth from my infancy, before me 
/s/D. Farnsworth, Judge 
Attest: C. Sawtelle} Reg'r
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We Josiah Peet a Clergyman residing in Norridgewock and James Bates residing in the same place hereby certify that we were well acquainted with the within named Peter Gilman deceased in his life time; that he died Oct'o 3d 1834 that we believed him to be Eighty two years of age when he died; that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion; and that we believe that Martha Gilman who has subscribed the annexed declaration is Eighty six years of age and that she is the widow of said Peter Gilman deceased; that they resided in this town about fifty years before his decease, were always...[page obscured by the following document]
Peter Gilman united with the Church in Norridgewock, as the records show, Sept 1798 and continued a member until his decease, which took place October 3, 1834 having been a member 36 years - 
Attest /s/J. Peet Pastor of sa'd Church
Norridgewock Nov. 1836
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We Josiah Peet a Clergyman residing in Norridgewock and James Bates residing in the same place hereby certify that we were well acquainted with the within named Peter Gilman deceased in his life time; that he died Oct'o 3d 1834 that we believed him to be Eighty two years of age when he died; that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion; and that we believe that Martha Gilman who has subscribed the annexed declaration is Eighty six years of age and that she is the widow of said Peter Gilman deceased; that they resided in this town about fifty years before his decease, were always esteemed and respected as good members of society and were members of the church in this town thirty six years said Martha still continues a member in good standing and we have no doubt that they were married at the time she states in April 1775 their oldest son is called more than sixty years of age and resides in this town - that said Martha has remained a widow since the death of her said husband 
/s/Josiah Peet pastor of Chh. in Norridgewock
/s/James Bates Physician
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State of Maine
Somerset County}ss On the eighth day of November 1836 the within named deponents subscribed and made oath to the within deposition in open Court before the Hon. Drummond Farnsworth Judge of Probate at a Probate Court holden at Norridgewock in and for said county of Somerset. 
And the court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after an examination of the  witnesses that the within named Martha Gilman is the widow of the identical Peter Gilman who was a revolutionary soldier; and the Court further certifies that Rev'd Josiah Peet who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in said Norridgewock and that Dr. James Bates who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and was formerly a member of Congress and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
/s/D. Farnsworth} Judge
Attest: /s/C. Sawtelle} Register
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State of Maine
Somerset County} ss. On this eighth day of November AD 1836 personally appeared before me William Allen, Jr. a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Somerset and State of Maine, Ezekiel Gilman a resident of Norridgewock in said county aged Eighty nine years a Revolutionary pensioner, who being first duly sworn doth on oath depose and say that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served during the summer and fall of 1775 as a private & corporal in Capt. Dan'l Moore's company in Col'o Stark's Regiment of the New Hampshire troops and was stationed at Winter Hill; that Dr. Dearborn (afterwards Major) persuaded him to join the expedition to go to Canada but he was taken sick and could not go; that he sent home to Pembroke his native place for his brother Peter Gilman to come to Winter hill to take care of him; that his brother Peter came and took his place as a substitute and he enlisted and served the remainder of that campaign in the same company and came home with him to Pembroke in the fall of that year after they were discharged; that he went with  his brother Peter to his place of residence at Pembroke at their brother in law Aaron Whittemore's that his said brother was married in the spring of that
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year a short time before the Lexington fight which was the 19th of April 1775 to Martha Clough he did not see them married but he saw him living with his wife at his brother in law Whittemore's in the fall of that year; and He has no manner of doubt that they were married at the time she states in her declaration annexed - 
He knows that said Peter Gilman enlisted afterwards in 1776 enlisted as a private in Col'o David Gilman's Regiment and served one campaign he thinks four months but as he was not in the same Reg't, he can not state the particulars; and that his brother Peter was drafted or enlisted afterwards for a short term; He knows that his brother was out in three campaigns that his enlistments were all for short periods; and that after the war he and his said brother removed with their families from New Hampshire to Maine; and that he lived within two miles of his brother in Norridgewock when said Peter died in October 1834; that his said brother was a mail carrier from Augusta to said Norridgewock more than thirty  years; that the said Martha Gilman his widow is still living and has remained a widow ever since the death of said Peter Gilman her husband
/s/X his mark Ezekiel Gilman
Witness /s/William Allen Jun'r
/s/Simeon Robbins
Subscribed and sworn before me by the above named Ezekiel Gilman a person by me well known and worthy of credit as also are the said Josiah Peet & Dr. James Bates and the said Martha Gilman. 
Att. /s/William Allen Jr Justice of Peace
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Martha Gilman's Declaration &c as widow of Peter Gilman Dec'd 
For Examination 
Returns to be made to Mrs. Gilman to care of William Allen Jr Norridgewock
To Col'o James L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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[verso]
adm'd 
6 mo 11 ds pri
21.20/100
deduct. to 3 octr. 1834 day of his death
Wm Allen Jr. 
Norridgewock Me.

[recto]
5
Case of Martha Gilman widow of Peter Gilman Dec'd
Claim under 3d Section of the Act of July 4, 1836
She was married before the war and married viz. Apl. 5, 1775
The husband Died Octo 3, 1834
She has remained a widow -
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[handwritten letter]
Norridgewock Aug 15, 1836

Col'o James L. Edwards
Sir
I enclose for examination and allowance the claim of Martha Gilman, widow of Peter Gilman Dec'd under the 3d Section of the act of July 4, 1836; Her claim is unquestionably a good one. If the papers are in proper form I presume there will be no delay in granting her a certificate. 
I will thank you to send her certificate to her at this place direct it to my care - If further traditionary evidence is needed it can be abundantly supplied as her late husband was one of the first 20 settlers in this town and his family have been known in this place for fifty years and many can testify that their oldest sone is of the age that would carry back his birth to a time prior to the time in which his father performed the service for which he rec'd a pension; I have known the family thirty five years, and have not doubt of the correctness of Mrs. Gilman's declaration - 
Yours respectfully
/s/William Allen Jr. 
Abstract
Martha Gilman aged 86 widow of Peter Gilman who died Octo 3, 1834
The were married April 5, 1775 and Mrs. Gilman remains a widow
Peter Gilman's pension was $21.20 per annum 
Direct answer to 
Martha Gilman Norridgewock Me
care of Wm. Allen Jr.
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[handwritten letter]
701 Garrison Hall Apts. 
Boston Jan. 19/38

Veterans Administration
Rev. War Records,
Washington, D.C.:
Gentlemen, - 
Will you please send me the abstract of pension record of Peter Gilman who died in Norridgewock Maine on or about 1834. 
One record gives him as born in Exeter N.H. & one as born in Pembroke N.H. He moved from Pembroke N.H. to Norridgewock Maine when a young man but I have no way
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of knowing where he was born other than these two statements which I have read. 
I think he was born some time from 1750 to 1754.
Thanking you, I am Truly
/s/(Mrs.) Ira A. Sutherland.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED JAN 20 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #23]
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[typewritten letter]
EMMA LEE WALTON
747 JUNIOR TERRACE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

August 25 1934

Gentlemen, 
For a family record I shall be glad if you can send me the pensions of three men who lived in Maine but may have served in the Revolution from New Hampshire.
These men, who lived in Norridgewock Maine about 1781, were brothers, Zebulon Gilman, Ezekiel Gillman and Peter Gilman. They were born about 1756 and after.
Anything which you can send me will be much appreciated, especially if there are any family data, names of children, etc. Some pensions give information as to wives also.
Very truly yours,
/s/(Miss) Emma Lee Walton
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[handwritten letter]
January 16, 1933

Director of Pensions
Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir - 
Would you kindly give me the Revolutionary War record on Peter Gilman, born in 1754 Exeter N.H. married Martha Clough. she drew a pension from his War service and lived to be 100 years old buried in Norridgewock Maine. This would like to be had for family record. 
Thanking you. Yours truly 
/s/Edith F. Heald
435 West 119 St. 
N.Y.C.
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[handwritten letter]
Minneapolis, Minn
March 26, 1892

Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Can you give me the record of Peter Gilman who moved from Pembroke N.H. to Norridgewock Maine? 
He was a soldier of the Revolution & a pensioner, he died in 1834. & his wife drew his pension until her death.
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I wrote to the Old War & Navy Department but as I have had no reply, think I must have written to the wrong place. 
I do not know where he enlisted, & have no proof of his Revolutionary record, except that is known of his pension
Anything you can tell me of him will greatly oblige me 
Sincerely yours
/s/Eugenie Adams Jackson
1623 3'd Ave South, Minneapolis Minn
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[handwritten letter]
Minneapolis, Minn
March 19, 1892

Mr. Green B. Raum
Dear Sir
Will you oblige me by telling what you can of one Peter Gilman, by great-grandfather? I will copy from the History of Norridgewock, Maine, by Allen "Peter Gilman was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire he was a soldier in the Revolution, & a pensioner. 
He died the 3d of Oct 1834. 
His wife received a pension
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after his death."
Can you give me any details as to where he enlisted & served, his regiment & the name of his commander?
Any information regarding him will be gratefully received. 
Sincerely yours
/s/Eugenie Jackson 
1623 3'd Ave South 
Minneapolis Minn
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[handwritten letter]
260 Pine Street
Lowell, Massachusetts
September 26, 1927

The Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir:
Will you send me information concerning the war  record of Peter Gilman, a Revolutionary soldier, whose widow, Martha Gilman, was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832. 
I want to use this information toward becoming a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 
Very truly yours, 
/s/(Miss) Helen Thissell
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[typewritten letter]
GEORGE HUDDLESTON, M.C.
9TH DISTRICT ALABAMA 
NO. 539 HOUSE OFFICE BLDG
WASHINGTON
IN REPLY KINDLY REFER TO FILE 4963
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.  April 25th, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir:
I will be grateful if you will cause to be furnished
to me such data as your records show concerning the service
in Revolutionary Army of Peter Gilman, whose name I am informed is found on the pension roll in the first session of the 23rd Congress in 1834, Vol. 12, page 138, under Somerset
County, Maine, and was placed on the pension roll May 3rd, 1833, effective Nov. 4th, 1831.
Thanking you I am,
Yours truly,
/s/George Huddleston
H. (George Huddleston)
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE APR 26 1927]
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MRS. HENRY DEWOLFE CARVELLE
2159 ELM STREET
MANCHESTER
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Mar 8, 1928

Pension Dept: - 
I am trying to find out something about Peter Gilman; (1754-1834) father & mother. 
I find he received a pension in 1832, & was living in Maine, but do not know where, 
Will you please send me his record
If there is any charge I will send the money later
Yours truly 
/s/Anna S. Carvelle
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[handwritten letter]
[receipt stamp: U.S. PENSION OFFICE O MAR 20 1930]
March 19, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. 
The Adjutant General's Office - 
March third I wrote to the War Department to ask for any record on Peter Gilman who served in the War of the Revolution I am quite sure from Exeter N.H. and who died in Norridgewock Maine where he is buried. His widow lived & died there and received a Pension from his service in that War and lived to be 100 years and eight months old this would seem a good way to identify him Her first name was Martha she died March 27th 1849
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her name before her marriage might have been Martha Clough - As this is for my husband's family record I should like very much if her record of Pension & his service could be traced. I could not tell you what organization of N.H. troops he was in. The only name he was known to have had was Peter Gilman of Exeter N.H. As to his rank that is not known. According to this Pension, I am sure he can be proved. 
Thanking your office for whatever help they may be able to give. 
Yours sincerely
/s/Edith Franklin Heald
435 West 119th St. 
N.Y.C.
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[typewritten letter]
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED NOV 19 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #37]
November 16, 1936.

A. D. Hiller,
Executive Asst. to the Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Over your signature in a letter of November 14 I was provided with some interesting data on the Revolutionary War service record of my ancestor, John Wheeler (BA-J/MCS- S. 37540).
I should like to bother you with a further query.
I should like any information - particularly regarding parentage - of another ancestor, Peter Gilman, who was born in 1752 (some say Oct. 16, 1754) in Exeter (or Pembroke or Kingston) N.H. He is said to have enlisted at Pembroke (Pembrook) N.H. as a substitute for his brother, Ezekiel, and to have served at Winter Hill. He applied for a pension in Maine in 1832 for six months service in the N.H. line. He was then living, I believe, in Norridgewock, Maine, which is now in Somerset County, but which then may have been in Franklin or Lincoln Counties.
Any data revealed by the papers in his case would be valued by me.
Gratefully,
/s/Harry E. Wheeler
Harry E. Wheeler,
116 Lafayette Street,
Salem, Mass.
Harry E. Wheeler,
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January 26, 1933.
BA-J/ADY
Peter Gilman
W. 23110

Mrs. Edith F. Heald,
435 West 119" Street,
New York City.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Peter Gilman who was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1754, wife Martha Clough.
This office has no further information in regard to that soldier than was contained in the full record furnished you on May 26, 1930.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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[typewritten letter] 
[initials: awf]
[Rev & 18]12 Wars Section. 
June 30, 1928.

Helen Thissell,
200 Pine Street,
Lowell, Massachusetts.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23110, it appears that Peter Gilman was born in 1754 at Exeter, New Hampshire.
He moved in 1784, with his father (his name not given) to Pembroke, New Hampshire, and while residing there marched on the Lexington alarm, no details stated.
He enlisted in October 1775 and served one month as private in Captain Marsey's Company, Colonel Read's New Hampshire Regiment; he served from December 1775, two months as private in Captain Samuel Conner's Company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire Regiment; and served from December 5, 1776 to March 1, 1777 as private in Captain Samuel McConnell's Company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire Regiment. He also served short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, while a resident of Norridgewock, Somer-
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Rev. &18
COPIED BY ADY
set County, Maine. He died there October 3, 1834.
He married April 5, 1775 at Pembroke, New Hampshire, Martha Clough. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 11, 1836, while a resident of Norridgewock, Maine, aged eighty-six years.
It is stated that they had nine children, only name mentioned being, Joseph, who was born February 28, 1776, he was living in Norridgewock, Maine, in 1836.
In 1836, Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock, Maine, aged fifty-seven years, stated that his wife was a daughter of Peter and Martha Gilman, but he did not give her name.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
April 26, 1927. 

Honorable George Huddleston
No. 539 House Office Bldg.
Washington, D. C. [margin note: File 4963]

My dear Mr. Huddleston:
In response to your letter of the twenty-fifth instant, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 23110, it appears that Peter Gilman was born in 1754 at Exeter, New Hampshire.
He moved in 1764, with his father (his name not given) to Pembroke, New Hampshire, and while residing there marched on the Lexington Alarm, no details stated.
He enlisted in October 1775 and served one month as private in Captain Marsey's Company, Colonel Read's New Hampshire Regiment; he served from December 1775, two months as private in Captain Samuel Conner's Company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire Regiment; and served from December 5, 1776 to March 1, 1777 as private in Captain Samuel McConnell's Company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire Regiment. He also served short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted August 8, 1832, while a resident of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine. He died there October 3, 1834.
He married April 5, 1775 at Pembroke, New Hampshire, Martha Clough. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 11, 1836, while a resident of Norridgewock, Maine, aged eighty-six years.
It is stated that they had nine children, only name mentioned being, Joseph, who was born February 28, 1776, he was living in Norridgewock, Maine, in 1836.
In 1836, Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock, Maine, aged fifty-seven years, stated that his wife was a daughter of Peter and Martha Gilman, but he did not give her name.

Very truly yours
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[typewritten letter]
December 5, 1928
Anna S. Carvelle
2159 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.23110, it appears that Peter Gilman born in 1754 at Exeter, New Hampshire.
He moved in 1764, with his father (his name not given) to Pembroke, New Hampshire, and while residing there marched on the Lexington Alarm, no details stated.
He enlisted in October, 1775 and served one month as private in Captain Marsey's Company, Colonel Read's New Hampshire Regiment; he served from December, 1775, two months as private in Captain Samuel Conner's Company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire Regiment; and served from
December 5, 1776 to March 15 1777 as private in Captain Samuel McConnell's Company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire Regiment. He also served short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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August 8, 1832, while a resident of Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine. He died there October 3, 1834.
He married April 5, 1775 at Pembroke, New Hampshire,
Martha Clough. She was allowed pension on her application
executed August 11, 1836, while a resident of Norridgewock, Maine, aged eighty-six years.
It is stated that they had nine children, only name
mentioned being, Joseph, who was born February 28, 1776,
he was living in Norridgewock, Maine in 1836.
In 1836, Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock, Maine, aged
fifty-seven years, stated that his wife was a daughter of
Peter and Martha Gilman, but he did not give her name.
[margin note: Grand children also referred to - no names designated. Bro. Ezekiel]
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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[typewritten letter]
Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AW/ILL

May 26, 1930. 
Mrs. Edith Franklin Heald
435 West 119th Street
New York City, N.Y.

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23110, it appears that Peter Gilman was born in 1754 at Exeter, New Hampshire.
He moved in 1764, with his father (his name not given) to Pembroke, New Hampshire, and while residing there marched on the Lexington Alarm, no details stated.
He enlisted in October, 1775 and served one month as private in Captain Marsey's Company, Colonel Read's New Hampshire Regiment; he served from December 1775, two months as private in Captain Samuel Conner's Company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire Regiment; and served from December 5, 1776 to March 1, 1777 as private in Captain Samuel McConnell's Company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire Regiment. He also served short tours, no details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, while a resident of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine. He died there October 3, 1834.
He married April 5, 1775 at Pembroke, New Hampshire, Martha Clough. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 11, 1836, while a resident of Norridgewock, Maine, aged eighty-six years.
It is stated that they had nine children, only name mentioned being Joseph, who was born February 28, 1776; he was living in Norridgewock, Maine, in 1838.
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In 1836, Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock, Maine, aged fifty-seven years, stated that his wife was a daughter of Peter and Martha Gilman, nut did not give her name. 
Grandchildren are also referred to, no names designated. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN, 
Acting Commissioner.
[margin note: Brother Ezekiel]
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[typewritten letter]
September 17, 1934
xxxxxx
BA-J/EEL
Miss Emma Lee Walton
747 Junior Terrace
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records Zebulon, Ezekiel and Peter  Gilman, who served in the New Hampshire troops in the Revolutionary War and later resided in Maine.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of Zebulon Gilman. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of soldiers of that war, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
The records of Ezekiel Gilman, and Peter Gilman and their histories are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
have been found
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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[typewritten letter]
September 18, 1934
xxxxxx
Peter Gilman-W.23110
BA-J/AWF

Miss Emma Lee Walton
747 Junior Terrace
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 23110, based upon the military service of Peter Gilman during the War of the Revolution.
Peter Gilman was born in the year 1754 in Exeter, New Hampshire, the names of his parents were not given. He moved in 1764, with his father, to Pembroke, New Hampshire.
While residing in said Pembroke, he marched on the Lexington Alarm and was out a few days. He enlisted in October, 1775, served one month as a private in Captain Marcy's company, Colonel Read's New Hampshire regiment. He enlisted in December, 1775 served about two months in Captain Samuel Connor's company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire regiment, and was at the siege of Boston. He served from December 5, 1776 to March 29 1777 in Captain Samuel McConnell's company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire regiment.
He served a short while in the fall of 1777, guarding prisoners at Portsmouth and Winter Hill, names of officers not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, where he had moved in 1790. He died there October 3, 1834.
The soldier, Peter Gilman, married April 5, 1775 at Pembroke, New Hampshire, Martha Clough. She was a native of said Pembroke; the date of her birth is not given nor are the names of her parents shown.
The widow, Martha Gilman, was allowed pension
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on her application executed August 11, 1836, at which time she was living in Norridgewock, Maine and aged eighty-six years.
The soldier, Peter Gilman and his wife, Martha had nine children, only name definitely stated being, Joseph, who was born February 28, 1776; he was living in 1838 in Norridgewock, Maine. In 1836, Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock, Maine, aged fifty-seven years, stated that his wife was a daughter of soldier and wife, Martha, but he did not give her name.
In 1836, Peter Gilman was of Norridgewock, Maine, no relationship to the family shown.
Ezekiel Gilman, brother of the soldier, was eighty-four years of age in 1836 and then living in Norridgewock.
The Colonel David Gilman in whose regiment, Peter Gilman served in 1777, was a "kinsman", degree of relationship not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[typewritten letter]
January 29, 1938
Peter Gilman
W. 23110
BA-J/AWF [initials: own]

Mrs. Ira A. Sutherland
701 Garrison Hall Apts.
Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Peter Gilman of New Hampshire, and died about 1834 in Norridgewock, Maine. 
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 23110, based upon the military service of Peter Gilman in the
Revolutionary War.
Peter Gilman was born in the year 1754 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and moved in the year 1764, with his father, to Pembroke, New Hampshire. The names of his parents were not given.
Peter Gilman lived during the Revolution in Pembroke, New Hampshire.
He marched on the Lexington Alarm and was out a few days. He enlisted sometime in October, 1775, served one month as a private in Captain Marcy's
company, Colonel Read's New Hampshire regiment. He enlisted sometime in December, 1775, served about two months in Captain Samuel Conner's company, Colonel Stark's New Hampshire regiment, and was in the siege of Boston. He served from December 5, 1776 until March 15, 1777 in Captain Samuel McConnell's company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire regiment. He served a short while in the fall of 1777, guarding prisoners at Portsmouth and Winter Hill,
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names of officers not given.
The soldier, Peter Gilman, was allowed pension on his application executed August 8, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, where he had moved in 1790 from Pembroke, New Hampshire. He died in Norridgewock, October 3, 1834.
Peter Gilman married April 5, 1775 at Pembroke, New Hampshire, Martha Clough. She was a native of said Pembroke; the date of her birth and names of her parents were not given.
The widow, Martha Gilman, was allowed pension on her application executed August 11, 1836, then eighty-six years of age, and living in Norridgewock, Maine.
The soldier, Peter Gilman, and his wife, Martha, had nine children; the only name designated was Joseph who was born February 28, 1776, and in 1836 was living in Norridgewock, Maine. In 1836, Daniel Woodman of Norridgewock, Maine, aged fifty-seven years, stated that his wife was a daughter of the soldier, and wife, Martha, but did not give the name of his wife. Reference was made in 1836 to grand children, no names stated.
One Peter Gilman was of Norridgewock, Maine in 1836, his relationship to the family was not shown.
Ezekiel Gilman, brother of the soldier, was eighty-nine years of age in 1836, then living in Norridgewock, Maine, he was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Aaron Whittemore of Pembroke, New Hampshire in 1836, then aged sixty-two years, stated that the
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soldier, Peter Gilman, was his mother's brother; he did not give the name of his mother.
The Colonel David Gilman in whose regiment, Peter Gilman served in 1777, was a "kinsman", degree of relationship not stated.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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susp'd See Letter to Wm. Allen Jr. Esq. May 27, 1836
O.C. 
act 4 July 1836
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"A" (copy) WAR DEPARTMENT - REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM - (No. 11.507)
I Certify That in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Peter Gilman of the State of Maine who was a private in the Revolutionary war is entitled to receive twenty one dollars and twenty cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and the 4th of September in every year. 
[facsimile seal: Seal of the War Department.] GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this third day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three 
/s/John Robb Acting Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned}
/s/J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions "copy"
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Peter Gilman
No. 11.502
$21.20
345. 21.20 29
29/
19080
424/
6148
365/
2498
2190/
3080
2920
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To what time was Peter Gilman pri. 21.20 pr. an'm paid at the Maine agency act 7. June 32?
G.W.C. 
Nov. 22 '36
Died 3d Oct 1834, paid to that period
JH
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I Trueworthy Dudley of Pembroke in the county of Merrimack in the State of New Hampshire Testify and say that I am eighty two years of age and I came into Pembroke to live in June 1775 that Peter Gilman Jr then of said Pembroke was then a married man and his wife was a Miss Clough and that I was well acquainted with then whilst they lived in Pembroke and have under stood they have resided in the state of Maine for many years past
/s/Trueworthy Dudley
Pembroke October 27 1836
State of Newhampshire
Merrimack ss. Pembroke October 27 1836
Then Trueworthy Dudley came before Me Aaron Whittemore one of the Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Merrimack and made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true. The said Trueworthy Dudley is a reputable and competent witness and he is entitled to full credit. 
Before me /s/Aaron Whittemore Justice of the Peace