Son of Samuel Gilson & Elizabeth (Shedd) Gilson.
From The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889 by William Willis Hayward, published 1889.
"Maj. John Gilson, b. March 7, 1762, in Groton or Pepperell, Mass., was a descendant of the fifth generation from Joseph Gilson, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., about 1640. He enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War at the age of 14; was engaged in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 1776; was also one of the number shut up in Fort Stanwix, near Rome, N.Y., for twenty-two days by the Indians. He m. 1, Lucy Derby, and settled in Nottingham West (now Hudson); rem. to Hancock about the year 1800, with his wife and five children; res. a few years at place marked "A. Hall"; was a blacksmith, his shop being on the opposite side of the road from where the house stands. One son was b. here. In 1804 or '05 he purchased of Joseph Putnam the farm now owned and occupied by the heirs of the late Arnold Burtt, in Bennington. While he res. on this farm two children were b., making eight in all. His wife d. Aug. 10, 1834, aged 71 years 8 months, and her mother, Mrs. Lucy Derby, d. the same day, within six hours, aged 92 years.* They had lived together continuously fifty years and were buried in the same grave, in Pine Ridge Cemetery. He m. 2, Mrs. Hardy, of Hudson, who after his death went to res. with a dau. in Beverly, Mass., where she d. within a few years. In 1839 Major Gilson rem. to Merrimack, where he d. in 1847, and was buried in Hancock."
Deaths from the New York Evening Post, 1801-1890, January 23, 1847
"Merrimack Jan 4, Major John Gilson formerly of Hancock in 85y Rev Soldier. Battle of White Plains - he was shut up at Fort Stanax - kept on bread and water 22 days- suffered many other hardships and privations."
From The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889 by William Willis Hayward, published 1889.
"Maj. John Gilson, b. March 7, 1762, in Groton or Pepperell, Mass., was a descendant of the fifth generation from Joseph Gilson, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., about 1640. He enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War at the age of 14; was engaged in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 1776; was also one of the number shut up in Fort Stanwix, near Rome, N.Y., for twenty-two days by the Indians. He m. 1, Lucy Derby, and settled in Nottingham West (now Hudson); rem. to Hancock about the year 1800, with his wife and five children; res. a few years at place marked "A. Hall"; was a blacksmith, his shop being on the opposite side of the road from where the house stands. One son was b. here. In 1804 or '05 he purchased of Joseph Putnam the farm now owned and occupied by the heirs of the late Arnold Burtt, in Bennington. While he res. on this farm two children were b., making eight in all. His wife d. Aug. 10, 1834, aged 71 years 8 months, and her mother, Mrs. Lucy Derby, d. the same day, within six hours, aged 92 years.* They had lived together continuously fifty years and were buried in the same grave, in Pine Ridge Cemetery. He m. 2, Mrs. Hardy, of Hudson, who after his death went to res. with a dau. in Beverly, Mass., where she d. within a few years. In 1839 Major Gilson rem. to Merrimack, where he d. in 1847, and was buried in Hancock."
Deaths from the New York Evening Post, 1801-1890, January 23, 1847
"Merrimack Jan 4, Major John Gilson formerly of Hancock in 85y Rev Soldier. Battle of White Plains - he was shut up at Fort Stanax - kept on bread and water 22 days- suffered many other hardships and privations."
Son of Samuel Gilson & Elizabeth (Shedd) Gilson.
From The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889 by William Willis Hayward, published 1889.
"Maj. John Gilson, b. March 7, 1762, in Groton or Pepperell, Mass., was a descendant of the fifth generation from Joseph Gilson, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., about 1640. He enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War at the age of 14; was engaged in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 1776; was also one of the number shut up in Fort Stanwix, near Rome, N.Y., for twenty-two days by the Indians. He m. 1, Lucy Derby, and settled in Nottingham West (now Hudson); rem. to Hancock about the year 1800, with his wife and five children; res. a few years at place marked "A. Hall"; was a blacksmith, his shop being on the opposite side of the road from where the house stands. One son was b. here. In 1804 or '05 he purchased of Joseph Putnam the farm now owned and occupied by the heirs of the late Arnold Burtt, in Bennington. While he res. on this farm two children were b., making eight in all. His wife d. Aug. 10, 1834, aged 71 years 8 months, and her mother, Mrs. Lucy Derby, d. the same day, within six hours, aged 92 years.* They had lived together continuously fifty years and were buried in the same grave, in Pine Ridge Cemetery. He m. 2, Mrs. Hardy, of Hudson, who after his death went to res. with a dau. in Beverly, Mass., where she d. within a few years. In 1839 Major Gilson rem. to Merrimack, where he d. in 1847, and was buried in Hancock."
Deaths from the New York Evening Post, 1801-1890, January 23, 1847
"Merrimack Jan 4, Major John Gilson formerly of Hancock in 85y Rev Soldier. Battle of White Plains - he was shut up at Fort Stanax - kept on bread and water 22 days- suffered many other hardships and privations."
From The History of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889 by William Willis Hayward, published 1889.
"Maj. John Gilson, b. March 7, 1762, in Groton or Pepperell, Mass., was a descendant of the fifth generation from Joseph Gilson, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., about 1640. He enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War at the age of 14; was engaged in the battle of White Plains, Oct. 1776; was also one of the number shut up in Fort Stanwix, near Rome, N.Y., for twenty-two days by the Indians. He m. 1, Lucy Derby, and settled in Nottingham West (now Hudson); rem. to Hancock about the year 1800, with his wife and five children; res. a few years at place marked "A. Hall"; was a blacksmith, his shop being on the opposite side of the road from where the house stands. One son was b. here. In 1804 or '05 he purchased of Joseph Putnam the farm now owned and occupied by the heirs of the late Arnold Burtt, in Bennington. While he res. on this farm two children were b., making eight in all. His wife d. Aug. 10, 1834, aged 71 years 8 months, and her mother, Mrs. Lucy Derby, d. the same day, within six hours, aged 92 years.* They had lived together continuously fifty years and were buried in the same grave, in Pine Ridge Cemetery. He m. 2, Mrs. Hardy, of Hudson, who after his death went to res. with a dau. in Beverly, Mass., where she d. within a few years. In 1839 Major Gilson rem. to Merrimack, where he d. in 1847, and was buried in Hancock."
Deaths from the New York Evening Post, 1801-1890, January 23, 1847
"Merrimack Jan 4, Major John Gilson formerly of Hancock in 85y Rev Soldier. Battle of White Plains - he was shut up at Fort Stanax - kept on bread and water 22 days- suffered many other hardships and privations."
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