A Puritan Family’s Journey:From Hingham to Hingham and onto Sanbornton, New Hampshire The Ancestors of Marion Gilman Elliott

Download or read book A Puritan Family’s Journey:From Hingham to Hingham and onto Sanbornton, New Hampshire The Ancestors of Marion Gilman Elliott written by Carolyn St John Elliott Battles and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Puritan Family's Journey: From Hingham to Hingham and onto Sanbornton, New Hampshire is the story of the ancestors of Marion Gilman Elliott. The story begins with the 9th century tale of Cilman-Troed-Dhu or Cilman, the Knight of the black leg that forms the basis of the Gilman family crest. The story continues with the Puritan migration of the citizens of Hingham, England who left as part of the great migration in 1638 to settle in Hingham, Massachusetts. The Gilmans moved the Exeter, New Hampshire in 1647. The Gilmans were major leaders in colonial New Hampshire. Any history of New Hampshire tells of the importance of the family in the history of the state.