Edward GILMAN III (Yeoman) was born about 1587 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.⁽³⁸⁹²⁾⁽³⁸⁹³⁾⁽³⁸⁹⁴⁾⁽³⁸⁹⁵⁾ According to Constance Amers (608, Story of the Gilmans), the father of Edward was not Robert (baptized 1559) but Edward (baptized 1557). She cites a deposition discovered prior to 1950 when she wrote her book.

Stearns (675) seems to have left out an Edward in the series of Edward descending from Edward I of Caston. She has Edward III as the son of Edward I. According to Stearns, Edward I married in 1550 and had Edward II (who I call Edward III) . She gives no birth year for her Edward II but assuming he was second born about 1553 and died 1681 as Stearns claims, he would died age about age 128. Clearly Stearns skip an entire generation of Edward. As further prove of some confusion by Stearns, he says that Edward's father-in-law was Richard SMITH but that Edward married Mary CLARK. He emigrated on 10 Aug 1638 to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽³⁸⁹⁶⁾⁽³⁸⁹⁷⁾⁽³⁸⁹⁸⁾⁽³⁸⁹⁹⁾⁽³⁹⁰⁰⁾ Left Gravesend on 26 Apr 1638 on the Diligent with his wife Mary, 3 sons, 2 daughters and 3 servants and arrived 3 months 14 days later at Boston. There were 133 passengers. He Slave or indentured servant owner Emigrated with family and three man servants on 10 Aug 1638 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽³⁹⁰¹⁾⁽³⁹⁰²⁾⁽³⁹⁰³⁾ He arrived with either two servants (593) or three (642). He moved after 10 Aug 1638 to Hingham, Plymouth Colony.⁽³⁹⁰⁴⁾⁽³⁹⁰⁵⁾ He took the oath of a freeman on 13 Dec 1638 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony.⁽³⁹⁰⁶⁾⁽³⁹⁰⁷⁾⁽³⁹⁰⁸⁾ He granted a track of land 8 miles square to Edward and others called Seekonk (now Rehoboth) near RI in 1641 in Seekonk (Rehoboth), Plymouth Colony.⁽³⁹⁰⁹⁾⁽³⁹¹⁰⁾⁽³⁹¹¹⁾ Sold in 1650. He moved in 1643 to Rehoboth, Bristol, MA.⁽³⁹¹²⁾ He left, according to his inventory, £300 in the town inventory in 1643 in Seekonk (Rehoboth), Plymouth Colony.⁽³⁹¹³⁾⁽³⁹¹⁴⁾ He moved before 1646 to Ipswich, Essex, MA.⁽³⁹¹⁵⁾⁽³⁹¹⁶⁾⁽³⁹¹⁷⁾ According to Noyes (642, page 262) , Edward was still living in Hingham 20 Oct 1647. There does not seem to be much support for this. He seems to have left earlier. He was Selectman in 1649 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁽³⁹¹⁸⁾⁽³⁹¹⁹⁾ He moved after 1 Oct 1652 to Exeter, Rockingham, NH.⁽³⁹²⁰⁾⁽³⁹²¹⁾ He died on 10 Apr 1655 in Exeter, Rockingham, NH.⁽³⁹²²⁾ It was Feb according to Pope (477). Curiously, Arthur GILMAN, who wrote The Gilman Family (593), says he died there 16 years later on 22 Jun 1681, which, by his own calculations, who have made him 94 years old at his death. Could this have been another Edward? This date is also cited by Stearns (675). I think they believe Edward III is the son of Edward I. Parents: Edward GILMAN II.

He married to Mary CLARK on 3 Jun 1614 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.⁽³⁹²³⁾⁽³⁹²⁴⁾⁽³⁹²⁵⁾⁽³⁹²⁶⁾ Children were: Mary GILMAN, Edward GILMAN , Sarah GILMAN, Moses GILMAN , Joshua GILMAN, John GILMAN , Moses GILMAN, Lydia GILMAN , Jeremy GILMAN, Moses GILMAN , Sarah GILMAN, Daniel GILMAN .

3892. James Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, of the Basis of Farmer's Register, Volume II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Page 257.
3893. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 35.
3894. Constance Le Neve Gilman Ames. The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Gilman of Hingham, England, 1550-1950. Yakima, WA: (by author?), 1950. Page 37.
3895. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3896. James Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, of the Basis of Farmer's Register, Volume II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Page 257.
3897. Charles Henry Pope. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, Churches, Courts, and Other Contemporary Sources. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Page 79.
3898. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 36.
3899. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3900. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.
3901. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 36.
3902. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3903. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.
3904. Meredith B. Colket, Jr.. Founders of Early American Families. Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657. Cleveland, OH: The General Court of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. Page 122.
3905. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.
3906. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 36.
3907. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3908. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.
3909. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 37.
3910. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3911. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.
3912. James Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, of the Basis of Farmer's Register, Volume II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Page 257.
3913. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 37.
3914. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.
3915. James Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, of the Basis of Farmer's Register, Volume II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Pzge 257.
3916. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 37.
3917. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.
3918. Charles Henry Pope. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, Churches, Courts, and Other Contemporary Sources. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Page 79.
3919. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3920. James Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, of the Basis of Farmer's Register, Volume II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Page 257.
3921. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3922. James Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, of the Basis of Farmer's Register, Volume II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Page 257.
3923. Ibid. Page 257.
3924. Arthur Gilman. The Gilman Family, Traced in the Line of Honorable John Gilman, of Exeter, New Hampshire: with an Account of Many Other Gilmans in England and America. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1869. Page 35.
3925. Sybil Noyes. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1972. Page 262.
3926. Ezra Scollay Stearns. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation; Volume IV. New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. Page 1621.