History of Acworth, New Hampshire
From: tumbleweed@lisco.net - Sharon Franklin

Surname: GILMORE
Source:  History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical
         Records and Register of Farms by Rev. J. L. Merrill, Town of Acworth, 1869, page 218

GAWIN GILMORE was of the third generation from Robert Gilmore, who came from Coleraine, Ireland,
with his wife Mary Ann Kennedy and settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire in the early days of 
that town.
Robert Gilmore had four sons, 
William had four children,
Robert, by his first wife Anne, had,
	James
	Elizabeth
By his second wife, John and Rodger, who lived in Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
	William
	Mariam
	Jemima.
	Mary
	James
	Anne.
Robert 
John - died unmarried.
James - married Jean Baptiste, and had first,
	John, who lived in Rockingham, Vermont.
	Jonathan, second, who lived in Ira, Vermont and had several sons, of who,
		James, Robert, William and Jonathan removed to Ohio.
	James, third, - resided in Windham, New Hampshire; was a Captain in the war of the 
	 Revolution, afterwards Colonel; was the father of,
		James
		John
		Baptist
		NANCY (Nesmith)
		ROBERT
		GAWIN
		MARGARET (see George Clark family)
		ANNA (see James Dickey 2nd family)
		RUTH (see Duncan family)
		Jonathan, who died in Charlestown
		Jenny (Caldwell), who lived in Nottingham
		Betsey
		Polly, who died unmarried
	Jane, fourth  - married Robert Pattison of Saco, Maine
	Margaret, fifth - married George Pattison of Coleraine, Massachusetts
	Elizabeth, sixth, - married Samuel Wilson of Londonderry
	Agnes, seventh, - married Benjamin Nesmith
	Mary Ann, eighth, - married John Bell, Esq. of Londonderry.

GAWIN was a blacksmith, settled in Acworth in 1790; was also a trader from 1815 to 1828; was 
chosen State Senator in 1823 and 1824; was the first High Sheriff of Sullivan County, from 1827
to 1837; an Elector of President and Vice-President in 1836, and a Justice of the Peace from 
1805 to the time of his death, 1841; - married first Sally Grout (see Grout family) - children,
I. Leonard, residence Claremont - married Sarah M. Grannis, daughter of Timothy Grannis, Esquire,
of Claremont.  - Children,
	1. Charles
	2. Homer G.
	3. Leonard
	4. Sarah
	5. Annis
	6. Timothy G
	7. Gawin
II. Hiram - married Mindwell McClure (see McClure family), died in Montreal in 1862 - children,
	1. Sally A.
	2. Gawin
	3. Twins, Robert and Martha
	4. Mary L.
	5. Charles H.
III. Laura  - married Ilock Hills, residence Fox Lake, Wisconsin - children,
	1. George
	2. Charles
	3. John
	4. Henry
	IV. Granville
V. Betsey  - married first Alexander Graham (see Graham family).
   Betsey - married second Simeon Stevens of Newbury.
GAWIN married second, Anna Stebbins of Saybrook, Connecticut - children,
VI. Sally A. - married Nathaniel G. Davis of Rutland, Massachusetts, residence Reading, 
Massachusetts. - children,
	1. Amelia E.
	2. Clarissa
	3. Juliette
	4. Charles G.
	5. Sarah
	6. Emma
	7. William E.
VII. Caltha - married J. H. Dickey (see Dickey family).
VIII. Nancy - married Elisha A. Parks (see Parks family).

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