Silliman, Rev. Gershom

Silliman, Rev. Gershom

Male 1783 - 1856  (73 years)

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  • Name Silliman, Gershom 
    Title Rev. 
    Born 24 May 1783  Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840  Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 24 Sep 1850  Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 2 Dec 1856  Medina Township, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried La Salle Cemetery, Rome, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Person ID I38878  Sackett
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2015 

    Family Colman, Mary,   b. 13 Nov 1787, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1864, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Silliman, Marshall Bennett,   b. 11 May 1812, Roxbury, Delaware County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1888, Toulon, Stark County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2015 
    Family ID F13790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 May 1783 - Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Silliman, Marshall Bennett - 11 May 1812 - Roxbury, Delaware County, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 - Peoria County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 24 Sep 1850 - Peoria County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Dec 1856 - Medina Township, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - La Salle Cemetery, Rome, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S940] Linage Book, Daughters of the American Revolution, v. 52, p. 51733, 16 Aug 2015.
      Mrs. Flora Silliman McHarg
      born in Medina, Ill.
      Published 1905

      Wife of T. Arthur McHarg
      Descendant of Lieut. Col. Caleb Hyde, Sergt. Daniel Sillman, Corp Ebenezer Colman, Lieut. Caleb Matthews, and James Stanley

      Daughter of Norman Hyde Silliman (b. 1842) and Emily A. Matthews (b. 1845, his wife, m. 1866.

      Granddaughter of Marshall Bennett Sillman (1812-88) and Clarissa Hyde (1813-42), his 1st wife, m. 1837; Leman Matthews (1816-1902) and Mabel Barker (1816-92), his wife, m. 1830.

      Gr-granddaughter of Gersom Silliman (1783-1856) and Mary (Polly) Colman (1787-1864), his 1st wife, m. 1809; Calvin Hyde (1770-1880) and Anney Stanley (1769-1841), his wife, m. 1791; Simon Matthews (1769-1827) and Rhoda Royce (1775-1860), his wife, m. 1793.

      Gr-gr-granddaughter of Daniel Silliman and Sarah Brinsmade, his wife; Caleb Hyde and Elizabeth Sackett, his wife; Ebenezer Colman, Jr., and Phebe Carpenter (1764-93), his wife, m. 1782; Caleb Matthews and Anna Carrington (1743-1804), his wife, m. 1766; James Stanley and Esther Gridley (d. 1826), his wife, m. 1765.

      Caleb Hyde (1739-1820) served as captain, 1775, major, 1776-1777, and lieutenant colonel, 1778, Massachusetts troops. Discharged 1781. He was born in Norwich, West Farms (now Franklin), Conn.; died in Broome County, N.Y.

      Also No. 11435.

      Daniel Sillman (1752-1818) enlisted, 1775, as private in the 10th company, Connecticut Continentla regiment, and, 1777, served as sergeant in Capt. Jabez Wheeler's company of militia. He was born in Fairfield, Conn.; died in Easton.

      Ebenezer Colman (1751-1827) served as corporal in Capt. David Miller's company, Lieut. Col. Obediah Hosford's regiment, 1776, which marched to East Chester. He was born and died in Coventry, Conn.

      Caleb Matthews (1743-1814) was ensign, 1778, in the 2 regiment, Rhode Island Continental troops and promoted lieutenant, 1777, serving in the first battalion of infantry. He was born in Wallingford, Conn.; died in Bristol, Conn.

      James Stanley turned out at the Lexington Alarm in the 10th Connecticut company under Capt. Abraham Sedgewick. He was born, 1744, in Hartford, Conn.; died in Lisle, Broome County, N.Y.

    2. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 16 Aug 2015.
      From Find A Grave Memorial# 32590653
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32590653
      Rev Gershom Silliman
      Birth: May 24, 1783
      Connecticut, USA
      Death: Dec. 2, 1856
      Peoria County
      Illinois, USA

      Died in Medina Twp.

      FROM - - The Silliman Family - - By Edwin C. Silliman, 1912

      Rev. Gershom Silliman was born near Hart ft. Connecticut, May 24, 1783; married to Polly Colman of East Coventry, Oct. 6, 1809, who was born Aug. 1787. They moved to Roxbury, Delaware County. N.Y., from which place he enlisted for the war of 1812 as a Lieutenant in Capt. Denio's Company of Col. Fitzwilliams' Regiment, First New York Militia. After his discharge in 1814, he lived a short time in New York State, then moved to Salt Creek, Jackson County, Ohio, and in 1828 came to Peoria County, crossing the river at Peoria, September 25, 1828. There were ten teams in the party, and it was called "The big train." Simon Reed, who with his brother Aaron had come here in 1825, had gone back and induced his neighbors to come west, and piloted them through.

      Mr. Silliman bought a farm of Hiram Cleveland, with a double log cabin upon it, on the Galena road about a mile south of Simon Reed's. This farm was later owned by Joseph Silliman and sold by him to his brother-in-law, Merrit Reed. Upon the south side of this farm is located LaSalle Cemetery, the land for it given by Gershom Silliman, and the only consideration being the reservation of a lot for the use of the Silliman family. In that cemetery lie today a large number of the early settlers of that vicinity, some of the stones dating back to 1830.

      In a few years the desire to be in the timber caused Mr. Silliman to move a mile and a half West near the bluff and open up a new farm, on which he resided until his death, which occurred on December 2, 1856; his wife died December 24, 1864.

      Rev. Gershom Silliman was the first Baptist minister to locate permanently in Peoria County. He preached in private houses until school houses were built, and in 1838 he helped to organize the first Baptist church in the town of Chillicothe, being its first pastor. He was succeeded by Elder-Rider C. D. Merrit, Elder Bodley, and others of later years. He was a man of sterling character who left his impress on the community in which he lived. He had a large family.

      Gershom Silliman, Jeriel Root and Joel Hicks all married sisters,(Polly, Sarah, and Phebe Colman of East Coventry, near Hartford, Conn. Joel Hicks had a carding mill on the creek near his house, and later built one at Slackwater, Stark County. He and Marshall B. Silliman made the first sashplane in Peoria County. The first settlers had no glass; then later it was brought from St. Louis. This plane was used from LaSalle to Boyd's Grove and Spoon River(a name that covered a large territory at that time. The writers' father settled in 1837 on what was called ''The High Prairie" where he lived until 1885. The first near neighbor was William Easton who joined him on the north, and soon a brother-in-law of his, Lucas C. Hicks, bought and built adjoining him on the south. Easton married Sarah Hicks, and Lucas Hicks married Sarah Reed, a daughter of Samuel Reed of Buffalo Grove, near Dixon, Ill., and a niece of John Dixon. The families of the Reed's, Hick's, Root's and Silliman's were all connected by marriage.

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Mary Colman Silliman (1784 - 1861)

      Children:
      Marshall Bennett Silliman (1812 - 1888)*
      Fanny Silliman Smith (1813 - 1886)*
      Joseph Silliman (1815 - 1873)*
      Daniel Silliman (1817 - 1836)*
      Emily Silliman Neal (1824 - 1849)*
      Mary Silliman Webster (1826 - 1847)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      La Salle Cemetery
      Rome
      Peoria County
      Illinois, USA

      Created by: Bruce Hicks
      Record added: Jan 02, 2009
      Find A Grave Memorial# 32590653

    3. [S223] 1840 U.S. Census, 26 Aug 2015.
      Name Gershom Silliman
      Event Type Census
      Event Date 1840
      Event Place La Salle Precinct, Peoria, Illinois, United States
      Page 43


      "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBD-XSS : accessed 26 August 2015), Gershom Silliman, 1840.


    4. [S506] 1850 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 26 Aug 2015.
      1850 Census, enumerated 24 Sep 1850 in ___, Peoria County, Illinois, United States
      Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
      Gershom Selliman M 68 Connecticut
      Polly Selliman F 64 Connecticut
      Phebe Selliman F 21 Illinois

    5. [S981] Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974, (FamilySearch.org) (Reliability: 3), 26 Aug 2015.
      Name Gershom Silliman
      Event Type Burial
      Event Place Medina, Peoria, Illinois, United States
      Gender Male
      Death Date 02 Dec 1856
      Cemetery LaSalle

      "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY9-STSB : accessed 26 August 2015), Gershom Silliman, ; citing Burial, Medina, Peoria, Illinois, United States, LaSalle Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,199.



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