Joseph Gilson Jr. (1694-1760)

Joseph Gilson Jr. was born in Groton, Massachusetts in about 1694 to Joseph and Hepsibah Gilson. He and his wife, Mary, had at least eight children.

Joseph enlisted in the military to serve under Captain John Lovewell. On May 8, 1725, Joseph was one of just 5 or 10 of 50 English soliders to survive unwounded from a battle with 80 Abenaki Indians at the village of Pequawket, now Fryeburg, Maine.

In January, 1760, Joseph petitioned a court for financial assistance, based on his "Services and Sufferings for his Country." He died on June 11, 1760