Excerpt from The Gilman House: Being a History of the Dwelling House Erected in Exeter New Hampshire About 1740 by Dr. Dudley Odlin, Occupied During Three Generations by the Gilman FamilyThe Rev. John Odlin had sons Elisha, Dudley, and Woodbridge. The first and third of these, after graduating from Harvard College, entered the ministry. Woodbridge was made colleague with his aged father, and after the latter's death was elected to succeed him. The com bined pastorates of father and son covered about seventy years. Elisha was called to the ministry of the church in Amesbury, where he remained until his death. It need hardly be said that, at a period when the ministerial office in itself was the object of such veneration, the Odlin family must have occupied in the town a position of great dignity and in¿uence. This position was rendered even more secure by the possession of large wealth.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.