The Gilmans Of Richmond
Here is a write up about my grandfather's paternal side of the family. His name was William James Gilman, III. Many of the Gilmans settled in Hanover County, Virginia. Also connected to this branch of the family, are the Wingfields. From Virginia Biography: Patriarch For a great many years the name of Gilman has been a well known one in Richmond in connection with the building industry, and it is one that dates in Virginia from ante-revolutionary days. The ancestor, John Gilman, came from England to Virginia with the Queen's Rangers, and as they were a body of men selected for their physical perfection and excellence of character, he must have been possessed of these qualities. His son, John Gilman, was born in Hanover county, Virginia. He served six years in the revolutionary army, enlisting at the age of twenty-one years, was with Washington at Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis ; later he again served his country in the war of 1812. ...