Gilman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Gilman or a variant listed above:

Gilman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Edward Gilman, who arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1638 2
• Mrs. Mary Clark Gilman, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Dilligent" arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in 1638 3
• Mr. Edward Gilman, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Dilligent" arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in 1638 3
• Mr. Moses Gilman, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Dilligent" arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in 1638 3
• Miss Lydia Gilman, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Dilligent" arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in 1638 3
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Gilman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Daniel Gilman, who landed in America in 1741 2
• Johan Adolph Gilman, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 2
• John Adolph Gilman, who arrived in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1764 2

Gilman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• I T Gilman, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2
• F D Gilman, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
• G W Gilman, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
• M S Gilman, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
• M W Gilman, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gilman Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Ezekiel Gilman, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749
• Dudley Gilman, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750

Gilman Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• Mr. James Gilman, aged 26 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec but died on Grosse Isle on 9th July 1847 4
• G Gilman, who landed in Victoria, British Columbia in 1862

Gilman Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Mr. Charles Gilman, English convict who was convicted in Devon, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Claudine" on 19th August 1829, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 5
• Mr. John Gilman, (b. 1800), aged 40, American ploughman who was convicted in Kingston, Ontario, Canada for life for unlawful invasion, transported aboard the "Brothers" on 28th September 1839, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), captured at the battle of Windmill in 1838 6
• Mr. Thomas Gilman, British Convict who was convicted in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Eden" on 12th March 1842, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 7

• Alfred Goodman Gilman (1941-2015), American pharmacologist, biochemist, co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Nicholas Gilman Jr. (1755-1814), American soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the U.S. Constitution
• Theodore P. Gilman (1841-1930), American banker and politician
• Sander L. Gilman (b. 1944), American cultural and literary historian
• Dorothy Gilman (b. 1923), American author of mystery and spy fiction
• Laura Anne Gilman (b. 1967), American fantasy author
• Benjamin Ives Gilman (1852-1933), American Secretary of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from 1893 to 1925
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), prominent American sociologist, novelist, and writer
• Henry Gilman (1893-1986), American organic chemist known as the father of organometallic chemistry
• Arthur Delevan Gilman (1821-1882), American architect
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• The Gilmans of Connecticut by Lloyd Gilman.