Gonzalezes’ bio, by Jean Parker Waterbury The summer of 1740 brought an interruption to the usual routine, for General James Oglethorpe marched down from Georgia, determined that finally Florida should become British. On orders from Governor Manuel de Montiano, the Gonzalez family, their neighbors and friends gathered in shelters at the foot of the Castillo’s west walls, as far as possible from the British batteries established across the bay. Tomas was at his post with the heavy guns on the Castillo’s gundeck.