- George Gilmer, Sr.
Dr. George Gilmer (1700 -
January 15 ,1757 ) served asmayor ofWilliamsburg, Virginia , from 1746 to 1747.Gilmer was born near
Edinburgh ,Scotland , in 1700. He studied medicine at theEdinburgh University . In 1731, Dr. Gilmer emigrated to Virginia, settling in Williamsburg. In the mid 1730s, Gilmer owned ran an apothecary shop in Williamsburg as well as owning several lots. [ [http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbplay.cfm Colonial Williamsburg] ]He married three times. He first married a Miss Ridgeway and secondly Mary Peachy Walker. His third wife, Harrison Blair, was the daughter of Archibald Blair.
Gilmer died in Virginia on January 15, 1757.
Dr. George Gilmer was the great grandfather of
George Rockingham Gilmer of Georgia. ["Men of Mark in Georgia", William J. Northen, A. B. Caldwell, 1910, page 26. ]References
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