George Gilmer, Sr.

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Dr. George Gilmer (1700 - 1757) served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia, from 1746 to 1747.

Gilmer was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1700. He studied medicine at the Edinburgh University. In 1731, Dr. Gilmer emigrated to Virginia, settling in 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 in 1757.

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Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
1746-1747
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