George Gilmer, Sr.
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Dr. George Gilmer (1700 - January 15, 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. In the mid 1730s, Gilmer owned ran an apothecary shop in Williamsburg as well as owning several lots.[1]
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.[2]
| Preceded by John Holt |
Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia 1753—1754 |
Succeeded by John Randolph |
[edit] References
- ^ Colonial Williamsburg
- ^ Men of Mark in Georgia, William J. Northen, A. B. Caldwell, 1910, page 26.
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