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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 and ran an apothecary in Williamsburg as well as owning several lots.〔(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 both George Rockingham Gilmer of Georgia〔''Men of Mark in Georgia'', William J. Northen, A. B. Caldwell, 1910, page 26.〕 and Thomas Walker Gilmer of Virginia.〔''The William and Mary Quarterly'' "Letters to Thomas Walker Gilmer", http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915559?seq=2〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Gilmer, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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