“Jan. 19th, 1742-3. A son born, christened the 30th inst. by Mr. Thomas Dawson, George. Walker King (and Jms. Harmer by proxy) Godfathers, Mrs Elizabeth Pratt, Godmother — afterwards Mrs. King.” 617

“George Gimer the second son of Dr. George Gilmer, of Williamsburg, availed himself fully of the advantages afforded by William and Mary College, then the best classical school in the colonies. He studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Thomas Walker, and afterwards attended the Medical College in Edinburgh. He married his first cousin, the daughter of Dr. Walker. He practiced his profession for some time in Charlottesville, and afterwards at Penpark, his residence in the country. His reputation as a physician was unsurpased. His habit was to devote himself exclusively to each case of doubtful issue untl its termination. A father once left a child under his care so hopelessly ill, that upon meeting the docyor before he got home, he asked how long his child had lingered before its death, and was told to his astonishment that he had recovered. Dr. Gilmer’s temper was ardent, his habits social, and his taste literary. He was occasionally called upon to speak during the revolutionary war, and the frst formation of parties under the Constitution. The old people who remembered these addresses, report them to have been unequalled in eloquence. He was the neighbor and intimate friend of Mr. Jefferson, and a decided republican in politics. He loved conversation and good eating, and died of paralysis. He left a numerous family of children.” 623

George and Lucy are 1C (Thomas Walker & Susannah Peachy).