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tor for James Holland of London, grocer, 1668;
attorney; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE. Lower House, Kent County, 1697/98-
1699 (Aggrievances 1,2; Laws 2, 3; died before
the 4th session of the 1697/98-1700 Assembly).
LOCAL OFFICES: coroner, Kent County, 1685/86-
1689; St. Paul's Parish Vestry, Kent County, 1693-
1699; justice, Kent County, 1687-1689; clerk, Kent
County, 1694-1699; surveyor, Kent County, 1694-
1695. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES. Op-
posed the Protestant Associators' Revolution in
1689. In 1690 he was charged with denying the
authority of William and Mary. Found not guilty,
he returned to public office in 1694 under Gov.
Francis Nicholson (1655-1727/28). WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least
2,600 acres in Kent County. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: between August 10 and September 16, 1699,
in Kent County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£584.5.10 (including 3 servants and 9 slaves); FB,
523.5.9. LAND: ca. 4,600 acres in Kent and Cecil
counties.
WILMER, SIMON (1686-1737). BORN: in 1686
in Kent County; younger surviving son. NATIVE:
second generation. RESIDED in Kent County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Simon Wilmer (ca.
1656-1699). MOTHER: Rebecca Tilghman (?-
1725). UNCLE: Richard Tilghman (1672/73 -1738/
39). BROTHERS: Lambert Wilmer (1682-1732);
Tilghman (1699-1699). SISTERS: Frances (1688/
89-1736), who married in 1706 Samuel (?-1732),
son of Joseph Wickes (ca. 1620-1692); Mary (1691/
92-?); Rebecca (1694-1695); and Rebecca (1697-
1750), who married in 1712 Thomas Ringgold
(1693-1728), son of Thomas Ringgold (by 1672-
1711). FIRST COUSINS: Matthew Tilghman Ward (ca.
1676-1741); William Tilghman (1711-1782); Ed-
ward Tilghman (1713-1785); James Tilghman
(1716-1793); Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790);
Mary Tilghman (1702-ca. 1736), who married in
1721* James Earle, Jr. (ca. 1694-1739); Henrietta
Maria Tilghman (1707-1771), who married first,
in 1731, George Robins (1697- 1742), and second,
in 1747, William Goldsborough (1709-1760); and
Anna Maria Tilghman (1709-1763), who married
first, William Hemsley (1703-1736), and second,
Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770) . NEPHEWS: Thomas
Ringgold (1715-1772); Simon Wilmer (1713-ca.
1768). NIECES: Sarah Ringgold (?-by 1767), who
married Alexander Williamson (ca. 'l712-1760);
and Rebecca Wilmer (ca. 1703/4-?), who mar-
ried Marmaduke Tilde n (?-1726). MARRIED first.
Dorcas Hynson, probably Dorcas (1690-?),
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daughter of Charles Hynson (1663-1711) and wife
Margaret. Her brothers were Thomas (1688-?);
Charles Hynson (1692-1748); and William Hynson
(1708-1767). Her sisters were Judith (1694-1703);
Margaret (1697-?); Jane (1700-1702); and Jane
(Joan) (1702-?). MARRIED second, by 1735, Jane.
CHILDREN. SONS: William (?-1770), who married
by 1748 Rose (Rosamond) (?-1790), daughter of
Ebenezer Blackiston (ca. 1684-ca. 1746/47) and
wife Sarah; Lambert (?-1751), who married Ann
Elizabeth (last name unknown); Simon (1713-?);
and Charles. DAUGHTERS: Dorcas (1722-?); Mary,
who married first, (first name unknown) Clay,
and second, in 1746, Rev. George William For-
ester (?-1774), rector of Shrewsbury Parish, Kent
County, from 1745-1774; Rebecca, who married
James Moore; and Margaret. PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Anglican, St. Paul's Parish, Kent County. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1722. Wilmer
was a founding member of a social club in Ches-
tertown and sold the club a lot on which to build
a meeting place. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower
House, Kent County, 1725-1727. LOCAL OF-
FICES: sheriff, Kent County, 1717-1720; justice,
Kent County, 1720-at least 1723; St. Paul's Par-
ish Vestry, 1722-at least 1726; visitor, Kent County
Free School, appointed 1723. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 950 acres in
Kent County on which there were several mills
(all inherited from father). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH:
sold 300 acres in Kent County; part of this acreage
was divided into lots and became Chestertown;
another parcel was the site of the Kent County
Free School. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between
August 2 and September 2, 1737, in Kent County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,071.16.11 current
money (including 18 slaves and 1 servant); FB,
£339.1.4. LAND: 650 acres with several mills in
Kent County.
WILMER, SIMON (1713-ca. 1768). BORN: on
April 12, 1713, in Shrewsbury Parish, Kent County;
elder son. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in
northern Kent County near the Sassafras River.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER. Lambert Wilmer
(1682-1732), son of Simon Wilmer (ca. 1656-1699).
MOTHER: Ann Pyner. UNCLE: Simon Wilmer (1686-
1737). BROTHER: Lambert, Jr. (?-1751). SISTERS:
Rebecca (1703/4-?), who married Marmaduke
Tilden (?-1726); Ann (1705-?); Mary (1708-?);
Frances (1710-?); and Martha (1715-?). FIRST
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