William H. Wilmer will

Collection — Box: Multi 01

Identifier: MS-0068

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William H. Wilmer will

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a certified 1854 copy of William H. Wilmer’s 1826 will with the Orphan’s Court of Alexandria, Virginia.

Dates

Creation: 1826; 1854

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information Note

William Holland Wilmer (1782-1827) was born October 29 in Kent County, Maryland, to Simon Wilmer, IV (1749-1798). Simon was one of the early subscribers to Washington College and his son, William, graduated in 1802. Ordained in 1808 he was rector of Chester Parish then of St. Paul’s in Alexandria, VA, from 1812-1822. He also helped create the Virginia Protestant Episcopal Seminary and in 1823 was a professor of Theology. Wilmer served as the eleventh President of William and Mary College until his retirement. William married Marion Hannah Cox (1796-1821) and in 1823 as a widower he married Anne Brice Fitzhugh (1801-1854). He had three children, Richard Hooker, Marian Rebecca Wilmer Brown, and George Thornton. Wilmer died August 24, 1827 in Williamsburg, VA.