• Born: 1683, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England
• Christened: 1 Aug 1683, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England ¹
• Married (1): By 1706
• Married (2): 22 Apr 1742, St. Benet Paul's Wharf, London, England ²
• Buried: 20 Feb 1743, Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England ³

  Research Notes:

George son of George Gillmor alias Woolly (baptismal record)

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In 1724 George Gillmore alias Woolley 'the elder' was the sole executor of the Will of his uncle John Short of Wootton Bassett, yeoman, receiving from him his freehold lands in Hayden in the parish of Rodbourne Cheney in co. Wilts, to hold in trust for his son Cornelius Gillmore alias Woolley until his twenty-first birthday.

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Lease and Release, dated 9/10 Nov 1733. ⁴

(1) George Gilmore als. Woolly the elder of Wootton Bassett nephew and heir of John Short late of the same place, yeoman, decd. and Cornelius Gilmore als. Woolly of Wootton Bassett, yeoman,
(2) John Morse, Citizen and Goldsmith of London.

Concerning Heyden Weeke in Rodbourn Cheyney.

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Abstract of the Will of George Woolley als. Gillmoor of the Borough of Wootton Bassett in the County of Wilts, Gentleman, written 4 Feb 1742/3, proved 15 Apr 1743. ⁵

Gives and bequeaths to his wife Hannah all the household goods and furniture at his house called The Lamb at Colebrook in co. Middlesex.

Gives and bequeaths £500 to George his son by the said Hannah.

Gives and bequeaths £100 to Margarett his daughter by the said Hannah.

Gives, devises and bequeaths £250 to his daughter Elizabeth Woolley als. Gillmore, along with his two tenements and their gardens near Beaumonds Lane in Wootton Bassett.

Gives and bequeaths £10 to his granddaughter Elizabeth Taylor.

Gives, devises and bequeaths to his son Cornelius Woolley als. Gillmore the tenement where he now dwells, with the stables and other appurtenances, formerly the property of John Short deceased.

Also gives, devises and bequeaths to his son Cornelius his leasehold tenement and lands near Shropshires Marsh in the parish of Lydiard Tregoze in co. Wilts.

Appoints his son Cornelius Woolley als. Gillmore and his daughter Elizabeth Woolley als. Gillmore co-executors of his last will and testament, making them residuary legatees.

  Marriage Information:

George married Elizabeth by 1706. (Elizabeth wife of George Woolley was buried on 14 Feb 1736/7 in Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew & All Saints, Wiltshire, England.)

  Marriage Information:

George also married Hannah Holderness, widow, on 22 Apr 1742 in St. Benet Paul's Wharf, London, England.

  Marriage Notes:

George Woolley of Wootton Bassett B.*, and
Hannah Holderness of Colebrook Middlesex W.

* B and W undoubtedly stand for Bachelor and Widow. However, George, who wrote his will less than twelve months after his marriage with Hannah, names his two children by Hannah and his other children by an implied, unnamed earlier wife. As such, he was a widower not a bachelor in 1742.