Background
Wilmer, James Jones was born on January 26, 1750 in Eastern Shore, Maryland, United States. Son of Simon and Mary (Price) Wilmer.
Wilmer, James Jones was born on January 26, 1750 in Eastern Shore, Maryland, United States. Son of Simon and Mary (Price) Wilmer.
Attended Christ Church, Oxford (England) University.
Ordained and licensed to ministry Anglican Church in England, 1773. Rector successively of 4 parishes in Kent and Hartford counties, Maryland., 1779-1789. Secretary convention of Anglican clergyman of Eastern Shore, Chestertown, Maryland., 1780.
Led group which founded 1st new church society in American (Swedenborgianism), Baltimore.
Became minister Church of New Jerusalem, 1792. Reinstated as clergyman Episcopal Church, 1799, pastor of charges in Delaware, Maryland., Virginia.
A chaplain of Congress, 1809-1813. Served as chaplain United States Army, 1813.
Author: (pamphlet) Memoirs by James Wilmer, 1792.
(books) Consolation, being a Replication to Thomas Paine, 1794. The American Nepos, 1805.
Married Sarah Magee, May 21, 1783. Married second, Mistress.