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Here you will find everything I've collected about every
Wilmot I could find, as well as a short description of the
original inspiration for this whole thing. Emails from Wilmots
around the world can be found near the bottom
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Bringing you the finest in Wilmot information since July
1995.
Last updated 23 April 1999.
If you were looking for the "wilmont" home page, you will be disappointed. There is no "n" in Wilmot.
Among other things (as you'll see below), Wilmot is the name of a stuffed animal. I inherited Wilmot from my friend Dave (the details are still fuzzy, but Dave apparently doesn't need Wilmot back, and it's been 16 years or so). Wilmot is red, and about the size of a slice of watermelon. Wilmot has two eyes, a purple nose, two black ears, and a tail. He has no mouth and no feet. His tail is missing from time to time (as it holds on via velcro), but currently is attached. Wilmot is often mistaken for a rat. Based on fuzzy memory and piecing together a few clues, we believe Wilmot may have originally been a prize from the Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot, Wisconsin, USA sometime in the early 1970's. If anyone has seen a creature like Wilmot (with or without tail) that came from a fair in a town somewhere "Back East", let me know.
Wilmot has been to Europe, Canada, and all around the US. I have made a couple clones of Wilmot, one of which visited Japan. He has had many adventures worth telling which I may put up on this home page, such as the time he was adopted by coyotes, or when he visited the hoodoos at Yoho. But mostly he's a fairly inert creature.
The Encyclopedia Britannica (15th Edition, copyright 1975) lists four references to Wilmot. They are "Frank Leslie Thompson Wilmot", "John Wilmot, 2nd earl of Rochester", "Wilmot Proviso", and "Wilmot River".
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, copyright 1987, has no references to Wilmot.
Wilmot is a town in Pima County Arizona, USA
Wilmot is a town in Ashley County Arkansas, USA
Wilmot is a town in either Putnam or Noble County Indiana, USA
(I'm not sure which)
Wilmot is a town in Cowley County Kansas, USA
Wilmot is a town in Tuscola County Michigan, USA
Wilmot is a town in Washington County Mississippi, USA
Wilmot is a town in Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA
Wilmot is a town in Jackson County North Carolina, USA
Wilmot is a town in Stark County Ohio, USA
Wilmot is a town in Bradford County Pennsylvania, USA
Wilmot is a town in Roberts County South Dakota, USA
Wilmot is a town in Kenosha County Wisconsin, USA
(Thanks to the Xerox Map
Gateway for help in filling out this list)
Wilmot is a Creek and School in Jefferson County,
Colorado
Wilmot is a Ranch in Chaffee County, Colorado
Wilmot is a Brook in New Haven County, Connecticut
Wilmot is a Cemetery in Banks County, Georgia [as in: "I'd
be better off in a pine box on a slow train back to Georgia", a
cheerful bit of country music]
Wilmot is a Gulch in Lemhi County, Idaho
Wilmot is a Junior High School in Lake County, Illinois
Wilmot is a Oilfield in Cowley County, Kansas
Wilmot is a Church and Cemetery in Rockcastle County,
Kentucky
Wilmot is a Brook in Sagadahoc County, Maine
Wilmot is a Bay (Wilmot Cove) in Washington County, Maine
Wilmot is a Town (Wilmot Woods) in Westchester County, New
York
Wilmot is a Mountain in Orange County, Vermont
Wilmot is a Town in King George County, Virginia
Wilmot
is a town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Wilmot is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada (Tim
Thiessen, 21 August 1995)
The Wilmot River is in north Tasmania, Australia.
Robert Wilmot, 1568-1608, was the author of "The Tragedie of Tancred and Gismund", a play based on Boccaccio and is the oldest English play of which the plot was taken from an Italian novel. Robert was the rector of North Ockendon in 1582 and of Horndon-on-the-Hill in 1585.
John Wilmot (1647-1680), was the Earl of Rochester. An English poet and courtier in the reign of Charles II.
David Wilmot wrote the Wilmot Proviso.
The Wilmot Proviso called for the exclusion of slavery from any territory acquired from Mexico, and is credited with leading to the secession of the South, thus starting the US Civil War. The Wilmot Proviso is also considered one of the causes of the Republican Party.
There is a book called "Struggle for Europe" written by someone named Wilmot. It's Dewey Decimal catalog number is 940.53.
Wilmot was the name of the three principal characters in Lillo's "The Fatal Curiosity"
Note:The most recent mail is now at the top.
If you have information that you'd like to add here, please send
your Wilmot news to me!
Randie Bricker, a First grade teacher at Wilmot Elementary in Deerfield, Illinois writes about the school: We just celebrated our 150th birthday. The Wilmot family gave the land to build our school. There was some stipulation that a door must always face south because Mrs. Wilmot watched her children walk home from that door. We have also recreated "Clarissa's Prairie" on the corner of Wilmot and Deerfield Road to honor Clarissa Wilmot. (4/21/99)
Wayne Cole writes: I am Wayne Cole, son of Hazel Wilmot of Jamaica. She is a direct desendant of John Wilmot Lord of Rochester. (3/28/99)
A founding member of Freeserve, an internet service provider in the UK, is named Rob Wilmot. He is currently the Media Development Director (Rob Wilmot, rob@freeserve.net 3/22/99)
Edith Wilmot in Sarnia Ontario Canada writes: What a lot of Wilmot! Hello from Edith Wilmot - who's mom and dad came from Yorkshire, Huddersfield, England. (3/19/99)
Rick Wilmot writes: Wilmot notes from the UK which may be of interest. WILMOT CLOSE is a little road in north London just west of the St. Pancras and Islington Cemetry. I'm guessing that some of the road names in that area were taken from graves in the cemetry. My family's grave is in there containing three WILMOTS. (Apparently, there's room for one more on top.) My father is still alive and kicking at 91 years old.
There's another WILMOT CLOSE in Peckham, south London. WILMOT PLACE is off St. Pancras Way, Camden in north London. Another WILMOT PLACE is in Hanwell, west London. Then there's three WILMOT ROADS in London. One in Leyton, another in Wood Green and another in Carshalton, south London.
I live in Poole in Dorset. My wife, JANE WILMOT is a local Councillor. My nephew, GARY WILMOT will be the last in the line unless he produces a son. COME ON GARY. (Y/YY/99)
A description of the town of Wilmot, Wisconsin: I lived in Wilmot Wisconsin about five years ago and now live about two miles to the west in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. We in this area also have experienced that many people add the "n" into the name. There are quite a few roads in the area called Wilmot Rd. - Wilmot Ave. etc. and when I lived in that town I also had the name "WILMOT" on my vanity license plate. It is a very small little town with a gas station, a few restaurants & antique stores, It has the High school for many surrounding towns, a grade school just for the Wilmot area and a few churches. It is the home for the county fair and is also used on weekends during the summer months for a stock car race track. (Rick & Brenda Edwards 1/17/99)
Masada Wilmot was the wardrobe director for the TV series "The Prisoner" and "Space:1999", as well as for the movie "The Wicker Man". (Mark Graybill, 12/15/98)
J. Steven Wilmot writes: My wife (Sandra) and i live in Ft. Worth Texas. I would like to reinforce the fact that there is NO "n" in Wilmot and that it's a very powerful name. (11/29/98)
Wilmot/Sanz, Inc. now has their Web site online. Yes, that's right, there's really a "www.wilmot.com" on the Web now! Welcome Wilmot/Sanz! (1/29/98).
David McCallum notes that a band called Sabres of Paradise has a song called "Wilmot" - He has no idea what it means or refers to. You can find info at: http://www.warp-net.com/warp/. They also apparently have songs called "Wilmot Meets Lord Scruffage" and "Wilmot's Last Skank".(1/19/98).
John C. Roberts is trying to find info about Thomas Wilmot and William Wilmot of Jamaica; W.I. Here's the info he has: I know that two brothers left Scotland for the U.S. and one later settled in Jamaica. What are their names? (John C. Roberts, joro@netcom.ca, 12/10/97)
There are many Wilmot books available, among the many books that can be found at www.amazon.com (Bob Hole, Jr. 9/20/97 -- Thank you Bob for compiling the list!)
Internic shows that Wilmot/Sanz, Inc.in Gaithersburg, MD, USA went to all the trouble of registering the domain name "www.wilmot.com". But for some reason, they haven't bothered to put up any web pages. I wonder if anyone ever goes there thinking that they're getting to this page? (Bob Hole, Jr., 9/18/97)
Judy Lazar of Newark, CA reports: Founded in 1883, Wilmot Castle Co., of Rochester, NY, manufactures laboratory, medical, dental and hospital equipment, including various types of sterilizers, operating tables, and surgical and dental lights. Castle was a subsidiary of Sybron Corporation (formerly Ritter Pfaudler Corporation) and is now a division of a medical equipment corporation called MDT. No, I never worked for Wilmot Castle. But I'm aware of the company through being a medical, dental and podiatry patient, a veterinary client, a former bench microbiologist, and a reader of SCIENCE magazine in the 1960's and '70's, when Castle was one of their advertisers. (Their slogan was "Big ideas take great new shapes at Castle".) One of my studemts in undergraduate microbiology lab at the University of Colorado in the early '70's told me he had a buddy from Rochester who was a descendant of old Wilmot C. I've always liked the name Wilmot. As a student at the University of Colorado, I owned a four-foot, black and white mottled stuffed snake, purchased in the student union bookstore in the fall of my freshman year, whom I named Wilmot, in honor of Mr. Castle.I kept Wilmot until I finished my Ph.D. at Colorado, when I passed him on to my thesis advisor's kids. Happy Wilmotting! (9/18/97)
Wilmot Valhmu found our site! Here's what he has to say: I found your tidbit about the Wilmot Site very amusing. Needless to say, the site is now one of my favorites. I didn't realize that there are so many Wilmots out there (real live Wilmots, that is). Best wishes! Wilmot B. Valhmu, Ph.D. (9/10/97)
Terry Wilmot, PhD, writes: Came across your page et al., this a.m., while surfing. I am the grandson of Dan and Grace Wilmot of Roswell UFO fame. I was young and naive while he was still alive and so never talked about the episode with him...apparently he didn't talk too much with my father (Paul Wilmot) either as he didn't know very much about it. (8/13/97)
James in the U.K. writes: We named our dog wilmot. He's a black 'n' white third generation mongrel. Wilmot (aka Willy) is noisy, highly-strung and consumed with numerous neuroses. The receptionist at his vets persists in spelling Wilmot's name "Wilmont", she just can't get it right. Special mention should go to the anchor in his life - his friend Miss Wednesday, a slightly more stable, headstrong and cantankerous bitch. (8/8/97)
Aboriginal Wilmots: Just finished looking thru wilmot web page, and it occured to us that there are no references to aboroginal/tribal Wilmots. Well here we are, Wilmot's of the Mi'gmaq tribe(micmac)in eastern Canada. Also would like to know of any professional or family gatherings (5/22/97 Joe Wilmot).
William Wellington Napier writes: to all wilmots, i just read the web page and am very excited to know there are so many of us. i am also curious to know if most of us share the same problem of having an " n " inserted you know where in our name. what is the deal with that? i thought it was just me, like maybe i had a speech impediment or something. by the way the cadillac was not silver plated. (3/10/97)
Supporting the Life on Mars hypothesis, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wilmot were apparently key witnesses to the Roswell UFO back in 1947. As the web page says: "Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wilmot apparently were the only persons in Roswell who seen what they thought was a flying disk." (2/28/97)
There's a Wilderness Center in Wilmot, Ohio USA. (2/28/97)
Wilmot United Church is at the corner of King and Carleton Streets in downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Their present church was built in 1852, proving that Wilmots have been in Canada a long time. (2/28/97)
While searching for this page, you might come across another page with the same title. Wilmot's Website identifies an Associate Research Scientist named Wilmot B. Valhmu, Ph.D. One of the few Wilmots we know of whose first name is Wilmot (2/28/97, updated 7/22/98)
Another industrious Wilmot has founded Wilmot/Sanz, Inc. Actually it was two: John C. Wilmot and James C. Wilmot...among others. (2/28/97)
While netsurfing, Wilmot saw that Gary Wilmot (the same one as above? Probably not) has lost his tablecloth. Can you help him find it? (2/28/97)
Michael and Kathy Wilmot in Maryland send their hellos. They own a business in White Marsh, MD called Wilmot Modular Structures, which leases and sells modular buildings and office trailers. You can visit their Website at WilmotModular.com. (2/26/97).
From William W. Wilmot, Ph.D.: Hi. As I was searching the web, I came across the wilmot web search you did. I'm William W. Wilmot (Bill) with a Ph.D. in communication. Professor at Univ of Montana since 1972. Author of numerous books, the latest being Elaine Yarbrough and William W. Wilmot ARTFUL MEDIATION: CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICT AT WORK (Cairns Publishing, 1995), and William W. Wilmot, RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION. (McGraw-Hill, 1995). I have just finished writing the new edition of W. Wilmot and J. Hocker INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT, 5th edition, which will be released this next early fall by Brown and Benchmark (who was just purchased by McGraw-Hill). (12/28/96).
Trip Wilmot III and family send this greeting: All the
Wilmot's in Los Angeles enjoyed your site,...Thank you.
(12/25/96 - Merry Christmas, Trip!)
Mr. Benjamin Supper was kind enough to post a Big
Picture of Wilmot. Well, it's a different Wilmot,
but it counts. (12/17/96).
Brian Mullins would like to say "Hi!" to David Wilmot in
Denver, Colorado. Brian and David have been friends since 1976.
(11/1/96)
Check out the cool band Wilmot
Proviso!(Rob McCaleb 10/19/96)
It was reported that Wilmot is the name of a school in
Deerfield, Illinois. (DownWithSJ@aol.com 10/19/96)
John Wilmot in Toronto, Canada is celebrating his birthday by
visiting this page. Happy birthday John! (I may have missed it, as I
was lax in getting my mail. If so, happy belated birthday!) John
reports that there appears to be no family resemblance between his
line of Wilmots and the stuffed animal pictured above. (10/19/96)
Baby
Wilmots discovered on Mars? You be the judge. (Seriously,
Wilmot is very excited about the discovery of evidence of potential
ancient Martian life)
Steve Wilmot reports: I have been living in the Chicago area
for about a year and have found a Wilmot Street in the city of
Chicago- only about two blocks long. In the town of Wilmot, WI
there is a ski area called Wilmot
Mountain, believe me its no mountain, and they don't offer family
discounts either, I asked. (7/24/96, Link to Wilmot Mountain
added 2/28/97; link updated 4/13/99)
You can access the Wilmot
Gate to the Internet thanks to Ron Wilmot and his
family.(7/22/96)
Jerome Lacher reports that rest area 129 in Roberts County, South
Dakota is commonly referred to as the "Wilmot Rest Area"
(probably because it's seven miles west of the city of
Wilmot). Jerome owned and operated a hardware store in
Wilmot for 11 years until 1989.(7/15/96)
Mark Ynys-Mon has taken the time to type in some of the poems
of John Wilmot the Earl of Rochester. Warning! This stuff
is pretty explicit, both for the 17th century and the 20th! (7/15/96,
link updated 4/4/99)
Mark Czerniec was kind enough to put a link to here from the
Kenosha
Recreation, Attractions, & Events page, where he mentions the
Kenosha County Fair in Wilmot, WI from August 14th to 18th.
(6/11/96)
The real name of noted Australian poet Furnley Maurice (1881-1942)
was Frank Leslie Thompson Wilmot. I wonder why he thought
"Furnley" was better than "Wilmot"? (Art Lassagne 5/28/96)
The headquarters for Walgreen's drugstore is located at 200 Wilmot
Road in Deerfield, Illinois (Art Lassagne 5/28/96)
The City of Brookings, South Dakota, was named for Judge
Wilmot W. Brookings (this is the first instance I've seen of
someone whose first name is Wilmot (Art Lassagne 5/28/96)
Wilmot Road in Arizona (the bear is Travel Bear). Thanks to
friends Kathy & Matt for the picture! 6/15/96.
Rich Hand tells me that there's a Wilmot Engineering in White
Haven, Pennsylvania that makes and designs coal-handling
equipment.(5/26/96).
There are even Wilmot's downunder; check out WOW
in Western Australia, brought to you by Andrew
Wilmot.(4/25/96; link updated 8/8/97)
Donald Wilmot's (Gary's father) first cousin Priscilla Alldin
(or Allden) is a direct descendent of the wife of the captain of the
Mayflower (and who said Wilmots don't make their mark in the
world?). (Gary Wilmot 2/21/96)
Gary Wilmot(!) reports that there is a Wilmot Street off of Fillmore in San Francisco, CA. (Gary Wilmot 2/21/96)
Wilmot W. Brown, Jr. was a biologist taking part in the Thayer Expeditions to Mexico and the southwestern U.S. in the first decade of the 20th century. He collected many birds, including Purple Martins, which are now housed as part of the Thayer Expedition collections at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (the Agassiz Museum) at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Who's who in science/biology might have better/more information. (Bob Hole 8/29/95)
Wilmot Creek, is I believe a tributary of the Oconee River in northern Georgia. It crosses Interstate 85 just south of hwy 129 (if you want to try to locate it on a map for confirmation). (Bob Hole 8/29/95)
Tom Battley from Rochester, NY reports that a Wilmot family lives in Rochester, and is one of the wealthiest families in the US. "They are the 18th largest owners of SHOPPING MALLS. I just read that they are worth roughly $660M. In the 1970's James Wilmot gave a silver plated cadillac to Idi Amin Dada" (29 July 1995...3/10/97 update: William Wellington Napier reports that the Cadillac was not silver plated)
Clicking on one of these search-engine links will take you to many more Wilmot references:
If you're searching for a person named Wilmot, try one of
these searches:
(You'll have to type in Wilmot yourself)
Books by or about Wilmots:
In July 1995 a Yahoo search for
Wilmot turned up nothing.
In July 1995 the WebCrawler
found 17 references, which I include on the
WebCrawler Findings page.
In February 1996, Yahoo found 239 instances of Wilmot
6/11/96, Now it only finds 3 instances. Yahoo!, get a grip!
2/28/97, Found 2 Category and 27 Site Matches for Wilmot on
Yahoo! Wilmot
Mountain and
Wilmot, Wisconsin are the category hits)
4/13/99 AltaVista found 20,843 Wilmot Web pages
Websites of personal interest to Wilmot:
The Gold Bug, who provided many of
the geographical references to Wilmot, and who is kind enough
to host this site.
Barry Langdon-Lassagne, my
home page.
Counter installed 4 July 1996:
Hits equalled 1,211 on 1 September 1997, just before submitting to a
bunch of search engines.
You can send me mail: wilmot@goldbug.com
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