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- Among the circle of their intimates were Mrs. Wilson, a widow lady of exceptional goodness of heart and mind, and her family of ten, who lived in 53, Queen Street. One of her sons, Robert Sym Wilson, and John McNeill were contemporaries, and became lifelong friends, and one of her daughters, Elizabeth (often called Eliza), soon attracted the attention of her brother's friend. A mutual affection sprang up, which was, however, not looked upon with approval by Mrs. Wilson, and was nipped in the bud.
In a very short time, perhaps on the rebound from this disappointment, the young doctor became attached to Innes, fourth daughter of George Robinson, of Gask and Clermiston, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, a girl of sixteen. This very youthful couple were married in 1814, the same year as that in which the nineteen-year-old bridegroom took his M.D. degree.
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