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Jeremiah WILBUR

Male 1803 - 1856  (52 years)


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  • Name Jeremiah WILBUR  [2] 
    • The Peebles Genealogy by Leslie Peebles, show Jeremiah Wilbur as the son of Nathaniel and Rosanna Wilbur. The Hall Genealogy has Jeremiah as the son of John Wilbur and Mary Barber. Until further research is done, I will be leaving him as the son of John Wilbur.

      Soon after their marriage, Jeremiah and Sally Orissa Wilbur moved to Arkwright, Chat. Co., NY, where Jeremiah had purchased a 36 acre farm. They lived there for about 17 years and six of their eight children were born there. In 1842, Jeremiah in company with two of Sally O. Peebles' bros., William F., Jr. and Seth Peebles, moved by wagon train to Branch Co., Mich. Soon after this, we believe in 1843, William F. Peebles, Sr. and wife also moved to Branch Co., Mich., but they went by boat from Dunkirk to Detroit, and then by wagon to Quincy, Michigan. The Peebles families only lived a short time in Branch Co., Mich., and all had moved to Boone Co., Ill. before 1845 or 1846, when we find that Seth and his father had again moved to Green Co., Wisc. where they made their last settlement.

      Jeremiah and Sally remained in Quincy, Mich. and both died there. After Jeremiah's death in 1856, Sally kept their farm until the children were all grown up when she sold it to her son, Hart J. Wilbur. Sally lived to be 92 yrs. old and was a fine Christian woman beloved by all who knew her.

      Jeremiah Wilbur was a shoemaker as well as a farmer. He kept an account book from time of his marriage until his death in 1856. this covered the years from 1826 to 1842 in Arkwright and from 1842 to 1856 in Quincy, Mich. this book is now the property of Jeremiah's grd-son Jerry F.Wilbur, of St. Petersburg, Fla. Jerry loaned this interesting old book to the writer. It is quite an informative record of the old barter system where little money changed hands. Most accounts were paid in either labor or commodities.

      From the records it appears that Jeremiah was something of an herb doctor, as well as shoemaker. There are several notations where he prepared his 'bitters' or 'tonic' for various of his neighbors. A list of the people with whom Jeremiah had dealings is rather an interesting study of the early settlers in Arkwright, NY..... Most shoes sold for about $1.25 per pair unless (you found the leather), in which case the cost was about .75 per pair for shoes.. [1]
    Birth 30 Apr 1803  Brookfield, Madison Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living in Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation 1850  Farmer Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 9 Jan 1856  Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Y  [5] 
    Person ID I71238  Main Tree
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2013 

    Father John WILBUR,   b. 30 Aug 1760, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1807 (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary BARBER,   b. 27 May 1762, Hopkinton, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1780  [6] 
    Family ID F28731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sally Orissa PEEBLES,   b. 26 Feb 1807, Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1898, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 1825  Madison County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Hart J. WILBUR,   b. 12 May 1827, Arkwight, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1901, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
     2. Emelie E. WILBUR,   b. 3 Jul 1831, Arkwright, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1889, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Albert Decatur WILBUR,   b. 16 Sep 1833, Arkwight, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1915, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Almerick Webster WILBUR,   b. 13 Mar 1839, Arkwright, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1901, Rochester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Birth]
     5. Louisa A. WILBUR,   b. 22 Apr 1842, Arkwright, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1925, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Noah Webster WILBUR,   b. 26 Aug 1844, Quicy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1933, St. Petersburg, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Birth]
    +7. Warren F. WILBUR,   b. 10 Sep 1848, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1940, Quincy, Branch Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F28834  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Apr 1803 - Brookfield, Madison Co., New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1825 - Madison County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1850 - Farmer Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5367] Mr. Leslie A. Peebles in collaboration with Mrs. E.G. (Thelma) Peebles, "Robert Peebles from Ulster, 1718; Patrick of Pelham, Mass., 1738; Some of their Descendants with some 'Other' Peebles", (Written at Marathon, New York August 15, 1964 by Leslie Peebles).

    2. [S5292] "Lineage of John Hall of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island".

    3. [S4496] Ancestry.com: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.

    4. [S5322] 1850 Census Quincy, Branch County, Michigan.

    5. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    6. [S03490] John Reid Wilbor, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "The Wildbores In America" A Family Tree , ( 1933).


  

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