William WILBORE

1630 - 1710  (80 years)

• Name	William WILBORE  [1, 2]
  	"The Wildbores In America": As we had proof that William Wilbore was related to the first Samuel of Boston but did not know how, we placed him with the sons of Samuel for convenience and put an explanation in the front of the book. But now the article foregoing on the English Wilbores' shows he was the son of John of Braintree England who was first cousin to Samuel Wilbore of Boston. The descendants of the family of Samuel Wilbore, the first of the name in America may be divided into two groups, namely, descendants of his son Shadrach Wilbore o Taunton, whose descendants are mainly in Massachusetts and William Wilbore, of Portsmouth, whose descendants settle mainly in Rhode Island and scattered throughout Connecticut and New York State before 1800. The Little Compton, R.I., branch are all descended from William of Portsmouth. To the present time it has not been possible to ascertain the exact parentage of William but we do know that he was a near relative of Samuel, Sr., being either a grandson or nephew, for Captain Samuel Wilbore, Jr., son of Samuel, in his will dated August 21, 1678, makes the following statement. "I do freely give and bequeath unto my cousin, William Wilbore senior 250 acres of land in the Narragansett Country to him and his heirs forever" Later on in the same will the following statement occurs: "I do will that my son-in-law Lieut. Latham Clarke and my cousin, William Wilbore, Sr., shall take care of my deeds in the Narragansett Country and see to recording them and to act with my partners as though I were personally present, in behalf of my executrix." The above clearly proves that although William was not Samuel's son, he was nearly related to him. "Cousin" at that time was sometimes used as we now use it and at other times it was used for niece or nephew and other relationships and simply meant kinsman or relative..... William Wilbore of Portsmouth was a weaver of cloth which helps to support my contention that the Wilbores were cloth merchants. It was he who paid the five and forty shilling for Shadrach Wilbore at the time of his imprisonment by Andros at Bristol. He seems to have been in better circumstances than Shadrach as is shown by the inventories. Practically all of William's life after his marriage was spent in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, as was that of Samuel, Jr., having settled there when Samuel, Sr., and his fellow Colonists settled the island of Aquidneck, now known as the Island of Rhode Island, in 1638. William Wilbore died in 1710 according to tradition at Tiverton. His will was made March 1, 1710, and proved August 15, 1710.....he gives as follows: "...To son John Wilbore's two children, John and Mary Records, 30 pounds; to son Daniel Wilbore all land in the first division, great neck in Swansea; to son Samuel 43 pounds which he owes me; to daughter Mary Mowrey money that she owes me and then to her children; to son Joseph Wilbore 100 pounds in money; to son John Wilbore 20 pounds in money; to son Benjamin Wilbore the money which is due me from Daniel Wilcox; to daughter Martha Sherman 10 pounds and to daugher Joan 10 pounds; to four sons, John, William, Joseph and Samuel, all my lands that I now have in the township of Little Compton equally divided between then..." LITTLE COMPTON FAMILIES: He was called cousin several times in the will o Samuel Wilbore Jr., the son of Samuel Wilbore o Boston, who was born in Braintree, England, the son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Wilbore of Sible Heddingham, Essex County, England, and grandson of Nicholas and Ann Wilbore of Colchester, Essex County, England He first appeared in the legal records when his cousin Samuel of Boston transferred to him a piece of land in Portsmouth, 10 July 1654. He also owned land touching the land of Samuel Sr. and also of Samuel Jr. in Portsmouth, on the west road there near the coal mines. He lived on the farm which later became the Burrington Anthony farm, on the road that leads to the ferry, bound on the south by Freeborne Street. Besides owning land in Portsmouth, he bought much land in Little Compton and about 1690 four of his sons settled there--Samuel, William Jr., John and Joseph. He had two other sons, Daniel who settled in Swansea, and Benjamin who setled in Dartsmouth. Samuel owned what is now the Oliver H. Wilbor Place, Joseph settled on what was later the Isaac W. Howland place on the road south of the Commons, John Settled on the place later owned by Walter Bullock on the Long Highway, and son William owned what was afterwards the Ephraim Sisson place near the South Shore. [1, 2]
  Birth	1630	Braintree, Essex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1710	Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I61356	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	John WILBORE,   b. Braintree, Essex, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Unknown
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F27702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha ?
  Marriage	1653  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Mary WILBORE,   b. 1654   d. 17 Apr 1720 (Age 66 years)   2. Joseph WILBORE,   b. 1656, Portsmouth, Rhode Island d. 04 May 1729, Little Compton, Rhode Island (Age 73 years)   3. John WILBORE,   b. 1658, Portsmouth, Rhode Island d. Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   4. Thomas WILBORE,   b. 1659 + 5. William WILBORE,   b. 25 Dec 1660, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA d. 1738, Little Comtpon, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 77 years)  [Birth]   6. Martha WILBORE,   b. 1662 + 7. Samuel WILBORE,   b. 1664, Portsmouth, Rhode Island d. 1740, Little Compton, Rhode Island (Age 76 years) + 8. Daniel WILBORE,   b. 1666, Little Compton, Rhode Island d. 28 Nov 1741, Swansea, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)  [Birth]   9. Joanna WILBORE,   b. 1668, Portsmouth, Rhode Island d. 1759, Tiverton, Rhode Island (Age 91 years) + 10. Benjamin WILBORE,   b. 1670   d. 1729 (Age 59 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F20137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1630 - Braintree, Essex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S03490] John Reid Wilbor, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "The Wildbores In America" A Family Tree , ( 1933). [S5383] "Little Compton Families" Vol. II, Little Compton, Rhode Island.