Charles Wilbor (1732 - 1810)

Born 22 Aug 1732 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Charles Wilbor, son of Dr. William Wilbor and Esther Burgess, was born on Aug. 22, 1732 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. His father, a Quaker, was a farmer and physician and, in 1740, had expanded the family home to accommodate his large family of 11 children, doubling the size of the house.

Charles married Hannah Borden in 1757 and they would have 3 sons and 8 daughters together. One son, Isaac, became a lawyer, was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives, served as Speaker of the House, then as Lieutenant Governor and Governor, was elected to the 10th Congress of the United States, and finally as Associate and then Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Hannah died in 1779 at the age of only 44. Charles would remarry in 1780 to a Hannah Sisson. He lived to the age of 77, dying in 1810.

Children

1. Ruth (Wilbore) Wood, 20 Aug. 1758-Sep. 1793
2. Borden Wilbor, 1759-1818
3. Hannah Wilbor, 2nd, 1761-
4. Issac Wilbour, 25 Apr. 1763-4 Oct. 1837
5. Phebe (Wilbor) Peckham, 1764-1827
6. Charles Wilbor, Jr., 1766-1830
7. Lydia Wilbor, 1768-
8. Edith Wilbor, 1771-1839
9. Rachel Wilbor, 29 Nov. 1772-1811
10. Elizabeth Wilbor, 1774-1821
11. Innocent (Wilbor) Howland, 22 Nov 1777- 12 Mar 1856

Sources

• Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts

• Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders (born in the 18th century) also Twenty-Seven Charts of Roger Williams' Descendants To The 5th Generation and An Account of Lewis Latham, Falconer to King Charles I, with a Chart of His American Descendants To The 4th Generation, and A List of 180 Existing Portraits of Rhode Island Governors, Chief Justices, Senators, etc., and of Certain Military Officers, Divines, Physicians, Authors, Lawyers, Merchants, etc. by John Osborn Austin, Albany, New York, published by Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889. Wilbur-403 10:29, 24 December 2015 (EST)

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KB-7XN : 6 December 2014), Charles Wilber and Hannah Borden, 17 Nov 1757; citing Society Of Friends,Newport,Newport,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1J-NPD : 6 December 2014), Charles Wilbor and Hannah Borden, 1757; citing Little Compton,Newport,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.

• "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRQ-4CS : Thu Sep 14 16:40:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Willbur, 1800.

Acknowledgements

• Profile created by Wilbur-403, October 22, 2015

Unsourced family tree, Wilbur Family Geneaology, prepared by Orina Delano Reagan Delano-852 (10th generation in America), daughter of Joseph Kempton Delano Delano-849 and Dora Wadsworth Wilbur Wilbur-420 (9th generation in America).