Joseph Wilbore (abt. 1656 - 1729)

Born about 25 Dec 1656 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Brownell) Wilbore — married about 4 May 1683 in Little Compton, Plymouth Colony, Colony of England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 May 1729 at about age 72 in Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Biography

Birth

Joseph son of William Wilbore and Martha Unknown was born in 1656 at Portsmouth, Rhode Island.^[1]

It is undisputed that Joseph's father was a cousin to Samuel Wilbore-174 who was the first Wilbore to arrive in Colonial America; however, all of Samuel's children were born in England. William, the second of this family to arrive, had 10 children, all born in Colonial America. Therefore, William's first male child, Joseph Wilbore-62, was the progenitor of Wilbores in America.

Marriage and Children

He married Ann Brownell-27, daughter of Thomas Brownell-14 and Ann Bourne-36 Brownell, on 4 May 1683.^[2][1] Together, they had the following children, all born in Little Compton:

1. Martha Wilbor-2, born August 20, 1684; marred first, Timothy Closson-203 on June 16, 1702; married second to Thomas Burgess-533 on October 24, 1707; son of Thomas, Jr. Burgess-547 and Lydia Gaunt-4

2. Ann Wilbore-217, born May 8, 1686; married George Wood-21032 on December 4, 1717; son of William Wood and Martha Earl

3. William Wilbore-218, born March 25, 1688; died April 7, 1775; married Jane Crandall-963 on May 10, 1712; daughter of Samuel Crandall-95 and Sarah Colby-23

4. Joseph Wilbore-201 born December 30, 1689; died May, 1754; married Emlin Champlin-475 on December 25, 1721; daughter of Jeffrey Champlin and Susanna Eldred

5. John Wilbore-220 born December 15, 1691; died December 13, 1783; unmarried

6. Thomas Wilbore-92 born January 14, 1693; died September, 1783; married first, Susannah Irish-229 on October 5, 1721; daughter of Jonathan Irish-228 and Mary Taylor-16938; married second, Susannah Carr-3530, daughter of Esek Carr-944 and Susannah Brownell-99

7. Mary Wilbor-19 born January 4, 1696; married to William Eldred-75 on September 19, 1716; son of Thomas Eldred-43 and Susanna Cole-136

8. Benjamin Wilbor-81 born June 20, 1699; married first, Deborah Gifford-1266 on November 9, 1724; married second, Ruth Pendleton (widow of Benoni Smith)

9. Stephen Wilbur-288 born March 22, 1701; died July 23, 1760; married first, Priscilla Irish-208, daughter of Jonathan Irish-228 and Mary Taylor-16938; married second, Mary Baker (widow of Samuel Fones, and daughter of Benjamin Baker)

10. Abigail Wilbore-219 born August 27, 1703; married Joseph, Jr. Rathbone-476 on September 4, 1734; son of Joseph

Death and Burial

Find A Grave: Memorial #23367348 Joseph Wilbore, death May 4, 1729 (aged 72–73), Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; burial Wilbour Cemetery Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Will and Probate

^[3]

His beloved son, Joseph, was named the sole executor of his Last Will dated January 11, 1727/8.

The following were heirs, devisees, and legatees under the Will:

Beloved wife, Anna

Beloved sons:

William

Joseph

John

Thomas

Benjamin

Stephen

Beloved daughters:

Anna Wood

Mary Eldridge

Abigail Wilbur

Grandsons:

Josiah Closson

Timothy Closson

Son-in-law:

Thomas Burgess

All the rest of the estate not disposed of to be equally divided among my nine children. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/bristol-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1686-1880/image/?volumeId=48309&pageName=28203:3&rId=68493495

On April 23, 1729, Joseph signed a Codicil to the Will providing additional bequests to his sons, William and Thomas, and naming the following, additional heirs:

Grandsons:

Joseph Burgess

John Burgess

Thomas Burgess

Jacob Burgess

Granddaughter

Mary Burgess

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/bristol-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1686-1880/image/?volumeId=48309&pageName=28203:4&rId=68493496

Joseph’s daughter, Martha Wilbor-2 was not mentioned in his will or the codicil. Based upon the following, it would appear she predeceased her father, dying between the birth of her last child, Jacob Burgess-543, and her husband, Thomas' Burgess-533 remarriage.

1. She was married to Burgess-533 in 1707
2. Between 1708 and 1717 they had six children
3. Her husband Burgess-533 remarried Patience Brownell-6 in 1721; together they had 4 children between 1722 and 1729.

Research Notes

The earliest permanent settlement was established at Providence in 1636 by English clergyman Roger Williams and a small band of followers who left the repressive atmosphere of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to seek freedom of worship. Other nonconformists followed, settling Portsmouth (1638), Newport (1639), and Warwick (1642).

Roger Williams left Massachusetts Bay Colony to seek freedom of worship. Other early settlements were: Portsmouth (1638), Newport (1639), and Warwick (1642). In 1644, Williams journeyed to England and secured a parliamentary patent uniting the four original towns into a single colony, the Providence Plantations.

The first European settlers in Little Compton were Englishmen from Duxbury, Massachusetts, in the Plymouth Colony, who sought to expand their land holdings.

In 1685, when the division was made of Plymouth Colony, Bristol County had the towns of Taunton, Rehoboth, Dartmouth, Swansea, Bristol, Tiverton, Little Compton, et al.

In 1691 Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony et al to form Province of Massachusetts Bay (Plymouth Colony existed without a formal charter since its founding).

By 1747, Little Compton secured its own royal decree and was annexed to Newport County as a part of Rhode Island along with Tiverton and Bristol. Because Little Compton was once part of the Plymouth colony, all probate and land records prior to 1746 can be found in Taunton and New Bedford.

Tiverton was incorporated by English colonists in 1694 as part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In 1746, in the final settlement of a long colonial boundary dispute between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Tiverton was annexed to Rhode Island by Royal Decree (together with its fellow towns along the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay, Barrington, Bristol and Little Compton, and the town of Cumberland, to the north of Providence). Tiverton was incorporated as a town of Rhode Island in 1747. Until that year, Tiverton also controlled the area of East Freetown, Massachusetts, as an outpost. The boundary settlement of 1746 had put East Freetown in Massachusetts, and in 1747 it was purchased by Freetown.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} John Reid Wilbor and Benjamin F. Wilbour. The Wildbores in America, a family tree. Second Ed. Baltimore, MN, 1933. Vol 1 p. 35-38. Avail. at Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/cu31924098819976/page/n417/mode/1up?q=Joseph+Wilbor
3. ↑ Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/t/48309/28203-co1/1414794916

• Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850. First series. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS; A Family Register for the People by James N. Arnold, Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register. "Is My Name Written in the Book of Life?" Volume 4. LITTLE COMPTON. Part VI. Page 67. Published under the Auspices of the General Assembly. Published by Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1893, Providence, R. I. Original recorded on Page 2: WILBOR, Joseph, and Anna Brownell, 1683.

• Bibliographic details for "Tiverton, Rhode Island". Permanent link: [1]

• Wilbor, John Reid, and Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. The Wildbores in America, a Family Tree Originally Published in 1907, Rev. and Augm. in This 2d Ed. Baltimore, MD: G.W. King Printing, 1933. Available on Archive.Org. Page 6, record 14-2.

• Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. Little Compton Families (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003) p 709

• Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/t/48309/28203-co1/1414794916

See Also

• Private Tree

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Wilbore-62 created through the import of Brutsch Family Tree.ged on Jul 23, 2012 by Michael Brutsch.

• Dave May, Sunday, November 9, 2014.

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