George Wilbur (1722 - 1781)

Born 28 Sep 1722 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

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Died 1781 at about age 58 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

George Wilbor was born in 1722 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, to Thomas Wilbore.

George married Elizabeth Sweet and the couple had several children including:^[1]

1. Susannah (b. 25 Jul 1747, m. Peter Pearce)
2. Thomas (b. 15 Apr 1749, d. 31 Jul 1827, m. Anna Wood (b. 17 Jul 1753, d. 5 Mar 1813, dau. George Devol) on 3 Jul 1772)
3. Simeon (b. 20 Aug 1750, d. 1822, m. 17 May 1776 to Phebe Wood (b. 8 Oct 1751, dau. George-Sarah Devol)
4. Elizabeth (m. Jonathan Saunders)
5. Martha (m. Wilcox)

George passed away in 1781 in Scituate, Rhode Island.^[1]

Will

On November 28, 1781, George Wilbor made his will, providing for his wife Elizabeth one-third of the rents and profits from his real estate, one bed and furniture with household goods suitable to keep house, one cow and four large rooms with fuel brought to the door.

To his sons Simeon and Thomas, George granted lands. To his daughter Susannah, George bequeathed furniture and a cow.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wilbor, J.R. and Wilbor, B.F. The Wildbores in America: A Family Tree Originally Published in 1907, Rev. and Augm. in this 2d Ed · Volume 1 (G. W. King printing Company: Madison 1933), p. 61.

See also:

• RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project:They Came To Milton ID:I8470
• Wilbour, B.F.. Little Compton Families (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003) p 718.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Dale Burdick for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by others.