Born about in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Samuel Wilbore Jr.
and Hannah (Porter) Wilbore
Sister of
Abigail (Wilbur) Arnold, Hannah (Wilbore) Clarke, Joanna Wilbur, John Wilbur, Rebecca (Wilbur) Browning and Elizabeth (Wilbore) Freelove
Wife of
Samuel Forman
— married
before 1686 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 61
in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey [uncertain]
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
Circa 1666, Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Please note that it is assumed Mary was not born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, as published information referencing her parents indicates they resided in Portsmouth most of their lives.Wilbur-403 12:38, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
Parents
Samuel Wilbore-1 and Hannah Porter-28 Wilbore
Siblings
- Abigail Wilbur-13 Arnold
- Hannah Wilbore-181 Clarke
- Rebecca Wilbur-591 Browning
Marriage
Samuel married Mary Wilbur of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr., and Hannah Porter. [1]
Children listed in "The Forman Genealogy", Page 72
https://archive.org/details/formangenealogy00lcdand/page/n107/mode/2up?q=Samuel+Forman
- Samuel, Jr. Forman-657, born 1686; married first, Martha Brownell-1349; second, Mary Reed
- Jonathan Forman-536, born 1688, died December 28, 1762; married Margaret Wyckoff-504, born 1693, died December 21, 1765
- Hannah, born December 24, 1689, died January 11, 1755; married William Madock
- Rebecca, born 1696, died September 19, 1748; married Van Cleaf (or Van Kleif)
- Mary, born 1697; married Romine
- Aaron Forman-663, born May 22, 1699, died January 13, 1741-2; married Ursula Craig Crig-1 , born 1705, died April 4, 1758, Find A Grave: Memorial #210076694 (Ursula Craig Forman), daughter of Archibald Craig
- John Forman-308, born September 23, 1701, died November 25, 1748; married Jane Wyckoff-317
- Joseph Forman-1075, born December, 1703, died July 14, 1775; married Elizabeth Lee-27995, died October 15, 1774
- Ezekiel Forman-403, born November 1, 1706, died October 3, 1746; married Elizabeth Seabrook-235
Death and Burial
Died on or about March 13, 1728, at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Buried at Wikoffs Hill Burial Ground, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey [2]. At the time of Mary's death, New Jersey was a royal colony of England
Notes
Mary's gravestone was in existence when visited in 1896, with the top of the stone broken. The gravestone is now gone.
Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr. and Hannah Porter of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Her father and her grandfather, John Porter, were two of the original five purchasers of a large tract of land in the country west of the Narragansett Bay called the Pettaquamscutt Purchase, later to become South Kingstown, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Portsmouth & Newport County Notes
In 1644, Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport united for their common independence as the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
'Newport County' was constituted on June 22, 1703, as one of the two original counties of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport County consisted of four towns: Portsmouth, Newport, Jamestown, and New Shoreham.
Sources
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/formangenealogy00lcdand/page/n105/mode/2up?q=Samuel+Forman
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #181500566
- "The Forman Genealogy" by Anne Spottswood Danbridge, 1903; page 68 [1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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"Aaron Forman, son of Robert and Johanna Forman m. Dorothy 1, Aaron Forman, Jr. m. Susannah Townsend. 2, Alexander Forman m. Rachel 3, Samuel Forman m. Mary Wilbur. 4, Thomas Forman; (will Nov. 26, 1723.) m. Mary Allen: dau. m. Isaac Forman; dau. Rebecca m. Gerard Edge; 5, Benjaminall named in will."
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