Nicholas Wilbore Jr. (abt. 1540 - abt. 1611)

Born about 16 Oct 1540 in Braintree, Essex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Plume) Wilbore — married 14 May 1583 in St. Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died about 11 Sep 1611 at about age 70 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Nicholas Wilbore^[1], son of Nicholas, and grandson of Thomas (of Braintree and Sible Hedingham), Essex County, was buried there 11 September 1611. He was probably born at Braintree about 1562.^[2] He was the father of Samuel Wilbore, the emigrant to America.

"Nicholas, of Braintree and Sible Hedingham, co Essex, according to the parish records of Sible Hedingham was buried there 11 Sept. 1611.

He was the father of Samuel Wilbore, the emigrant to America.

He married, first, Mary Plume, baptized in Great Yeldham 9 Oct. 1566, died before 1597, when Elizabeth, the second wife of Nicholas, is mentioned in the Court of Chancery. Mary Plume was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Purchas) Plume and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth Plume of Great Yeldham, co. Essex. Robert Plume held several halls in Yeldham Magna, including Spaynes Hall in Yeldham Magna and Hawkeden Hall in Clare, co. Suffolk. A member of his family, John Plume, went to America and is the ancestor of the Plum family there.

Nicholas Wilbore married, secondly, before 1597, Elizabeth (Thickines) Harrington, widow of Robert Harrington, vicar of Sible Hedingham, who was buried there 10 Aug. 1694. He was a graduate of Cambridge, and his record is given in Alumni Canabriengensis, vol. 2, p. 311. “Harrington, Robert, Matric pensioner, from Queens Easter 1567 of Essex. B.A. 1570. Ma. 1574. B.D. 1582. Fellow 1572. Rector of Sible Hedingham, Essex 1574-1594. Died 1594.” He was married in Black Notley, co. Essex, 1 May 1581, to Elizabeth Thickines. This marriage was discovered by Mr. Waldo C. Sprague in 1958."^[3]

Marriage to Mary Plume & Children

He married, first, MARY PLUME, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Purchas Plume; she died before 1597. He married her on May 14, 1586, in Southwark, Surrey, England, at St. Saviour.^[4]

Children:

1. Robert^[5]
2. Mary, married William Lukyn^[6]
3. Elizabeth, married John Harvey^[7]
4. Nicholas, married Frances^[8]

Marriage to Elizabeth (Thickines) Harrington & Children

He married second ELIZABETH (THICKINES) HARRINGTON, widow of Robert Harrington, vicar of Sible Hedingham. They were married in 1581 and he died in 1594.^[9][10]

Children:

Samuel, born between 1594 and 1600^[11][12]

Research Notes

'Yorkshire Fines: 1568', in Feet of Fines of the Tudor Period [Yorks]: Part 1, 1486-1571, ed. Francis Collins (Leeds, 1887), pp. 350-364. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/feet-of-fines-yorks/vol1/pp350-364

1568—MICHAELMAS TERM, 10 & 11 ELIZABETH.

John Rawlinson to Nicholas Wylbore and Dorothy, his wife; meadow land in Bentley

[1]

Earliest Date: 1606

Name: WILBORE, Nicholas (1)

Parish: West Mersea

Occupation: yeoman (historically a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder)

Literate: yes

Spouse: Annes (Gyll?)

Children: Nicholas

Relatives: cousin John Cox of Colchester; brother-in-law Thomas Gyll of 'Bricklesea' [Brightlingsea]

Others Named: Timothy Hearne, Richard Fookes, John Boxted

Year / House / Land: land & tenements in Colchester, West Mersea & elsewhere

Goods / Property: new Salting house', bible etc

Other References: 1606 will

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2051561183
2. ↑ Source: #S-2051561183
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/wildboresinameri01wilb_0/page/n47/mode/2up?view=theater&q=+1611+
4. ↑ Marriage to Mary Plume: Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.

   Gives marriage date (14 May 1586), his name (Nicholas Wilbore), his spouse's name (Marye Plome), and the location (St. Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England).

5. ↑ Amer. Anc. Samuel Wilbore
6. ↑ Amer. Anc. Samuel Wilbore
7. ↑ Amer. Anc. Samuel Wilbore
8. ↑ Amer. Anc. Samuel Wilbore
9. ↑ Amer. Anc. Samuel Wilbore
10. ↑ Entered based on BFWilbore and Wikipedia on 9 August 2013 by Phil Smith.
11. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-.
12. ↑ Amer. Anc. Samuel Wilbore

• https://archive.org/details/wildboresinameri01wilb_0/page/n47/mode/2up?view=theater&q=+1611+

• Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin (April 1959). "The English Ancestry of Samuel Wilbore, of Boston, and William Wilbore, of Portsmouth, R.I.". New England Historical and Genealogical Register 113: 94–104.

• Samuel Wilbore Wikipedia

• Source S-2051561183 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 : Author: Yates Publishing : Note: Int Mar Rec Repository: #R-2068617806:

• http://www.mathematical.com/wilboresamuel1594.html

• Wildbore vs. Sydey Court Case: Plaintiffs: Nicholas Wilbore and Elizabeth Wilbore his wife; Defendants: Margaret Sydey and William Sydey.; Subject: Claim by devise. A messuage (dwelling house) and land in Much Maplested [Great Maplestead] and Little Maplested [Little Maplestead], Essex, late of Robert Harrington clerk, late husband of the plaintiff Elizabeth Wilbore, who devised the same to her for life.; Reference: C 2/Eliz/W20/32; Document type: [Pleadings]; Date: Between 1558 and 1603; Held by: The National Archives, Kew; Legal status: Public Record; Context of this record: C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions; Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks; C 2 - Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings, Series I, Elizabeth I to Charles I; Elizabeth I; W plaintiffs: originally 26 bundles