Mary (Smith) Wilbur (abt. 1730 - 1794)

Born about 12 May 1730 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Wilbur Jr. — married 5 Jul 1756 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 1794 at about age 63 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary was born about 12 May 1730 in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. She was the daughter, and fifth child of Christopher Smith and Amity Harris.

Research Notes / Marriages

Sisters, Mary Smith and Ruth Smith, married brothers, Jeremiah Wilbur and Daniel Wilbore, respectively.

Mary Smith and Jeremiah Wilbore (Wilbur) were married on August 5, 1750, in Smithfield, Providence, Colony of Rhode Island (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/LH88-1PK)

Jeremiah died about 1753

Ruth Smith and Daniel Wilbore (Wilbur) were married on December 13, 1750, in Smithfield, Providence, Colony of Rhode Island, by Thomas Steere, Justice.(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170783869/daniel-wilbur), (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/L2NG-72H)

Daniel died in 1807

(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZCQ-Q3R?cc=2146229)

:Second Marriage After the death of her first husband, Jeremiah, Mary was married to his brother, Daniel, on 5 Jul 1756 - their children were Patience, Dorothy, Benjamin, Gideon, Samuel, Richard, Lorana & Mary (last child born 1780)

:Third Marriage Mary Smith Wilbur married Elisha Dillingham, son of John and Jael (Turner) Dillingham after 1764. Elisha was probably in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, before 1720, and was of Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1748. Elisha later moved to Adams, Massachusetts, and died there before 1795.(https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/232738/?offset=#page=23&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=)

Note that this information may be inaccurate, as the last child born to Mary and her second husband (& former brother-in-law), Daniel, was after 1780, and if Daniel's year of death of 1807 is correct, then, Mary could not have been married to Elisha Dillingham.

Sources

• The Wildbores in America.Second Edition Vol.1. John Reid Wilbor, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour 1933 Boston MA. pp.86-87 Under E-852 Jeremiah Wilbor, E-856 Daniel Wilbor

• Parents and family: Tingley, Raymon Meyers. Some Ancestral Lines: Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers. Madison, WI: Tuttle Publishing. 1935 (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/194681/?offset=34#page=360&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=)

• Marriage to Daniel Wilbor 1756 after death of first husband Jeremiah Wilbor: "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KY-ZTR : 22 January 2020), Mary Wilbur in entry for Daniel Wilbur, 1756.

• Source: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 25362319
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=84229015&pid=151

• Source: S-987932590 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 25362319

Research Notes

Donald Smith The Ancestry links above are no longer valid.

Per familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH88-1PK Mary Smith's parents (no sources) are Christopher Smith and Amity Harris. Parents as Christopher Smith and Amity Harris is supported by an Story Hints on Ancestry submitted by Florkeyfamily and 2blanktokie which note:

Will of Christopher Smith Scituate Probate [DWS: I assume Rhode Island] Vol 2. P 442 At Town Council Meeting 26 Nov 1781

Will Christopher Smith, Jr. of Scituate

To wife Amity northern end of dwelling house

To son Gideon

To dau. Dorithy Aldrich

To dau. Mary Wilbur

To dau Ruth Wilbour

To dau Amity Smith

To son Jeremiah Smith, southeast part of homestead farm wereon I now live; also blacksmith’s tools (under 21)