Stephen Wilbur (abt. 1701 - abt. 1760)

Born about 22 Mar 1701 in Little Compton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Irish) Wilbur — married 3 Jan 1725 in Little Compton, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 23 Jul 1760 at about age 59 in Scituate, Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America

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Biography

Stephen was born in 22 Mar 1701.^[1]

With his wife Priscilla he had four children (quoted directly from Little Compton Families, Vol. II) :

1. Anne Wilbur-939, b. 7 July 1726; m. Thomas Rathbone 25 Sept 1745
2. Job Wilbur-305, b. in 1728; m. Lurana Knight (dau. of Joseph and Mary Knight), about 1752; d. 1 Feb 1778;
3. Abner Wilbur-740, b. in 1730; m. Sarah Rathbone (dau. of Ebenezer Rathbone and Sarah Berry) on 8 Feb 1753; d. 3 Mar 1814
4. Jonathan Wilbur-287, b. in 1730; m. Hannah Tompson (dau. William and Ruth Tomspon) on 7 Nov 1765

Priscilla died in 1732. It took 6 years for him to remarry.

With his second wife, Mary Baker (dau. Benjamin Baker; widow of Samuel Fones), he had three sons:

1. Samuel Wilbur, b. 2 Nov 1739, d. 27 Oct 1835, m1. Mary Knight (dau. Jonathan Knight and Zilpha Bucklin), m2. Waite Arnold
2. Stephen Wilbur, b. 25 Oct 1741, d. 1816, m. 14 Dec 1769 to Sarah Jencks (dau. Jeremiah)
3. John Wilbur, b. 13 Mar 1746, d. 18 Apr 1836, m. 17 Jan 1779 to Sarah Millard (dau. Noah)

Stephen died July 23, 1760 in Scituate, Rhode Island.^[1]

Notes

In 1644, Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport united for their common independence as the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, governed by an elected council and "president".

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.

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

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.

In 1746-47, two towns, Little Compton and Tiverton, were acquired from Province of Massachusetts, Colony of Great Britain. In 1856, the town of Fall River was split off from Tiverton but was ceded to Massachusetts.

Burial

Wilbur-Eddy Lot , Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Find A Grave: Memorial #23365044

Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 - Ancestry Free Shared Link
Name: Stephen Wilbor
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1701
Birth Place: Rhode Island, USA
Father Name: Joseph Wilbor
Mother Name: Anna Brownell
Page Number: 182 ^[2]

Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 - Ancestry Free Shared Link
Name: Stephen Wilbor
Marriage Date: 3 Jan 1725
Marriage Place: Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA
Spouse Name: Priscilla Irish
Page Number: 67 ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. Little Compton Families. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
2. ↑ Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 - Ancestry Free Shared Link Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Volume Number and Title: Vol· 04: Newport County: Births, Marriages, Deaths https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3897/41384_2421406273_0007-00571?pid=84318&backurl=
3. ↑ Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 - Ancestry Free Shared Link Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Volume Number and Title: Vol· 04: Newport County: Births, Marriages, Deaths https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3897/41384_2421406273_0007-00456?pid=69238&backurl=

• Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Brownell, 1619 to 1910, page 51. Compiled by George Grant Brownell, Jamestown, New York, 1910; Martin Merz & Son, Printers, Jamestown, New York. Repository, New York Public Library [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 11, record 58-9. page 45

• 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. Volume 4. Newport County. Published by the Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891). Little Compton Births and Deaths; Little Compton Intentions and Marriages. January 3, 1725, married Priscilla Irish by Thomas Church, Justice [2]

• Little Compton Families Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. Little Compton Families. Vol. II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Section: W Page: 713 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49228/FLHG_LittleComptonFamiliesVol2-0295/60896?backurl=

Acknowledgements

• Wilbur-288 was created by Randy Wilbur-279 on 18 Aug 2013

• Wilbur-968 was created by Brian Morgan through the import of Pross - Visscher - Irish.ged on Jun 4, 2017.