Jepthah
Wilbur
Born in Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Esekiel Wilbore
and Rachel (Gifford) Wilbur
Brother of
Maribah (Wilbur) Gifford, Deborah (Wilbur) Gifford, Samuel Wilbur, Eseck Wilbur, Gideon Wilbur [half], Abiel Wilber [half], David Wilbur [half], Reuben Wilbur [half] and Christopher Esek Wilbur [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Mosher) Wilbur
— married
1780 in Milan, Dutchess, New York, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Esek Wilbur, Elizabeth (Wilbur) Babcock, Samuel Wilbur, Stephen Wilbur, Mary Wilbur, Ephraim Wilbur, Jeptha Wilbur, Ezeck Wilbur, Noah Wilbor, Phebe Wilbor, Isaac Wilbor, Zachariah Wilbur and Henry Wilbor
Died
at age 84
in Avon, Livingston, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jul 2014
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Biography
Jeptha was born in Newport, Rhode Island when it was still a British colony.[1] His family were Quakers.
Jeptha married Elizabeth Mosher in 1780 in Washington County, New York.[2] He moved to Milan, New York (in Dutchess County) around 1787.[2] He was a blacksmith in Milan and also owned a grist mill. Elizabeth and Jeptha had 13 children.[3]
Jeptha later went to Avon, New York.[4][5][6][7] He died there on September 1, 1843.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F872-SQV : 17 December 2019), Jepthiah Wilbor, 1759.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Barbara Thompson, "Quakers in Milan," Dutchess County Historical Society, https://dchsny.org/milanquakers/.
- ↑ Historical and Genealogical Record: Dutchess and Putnam Counties, New York, 1912, Part 2, page 323, accessed 19 August 2021 at https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal01oxfo/page/323/mode/1up?q=Wilbur.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPZ-GKS : 20 February 2021), Jphtha Wilber, Avon, Livingston, New York, United States; citing 32, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 93; FHL microfilm 17,153.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTN-WNH : 2 March 2021), Jeptha Wilbur, Avon, Ionia, Michigan, United States; citing p. 170, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZFD8-56ZM : 3 March 2021), Jeptha Wilber, 1832.
- ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZPWB-8CT2 : 3 March 2021), Jelptha Wilber, 1836.
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