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m. ABT 1594/1597
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Nicholas Wilbore married a woman named Ann in his hometown of Colchester, then moved to Braintree, an Essex town 40 miles northest of London. There they raised a family of five boys and three girls, all of whom remained in the area for their entire lives and all of whom were buried in a cemetery at Sible Hedingham, a village about six miles from Braintree. Nicholas's will was made 27 Nov. 1582 and proved in Braintree, Essex Co, England 16 Sept. 1583 Nicholas's occupation was:Woolen Draper. He was 79 when he died. Nicholas Wilbore was originally of Colchester, but in 1548 we find him in Braintree, when he sold Le Stone house to John Jr., and Alice Wilbore of Colchester. He was very well to do with much real estate and other property in Braintree, Stisted, and Bocking. He evidently hired much help in the woolen business and also owned a large mill in Braintree which was used by him as a pasturage for his sheep, called Skitts Hill. Nicholas can be placed in the class with the Paycock family, a well known family of woolen merchants of the sixteenth century, whose house is still in existence in Coggeshalle, County Essex. According to Nicholas' will he owned the following real estate. In Braintree, Cherkson, And the Guante. Tenement called Wolnes in Sisted, land he bought of Robert Polye called by the name of Cops Wood, Hamstall, his house called the checker with tenements, a field called Bartletts, The Slade, a meadow called Wheland farm in Stisted, a groce called Hollis Grove and a coppiehold shop in the market place of Braintree with two rooms over same, and a hill called Skitts Hill. 1 References
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