Person:William Wilber (2)

Disputed Lineage

Some have claimed he was the son of Samuel Wilbore and Ann Smith, but their only known son named William died at about 5 months old, and there is no son William mentioned in the will of Samuel Wilbore (see GMB, p. 1987).

1.   Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
   p. 814.

   William settles in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island in 1653. On June 10,1654, he received a deed of ten acres from Samuel Wildbore, then of Taunton. On December 10, 1657, he was granted eight acres. On June 7, 1671, he served as juryman. In 1678, William Wilber represented the town of Portsmouth in the Rhode Island General Assembly. He owned property in Portsmouth, Little Compton, Swansea and in Kings Town, the greater part of which he disposed of by deed to his sons before his death. His will dated March 1, 1710, was proved the following August 15. He was one of several to take grant of Rhode Island from the Indians and founded the colony March 7, 1638.

2.   Son's & Daughters Of The Pilgrims
   268.

   Father: *John (Wilbor) Wilber b: ABT 1595 in Braintree, Essex, England
   
   Mother: *Joan Drane b: ABT 1598 in Felsted, Essex, England
   

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Roberts, Gary Boyd. English origins of New England families: from The New England historical and genealogical register, first series. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1984).

   WILL:
   Dated March 1, 1710; pvd Portsmouth, RI Aug. 15, 1710. [English Origins of New England Families, Vol. 3, p. 311] Wm Wilbor of Portsmouth, weaver of cloth.
   Names sons: John, Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, John, Benjamin & William;
   daughters: Mary Mowrey, Martha Sherman & Joan __;
   son John's two children John & Mary Records.
   Witnesses: William Potter, Nathaniel Potter & Edward Richmond. [Wildbores in America 1:23]

4. ↑ Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. The English Ancestry of Samuel Wilbore, of Boston, and William Wilbore, of Portsmouth, R.I., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   113(1959):102.

   A "fairly modern book in Tiverton" gives the birth years of his children and "his own birth, namely, 1630. This would seem to be the work of Otis Wilbor, who died in 1856, and consequently the births given are only approximate."

5.   LAND:
   -South Kingstown Land Vol. 1, 1718-23, p. 109-11: Wm Wilbore of Portsmouth, yeoman, for love to my grandson Samuel Wilbore, son of my son Thomas Wilbore land when said grandson comes to age 21; in meantime I give yearly income of said land to 2 granddaughters Mary & Martha Wilbore, daughters of son Thomas Wilbore. Dated & acknowledged May 11, 1705; Recorded June 7, 1720. Witnesses: Henry Meech, Sarah Barber, Edward Carr. [RIGR Jan. 1981, p. 223]
   -South Kingstown Land Vol. 3, p. 147-50: Samuel Wilbor of Jamestown, husbandman, sold to Daniel Mackoone of Kingstown, yeoman, 250 Acres in Kingstown in Pettyquamscut Purchase which was given me by my grandfather William Wilbor decd bounded in part by land belonging to estate of John Wilbour deceased. dated & acknowledged Sept. 9, 1715. Witness: Christopher Champlin Jr, James Kinyon; Delivery made Sept. 10, 1715
   Witnesses: William Robinson, James Kinyon. [RIGR Oct. 1981, p. 129]
6.   -July 10, 1654 received 10 Acres from cousin Samuel Wilbore.
   -Of Braintree & Essex, England.
   -June 15, 1671 Mr. William Wilbore was a Grand Jurryman. (also May 6, 1672) [RI General Court of Trials 1671-1704, by Jane Fletcher Fiske, 1998, p. 6, 13]