Samuel Wilbore, "The Immigrant"

Important points about Samuel Wilbore:

(1) His first wife was Ann SMITH, not Ann Bradford, who was married to Zacharias Wilbore (2) His sons, William and Arthur died in England (3) He fostered his sister's son, William, who was his nephew, not his son (4) He had the following children: Samuel, Arthur, William, Joseph, Shadrach. He did not have a daughter, Dorothy. Dorothy Potter / Abro is often said to be his daughter. His living children are mentioned in his will.

Ann Bradford was NOT the wife of Samuel Wildbore

According to the New England Historic and Genealogical Society in "American Ancestors", Volume 112, pp. 108/109 Ann Bradford is not the wife of Samuel Wilbore. It is Ann Smith. I will quote some:

"In 1923 I went to the city of York, England, and examined the original will of Thomas Bradford of Doncaster and found the following statement as to his daughter Ann: "To my daughter Ann Wildbore, the wife of Zacharias Wildbore"......(she did marry) according to the Boyd index at Thorne, Yorkshire, in 1607, Zacharias Wildbore.
In the year 1944, I employed Mr L. H. H. Whitehead, of Long Melford, co. Suffolk, to go to Sible Hedingham and examine the parish records. He found not only the marriage of Samuel Wilbore and Ann Smith, but also the baptisms of the five children, namely, Samuel, Junior, Jespheff or Joseph, Sidreake, Arthur, and William, these two last died at Sible Hedigham an the remainder corresponded to the children who came over with Samuel and Ann.

The author says Mr Savage in his "Genealogical Dictionary" jumped to conclusions while looking at a copy of Bradford's will that omitted the name of Ann's husband. The purpose of the copy was the search for Gov. Bradford's ancestry (not proof of his descendants). The author I quote, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour of Little Compton, RI, himself inspected the original will.

THE GREAT MIGRATION - WINTHROP

Added by vawilbur on 10 Apr 2009

Originally submitted by skries1 to Kries Aherin Donovan Carey Family History on 16 Mar 2009

• Name Samuel Wilbur(Wilbore)56,
• MBirth Datebef 1595
• Birth PlaceEngland
• Death Date29 Sep 1656 Age: 61
• Death PlaceBoston, Suffolk, MA
• Flags Great Migration

Misc. NotesSAMUEL WILBORE

• ORIGIN: Sible Hedingham, Essex
• MIGRATION: 1633
• FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston
• REMOVES: Portsmouth 1637, Taunton, Boston
• OCCUPATION: Merchant.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Samuell Wilbore and Anne his wife" admitted to Boston church 1 December 1633 .

FREEMAN: 4 March 1633/4 . Signed the covenant at the foundation of Portsmouth, 7 March 1637/8 . Admitted as a freeman of the joint government of Newport and Portsmouth by 12 March 1639/40 .

EDUCATION: Signed documents both in England and New England .

OFFICES: Grand jury, 19 September 1637 . Clerk of the Portsmouth train band, 27 June 1638, 13 March 1643/4 . Committee for "the venison trade with the Indians," 16 November 1638 . Portsmouth constable, 24 January 1638/9 . Auditor, March 1640/1, March 1643/4 .

ESTATE: On 1 June 1638 Samuel Wilbore was given permission to sell his house and garden plot to Mr. Offley and his house and ground "next Roxbury" to Samuel Sherman .

In 7 September 1640 "Mr. Wilboare" was granted "4 acres" at Portsmouth . (On 6 January 1657/8 this grant was rescinded .)

On 8 November 1648 "Samuell Wilbore of Taunton" sold to John Sanford of Rhode Island six acres of meadow in Portsmouth "& also one neck of land abutting upon the Cove" .

On 6 May 1603 Samuel Wilboare and Elizabeth his wife deeded to Richard Sherman and Elizabeth his wife the easterly part of the house and leanto and chimney in the house which they shared .

In his will, dated 30 April 1656 and proved 6 November 1656, Samuel Wilbore of Taunton bequeathed to "my loving wife Elizabeth all the moveable goods that is or shall be in my house in Boston where at present I do inhabit ... also my sheep and lambs at Dorchester ... also a mare & colt at John Moore's of Brantry"; to "Samuel Wilbore my eldest son all my lands at Rhode Island and all my debts due to me their first from Richard Smith the elder, and also a debt from Henry Bull which is £4 and an ewe of two years old, also one cow in the hands of James Badcock, and also one cow that is at Bridgwater together with the rent for the said cattle according to agreement and also six hundred of iron lying at Taunton in my dwelling house there"; to "my son Joseph Wilbore my house and land where he my said son Joseph doth inhabit ... with all the appurtenances ... also twelve acres of grant ... by the Iron mills, and also my share in the said Iron works"; to "my youngest son Shedrick Wilbore my house and lands thereunto belonging at Taunton where I dwell with all the moveable goods ... and cattle excepting half the orchard and half the said dwelling house & two of the best cows & hay ... which I give and bequeath unto my said wife Elizabeth provided she continue and dwell there, but in case my said wife should marry another man and inhabit elsewhere that my said son shall have the said allowing my said wife or her assigns the sum of £10"; to "my said son Shedreck my debt of James Seward, Ralph & Henry Newland"; wife Elizabeth and son Shidrak executors; "my white horse unto my son Shedrick" and residue of cattle and goods to executors equally; to "Robert Blot of Boston 20s."; to "Goodman Flack 20s."; to "my said son Shedrick the time of service of my man Jno Mockcliet, a Scotchman"; to "Joseph a piece of blue trucking cloth"; to "my son Joseph ... £10 in iron" .

BIRTH: By about 1595 based on date of marriage. DEATH: Boston 29 September 1656 . MARRIAGE: (1) Sible Hedingham, Essex, 13 January 1619/20 Ann Smith ; she died after 1 December 1633 and before 1645.

(2) By 1645 Elizabeth (_____) Lechford, widow of Thomas Lechford (on 2 May 1648 "Mr. Samu Wilbore did depose that when he married the widow of Tho Lechford late of Boston scrivener deceased, he never received or had any of the widow or other estate of the said Lechford no not so much as his said wife's wearing apparel" ); on 29 November 1645 "Elizabeth Wilebore the wife of our brother Samuell Wilbore" was admitted to Boston church ; she died after 30 April 1656 (date of husband's will).

CHILDREN:

i SAMUEL, bp. Sible Hedingham 10 April 1622 ; m. Hannah Porter, daughter of JOHN PORTER .

ii ARTHUR, bp. Sible Hedingham 28 December 1623 ; bur. Sible Hedingham 2 September 1624 .

iii WILLIAM, bp. Sible Hedingham 27 August 1626 ; bur. Sible Hedingham 28 January 1626/7 .

iv JOSEPH, bp. Sible Hedingham 28 February 1629/30 ; m. about 1651 Elizabeth Farwell, daughter of Henry and Olive (Welby) Farwell .

v SHADRACK, bp. Sible Hedingham, Essex, 6 September 1631 ; m. (1) by 1659 Mary Deane, daughter of Walter Deane ; m. (2) Taunton 13 September 1692 Ann (Bass) Paine, daughter of SAMUEL BASS and widow of Stephen Paine.

ASSOCIATIONS: William Wilbore of Portsmouth was cousin of Samuel Wilbore .

COMMENTS: On 20 November 1637 Samuel Wilbore was among those men disarmed in the Wheelwright unpleasantness , and early in 1638 he was granted a license "to depart out of this jurisdiction" . On 16 May 1639 he repudiated his signature to the Wheelwright petition .

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1958 and 1959 Benjamin Franklin Wilbour published a five-part article which set forth many English records for the Wilbore family, and established the English origin of Samuel Wilbore .Spouses1Ann Bradford(Smith), FBirth PlaceEnglandDeath Date1633/1645Marr Date13 Jan 1619/1620Marr PlaceSible Hedingham, Essex, EnglandChildrenJoseph , M (-1691)Last Modified 8 Sep 2005

GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE WILBUR FAMILY COMPILED BY ASA WILBUR, jun., OF BOSTON. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BOSTON. PRINTED FOR THE FAMILY - 1871. THE WILBUR FAMILY

THIS family name, quite widely spread in the United States, mostly, however, in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, is now variously spelled by changing the vowel in the last syllable. Some use the a, some e, some o; but quite the largest number now use u, and spell it Wilbur. Notwithstanding this difference in the orthography of the name, it is satisfactorily ascertained that they all descended from one family; viz., that of Samuel Wildbore of Boston, Mass.

He came to Boston not later than A.D. 1633, — thirteen years only after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. The earliest notice of this person, at present discovered, appears in the records of the First Church of Boston, Massachusetts Colony, as follows: “Samuel Wildbore, with his wife Ann, was admitted to this church Dec. 1, 1633.”

His wife was the daughter of Thomas Bradford of Doncaster, in the south part of York County, England (see Bradford’s Will, Nov. 1, 1607).

The city or borough where he resided or whence he came is not ascertained. That he married a second wife in this country appears from the further records of the above church, which state, “Elizabeth Wildbore, wife of Samuel Wildbore, was admitted a member Nov., 29, 1645.”

It is evident he had four sons ; viz., Samuel, jun., Joseph, William, and Shadrach, and probably a daughter named Sarah.

Samuel Wildbore was admitted freeman of Boston in 1634 (Boston Records). He bought largely in the town of Taunton, Mass., and removed thither with his family.

While in Taunton, he, with others, embraced what was then called “the dangerous doctrines of Cotton and Wheelwright;” for which he was banished the province November, 1637.

He, with seventeen others, fled to Providence; and, being advised by Roger Williams, they purchased of the Indians the Island of Aquidnic (now Rhode Island), to which place he removed his family early in 1638. These eighteen persons formed a colony by solemn compact, March 7, 1638 (History of Rhode Island).

He did not remain long on the island; for a subsequent document refers to him as “Samuel Wildbore of Taunton.”

He returned to Boston, probably, in 1645; that being the date of his wife Elizabeth’s admission into the church in Boston.

He had a house in Boston, and also one in Taunton, in which he resided, probably, alternately in the warm and cold seasons; as in his will he refers to them as residences in which he “doth now inhabit.”

He, with some associates, built and put in operation an iron-furnace in Taunton (now Raynham), the first that was built in New England. Its site is on the main road from Titicut to Taunton, and is still, or until recently was, improved according to its original purpose.

In Boston Records for 1655 we find, “Samuel Wildbore, sen., and his son Samuel, are retained freemen of Boston.”

He was a man of wealth for the times, and evidently of very respectable standing in society, exerting a wide influence in each of the places where he dwelt.

He died Sept. 29, 1656. His will, dated April 30, 1656, was probated the following November (see Suffolk Probate Records, book i. p. 281). In his will, he bequeaths to his “eldest son Samuel” his lands on the island, and various items of other property. He gives to Joseph and to his “youngest son Shadrach” his real estate in Taunton, with other property; provides for his wife, and makes her and his son Shadrach executors.

On the death of the father, we find that the sons, either by hap or mutual understanding, changed the spelling of the name. They dropped the d in the first syllable, and generally the final e; spelling their names Wilbor.

Joseph, Shadrach, and their immediate descenclants, sometimes retained the final e; but Samuel, jun., William, and theirs, invariably left it off.

It is somewhat to be regretted that the original o had not been retained by all the descendants of the original family, and the name uniformly written Wilbor.

It seems, from all the circumstances that can now be gathered, that father and sons, in all their dealings and labors, were as one family, as in patriarchal times, while the father lived; he, as the head, owning all the property, the sons giving their influence and labor into the common stock, and no division until the father’s decease.

The sons were evidently young when brought to this country, as the dates of their deaths fully show.

Samuel, jun., and William, died in 1710. Samuel’s age is unknown; but William died “aged 80:” consequently he must have been born in 1630, — three years before his parents were received into the church in Boston; and, as Samuel is called “eldest son” in the father’s will, he must have been over eighty at his decease. Joseph’s will is dated April, 1691, and probated the November following (Bristol-County Probate Records): he must have died in that year. Shadrach’s will is dated September, 1696, and probated in March following (same Records) he, therefore, must have died the last of 1696, or early in 1697. Again: referring to the records of William’s and Shadrach’s children, it will be seen that William was twenty-four years of age at the birth of his eldest child, which event occurred twenty-one years after his (William’s) parents were received into the church in Boston.

Shadrach’s oldest child was born twenty-nine years after the reception of his father into the church. These facts suffice to show their extreme youth at the first record of the parents.

Still another account: from History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches ..., Part 2, edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd.

Samuel Wildbore, with his wife, Ann, [NOT the] daughter of Thomas Bradford, of Dorchester, England, settled* in Boston as early as 1633. The name is variously spelled . Samuel Wildbore's second wife, Elizabeth, was admitted a member of the first church in Boston Nov. 29, 1645. Mr. Wildbore was admitted a freeman of Boston in 1634 (Boston records). He settled in Taunton at an early day, and became one of its largest landholders. He had residences in Boston and Taunton.

He with some associates built and put in operation an iron furnace in that part of Taunton now Raynham (see sketch of Theodore Dean).

"He was a man of wealth for the times, and evidently of very respectable standing in society, exerting a wide influence in each of the places where he dwelt." He died Sept. 29,1656.

His children were Samuel, Jr., Joseph, William, Shadrach, and Sarah. After the death of their father the children by common consent dropped the " d" in the first syllable and generally the " e" final, spelling the name " Wilbor."

Shadrach Wilbor, son of Samuel Wildbore, settled in Taunton (afterwards Raynham), on lands received probably from his father. He was evidently a man of wealth and influence in his time. He held several important trusts, representing his town in the provincial government, and served as town clerk for thirty-five successive years.

For lifting his voice, however, in opposition to the evils, as he deemed them, in the government of Sir Edmund Andros, he was apprehended and imprisoned in Boston, Aug. 30, 1687, but it is not probable that he long remained there.

He married Hannah , and had ten children, of whom Shadrach, Jr., born Dec. 5, 1672, was the third son and sixth child. He died in 1696 or 1697. (note: he married Mary Deane; they had ten children, She died and he married Hannah Bass, widow of Stephen Paine. LDC)}

Shadrach Wilbor, Jr., son of Shadrach, was born in Taunton (now Raynham), and was a farmer by occupation. It is not known whom he married. He had five sons, viz.: Shadrach, Meshach, Joseph, Jacob, and Abijah. The first two sons settled in Taunton, but it is not certain where the other three settled.

Meshach Wilbor, Sr., second son of Shadrach, Jr., was born in Taunton (now Raynham), married Elizabeth , who died Nov. 30, 1776, in the seventieth year of her age.

They had six sons, the youngest of whom was George, a native of Raynham,as the town was now called.

The date of Meshach's death is not known.

Nothing is known of George Wilbor, or Wilbur, as he now spelled his name, except that he settled in Titient parish, Bridgewater, Mass., and was a tanner by occupation. He had a son George, who settled in Easton, Mass., and followed farming. This George Wilbur was twice married, first to Betsey Packard, and had eleven children, of whom Joseph Wilbar was one. Mr. George Wilbur married for his second wife Widow Mary Francis, by whom he had two children. The name began to be spelled with an "a" instead of a "u," thus " Wilbar."

SAMUEL WILBORE (Nicholas3, Nicholas2, Thomas1). Born ca 1595 in prob. Braintree, Essex, England. Samuel died in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, on 29 Sep 1656; he was 61. Occupation: Merchant. Education: Signed Documents In Both England & New England. Religion: Admitted To Boston Church 1 Dec 1633. On 13 Jan 1619/1620 when Samuel was 24, he first married Ann SMITH, daughter of Richard SMITH, in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England. Born ca 4 Oct 1592 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England. Ann died in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, bef 1645; she was 52.

They had the following children:

• 16 i. Samuel (<1622-1697)
• ii. Arthur (Died Young). Born bef 28 Sep 1623 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England. At the age of <1, Arthur was baptized in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England, on 28 Sep 1623. Arthur died in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England, in Sep 1624; he was <1. Buried on 2 Sep 1624 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England.
• iii. William (Died Young). Born bef 27 Aug 1626 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England. At the age of <1, William was baptized in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England, on 27 Aug 1626. William died in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England, in 1627/1628; he was <1. Buried on 28 Jan 1627/1628 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England.
• 17 iv. Joseph (<1629-1691)
• 18 v. SHADRACH (<1631-1697)

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Earliest known resident of the name of Samuel Wildbore in this country: Admitted to the First Church of Boston: "Sam Wildbore, wife Ann, addmitted to this church Dec. 1, 1633. He'd married in England wife Ann Bradford, daughter of Thomas Bradford, of Doncaster, in Yorke Co., or Yorkshire. Ann was the mother of his children.

March 7, 1638, those 18 persons founded, by solemn compact, a new colony, Rhode Island.

He was the owner of considerable property in the town of Taunton, Massl, and likewise possessed holding in Boston, dividing his place of residence between the two places. In Nov., 1637, he was one of those banished from the colony because of religious views which varied from those held by the ruling majority of the colony. Acting upon the advice of Roger Williams, Samuel with the others fled to Providence, where they negotiated the purchase of the Island of Aquednek (now Rhode Island) from the Narragannsett Indians and early in 1638 he moved his family to the new location.

Purchase of land by colonists from the Indians: Quassaquanch, Kachanaquant, and Quequa-quenew. Chief Sachems of the Narragansetts sold to Samuel Wildbore, John Hull of Boston, (Goldsmith), John Porter, Samuel Wilson and Thomas Mumford, the large tract of land which was called 'The Petaquompscot Purchase.'

In 1645 Samuel Wilfore returned to Boston and later build an iron furnace at Taunton, the first in New England. He was clerk of the town board in 1638; constable in 1639; sergeant in 1644.

Samuel Wildbore's second wife was Elizabeth Lechford, widow of Thomas Lechford. The dateof the death of his sife, Ann, likewise the date of his second marriage to Elizabeth are not given.

Samuel died July 14, 1656. His widow, Elizabeth, and son Shadrach, were named as executors.

Elizabeth Wilbore then married Henry Bishop, Dec. 20th of some year. Bishop died in 1664 and Eliz. died c. July, 1665.

The question: "What family did Samuel actually leave?" This is still unanswered to satisfaction even after much research to this writer.

In the book "Wilbore's in America" the story is given (facts unverified) that William, raised by Samuel Wilbore with his own family, was his nephew. Apparently, a colony of English emigrants, among whom were some families of Wildbores, landed on the coast of Maine, near the site of the present city of Portland about 1616. The theory is that William later joined the Plymouth colony and the household of Samuel, being one of the few remaining members of the Maine colony, their numbers having been depleted by death. By that same theory, William would have been the only remaining child of Samuel's brother's family, and being a mere child, Samuel took him into his family where he lived and grew up upon the same footing as Samuel's own children.

In Samuel, Jr.'s will, dated 1678, there is a reference to William as: "...my cousin, Wm. Wildbore, Sr.".

Samuel Wilbore and wife Ann, came to America before 1 December, 1633 and lived in Boston. May have come 4 September, 1633 on ship "Griffin" He was a merchant, had a ship, probably sold cloth and lumber and was in the wool business.

He and 6 men under him guarded the gate at Roxbury. He sold his home on what is now Washington St. to Samuel Sherman. In 1634, he and William Blackstene bought "Boston Commons" and gave it to the town. Made "Freeman" 4 March 1633/4 and with John Porter and Philly Sherman bought Aquidneck Island, (Rhode Island). He was banished from Boston 30 August 1637, and disarmed 20 November 1637 and went to Portsmouth, R.I. because of his association with a religious group lead by Anne Hutchinson, Mr. Wheelwright and possibly Roger Williams. Anne Hutchinson was the unauthorized Puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group.

Rhode Island had become a haven for persecuted religious sects. These people, called Antinomians, believed that the moral laws as taught by the Church of England were of no value and that the only law that should be followed was that of the Gospel. Quakers, who eventually merged with the Antinomians, established a meeting house on Aquidneck in 1657. 11 January 1638/9 he was constable at Portsmouth. He owned land at Nt. Wolliston (now Quincy). With Ralph Earle he built a planing mill at Portsmouth,1640. By 1645 was back in Boston, though he kept his Portsmouth and Taunton land, and lived on Mill Street. He was wealthy and gave to the 1st free school in America. The early spelling was "Welleboro", a Norman name. In 1626 he was a "juror" in Sible Hedington, Essex, England.

Links

• Wilbor, John Reid. The Wildbores in America, a family tree (1907)

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Samuel Wilbore and wife Ann, came to America before 1 December, 1633 and lived in Boston. May have come 4 September, 1633 on ship "Griffin" He was a merchant, had a ship, probably sold cloth and lumber and was in the wool business.

He and 6 men under him guarded the gate at Roxbury. He sold his home on what is now Washington St. to Samuel Sherman. In 1634, he and William Blackstene bought "Boston Commons" and gave it to the town. Made "Freeman" 4 March 1633/4 . He was banished from Boston 30 August 1637, and disarmed 20 November 1637 and went to Portsmouth, R.I. because of his association with a religious group lead by Anne Hutchinson John Wheelwright and possibly Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson was the unauthorized Puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group.

Rhode Island had become a haven for persecuted religious sects. These people, called Antinomians, believed that the moral laws as taught by the Church of England were of no value and that the only law that should be followed was that of the Gospel. Quakers, who eventually merged with the Antinomians, established a meeting house on Aquidneck in 1657.

11 January 1638/9 he was constable at Portsmouth. He owned land at Nt. Wolliston (now Quincy). With Ralph Earle he built a planing mill at Portsmouth,1640. By 1645 was back in Boston, though he kept his Portsmouth and Taunton land, and lived on Mill Street. He was wealthy and gave to the 1st free school in America. The early spelling was "Welleboro", a Norman name. In 1626 he was a "juror" in Sible Hedington, Essex, England.

Is he the same Samuel as this one?

links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wilbore

Phillip Sherman, born 1610 in Dedham, Essex, England married Sarah Odding (born 5 Feb 1610) had a daughter Mary (born 1645) who married Samuel6 Wilbore, (William5, John4, Joseph3, Nicholas2, Thomas1). The Wilbores of Essex England (aka Wilbur, Wilber) were wealthy merchants, wool drapers and Clothworkers who had dealings with the Dedham Shermans. We find that Samuel4 Wilbore (Nicholas3, Nicholas2, Thomas1) sold a house to Richard Sherman of the Dedham Shermans. This very valuable source [NEHGS Vol 113, p. 95-103 (1959) by B. F. Wilbore ] also contains many other references to the close relationship of the Wilbores and Shermans. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rinewpor/JohnWood2.html

GEDCOM Note

• Category:Puritan Great_Migration
• Category: Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island
• Category: Signers of the Portsmouth Compact
• Category: Sible Hedingham, Essex
• {Puritan Great Migration}

Biography

Samuel Wilbore was the son of Nicholas Wilbore and Elizabeth Thickines; along with his half-brother, Robert Harrington, he was his mother's executor in 1624<ref>Roberts, Gary Boyd. English OrigIns of New England Families, Vol. III. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DK4RAQAAIAAJ&q=I+Will+give+and+be...] (Citing article "The English Ancestry of Samuel Wilbore, of Boston, and William Wilbore, of Portsmouth, R. I." by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. The will of Elizabeth (Thickines) (Harrington) Wilbore is quoted).

It is undisputed that Samuel was the first Wilbore to arrive in Colonial America; however, all of his children were born in England. His cousin, William Wilbore-11, the second of this family to arrive, had10 children, all born in Colonial America. Therefore, William's first son, Joseph Wilbore-62, was the first male Wilbore progenitor inAmerica.

Born BET 1595 & 1600. Note: DEAT: RIN MH:IF5907
BIRT: RIN MH:IF5908. It is believed that Samuel and Anne, with their three surviving children, Samuel, Jr., Joseph, and Shadrach (Arthur and William having died in infancy in England) sailed to New England in 1630 with the WinthropFleet; possibly on the Arabella. The fleet consisted of eleven vessels: Arabella (the flagship), Ambrose, William and Francis, Talbot, Hopewell, Jewel, Whale, Charles, Success, Mayflower, and Trial. The first five ships sailed April 8 from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and arrived at Salem, Massachusetts Bay, June 13. The other half of the fleet sailed in May and arrived in July, at various dates. About seven hundred passengers are presumed to have been on these ships. Samuel Wilbore was of Boston, Mass., and declared a freeman, and both he and his wife, Anne, were admitted as members of the church in 1633.He was Assessor of Taxes, Nov. 10, 1634. To be an office holder or be given the privilege to vote, it was required for one to be a freeman. Thus, freemen were landholding male church members. Non-Puritans were not made freeman. Initially, a male was not formally considered free when first entering into the colony, or having become a member of the church; he was considered common. Such persons were never forced towork for another individual, per se, but their movements were carefully observed, and if they veered from the Puritan ideal, they were asked to leave the colony. In November, 1637, Samuel was disarmed, and in March, 1638, he was banished from Massachusetts Bay, having fallen out of sympathy with the major part of his fellow worshippers under the dangerous doctrine of Cotton and Wheelwright. :“Whereas I joyned with others in presentinge to the corte a writingcalled a petition or remonstrance* I confes it was far beyond my place and range to vse such unbeseming exspresyons to those whom the lord hath set ouer me thearfor intreat your worships to vnderstand that it is only the cause which mad me to doe it, and for my rashnes and ofence thearein I humbly craue your worships prayers to the lord for pardonand pardon from your selues: I haue bene noe enimy to this state nor through the Asistance of the lord I hope neuer shall.” [http://www.masshist.org/publications/winthrop/index.php/view/PWF04p121]

Whereas I joined with others in presenting to the court a writing called a petition or remonstrance,* I confess it was far beyond my place and range to use such unbeseeming expressions to those whom the lordhath set over me, therefor intreat your worships to understand that it is only the cause which made me to do it, and for my rashness and offense therein I humbly crave your worships prayers to the lord for pardon and pardon from yourselves: I have been no enemy to this state nor through the assistance of the lord I hope never shall. :In other words, that in behalf of John Wheelwright in March, 1636/37,Wilbur was one of the large group of those signing this Remonstrance (a formal document of reasons for opposition or grievance) who were disarmed by order of the General Court in November, 1637. In March, 1638, he was, together with William Coddington and others, given ‘license to depart’ from Massachusetts, and he went to Rhode Island. With Coddington and seventeen others, among the best men of Boston, they purchased Aquidneck, now known as Rhode Island. Samuel formed corporation by solemn compact Mar. 7, 1638, and was held in high esteem there for many years, so that though he had removed to Taunton, his name as senior, and Samuel, Jr., were retained on the list of freemen, 1655. The compact of Portsmouth, Mar. 7, 1638, was as follows: "We whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby." He was Clerk of Train Band June 27, 1638; Constable Jan. 24, 1639; andSergeant in 1644. In 1645 he was of Boston, but at the time of makinghis will he was living in Taunton, and he died Sep. 29, 1656, his first wife, whom he married in England, having died prior to November, 1645. Samuel and Ann Wilbur had at least 3 children<ref>A register of the ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt Author Holman, Alfred L. (Alfred Lyman), b. 1854, pages 233 and 234</ref>

Surname Origin

Wyldbore is recorded in several spellings including Wildbore, Wildboar, Wildboer, Wyldbore, Wilber, Wilbor, and probably others, this is an English surname. It is of pre-7th century origins, and was originally a personal name "Wyld-bar"and does translate literally as - wildboar. This however did not refer to a persons attributes or lack of them, but was given in the period of history known as The Dark Ages, asa baptismal name of affection. The wild boar being held in high regard for its strength and ferocity, as was recognized in that it was one of the earliest of the heraldic charges which appeared officially upona knights armour from about the year 1190. The name both as a personal name and later a surname seems to have been quite specific to the north country of England and particularly the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire. This is quite appropriate given the long tradition of civil wars between the houses (families) of York and Lancaster. The first known recording is believed to be that of William Wyldbar, recorded inthe Assize Court rolls of Lancashire in 1246. Another early recordingand clearly one that is not related, is that of William Wyldbore in the register of the manor of Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1307. Finally we have John Wylbor who may or may not have been related to William. He was recorded in the highly unpopular Poll Tax register for Yorkshire in1379, although his address is not known. "A large and influential family of the town (Little Compton) are descended from William Wildebore (1630) Wilbore-11, who was born in England, and Samuel, his uncle, who was with the original settlers of Aquidneck in 1638. The name is said to have an older form, Wildeboare. The various orthography used by different families in this town, which we have followed in these personal notes, has no significance as showing times of descent. Willbour-bore-boor-bur; Wilbour-bur-ber-bor-bar, are some of the modern variations which may be seen in the records and on the monuments here." Wilbur-403 13:14, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Disputed First Wife

He married his wife Ann Bradford (dau. of Thomas Bradford of Doncaster) in England, before coming to the colonies. This information is incorrect. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary" states, "Samuel Wildbore with wife Ann, who was daughter of Thomas Bradford of Doncaster............was admitted to the First Church December 1, 1633........" Mr. Savage was wrong about this as it has been proved otherwise. In 1923, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour examined the original will of Thomas Bradford, and found the following statement as to his daughter, Ann: "To my daughter, Ann Wildbore, the wife of Zacharias Wildbore." Therefore, it is concluded that Ann Bradford did not marry our Samuel Wilbore. In 1607, shemarried Zacharias Wildbore. Also, Samuel Wilbore never spelled his name "Wildbore".

Children

Samuel was the father of six children, all born in England. Samuel’s first grandchild, Hannah Wilbore-181, was born in Boston in 1645, and she was the first Wilbore born in Colonial America. Samuel Wilbore’s grandson, John Wilbur-655, born to Samuel, Jr. in Rhode Island in 1652, was the first male Wilbore born in Colonial America; however, it is unknown if he ever had children to carry on thefamily name. Samuel's two other sons, Joseph Wilbore-189 and Shadrach Wilbur-479, also had male heirs born in Colonial America; however, they were not the first ones born in Colonial America. That honor would go tohis cousin William's Wilbore-11 second child and first born male,Joseph Wilbore-62.

Will & Inventory

Will (1657 Taunton) Volume 2: part 1: folio 49; Transcript: Simmons -Plymouth Colony Records, Volume 1: Wills and Inventories, 1633-1669, 326; Abstract MD 14:150-151 Inventory (1657 Taunton) Volume 2: part 1: folio 50; Transcript: Simmons - Plymouth Colony Records, Volume 1: Wills and Inventories, 1633-1669, 327; Abstract MD 14:151 Bequests of real estate, goods, and chattel were made to his widow, Elizabeth, and sons, Samuel, Joseph, and Shadrach.<ref>A Guide to Old Colony Wills and to other Plymouth Colony Probate Records 1621-1692. Compiled by, and Copyright © 2013-2018 by Dale H. Cook

Notes / Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company, which included investors in the failed Dorchester Company that had established a short-lived settlement on Cape Ann in 1623. The colony began in 1628 and was the company's second attempt at colonization. It was successful, with about 20,000 people migrating to New England in the 1630s. The population was strongly Puritan, and itsgovernance was dominated by a small group of leaders who were strongly influenced by Puritan religious leaders. Its governors were elected,and the electorate were limited to freemen who had been examined for their religious views and formally admitted to the local church. As a consequence, the colonial leadership exhibited intolerance to other religious views, including Anglican, Quaker, and Baptist theologies.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Bay_Colony...</ref>

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