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Content Irish

Also Known As: "Lawton", "Shaw"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Little Compton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: June 10, 1751 (59)
Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Irish, II and Elizabeth Irish
Wife of Wiliam Wilbour and Joseph Lawton
Ex-wife of William Shaw
Mother of Elizabeth Chase; William Shaw; Israel Shaw; Rebecca Sherman and Elizabeth Lawton
Sister of Elizabeth Richmond; David Irish; Jonathan Irish; Joanna Robertson; Sarah Schreich and 17 others

Managed by: Sally Thomas
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Content (Irish) Wilbore (abt. 1691)

Content Wilbore formerly Irish aka Lawton Born about September 1, 1691 [location unknown] Daughter of John Irish and Elizabeth (Thurston) Irish Sister of Jonathan Irish and Content (Irish) Shaw Wife of Joseph Lawton — married April 20, 1711 (to before September 16, 1728) in Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantationmap Wife of William Wilbore — married September 16, 1728 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantationmap Mother of Jonathan Wilbore, Benjamin Wilbore and Content Wilbore Died [date unknown] [location unknown] Profile manager: Stephanie Wilbur private message [send private message] Last modified 4 April 2016.

Contents

[hide] 1 Biography 2 Sources 3 First Marriage 4 Second Marriage Biography

Sources

The Wildbores in America. Vol. 1 Second Edition. John Reid Wilbor, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. 1933: Boston MA p.40 under C-30 Benjamin Wildbore First Marriage

RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE volume: vii. 1886-1887. NEWPORT, R. I. THE NEWPORT HISTORICAL PUBLISHING CO., JOHN P. SANBORN, PRINTER.; FRIENDS RECORDS, NEWPORT, R. I. contributed by H. E. Turner, M. D. Marriages, Page 276, Irish, Content, of John, Little Compton, to Joseph Lawton, Portsmouth, April 20, 1711. 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. “Is My Name Written in the Book of Life?” Volume 4. NEWPORT COUNTY; Portsmouth, Part I, Marriages, Page 28, IRISH, Content, and Joseph Lawton; Jan. 4, 1714-15. Original record in Book 1, Page 172. Published under the Auspices of the General Assembly. Providence, R. I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; 1893 Printed by the Providence Journal Company, Providence, R. I. The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. [1]

Second Marriage

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. “Is My Name Written in the Book of Life?” Volume 4. NEWPORT COUNTY; Portsmouth, Part I, Marriages; original town record in Book 1, Page 172; WILBUR, William, and Content Lawton (widow), of Joseph; m. by George Cornell, Asst., Sept. 16, 1728 Published under the Auspices of the General Assembly. Providence, R. I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; 1893 Printed by the Providence Journal Company, Providence, R. I. The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://archive.org/details/cu3192409881976 Wilbur-403 21:09, 28 March 2016 (EDT)

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Content Irish's Timeline

1691
September 3, 1691
Little Compton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
1711
January 9, 1711
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1714
January 1, 1714
Little Compton, Newport, RI
1715
April 9, 1715
Little Compton, Newport, RI
September 19, 1715
Portsmouth, Newport County, Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, (Present USA)
1723
August 4, 1723
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1751
June 10, 1751
Age 59
Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations