Notes for Samuel Wilbore

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.

See Also:
Notes at the GardLine Web Site
The Wilbour Family
Ancestors of Daniel Dean Peterson

Lineage:

  1 Samuel Shadrack WILBORE (b. 6 SEP 1594 Sible Hedergton, Essex, Eng.;
                   m. 1620 Sible Hedingham, Eng.;d. 24 JUL 1656 Boston, MA)
.  +Ann Smith (b. 13 JAN 1597/98  S England; d. 24 SEP 1656 Rhode Island )
.  2 Shadrack WILBORE (b. 16 SEP 1631      at: Christenes Sible Hedington, Essex, Eng.;
                   m. 13 JUN 1662 Sible Hedington, Essex, Eng.; d. 16 FEB 1696/97 Taunton, MA)
..  +Mary Dean (b. bef 1640)
..  3 Rebecca WILBORE (b. 13 JAN 1664/65;
                   m. 28 AUG 1684 Taunton, MA;d. 30 AUG 1727 Berkley, MA)
...  +Abraham HATHAWAY
...  4 Benjamin HATHAWAY (b. 1699 Taunton, Bristol, MA; d. 21 Apr 1762 Morristown, NJ)
....  5 Benjamin HATHAWAY Jr. (b. Abt 1728 Hanover, Morris, NJ; d.Aft 1797, Morris, NJ)
....   +Mary FAIRCHILD (b. ABT. 1725 Morristown,  NJ;
                  m. 12 NOV 1746 Morristown, NJ;d. 18 MAR 1750/51 Morristown, NJ)
.....  6 Sarah HATHAWAY (1748 Of Morristown, NJ; d. 1810); d. 1800-1810 Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA)
......  +Jacob Gard   (b. 1750  Morristown, NJ; d. 1815, Fayette, PA)
......  7 Noah Gard (b. ABT. 1774 Morris Co., NJ; d. 18 SEP 1838 Preble Co., OH)
.......  8 Mahala Gard (b. 17 Dec 1803 Fayette Co., PA; d. (AFTER 1887)Lake Cty, CA)
........  9 Charles Gard (b. 1824, Dixon, OH; d. 1876, Morgan Valley, CA)
......... 10 Susan Francis Fanny GARD (b. 7 MAR 1867;
                          m. 28 Dec 1884 Kelseyville, CA;d. 2 Dec 1939 Finley, CA)
..........  +Benton THOMAS
..........  11  Delwin Lewis Thomas (b. 16 May 1886, Kelseyville, CA; d. 17 Apr 1940, San Francisco; buried Kelseyville))
..........  11  Alta Eugenia Thomas (b. 28 Jun 1887, Kelseyville; d. 19 Jan 1962, Saratoga, CA)
..........  11  Clara Edna Thomas (b. 11 May 1889, Kelseyville, CA; d. 19 Oct 1966, Davis, CA)
..........  11  Crystal Frances Thomas (b. 29 Mar 1891, Kelseyville; d. 5 Jun 1977, San Jose, CA)
..........  11  Verna Vivian Thomas (b. 27 Apr 1894, Kelseyville; d. 6 Feb 1981, Kelseyville)
..  +Elizabeth Lechford Samuel's 2nd wife.  Widow of Thomas Lechford only lawyer in Boston at the time.