There is a record dated May 12, 1681, of the marriage of Thomas Sherman of Marshfield to “Martha, daughter of William Wilbor of Portsmouth, R.I.” Martha must have been nineteen at that date. Benjamin, born 1670, died 1729, married first Mary Kinnicut and married second Elizabeth Head.Joan, born 1668, died 1729, married Nathaniel Potter.Daniel, born 1666, died 1741, married Ann Barney.Samuel, born 1664, died 1740, married Mary Potter.Martha, born 1662/3, married William Sherman.Married first - Tallman, married second Joan Biggs Joseph, born 1656, died May 4, 1729, married Ann Brownell.Mary, born in 1654, died 1720, married Joseph Mowry.The record of their births is as follows: Children: Mary Wilbore Mowry, Joseph Wilbore, John Wilbore, Thomas Wilbore, William Wilbor, Martha Wilbore Sherman, Samuel Wilbore, Daniel Wilbore, Joanna Wilbore Potter, and Benjamin Wilbore.First Husband of Martha -, married about 1653.Son of John Wilbore and Joan/Joanna Drane of Braintree, Co.Essex, England.15, 1710 Tiverton Newport CountyRhode Island, USA If John Wilbore returned to Braintree in 1641, after the Spaniards conquered Old Providence, and brought with him our William, it would fit in with his buying the land in Braintree in 1647. This situation would seem to come from a difference of environment and would be easily explained if we know that John Wilbore of Braintree, who went to the Isle of Old Providence off South America, was William's father, John. His lack of education is rather surprising when you consider that his cousin, Samuel, and his three sons could write, and the son, Shadrach, was a beautiful penman. In signing William always makes a mark or "W" for Wilbore. Garland of Wellesley Hills, Mass., a descendant. The original will of William Wilbore is in the hands of Mrs. This would seem to be the work of Otis Wilbor, who died in 1856, and consequently the births given are only approximate. They are, however, in Otis Wilbor's transcript of the records in Little Compton and are also given in the same way in a fairly modern book in Tiverton, which gives the year of birth of the children and also his own birth, namely, 1630. Arnold's "Vital Records of Rhode Island" gives a list of his children in both Little Compton and Tiverton, with the years of birth, but on looking at the original records in Little Compton they are not to be found. His children were never recorded, but are all given in his will. William Wilbore's will was made 1 March 1710 and proved in Portsmouth 15 Aug. We do not hear of William again until July 1654, when his cousin, Samuel Wilbore, transferred ten acres of land to him in Portsmouth, land that belonged formerly to Thomas Emmons. According to these transactions William was not married in 1647, for usually in the Manor Rolls the name of the wife is given when a person buys land. 1650 he sold this land to Thomas Rowell and Mary, his wife. It is not known when William came to America, but according to the Manor Rolls of Braintree, co Essex, England he bought land in Braintree of Jonas Webb on 30 March 1647, as William Wilbore, son of John. From "American Ancestors", New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 113, pp 101-102
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