Meshach Wilbore (1702-1793)

Meschach Wilbore was the second child and second son of Shadrach Wilbore (1672-1749 and Joanna Neale (1680-1745. He was born in 1702 in Taunton, Massachusetts. He married on December 11, 1729 when he was 27 and his wife, Elizabeth Leonard (1706-1776) was 23. Elizabeth bore him 7 children, including triplets Simeon, George, and Lemuel:

Meschach Wilbur (1731-1800), Simeon Wilbur (1739-1810, George Wilbore (1739-1803), Lemuel Wilbur (1739-1819), Josiah Wilbore (1741-1823), Ephraim Wilbore (1744-1814), and Joanna Wilbore (1747-1817).

He died on April 26, 1793 in his hometown, at the impressive age of 91.