Shadrach Wilbore (1631-1697)

Shadrach Wilbore, Sr. was born on September 6, 1631, in Essex, England, the fourth and second to last child of Samuel Wilbore (1594-1656) and Ann Bradford (1589-1645). He was 27 when he married 15 year old Mary Deane (1643-1689) in 1658. Mary and Shadrach had 10 children together from 1659 to 1683:

Mary Wilbore (1659-1674), Sarah Wilbore (1661-1745), Samuel Wilbore (1663-1695), Rebecca Wilbore (1665-1727), Hannah Wilbore (1668-1675), Joseph Wilbore (1670-1720), Shadrach Wilbore (1672-1749), John Wilbore (1675-1718), Eleazar Wilbore (1677-1700), and Benjamin Wilbore (1683-1763).

Shadrach died on February 28, 1697, at the age of 65, in Taunton, MA.