Dorothy (Wilbore) Albro (abt. 1617 - abt. 1696)

Born about 1617 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Albro I — married 1644 in Portsmouth, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 19 Feb 1696 at about age 79 in Portsmouth, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations [uncertain]

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Biography

Unknown Origin

Dorothy, the wife of Nathaniel Potter, was born in 1617 at England.^[1] Her maiden name and place/date of birth are unknown.

Birth date is an estimate.

She is often styled Dorothy "Wilbore or Wilbur" without evidence (user-contributed sources).

Marriages

Dorothy married twice.

She married first Nathaniel Potter.

She married second John Albro.

Dorothy Wilbur died on 19 February 1696 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.1,2

Biography 2

Dorothy Wilbore was born 1617 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, and died 19 February 1695/96 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. She was the daughter of Samuel Wilbore and Ann Bradford. She married Nathaniel Potter between 1635 and 1637 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, son of Robert Potter and Elizabeth. He was born 21 December 1616 in Newport, Pagnell, Bucks, England, and died 1644 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Children

1. Nathaniel Potter was born September 1637 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and died 20 October 1704 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay. He married Elizabeth Stokes about 1664 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay. She was born 28 October 1638 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay and died after 1710 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
2. Ichabod Potter born 1639 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and died 26 October 1675 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He married Martha Hazard. Following Ichabod's death Martha remarried Benjamin Mowry, son of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson.

Source S458 Abbreviation: Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894 Title: Caroline Robinson Hazard, The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894 (Boston, Mass. : by the author, 1895) Repository: #R3 Repository R3 Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA) Address: Web Address: http://www.americanancestors.org

Family 2 Major John Albro b. 1617, d. 14 Dec 1712

Husband: Nathaniel Potter Wife: Dorothy Wilbur Child: Robert Potter Child: Nathaniel Potter Child: Abel Potter Child: Ichabod Potter Child: Robert Potter

Birth

1617 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

Death

19 Feb 1696/1697 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Marriage

Husband: Nathaniel Potter Wife: Dorothy UNKNOWN Marriage: Date: 1635/1637 Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Notes / Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island

The earliest permanent settlement was established at Providence in 1636 by English clergyman Roger Williams and a small band of followers who left the repressive atmosphere of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to seek freedom of worship.

In 1644, Roger Williams journeyed to England, where he secured a parliamentary patent uniting the four original towns (Providence, Portsmouth, Newport, and Warwick) into a single colony: the Providence Plantations. This legislative grant remained in effect until the Stuart Restoration made it prudent to seek a royal charter.

The royal charter, secured for Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations from Charles II on July 15, 1663, guaranteed religious liberty, permitting significant local autonomy, and strengthened the colony's territorial claims.

Newport County was constituted on June 22, 1703, as one of the two original counties of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport County consisted of four towns: Portsmouth, Newport, Jamestown, and New Shoreham (present day Block Island).

Research Notes

Dorothy Wilbore baptised Feb 18 1619, Arksey, Yorkshire, West Riding

Father name: Robert. Yorkshire Baptism Transcription, shows denomination as Anglican.

Answered Apr 17, 2017 by Wayne Morgan

http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/379209/who-was-dorothy-wilbore-potter-albro?show=379387#a379387

"About 1645, Albro married Dorothy, the widow of Nathaniel Potter, whose maiden name is not known. John and Dorothy had five known children, all of whom grew to maturity, married, and had children. Their two sons Samuel and John were both original proprietors of the settlement of East Greenwich."

Per Anderson, "apparently the only evidence for the claim that John Albro married the widow of Nathaniel Potter.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Austin, John Osborne, (1887) The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany: J. Munsell's sons, Archive.org (Pages 332, 334).
2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. "John Albro," Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. (NEHGS, 1995) AmericanAncestors.org ($) Vol 1, A-B, Page 17.

• Anderson, Robert Charles. Sanborn, George F. Jr.; Sanborn, Melinde L. (1999). The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634–1635. Vol. I A–B. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. ISBN 0-88082-110-8, pp. 17-18.

• Austin, John Osborne (1887). Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1, pp. 234-7.

• Cades, D. Re: Dorothy Wilbur of RI - 1617, m. Nathaniel Potter Archive.org saved 23 Mar 2017 Retrieved 8 Feb 2018.

• French, Anna Richmond Warner. An American Ancestry. ([Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 2000] Reprint. Originally published: Minneapolis : Hall, Black & Co., Printers, 1894) HathiTrust.org Page 6.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Wilbore-30 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.