Dear Heather: I would like to invite you to post this also on the WILBUR message boards and mailing list. You can do repeat posting on a once per quarter basis ( every 3 months). It looks like a very valuable resource! Best Regards John A Hansen List Admin ( Wilbur) > -----Original Message----- > From: Heather Waddingham [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 10:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MABRISTO] WILBUR/WILBORE Surname > > > > Hi! > > A friend of mine has recently published a wonderful new book on > the History > of the New Brunswick (Canada) WILBUR's. The book covers 10 > generations and > the years 1482-2002, contains over 468 pages and over 400 photo's and > illustrations. It is very well done, with proper sources and well > documented. > > It traces the descendants of Benjamin WILBUR and Sarah BUSH of MA > who later > moved to Sackville Township (NB) but at the time (1763) it was actually a > part of Nova Scotia. Benjamin was born Dec 6 1705, at Portsmouth, Rhode > Island. He and Sarah later lived at Swansea MA for about 15 years before > moving to Canada. They are they progenitors of the New Brunswick > WILBUR's. > They had 5 children. > > Benjamin was the son of Benjamin WILBORE/WILBUR and Mary > KINNICUT. Benjamin > and Mary had 4 children, following her death in 1708, he married a second > time in 1710 to Elizabeth HEAD and had 10 more children. > > For more information on the book please go to the web page I have created > for the authors located at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcampob/wlbrbk.htm . Or feel free to > contact the > author, Max MacDonald directly at [email protected] . > > Thanks!! > > Heather > > > > >