GENERATION 14

GENERATION 13

Biography

NICHOLAS WILBORE was originally of Colchester, Essex, England, but in 1548 we find him in Braintree, Essex, England, when he sold Le stone house to his brother, John. NICHOLAS was very well to do with much real estate and other property in Braintree, Stisted and Bocking. He evidently hired much help in the woolen business and also owned a large hill in Braintree which was used by him as pasturage for his sheep, called Skitts Hill. It is probably correct to place NICHOLAS in the class with the Paycock family, a well-known family of woolen merchants of the sixteenth century, whose house is still (1958) in existence in Coggeshall, Essex, England.

According to NICHOLAS' will he owned the following real estate:

      In Braintree, Cherkson and the Gaunte.
      Tenement called Wolnes in Stisted.
      Land he bought of Robert Polye called by the name Cops Wood.
      In Blumster and Hamstall.
      His house, called the checker, with tenements.
      A field called Bartletts.
      The Slade.
      A meadow called Wheland farm in Stisted.
      A grove called Hollis Grove.
      A coppiehold shop in the market place of Braintree, with two rooms over same.
      A hill called Skitts Hill.