GENERATION 12

GENERATION 11

Biography

THOMAS WYBORN, of Wrotham, Kent, England, was the seventh and youngest child of RICHARD of Wrotham. RICHARD was son of RICHARD of Wrotham, who was son of RICHARD of Shoreham, who in turn was son of THOMAS of Shoreham. THOMAS was baptised June 5, 1580. He married first Emma Millow, Nov. 27, 1605.

He married ELIZABETH in Tenterden, Kent, England, where he seems to have settled. He was a "saddler" there before leaving for America. In 1638, he came to this country, and remained in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. But, in 1643 he is on the list of those "able to bear arms" at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, where he was still living four years later.

In 1648, THOMAS WYBORN bought a house on High Street in Boston. In the city he appears to have been rather prominent. He was Commissioner of the Highways and Constable, meanwhile pursuing his trade of saddler. He had money to loan, invested in some real property, and at his death in 1656, left an estate valued at nearly four hundred pounds.

ELIZABETH married second, Henry Felch, she being his second wife.