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Families of the Children of John4 Washburn and Sarah Gunn

 

 

            John Washburn and Sarah Gunn had a small family of only 4 children in Derby, Connecticut, one of whom died young. The elder son lived in Derby, the elder daughter lived in New Haven and East Haven, Connecticut, and the younger son lived in Derby, Oxford, and Seymour, Connecticut.

 

 

 

 

Hope2 Washburn

 

 

William3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Mary2 Stiles

 

John4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Edward1 Wooster

 

 

Hannah2 Wooster

 

 

 

 

Tabitha Tomlinson

John5 Washburn (Jr.)

 

 

 

Anna5 Washburn

 

 

 

Josiah5 Washburn

 

 

 

Abigail Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jobamah2 Gunn

 

 

Sgt. Abel3 Gunn

 

 

 

 

Sarah Lane

 

Sarah4 Gunn

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph2 Hawkins

 

 

Agnes3 Hawkins

 

 

 

 

Abigail Holbrook

 

(882.) John5 Washburn (Jr.), eldest son of (282) John4 Washburn, (93) William3, (51) Hope2, (30) William1; born Derby, CT, in June ca. 1731,[1] married Experience Osborn,[2] daughter of Deacon Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Osborn, of New Haven,[3] and they lived in Derby, CT. She was born on 15 Oct. 1737 in New Haven,[4] a granddaughter of Joseph and Experience (Tolles) Osborn (Jr.), and of John and Mehitabel (Talmadge) Smith.[5]

         John Washburn (Jr.) was Surveyor of Highways in Derby in 1764. Experience (Osborn) Washburn died on 10 Aug. 1783 in Derby,[6] and he was still living in Derby, CT, in the 1790 federal census.[7] He died on 26 June 1798 in Derby,[8] and was buried in Elm Street Cemetery in Ansonia, CT.

         John Washburn (Jr.) and Experience Osborn supposedly had 3 children:

         2324    i   (Supposedly) Sarah6 Washburn, born ca. 1764 in Derby, married Andrew Hawkins, of Derby, CT, son of Samuel and Sarah (Smith) Hawkins,[9] in ca. 1784. He was born supposedly on 2 May 1762 in Derby, CT.[10] She died before 1793,[11] and he remarried to Elizabeth Swift.[12] He supposedly died on 27 Feb. 1850 in Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY.[13] Sarah (Washburn) Hawkins had one daughter:

a. Experience Hawkins, born on 18 Feb. 1786, married William Smith, son of William Clark and (2317) Rebecca6 (Washburn) Smith. He was born ca. 1785 in Derby, a grandson supposedly of (871) Timothy5 and Hannah (Curtis) Washburn. They were probably living in Derby, New Haven Co., CT, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[14] She died on 3 Mar. 1821 in Derby, aged 35 years, 13 days,[15] and he remarried to 2.) Sarah Lum, daughter of David and Abigail (Gorham) Lum, of Derby, on 24 Apr. 1823 in Derby.[16] She was born on 30 Jan. 1805 in CT.[17] They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1830,[18] 1840,[19] and 1850 federal census, close by Sheldon Smith, “Jr,” presumably his brother.[20] He died on 30 Jan. 1860 in Derby, aged 74 years,[21] and she was still living in Derby, CT, in the 1860 federal census.[22] She died on 26 May 1869 in Derby, aged 64 years,[23] and they were both buried in Oak Cliff Cemetery in Derby, CT.

+      2325    ii   Elizabeth6 Washburn, born in ca. 1765, baptized on 27 Oct. 1765 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[24] mar­ried 1.) John Wooster (Jr.), son of Capt. John and Eunice (Hull) Wooster, of Seymour, CT,[25] in ca. 1784,[26] and 2.) Jo­seph Hawkins, probably as his second wife, on 10 June 1829 in Seymour. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        2326   iii   Experience6 Washburn, born say ca. 1767, supposedly married Nathan Wheeler, son of Simeon and Sarah (Baldwin) Wheeler, of Derby,[27] in ca. 1792. He was born on 29 Sept. 1767 in Derby.[28] Children not found. They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1800 federal census,[29] but he was not a head of household in Derby in the 1810 federal census, and no death record was found for him.

 

 

(883.) Anna5 Washburn, daughter of (282) John4 Washburn, (93) William3, (51) Hope2, (30) William1; born in Derby, CT, on 19 Feb. 1732/3 in Derby,[30] mar­ried Capt. Timo­thy Tuttle, of New Haven, CT, son of Noah and Rachel (Hoadley) Tuttle, of New Haven,[31] on 12 Jan. 1748/9 in New Haven.[32] He was born on 3 Apr. 1724 in Branford, New Haven Co., CT,[33] a grandson of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sanford) Tuttle, and of Abraham and Elisabeth (Maltby) Hoadley.[34]

         Timothy Tuttle died on 22 Oct. 1778 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT, aged 54 years,[35] and Anna (Washburn) Tuttle died a widow on 17 Apr. 1782 in East Haven, CT, aged 50 years, of “consumption.”[36]

         Anna Washburn and Capt. Timothy Tuttle had children:[37]

        2327     i   John Tuttle, born on 5 Nov. 1749 in New Haven, CT,[38] died without issue.[39]

+      2328    ii   Sarah Tuttle, born on 9 Mar. 1752 in New Haven, CT,[40] married Levi Forbes, son of Samuel and Mary (Thompson) Forbes, of East Haven, CT,[41] in Apr. 1769 in East Haven.[42] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        2329   iii   Ann Tuttle, born ca. 1754 in New Haven,[43] died on 31 Aug. 1770 in East Haven, aged 17 years.[44]

+      2330   iv   Rachel Tuttle, born ca. 1756 in New Haven,[45] married 1.) Elam Luddington, son of Jesse and Mehitable (Smith) Luddington, of East Haven, CT,[46] on 8 Dec. 1774 in East Haven,[47] and 2.) David Burnham on 12 Apr. 1792 in East Hampton, CT.[48]  (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        2331    v   Elizabeth Tuttle, born say ca. 1758 in New Haven, married George King (Jr.), son of George and Patience (Conklin) King,[49] on 30 May 1776 in East Haven, CT.[50] She died on 17 Dec. 1786 in East Haven, of a fever.[51] George King was not a head of household in New Haven Co., CT, in the 1790 federal census, and may have moved to Brookhaven, NY, with his father. They supposedly had children:

a. Patience King, born ca. 1777,[52] died in Jan. 1786 in East Haven, aged 8 years, of dysentery.[53]

b. John King, born on 12 or 13 Oct. 1780 in East Haven, CT.[54]

c. Rebecca King, born ca. 1783 in East Haven, CT,[55] died on 26 Jan. 1786 in East Haven, aged 2 years, of dysentery.[56]

d. Elizabeth King, born on 14 Sept. 1785 in East Haven, CT.[57]

        2332   vi   Timothy Tuttle (Jr.), born ca. 1760 in New Haven,[58] died on 19 Apr. 1777 in East Haven, aged 17 years, of a fever.[59]

 

 

(884.) Josiah5 Washburn, second son of (282) John4 Washburn, (93) William3, (51) Hope2, (30) William1; born probably in Derby, CT on 27 Jan. 1736/7, married Sarah Harger, daugh­ter of Ephraim and Mary (Humphrey) Harger, of Derby, CT,[60] on 2 June 1767 in Derby,[61] and they lived in Derby near Seymour, CT, where his name was usually spelled “Washband” in the records. She was born on 24 Dec. 1739 in Derby.[62] They were living in Derby, CT, in the 1790 federal census, next door to John Wooster,[63] and he was living in Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, in the 1800 federal census, probably with his son, Josiah.[64] He was listed as a resident in Oxford, CT, in 1792.[65]

         Sarah (Harger) Washburn died on 15 June 1790 in Seymour, CT,[66] and Josiah Washburn died on 7 July 1810 in Sey­mour, aged 75 years,[67] and they were both buried in the Episcopal Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

         Josiah Washburn and Sarah Harger had 2 children:

+      2333     i   Josiah6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 9 Jan. 1769 in Derby,[68] baptized on 29 Jan. 1769 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[69] mar­ried Cath­er­ine/Keturah Smith on 4 May 1792 in Fairfield Co., CT.[70] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        2334    ii   Mary6 Washburn, born on 5 Feb. 1774 in Derby,[71] probably the unnamed child of Josiah Washbond baptized on 27 Mar. 1774 in St. James’ Church, Derby,[72] supposedly married (___) Smith, and moved to Vermont.

 

 

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    [1] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Derby 1655-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1997, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs], p. 310, “John, son of John and Sarah” with no birthdate.

    [2] Her maiden name per Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 605.

    [3] Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Ancient New Haven, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1997, [hereinafter Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven], Vol. VI, p. 1325; www.findagrave.com memorial #47576647.

    [4] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VI, p. 1325; www.findagrave.com memorial #47576647, but no picture of her gravestone was submitted.

    [5] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VI, p. 1324-1325.

    [6] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VI, p. 1325; www.findagrave.com, memorial #47576647, submitted by Michael Harrington, from her gravestone in Elm Street Cemetery, Ansonia, CT.

    [7] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 96, Derby Town, New Haven Co., CT, the John Washbourn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 1 free white female.

    [8] www.findagrave.com, memorial #47576660, submitted by Michael Harrington, from his gravestone in Elm Street Cemetery, Ansonia, CT.

    [9] Per the www.Ancestry.com Hall Family Tree file submitted by dsinur.

    [10] Per the www.Ancestry.com Hall Family Tree file submitted by dsinur, but his birth was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [11] Per the www.Ancestry.com Hall Family Tree file submitted by dsinur.

    [12] Per the www.Ancestry.com Hall Family Tree file submitted by dsinur.

    [13] Per the www.Ancestry.com Hall Family Tree file submitted by dsinur.

    [14] 1820 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 1557, the William Smith household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [15] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24466694, from her gravestone in Elm Street Cemetery, Ansonia, CT, but her death was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [16] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 293, taken from Vol. 1, p. 116, of the Derby Town Records; her parents per her www.findagrave.com memorial #24886801.

    [17] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #24886801, but her birth was not recorded in the Barbour Index of Derby VRs.

    [18] 1830 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 316, the William Smith household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 2 males aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 [sic] years, 2 females under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

    [19] 1840 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 328, the William Smith household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture, and 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

    [20] 1850 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 300, dwelling #418, family #433:

            Wm Smith, 64, male, farmer, $4000, born CT

            Sarah Smith, 45, female, born CT

            Charlotte Smith, 22, female, born CT

            Benjamin Smith, 17, farmer, born CT, attending school

            David L. Smith, 14, male, born CT, attending school

            Edmond C. Smith, 2, male, born CT

    [21] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24886784, from his gravestone in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT, formerly known as Old Town Burying Ground.

    [22] 1860 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, Page No. 88, dwelling #562, family #702:

            Sarah Smith, 55, female, $2000, born CT

            David Smith, 24, male, farmer, born CT

            Cath. Smith, 34, female, born CT

            Edmund Smith, 12, male, born CT, attending school

            Wm S. Hill. 32, male, born CT

            Charlotte Hill, 32, female, born CT

            Kate A. Hill, 6, female, born CT, attending school

            Wm Hill, 4, male, born CT

    [23] www.findagrave.com, memorial #24886801, from her gravestone in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Derby, CT, formerly known as Old Town Burying Ground.

    [24] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Records of St. James’s Church, Derby, Conn., 1740-1796,” The New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 76, [April 1922], [hereinafter Jacobus, Derby Baptisms], p. 139.

    [25] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 605.

    [26] Calculated from the baptism of their eldest child on 27 Feb. 1785.

    [27] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 315, the marriage of Simeon Wheeler and Sarah Baldwin, of Derby, on 10 Oct. 1764 in Derby.

    [28] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 314.

    [29] 1800 Federal Census, Derby, New Haven Co., CT, p. 426, the Nathan Wheeler household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [30] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 309.

    [31] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1900; Dodd, Rev. Stephen, East Haven Register Containing an account of the Names, Marriages and Births of the Families which Settled, or which have resided in East Haven, from its settlement in 1644 to the year 1800, New Haven, CT, 1910, [hereinafter Dodd, East Haven Register], p. 65.

    [32] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1900; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 65, which gives the date as 12 Jan. 1743.

    [33] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1900.

    [34] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, pp. 1883, 1900.

    [35] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1900; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 91.

    [36] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1900; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 93, gives the date as 17 Mar. 1782.

    [37] All from Ancestry.com World Tree file of jiggys@silcom.com.

    [38] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1920; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 65.

    [39] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1920.

    [40] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1920; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 65.

    [41] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. III, p. 608; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 22.

    [42] All from Ancestry.com World Tree file of jiggys@silcom.com.

    [43] Calculated from her age at death.

    [44] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1920; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 87.

    [45] Calculated from her age at death.

    [46] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1114; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 38.

    [47] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1114-5; Dodd, East Haven Register, pp. 38, 65.

    [48] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1076, Vol. VIII, p. 1920; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 65, no date given.

    [49] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1076; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 35.

    [50] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1076, Vol. VIII, p. 1920, but the marriage was not listed in the Barbour Index to the East Haven Town Records.

    [51] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1076; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 94.

    [52] Calculated from her age at death.

    [53] Bailey, Christina, edited by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, East Haven, 1700-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1997, [hereinafter Bailey, Barbour Index of East Haven VRs], p. 168, taken from Vol. DR of East Haven Town Records; Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1076; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 94.

    [54] Bailey, Barbour Index of East Haven VRs, p. 168, gives the date as 13 Oct. 1780, taken from Vol. TM2, p. 162, of the East Haven Town Records; Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1077, gives the date as 12 Oct. 1780; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 35, also gives the date as 12 Oct. 1780.

    [55] Calculated from her age at death.

    [56] Bailey, Barbour Index of East Haven VRs, p. 168, taken from Vol. DR of East Haven Town Records; Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1077; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 94.

    [57] Bailey, Barbour Index of East Haven VRs, p. 168, taken from Vol. TM2, pp. 162, 294, of the East Haven Town Records; Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1077; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 35.

    [58] Calculated from his age at death.

    [59] Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. VIII, p. 1920; Dodd, East Haven Register, p. 91.

    [60] Orcutt, Samuel, The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880, Springfield, MA, 1880, [hereinafter Orcutt, History of Derby], p. 725.

    [61] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 310, married by Rev. Richard Mansfield.

    [62] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 232; Orcutt, History of Derby, p. 725.

    [63] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 95, Derby Town, New Haven County, the Josiah Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [64] 1800 Federal Census, Oxford, New Haven Co., CT, p. 468, the Josiah Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 slave.

    [65] Sharpe, William C., History of Oxford, Seymour, CT, 1885, [hereinafter Sharpe, History of Oxford], p. 98.

    [66] Sharpe, William C., History of Seymour, Seymour, CT, [hereinafter Sharpe, History of Seymour], p. 101, from her gravestone in the Episcopal Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

    [67] Sharpe, History of Seymour, p. 101, from his gravestone in the Episcopal Cemetery in Seymour, CT.

    [68] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 310; Orcutt, History of Derby, p. 775.

    [69] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 140.

    [70] Date from the International Genealogical Index marriage search for Josiah Washburn, from FHL microfilm #458684 of LDS temple records.

    [71] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 310; Orcutt, History of Derby, p. 775.

    [72] Jacobus, Derby Baptisms, p. 143.