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John
Washburn, the immigrant ancestor to Plymouth Colony, lived in the part of
(28.)
John1 Washburn (4th), second son
and heir of (10) JohnA
Washborne (3rd),
(2) JohnB (Jr.), (1) JohnC; born in
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, in 1597,[1]
married Margery1 Moore, daughter of RobertA and EllenA (Taylor) Moore, of Bengeworth,
England, on 23 Nov. 1618 in Bengeworth.[2]
She was born ca. 1586,[3]
baptized on
Robert Moore
married Elen Taylor on
John
Washburn (4th) was a Churchwarden of St.
Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, in 1625-1626.[9]
He sailed to
On 5 Jan.
1635/6 John Washborne purchased a “house and palisado” from Edward Bompass in
Plymouth Colony, “beyond Eagle Nest Creek,”[15]
presumably on the “Duxborrow” side of
In August
1643 John Washborne Sen., John Washborne
Jun., and Phillip Washborne were listed among those
able to bear arms, aged 16 to 60 years, in “Duxborrow.”[26]
John Washburn, and his son, John Washburn Jr., were among the original 54
proprietors, or purchasers, of the new town of
John
Washburn served on several juries in Plymouth Colony, beginning on
On
Margery
(Moore) Washburn apparently died shortly after arriving in New England,[33]
presumably in Duxbury, and John Washburn eventually moved to
John and Margery Washborne had 4 children:
42 i Mary Washborne, baptized on 6 Oct. 1619 in Bengeworth, Worcestershire,[38] possibly died in England before 1635, as she was not brought to New England with her mother and brothers, or she may have been the Mary Washborne who married Richard Hyde on 5 May 1634 in St. Lawrence Parish, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.[39]
+ 43 ii John2 Washborne (5th), baptized on
44 iii Philip Washburn, baptized on
+ 45 iv Philip2 Washburn, born in ca. 1624 in Bengeworth,[44]
came to New England in 1635 with his mother, and married Elizabeth2 Irish,[45]
daughter of John1
and Elizabeth (Risely[?]) Irish, of
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The two sons of John Washburn married
and remained in the Duxbury-Bridgewater part of Plymouth Colony. Son John
Washburn had a large family in
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(43.) John2 Washburn (5th), eldest son of (28) John1 Washburn (4th), (10)
JohnA
(3rd), (2) JohnB (Jr.), (1) JohnC; born in
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, in 1620,[46]
sailed to New England with his mother and brother in 1635, and settled first in
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. He married 1.) Elizabeth2 Mitchell,
daughter of Experience1 and Jane2 (Cooke) Mitchell,
of Duxbury, on
In 1638 Abraham Sampson was presented to the court “for striking and abusing John Washburn the younger in the meeting house on the Lord’s day.”[50]
When the
Narragansett War broke out in 1645, the town of
John
Washburn (5th) was made a freeman in
Plymouth Colony on 6 June 1654,[52]
and he was elected constable of Duxbury on 7 June 1659.[53]
On 29 July 1661 Experience Mitchell acknowledged that he had given his son‑in‑law,
John Washburn, some land between the brook and the
John Washburn
(5th) and his father joined with several
residents of Duxbury in the formation of the new town of
Elizabeth
(Mitchell) Washburn died by ca. 1685, and John Washburn remarried to 2.) Elizabeth1 (____) Packard, widow of Samuel1 Packard, of
John
Washburn died testate on
On 1 Apr. 1700 the heirs of John Washburn, of Bridgewater, namely James Washburn, John Washburn, Thomas Washburn, Joseph Washburn, Samuel Washburn, Jonathan Washburn, Samuel Kinsley and wife Mary, widow Elizabeth Selee, and John Ames and wife Sarah, sold land in Bristol Co., MA, to John Rogers.[60] Elizabeth (Packard) Washburn died sometime after 1687, but presumably by 1700.
John Washburn had children, all by Elizabeth Mitchell:[61]
+ 56 i John3 Washburn (6th), born ca. 1646, probably in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony,[62] married Rebecca Lapham, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Tilden) Lapham, of Scituate, MA,[63] on 16 Apr. 1679 in Bridgewater.[64] (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
+ 57 ii Thomas3 Washburn, born in ca. 1648, probably
in Duxbury, married 1.) Deliverance2 Packard, daughter of Samuel1 and Elizabeth1 Packard,[65]
in ca. 1680 in
+ 58 iii Samuel3 Washburn, born in ca. 1651,[69] probably in Duxbury, married Deborah2 Packard, daughter of Samuel1 and Elizabeth1 Packard,[70] in ca. 1677 in Bridgewater. (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
+ 59 iv Joseph3 Washburn, born on
+ 60 v Jonathan3 Washburn, born in ca. 1655, probably
in Duxbury, married Mary Vaughan, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hinchman) Vaughan, of
61 vi Benjamin3 Washburn, born in ca. 1658, probably in
+ 62 vii Mary3 Washburn, born in 1661 in Bridgewater,[79] married Samuel3 Kinsley (Jr.), son of Samuel2 and Hannah (Brackett) Kinsley,[80] in ca. 1689.[81] (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
+ 63 viii Elizabeth3 Washburn, born in ca. 1664 in
+ 64 ix Jane3 Washburn, born in ca. 1670 in Bridgewater,[84] married William Orcutt (Jr.), son of William and Martha (Lane) Orcutt, of Scituate, MA,[85] in ca. 1691.[86] (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
+ 65 x James3
Washburn, born on
+ 66 xi Sarah3 Washburn, born in ca. 1675 in Bridgewater,[89] married John Ames (Jr.), son of John and Sarah2 (Willis) Ames, of Bridgewater,[90] on 12 Jan. 1696/7 in Bridgewater.[91] (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
(45.) Philip2 Washburn, youngest son of (28)
John1
Washburn (4th), (10) JohnA (3rd), (2)
JohnB
(Jr.), (1) JohnC; born in
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, ca. 1624,[92]
sailed to New England with his brother and mother in 1635 aboard the “Elizabeth and Ann,” and he married Elizabeth2 Irish, daughter of John1 and Elizabeth1 (Risely[?]) Irish, of Duxbury, Plymouth Colony,[93]
in, say 1663, and they probably also settled eventually in
John1 Irish was born ca.
1609 supposedly in Clisdon Parish, Somersetshire,[95]
England, supposedly a son of JonathanA and ElizabethA (Kirby[?])
Irish,[96]
and had come to Plymouth Colony in ca. 1630 with Timothy Hatherly,
from Somersetshire. John Irish was a proprietor of
Phillip
Washburn never became a freeman like his father and brother, and by 8 May 1685
he was found incapable of taking care of himself, at which time his nephew,
Joseph Washburn, agreed to take care of him. He was still living on 19 Aug.
1700, but probably died soon after, presumably in
Phillip Washburn and Elizabeth Irish had children:[102]
+ 67 i Elizabeth3 Washburn, born say 1664, probably in Duxbury or Bridgewater, married Joseph3 Amory, of Little Compton, Plymouth Colony, son of Rebecca2 Amory, in ca. 1682.[103] (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
+ 68 ii Deacon John3 Washburn, born ca. 1672 in Duxbury or
+ 69 iii Margery3 Washburn, born in ca. 1678 in Duxbury or Bridgewater, married Josiah3 Leonard, son of John2 and Sarah Leonard,[109] on 1 Nov. 1699 in Bridgewater.[110] (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
+ 70 iv Mary3 Washburn, born say 1681 in Duxbury or Bridgewater, married Daniel3 Pratt, son of Benajah2 and Persis2 (Dunham) Pratt,[111] as his second wife, on 1 Oct. 1706 in Plymouth.[112] (Continued in Plymouth Third Generation.)
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[1] St.
Peter’s Parish Registers, Bengeworth,
[3]
Calculated from her age of 49 in 1635 when she sailed to
[5] Per the birth record of Ellen Taylor in the International Genealogical Index, 1994 edition, not verified through parish records yet.
[7] Bishop’s Transcripts from St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, from FHL Microfilm #0246641; Index of Wills and Administrations at the Probate Registry at Worcester, England, 1601-1652, Robert More, of Bengeworth, glover, folio #130 for 1626.
[9] St.
Peter’s Parish Registers, Bengeworth,
[10]
[11] Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Vol. 3, p. 1937, citing Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 85 for is occupation.
[12] Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 6, from Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620-1691, Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, UT, 1986, [hereinafter Stratton, Plymouth Colony], pp. 284, 386.
[14]
Barnard, E.A.B., Some Notes on the Evesham Branch of the Washbourne Family,
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Also found in Hotten’s List
of Emigrants, 1874 edition, p. 57, as noted by Barnard, Notes, p. 33;
[15] Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 33; Winsor, Justin, A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with Genealogical Registers, Boston, 1849, reprint, Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, 1995, [hereinafter Winsor, History of Duxbury], p. 333.
[17]
[18]
[23] Stratton, Plymouth Colony, p. 244; Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Vol. 3, p. 1939, from Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2, pp. 39, 52.
[24]
[25] Pulsifer, David, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Vol. XII: Deeds, & C., 1620-1651 and Book of Indian Records for Their Lands, Boston, 1861, reprint, Heritage Books, MD, 1999, pp. 153-154.
[27] Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], pp. 10-11. The other 52 original proprietors were William Bradford, William Merrick, John Bradford, Abraham Pierce, John Rogers, George Partridge, John Starr, Mr. William Collier, Christopher Wadsworth, Edward Hall, Nicholas Robbins, Thomas Hayward, Mr. Ralph Partridge, Nathaniel Willis, John Willis, Thomas Bonney, Mr. Miles Standish, Love Brewster, John Paybody, William Paybody, Francis Sprague, William Bennett, John Ames, Thomas Gannett, William Brett, Edmund Hunt, William Clarke, William Ford, Mr. Constant Southworth, John Cary, Edmund Weston, Samuel Tompkins, Edmund Chandler, Moses Simmons, John Irish, Philip Delano, Arthur Harris, Mr. John Alden, John Fobes, Samuel Nash, Abraham Sampson, George Soule, Experience Mitchell, Henry Howland, Henry Sampson, John Brown, John Haward, Francis West, William Tubbs, James Lendall, Samuel Eaton, and Solomon Leonard. Two more shares were added shortly after, to Rev. James Keith, their first minister, and Deacon Samuel Edson.
[30]
[31] Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Vol. 3, p. 1937, from Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 5, p. 29; Winsor, History of Duxbury, p 285.
[33] No deeds were found in Plymouth Colony by John Washburn, Sr., in which Margery Washburn signed with him.
[34] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 26, list of original purchasers who became permanent settlers, included John Washburn and John Washburn, Jr.
[35] Plymouth Colony Land Records, Vol. 3, p. 209, as transcribed by George Ernest Bowman in “Washburn Notes,” The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 16 [1914], p. 250.
[37] Bowman, George Ernest, “Washburn Notes,” The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 16 [1914], p. 250. On that date John Washburne “Senir” and wife Elizabeth Washburne acknowledged the deed of his father John Washburne to Edward Southworth dated 17 Mar. 1670, so his father must have recently died. Robert Charles Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins, Vol. 3, p. 1938, believes that he died soon after 22 May 1671, because the deed, when it was first drawn up, called his son “Jr.,” but it was altered to “Sr.” soon after. In either case, his death occurred most likely in the spring of 1671, and quite possibly in the month of May. It is not known if he was at that time living still in Duxbury or in the new town of Bridgewater.
[38] St.
Peter’s Parish Registers, Bengeworth,
[39] Parish Registers of St. Lawrence, Evesham, Worcestershire, England, from the Richard Savage Collection at the Shakespeare Library, from FHL Microfilm #0504474.
[40] St.
Peter’s Parish Registers, Bengeworth,
[41] Wakefield, Robert S., Plymouth Colony Marriages to 1650, p. 48, taken from Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2, p. 94; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 783.
[42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783, married between 7 Nov. 1684 and 30 Oct. 1686. Some sources list her maiden name as “Stream,” but I have not seen any proof of this.
[43] St. Peter’s
Parish Registers, Bengeworth,
[44] Based
on his age of 11 in 1635 when he came to
[47] Wakefield, Robert S., Plymouth Colony Marriages to 1650, p. 48, taken from Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2, p. 94; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783; Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, The Mayflower Descendant, Boston, Vol. 13, p. 86; Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Marriages From the Files of George Ernest Bowman At the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1990, [hereinafter Roser, Mayflower Marriages], p. 122.
[48] Underhill, Lora A.W., “The Mitchells of Plymouth,” Descendants of Edward Small of New England and the Allied Families with Tracings of English Ancestry, 1934, p. 510, which has Margaret’s surname translated as “Uochin” or “”Digehin” from the Dutch marriage record in Amsterdam of 9 May 1606 for Thomas Mitchell. In English, her name is throught to have acually been “Williams.”
[49] Wood,
Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations,
published as “Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12,” Picton
Press, Camden, ME, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 30. Jane Cooke came to
New England as a young woman with her mother, while Experience Mitchell came to
[51] Winsor, History of Duxbury, p. 94; Stratton, Plymouth Colony, p. 369, from Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 2, p. 90.
[53] Stratton, Plymouth Colony, p. 369, from Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 3, p. 163; Winsor, Duxbury, p. 81.
[55] Mitchell, History of
[57]
Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 122; the marriage occurred
between 7 Nov. 1684 and 30 Oct. 1686. Some sources list her as a possible
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Whitman) Stream, of Wymondham, Suffolk Co.,
[58] The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 15, p. 251: The date of his death is found in his inventory, dated 19 Nov. 1686.
[61] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 322, gives their children as John, Thomas, Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, Benjamin, Mary 1661, Elizabeth, Jane, James 1672, and Sarah.
[63] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 451; Barclay, Mrs. John E., “Rebecca Lapham, Wife of Samuel White or John Washburn?”, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 115, pp. 83-85.
[64] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 392; Barclay, Mrs. John E., “Rebecca Lapham, Wife of Samuel White or John Washburn?”, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 115, pp. 83-85.
[71] Sherman, Robert Moody, and Vincent, Verle Delano, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 2: James Chilton of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1978, p. 32; MF5G: Cooke, p. 73; Wakefield, Robert S., Sherman, Robert Moody, and Vincent, Verle Delano, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Fifteen: Family of James Chilton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter MF5G: Chilton], p. 32, which gives his birth as Duxbury ca. 1652. I don’t know where this date comes from originally. The sources listed in the footnotes do not lead to this birth date.
[78]
Bowman, George Ernest, “Benjamin Washburns of
[79] Bowman, George Ernest, Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 3, No. 7, [Nov. 1915], p. 102, letter from Thomas Mitchell, of Amsterdam, to his uncle Experience Mitchell, in Duxbury, dated 24 July 1662, which mentions the recent birth of a daughter to his cousin Elizabeth and her six sons, referring to the news relayed in a letter he had received from his uncle dated 23 Apr. 1661, so Mary Washburn was probably born shortly before 23 Apr. 1661.
[80] MF5G: Cooke, p. 108, which spells her husband’s name “Kingsley;” Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 441.
[81] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 322; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 441: married before 28 July 1690; MF5G: Cooke, p. 108.
[85] Torrey, New England Marriages,
p. 545: marriage of William Orcutt and
[93] Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, Little Compton Families, Little Compton, RI, 1967, [hereinafter Wilbour, Little Compton Families], p. 370, taken apparently from the Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 6, p. 785; FHL Ancestral File for John Irish and Elizabeth Risely, submitted by Larry S. Christiansen, of Tullahoma, TN, Fae S. Cobbley, of American Fork, UT, Robert A. Valentine, of Overland Park, KS, Scott A. Tracy, of Payette, ID, and many others. I have not been able to confirm her maiden name from reliable published sources or through original record research.
[94] Her birth year from the FHL Ancestral File, cited above, but it was not recorded in the vital records of Duxbury.
[95]
Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Vol. 1, from an indenture dated 20
Apr. 1629 whereby John Irish, “of the parish of Clisdon in the county of
Summersett laborer,” agreed to serve Timothy Hatherly of the parish of St.
Olave in Southwark “at the town of Plimouth called New England” for a term of 5
years, but Anderson points out “there is no Clisdon parish in Somersetshire.”
Another source lists the parish as “Chidon,
[96] Wilbour, Little Compton Families, p. 370, taken apparently from the Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 6, p. 785; FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Robert A. Valentine, of Overland Park, KS, Scott A. Tracy, of Payette, ID, Helen B. Willden, of Sandy, UT, and many others. I have not confirmed this with reliable published sources or original records.
[97] Wilbour, Little Compton Families, p. 370, but his death was not recorded in the vital records of Duxbury.
[98] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Michael D. Richards, of Cedar City, UT, J. Mark Hadley, of Brigham City, UT, Allan H. Whytock, of Federal Way, WA, and several others, but I have not confirmed this with reliable published sources or original records.
[99] Wilbour, Little Compton Families, p. 370, but her death was not recorded in the vital records of Duxbury.
[100] Per
the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Scott A. Tracy, of
[101] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Larry S. Christiansen, of Tullahoma, TN, Scott A. Tracy, of Payette, ID, Mary Bakeman, of Roseville, MN, and several others, but I have not confirmed this with reliable published sources or original records.
[102] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 322, says “we cannot find that he left either wife or children.”
[103] Calculated from the age of their eldest child, Patience Amory, at her death; the Little Compton Vital Records show a date of 1694, which is evidently incorrect.
[105] Hodge, Harriet W., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Five, John Billington of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1991, [hereinafter MF5G: Billington], pp. 60, 43-44.
[107] Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1994, originally published as Part II of Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Boston, 1899, [hereinafter Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families], p. 15, under Robert Barrow.
[108] Vital
Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society,
[A] The Will of Robert More, of Bengeworth,
Worcester County, England (1624): *
In the name of god Amen. I Robert More of Bengworth; in the
First I bequeth my soul to god that
gave it and had Redemed it wth
the precous Blod of his der
son my Blessed savyore and in whos
only merecs I trust to be saved: And my body to be buryed in the church yard of Bengeworth: And as for my
worldly goods that god hath blessed me weth: I thus desere of them: I give and Bequeth
unto my welbeloved son Thomas More on hous or Tenement with all and singular: the apertenances setuat and
Being .… in Evesham:
And now in the … and … of an John Morton: To have and to hould
the whol to Thomas More my son said to his heairs for ever: preuyd never the
les: And my wel is That my son Thomas More shal pay or caus to be payed to Margaret Milner my dauter
The ful sum of Twenty shillings yerly
during the natural lif of the said margaret my dauter: Also i give to my said son Thomas mor anothr
house or tenement setuat and being in the coustred in Evesham Between the hous of an Edward … on the north sid
and the hous of an welyem Coten on the south sid: To have
and to hould the said house unto my son Thomas More
and his heires forever: But my wel
is that my wel beloved wife shal
in joy it the tim she is wedoud:
Also I give to my son Thomas al my mars fols an
gelding and All his form? to an Bras upou the Begoste that was my …
But upon this condishon: That my son Thomas shall pay
or cause to be payd to the 3 children of Margery Washborn the som of x P or soru … … to be equaly devided at the … of i D …. to pay to Margery the som
of p vi yerly. And the Rest of my goods & chatels and cattel: …. of …. now
or ….: I give to my beloved wife Elnor whom I make my
sole executor of this my last wel and testament And I
apoynt and ordain my welbeloved
son in law Edward prs[?] And my wel beloved son
Thomas More to be my overseers of this my last wil to
se it performed acordinge
to the tru intent and knowing ther
in: in witnes therof …. ther unto set my hand …the day and year afor
Retten ) Robart More : )
John B….. Edward heail Thomas Adames
An
inventory of the goods chattels of and be?ols of
Robert More late of Bengworth glover Desesed taken And Apraised The
third of January Ano Dmi
1624 And in the Raine of The Kinge Majste James By the grace of god Kinge
of England … the xxiith
By john Balam …. Edward godard Thomas More & John Mander[?]
* Transcribed with much difficulty by John A. Maltby
from FHL [Family History Library] Microfilm #0098029 "Wills of the
Consistory Court of Worcester, Diocese of Worcester, England, 1626," film
#1 for that year, folio #130.
[B] The Will of John Washburn, of Bridgewater,
Colony of New Plymouth (1686): *
These are to Publish and
Declare to all to whome it may concerne
that I John Washbourne Senr
of Bridgwater in the Colony of New Plimouth being through the mercy of God of sound judgment
and memory Do ordaine and make my last will and
Testament in maner Following Vizt.
Into the hands of God I commend my spirit Believingly resigning up my soul into
the Everlasting arms of Gods mercy my Body to be Decently inburied
at the Discresion of my Executor: And for my outward
Estate I do will that after all my just Debts and funerall
Expenses be fully paid my Lands and other movables be Disposed of as followeth:
Impris I Give to my wife Elizabeth Washbourne
one Bed one Boulster one pillow two pair of sheets
one Blanket one Coverlet two chests Six bushels of Indian Corne
one bushell of Barley Farther with Respect to money
which was my wives part whereof I have already laid out for her we are agreed
that I should Returne to her two pounds and ten
shillings which I have already Done.
I Give to my Son John
four score acres of upland in the place where he hath already Built and what
shall be found wanting of the fourscore acres in the said place shall be made
up to him on the Easterly side of my Land next the South Brooke more I Give to him
a lot of meadow in Cousters Kitchen lying between the
lots of Samuel and james: More two Lots of Meadow
Lying in the Great Meadow above the Great Island More I Give to him a whole
purchase Right in the undivided lands. Further my Will is that my son John take
Care of my Brother Phillip to provide for him and on that Consideration, I
farther Give to my Son John half a purchase Right in my undivided lands and
half a fifty acre Lot not yet laid out Further I Give to him the Improvement of
a Lot of Meadow in the Great meadow Lying next to John Ames During my Brothers
Life and after my Brothers Decease the one half of the lot Shall be to my son
James and my Son John shall Enjoy the other half. To my son Thomas I have
already Given twenty acres of upland which he hath Exchanged for Land where he
hath built More I have Given him a Lot of meadow in Cousters
Kitchen lying on the outside Northerly. I have also Given him half a purchase
Right in the undivided lands of all which Lands I have formerly Given him Deed:
To my Son Joseph I have
Given twenty acres of Land lying at Satucket pond and
a lot of meadow lying at Black Brooke I have otherwise Done for him according
to my abillity And my will is that he therewith Rest
Contented.
To my Son Samuel I Give
thirty five acres of Land in the place where he hath already Built and a
To my son Jonathan I
Give fifty acres of Land Lying on the outside of my land next the South Brooke
and if he should Come to settle upon it within the space of two years after the
Date of this my Will he shall Enjoy it as his own otherwise my sons John Samuel
Benjamin and James Shall Enjoy the Land being Equally Divided betweene them Each of them paying to my son Jonathan fifty
shillings in common pay more I Give to my son Jonathan a Lot of meadow lying in
the Great Meadow joyning to a lot of Goodman Turners.
Also half a purchase
Right in the undivided lands.
To my son Benjamin I
Give fifty acres of Land which formerly was my fathers
lot Also a lot of meadow lying up Satucket River and joyning to a lot of Samuel Wadsworths
and half a purchase Right in the undivided lands. Also two young steeres a yong horse a cow a Bed
an an iron pot.
To my Younger son James
when he shall Come to age I Give the land which Lyeth
between my son John and my son Benjamin butting on the River and Runing in Length till it meet with the Butt of my son
Samuels Land with my dwelling house and all out housing thereunto belonging
Also a Lot of meadow in Cousters Kitchen joyning to a lot of Benjamin Willis. and half a purchase
Right in the undivided Lands. a fifth acre lot lying near Bear Swamp I Give to
my two sons John and Samuel to be Equally Divided between them. A lot of meadow
lying in the mouth of Black Brooke I Give to my three sons Samuel Jonathan and
Benjamin to be Equally Divided between them: to my Daughter Mary I Give ten
acres of Land to be laid out: and one Cow. To my Daughter
Further all my Right and
Interest in the lands Called the Majors purchase or in any other Lands without
the four mile my Will is that it shall be Equally Divided between my sons John
Thomas Samuel Jonathan Benjamin and james. My two old
oxen I Leave in the hands of my two sons John and Samuel to be sold when fit
for sale and four pounds of the money to be Disposed of for my Son Benjamin
towards his building. I Leave on the Land which I intend to my son James: one
horse two oxen one Bull two Cows with all the Furniture for husbandry to be
Improved for the benifit of my two yonger Children James and Sarah and my Will is that when
these Children come to age the principle be Divided between them. By principle
I Intend the horse oxen and other Cattell with the tooles
and Furniture afore mentioned. For my Trustees and overseers I Do nominate my
kind friend Mr John Thomson of
Signed and Delivered in John
Washbourne
The presence of his: Joh mark (Seal)
Thomas Hayward
Joseph Alden
This
Instrument being Exhibited unto the Inferior Court of Common Pleas held at Plimouth the Eighth Day of june
1687 By John Washbourne therein named Executor Thomas
Hayward and Joseph Alden the Witnesses above named personally appearing made
oath before the said Court that the Testator John Washbourne
Deceased in their presence Did signe seal and Declare
this Instrument to be his Last Will and Testament and that he then was of a
Disposing mind and understanding to the best of their judgments.
Attest
Nathaniel Thomas Clerk
Memorandum.
That
John Ames senr of Bridgwater
appeared before the Inferior Court of Common pleas held at Plimouth
Sept 19th 1687 and made oath that he was present with the other
witnesses within named head the within named John Washbourne
Deceased Declare this Instrument to which his hand and seal is put to be his
last Will & Testament and that he then was of a Disposing mind and
understanding to the best of his judgment.
Nathaniel
Thomas Clerk
An Inventory of the
Goods and Chattels of John Washburne of the Town of
(The total value of the
inventory was £142, 8 s.)
A
true and fair prisall of the Estate of John Washburne
according to our best judgment Taken by us ye 19th Day of november 1686.
As
Witness our hands
John
Field
John Leonard
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from
[C]
The Will of Benjamin
Washburn, of Bridgewater, Colony of New Plymouth (1690): *
“On the 28th Day of
july 1690: Benjamin Washbourn
of the Town of Bridgewater….having Some Days since listed himself in order to Goe against the French Enemy and Considering the Difficulty
of the voyage that therein it might please God to take him away Either by the
sword or other ways and not having yet disposed of his Estate according to his
will… The said Washbourne therefore desired that we
whose names are here under written would take notice that his will is as followeth: I the said Benjamin Washbourne
Do Give unto my Brothers Jonathan Washbourne and james Washbourne both of
Bridgewater….my lot of Land in said Bridgewater being butted in the South
Brooke to be Equally Devided between my said Brothers
And my half of that lott lying on the Easterly side
of the Burch plain in said Bridgwater; I Give unto my
Brother Samuel Washbourne of Sd Bridgwater….also my lot of meadow lying on Setucket River joyning to a Lott
of meadow now belonging to my Brother Joseph Washbourne
of Sd Bridgwater. And also my half
purchase of Undivided land being both within the Limits of sd
Bridgwater the which Sd lot of meadow and
Sd half purchase of undivided land I give unto my Said Brother
Joseph Washbourne….And all the Remainder of my lands
I Give unto my Said Brother James Washbourne….I do
also give unto my Sister Jane Washbourne of Sd
Bridwater a Brindled Cow which at this time wereth the Bell also two pound in money in my sd Brother Samuel his hands. I Give unto my Sd
Sister and Brother jane and James to be Equally Divided between them two. I do also
Give unto my Sister Sarah Washbourne of Sd
Bridgwater one sheep and one lamp, and whatsoever
Else shall appear to belong unto my Estate I Give unto my Sd Brother
James Washbourne”
“Edward michell
Thomas michel and John Field made oath before the
County Court at Plimouth march 17th
1690/91 that on the Day of the Date first above written they were present and
heard Benjamin Washbourne aforenamed verbally Declare
the before written to be his will and that the Same was then written from his
own mouth.”
The inventory was taken
“Samuel Washbourne
made oath before the County Court at Plimouth
“Joseph Washbourne
and Samuel Washbourne[,] John Field Senr and Edward michel
all of Bridgwater” gave a bond of £60 sterling, on 17
March 1690/1, “the Said Joseph Washbourne and Sam’l Washbourn as principles
each of them in the Sum of twenty pounds, and the said John Field and Edward
Michell as Sureties Each of them in the Sum of ten pounds….the sd Joseph Washbourne
and Samuel Washbourne have obtained Letters of
Administration to Administer upon the Estate of their Brother Benjamin Washbourne deceased”
The bond bears the autograph
signatures of “Joseph Washburn” “Samuel Washburn” “John Field” and “Edward michell” also the autographs of the three witnesses, “John Haward” “Edward Fobes” and “Saml
Sprague Clerk.”
On
* Transcription from
George Ernest Bowman, The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 16, p. 47-49, from
Plymouth County Probate Records, Vol. 1, p. 94-95.