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Fifth Generation in
Families of the Children of Josiah3 Washburn and Mercy3 Tilson and (____)
Josiah Washburn apparently married twice,
his youngest son, Nathan, being from Josiah’s unknown second wife. The families
of his grandchildren by daughters
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Mary Tilden |
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Joanna5 Washburn |
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Joane |
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(353.)
Joanna5 Washburn, eldest daughter of (110) Josiah4 Washburn, (56) John3 (6th),
(43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 14 Nov. 1703,[1]
married Ebenezer4 Leach, son
of John3 and Alice Leach, of
Bridgewater,[2]
on 26 Dec. 1734 in Bridgewater.[3]
He was born on 3 Dec. 1702 in
Joanna
(Washburn) Leach died in ca. 1739, and Ebenezer Leach remarried to Lydia4 Tilson, of
Plympton, daughter of John3 and
Ebenezer Leach
died testate on 17 Feb. 1753 in
Deborah
(Sampson) Leach possibly remarried to (455)
Nathan Leach, supposedly a son of Benjamin and (129) Hephzibah4 (Washburn) Leach,
on 14 Nov. 1771 in
Joanna Washburn and Ebenezer Leach had 3 children:[16]
923 i Joanna Leach, died in infancy on 17 Dec. 1735
in
+ 924 ii Deacon Daniel5 Leach, born on 9 Dec. 1735 in Bridgewater,[18] married Bethiah4 Keith, daughter of Samuel3 and Hannah (Ames) Keith (Jr.), on 31 Jan. 1760 in Bridgewater.[19] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
925 iii Joanna Leach, born in 1738 in Bridgewater,[20] probably died young, not mentioned in her father’s 1753 will.
(354.)
Capt. Joseph5 Washburn, eldest son of (110)
Josiah4 Washburn, (56) John3 (6th),
(43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 22 July 1705,[21]
married (167) Deliverance
Orcutt, daughter of William and Hannah (Smith) Orcutt (Jr.),[22]
in ca. 1728.[23]
She was born ca. 1707,[24] a granddaughter of William Orcutt, of Scituate
MA. The division of the estate of William Orcutt, of
Capt. Joseph Washburn died testate on 12 Dec. 1766 in
Deliverance (Orcutt) Washburn remarried to Capt. Abiel3
Packard, of
Capt. Joseph Washburn and Deliverance Orcutt had children:[36]
+ 926 i Joseph6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 28 Sept. 1729
in Bridgewater,[37]
married (537) Mary5 Washburn, daughter of (141) Benjamin4 and Martha (Kingman) Washburn, on 23
Sept. 1755 in
+ 927 ii Jeremiah6 Washburn, born on 7 Sept. 1731 in
+ 928 iii Hannah6 Washburn, born on 6 Sept. 1733 in
+ 929 iv Joanna6 Washburn, born on 30 Jan. 1735/6 in Bridgewater,[45] married Capt. Solomon4 Leonard (Jr.), son of Capt. Solomon3 and Elizabeth (Perkins) Leonard, of Bridgewater,[46] on 5 Oct. 1756 in Bridgewater.[47] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 930 v Silvanus6 Washburn, born on 24 Feb. 1737/8 in Bridgewater,[48] moved to Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA, and married 1.) Millicent Richards on 7 Mar. 1765 in Hardwick,[49] and 2.) Jerusha (George) Cox, daughter of Richard and Jerusha George, and widow of Capt. Benjamin Cox, of Barnard, VT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 931 vi Eliab6 Washburn, born on 4 Apr. 1740 in Bridgewater,[50] married Anna5 Edson, daughter of Dr. Elijah4 and (1393) Anne4 (Packard) Edson,[51] in 1762,[52] and they moved to Hebron, ME. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 932 vii Eliphalet6 Washburn, born on 7 June 1742 in Bridgewater,[53] married Anna Benjamin, daughter of Caleb and Abigail (Livermore) Benjamin, of Hardwick, MA, on 19 Sept. 1769 in Hardwick.[54] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 933 viii Martha6 Washburn, born on 11 June 1744 in
Bridgewater,[55]
married Elijah5 Edson (Jr.),
son of Dr. Elijah4 and (1393) Anne4 (Packard) Edson, on 13 Mar. 1766 in
(355.)
Lydia5 Washburn, second daughter of (110) Josiah4 Washburn, (56) John3 (6th),
(43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 16 Aug. 1707,[57]
married Samuel West, son of Peter and Patience West, of Duxbury, MA,[58]
probably as his second wife, on 10 Mar. 1736/7 in Bridgewater.[59]
He was born on 4 Apr. 1697 in Duxbury,[60]
and had probably married first to Mehitabel4 (Packard)
Lydia Washburn and Samuel West had children:
934 i Ezra
West, born on 30 June 1739 in Bridgewater,[63]
possibly the Ezra West who married Anna Lillie, daughter of Samuel and
Mehitable (Bacon) Lillie,[64]
on 26 Nov. 1761 in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT.[65]
She was born on 16 May 1745 in Stafford.[66]
He died, however, on 19 Mar. 1763 in
a. John West, born on 30 May 1762 in
935 ii Mehitabel West, born on 21 Sept. 1741 in
936 iii John West, born on 4 Mar. 1743 in
(356.) Jemima5 Washburn, third daughter of (110) Josiah4 Washburn, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 27 June 1710,[72] married (208) Josiah4 Leonard (Jr.), son of Josiah3 and (69) Margery3 (Washburn) Leonard,[73] on 24 Jan. 1739/40 in Bridgewater.[74] He was born ca. 1710,[75] a grandson of John2 and Sarah Leonard, and of (45) Philip2 and Elizabeth2 (Irish) Washburn. She was his second cousin once removed.
Josiah Leonard
(Jr.) was a tanner, and he died testate on 25 Dec. 1760 in
Jemima
(Washburn) Leonard died a widow, testate, on 3 July 1784 in
Jemima Washburn and Josiah Leonard (Jr.) had children:[80]
+ 937 i Susannah5 Leonard, born on 6 Mar. 1742 in
938 ii Rebecca5 Leonard,
born on 17 Jan. 1743/4 in
939 iii Josiah Leonard (3rd),
born on 6 Sept. 1745 in
+ 940 iv Mary5 Leonard, born on 1 Oct. 1748 in
+ 941 v Seth5 Leonard, born on 26 Sept. 1750 in
+ 942 vi Moses5 Leonard, born on 16 Nov. 1752
in
943 vii (Unnamed son), born on 14 Dec. 1754,[104]
died on 25 Dec. 1754 in
(358.)
Josiah5 Washburn (Jr.), second son of (110) Josiah4 Washburn, (56) John3 (6th),
(43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 3 June 1716,[106]
married 1.) Abiah/Abigail Curtis on 29 Jan. 1745/6 in
Josiah
Washburn (Jr.) died intestate on 30 Oct. 1789 in
Josiah Washburn (Jr.) had 3 children by Abiah Curtis, and probably 4 more children by Huldah Leonard:
+ 944 i Lt. Bethuel6 Washburn, a son, born on 26 Oct. 1746 in Bridgewater,[123] served as a Lieutenant from Brookfield in Capt. Peter Ingersoll’s Company in 1775,[124] and as 2nd Lieutenant in the 13th Massachusetts Continental Infantry, in 1777,[125] moved to Albany, NY, after the war, and married Gerritje/Ganetie (Lansing) Bradt on 21 Mar. 1779 in the Reformed Dutch Church in Albany, NY.[126] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 945 ii Abigail6 Washburn, born on 12 Aug. 1748 in Bridgewater,[127] married Jonathan Waterman, son of Perez and Abigail Waterman, of Halifax, MA, on 24 Oct. 1768 in Bridgewater,[128] and they moved to Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 946 iii Peter6 Washburn, born on 9 Sept. 1750 in Bridgewater,[129] married Sarah Ayres, daughter of Capt. Moses and Sarah (Converse) Ayers, of Brookfield, MA,[130] on 8 Apr. 1776 in Brookfield.[131] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 947 iv Huldah6 “Huldy” Washburn, born on 5 Jan. 1756
in
+ 948 v Salmon6 Washburn, born on 25 Nov. 1757 in Bridgewater,[135] married Hannah Orcutt, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Pratt) Orcutt,[136] on 8 or 15 Sept. 1785 in Bridgewater.[137] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
949 vi Ephraim6 Washburn, born on 21 Jan. 1760 in Bridgewater,[138] married 1.) Rebecca7 Dunham, daughter of Ebenezer6 and Patience (Clap) Dunham, of Middleborough,[139] in 1785 in Bridgewater.[140] She was born on 11 Sept. 1761 in Middleborough,[141] a granddaughter of Lemuel5 and Elizabeth (Tinkham) Donham, of Middleborough,[142] and of Manasseh and Rebeckah5 (Cushman) Clap, of Middleborough.[143] He may have been the Ephraim Washburn who served as a Private in Capt. Elisha Mitchell’s Company from Bridgewater in 1776, and in Capt. James Allen’s Company in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[144] They moved to Bangor, Hancock [now Penobscot] Co., ME, but he was not a head of household in Bangor, ME, in the 1800, 1810, 1820, or 1830 federal censuses. She died by 1834, and he remarried to 2.) Jennett Thompson on 12 Jan. 1834 in Bangor, ME.[145] He died intestate on 17 Apr. 1836 in Bangor, ME,[146] and John E. Godfrey, of Bangor, was granted administration of his estate on 28 June 1836.[147] She may have been the Janett Washburn who died on 13 June 1853 in Carroll, Penobscot Co., ME, and was buried in Lowell-Moores Cemetery in Carroll, ME.[148] Lucy, daughter of Ephraim and Rebecah Washburn died on 21 May 1807 in Minot, ME.[149] No other children were found to Ephraim Washburn.
950 vii Lucy6
Washburn, died unmarried on 2 Aug. 1800 in
(359.) Mercy5 Washburn, fifth daughter of (110) Josiah4 Washburn, (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 29 May 1718,[151] married Pelatiah Phinney, of Halifax, MA, son of Joseph and Esther (West) Phinney/Finney,[152] of Plympton, on 28 Dec. 1738 in Bridgewater,[153] and they settled in South Bridgewater. He was born on 21 Mar. 1710/11 in Plympton,[154] a grandson of John and Mary3 (Rogers) Phinney, of Barnstable, MA,[155] and of Paul and Patience West, of Plympton.[156] The will of Joseph Phinney, of Plympton, dated 27 June 1726, mentioned his wife, Esther, and son, Pelatiah Phinney, among others.[157]
Both
Pelatiah and Mercy Phinney died after 1760, but no death or probate records
were found for either of them in
Mercy Washburn and Pelatiah Phinney had 11 children:[158]
+ 951 i Freelove Phinney, born on 27 Jan. 1740 in
952 ii
Laurania Phinney, born on 4 Mar. 1741 in
Bridgewater,[161]
married (716) Benjamin4 Packard, son of
Capt. Abiel3
and (181) Sarah (Ames)
Packard, on 22 Aug. 1775 in
953 iii Zeruah Phinney, born on 17 Sept. 1742 in
954 iv Onesiphorus Phinney, born on 16 Apr. 1744 in
955 v Mary Phinney, born on 18 Oct. 1745 in
956 vi Zerviah Phinney, born on 27 Jan. 1748 in Bridgewater,[172] marriage not found.
957 vii (Unnamed child, possibly Zeruah, Onesiphorus, Mary, or Zerviah above), died on 30 June 1750 in Bridgewater.[173]
+ 958 vii Esther Phinney, born on 23 May 1751 in Bridgewater,[174] married Barnabas Curtis, son of Ashley Curtis, of Stoughton, MA, on 6 June 1774 in North Bridgewater.[175] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 959 viii Kezia Phinney, born in Feb. 1753 in Bridgewater,[176] married Adin5 Packard, son of Ebenezer4 and Sarah (Perkins) Packard, on 16 Nov. 1780 in North Bridgewater.[177] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 960 ix Bliss
Phinney, a daughter, born on 30 Nov. 1754 in
961 x Hannah Phinney, born on 10 Oct. 1758 in
+ 962 xi John Phinney, born on 5 Oct. 1760 in
(360.)
Nathan5 Washburn, youngest son of (110) Josiah4 Washburn, evidently by his second wife,
whose name is not known, (56)
John3 (6th), (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony,
in, say ca. 1725, married Mary Mahurin, daughter of Hugh and Mary3 (Snell) Mahurin/McHuron,[184]
on 20 Apr. 1748 in Bridgewater.[185]
She was born on 5 Apr. 1730 in Bridgewater,[186] a granddaughter of Amos2 and Mary (Packard) Snell, of Bridgewater.[187]
Nathan and
Mary Washburn moved to New Salem, Hampshire (now Franklin)
Nathan Washburn and Mary Mahurin had children:
963 i
Rebecca6
Washburn, born on 21 Mar. 1748[/9] in
+ 964 ii Hugh6 Washburn, born on 11 Nov. 1750 in Bridgewater,[191] married Catherine/Katherine Packard, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Murray) Packard (Jr.), of Easton, MA,[192] on 11 Dec. 1772 in Easton,[193] and they settled in Easton. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
965 iii
Arthur6
Washburn, born on 11 Nov. 1752 in
966 iv Patience Washburn, born on 11 Nov. 1754 in
967 v Jemima Washburn, born on 28 Feb. 1756 in
968 vi Charity Washburn, born on 4 Apr. 1758,[198]
died on 12 May 1758 in
969 vii (Unnamed child, possibly Patience or Jemima
above), died on 22 June 1759 in
+ 970 viii Robert6 Washburn, born on 7 Nov. 1760 in Bridgewater,[201] married Elizabeth Harwood, daughter of Absalom and Anna (Boyce) Harwood,[202] on 28 May 1783 in New Salem, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA.[203] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 971 ix Salathiel6 Washburn, born on 29 Aug. 1763 in Bridgewater,[204] married Bathsheba Wilbor, daughter of Philip and Bathsheba (Witherell) Wilbor (Jr.), of Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, on 14 Oct. 1784 in Westmoreland, NH.[205] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
972 x Bathsheba6 Washburn, born on 15 Sept. 1766 in Bridgewater,[206] married William Thompson, possibly son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Strobridge) Thomson, of Bridgewater,[207] in 1782. He was born in 1765 in Bridgewater,[208] a grandson of Archibald Thompson, from Ireland,[209] and they supposedly moved to Maine.[210] Children not found.
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[1]
Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts To the Year 1850, New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, 2 volumes, [hereinafter
Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 330.
[2]
Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of of Bridgewater, in
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books,
Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], p. 230.
[6]
Plymouth VRs, p. 88, the marriage of John Tilson and Lidiah Rickard on 27 Mar.
1706 in Plymouth.
[7]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235; Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts,
To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923,
[hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 339.
[9]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver
Alden, she is unnamed, “wife of Ebenezer Leach.”
[10]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 235; Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane
Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts
Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990,
[hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 2, p. 46, marriage intentions recorded 3
Sept. 1751 in Middleborough.
[12]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 514, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver
Alden, of Bridgewater.
[15]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 514, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev.
Isaac Backus, of North Middleborough.
[20]
Mitchell, History of
[22]
Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five
Generations, published as Volume 12 of “Mayflower Families Through Five
Generations,” Picton Press, Rockport, ME, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p.
111; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 376, marriage of William “Urrohart” and Hannah
Smith on 21 Sept. 1698 in Bridgewater.
[26]
Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 27, p. 62, Vol. 34, p. 81, which he acknowledged to
be his share of his father’s estate.
[34]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 532, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater,
p. 255.
[36]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 326, says they had Joseph 1729,
Jeremiah 1731, Hannah 1733, Joanna 1736, Silvanus 1738, Eliab 1740, Eliphalet
1742, and Martha 1744.
[49]
Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, To the Year
1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter
Hardwick VRs], p. 260.
[55]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332; Vital Records of New Braintree,
Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston, 1904, [hereinafter New Braintree VRs], p. 21, which has her birth as 22
June 1744 in Bridgewater, which was evidently calculated using the Gregorian
calendar rather than the Julian calendar that was actually in use when she was
born.
[58]
His parents per the FHL [Family History Library] Ancestral File, submitted by
Jean Jackson, of
[60]
Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England
Historic Genealogical Society,
[61]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 254; Vital Records of Taunton,
Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston, 1929, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 2, p. 349, marriage of Israel
Packard and Hannah Crosman on 16 July 1701 in Taunton.
[65]
Tilton, Jan, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records:
Stafford 1719-1850, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2002,
[hereinafter Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs], p. 166, taken from
Vol. 2, p. 127, of the Stafford Town Records.
[66]
Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101, taken from Vol. 1, p. 32,
of the Stafford Town Records.
[67]
Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 166, taken from Vol. 2, p.
172, of the Stafford Town Records.
[68]
Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 166, taken from Vol. 2, p. 14,
of the Stafford Town Records.
[75]
Calculated from his age at death; 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. 59.
[80]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 236, says they had Susanna 1742,
Rebecca 1744, Josiah 1745, Marah 1748, Seth 1750, and Moses 1752.
[109]
Leonard, Manning, Memorial: Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of
Solomon Leonard, 1637, of Duxbury and
[117]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 569, from a private record of deaths in South
Bridgewater kept by Lt. John Washburn.
[119]
Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22031; Vol. 27,
p. 313; Vol. 31, pp. 106, 243‑245; Vol. 52, p. 463; Vol. 55, p. 266; Vol.
58, p. 544‑547; Vol. 59, p. 502‑503.
[122]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts,
[125]
Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army
During the War of the Revolution, Washington, DC, 1914, p. 571.
[126]
Kelly, Arthur, Marriage Records of Albany Reformed Church, Kinship
Publications, 1988, item #2026, which gives her name only as “Gerritjie Bratt;”
Marriage Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683-1809,
1779, p. 11, online database at aleph0.clarku.edu.
[130]
Her parents’ names from her birth record, her mother’s maiden name from her www.findagrave.com memorial #34184501, for
Sarah, wife of Capt. Moses Ayres.
[131]
Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849,
Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1909, [hereinafter Brookfield VRs], p.
432.
[133]
Brookfield VRs, p. 267: marriage of Obediah Bartlett and Rebecca Adams on 9 May
1753 in
[139]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 152, the marriage of Ebenezer Dunham and Patience
Clap, both of Middleborough, on 20 Nov. 1760 in Middleborough.
[142]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 24, the birth of Ebenezer Donham, son of Lemuel and
Elizabeth Donham, on 4 Jan. 1737/8 in Middleborough; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1,
p. 62, the marriage of Lemuel Donham and Elizabeth Tinkham, both of
Middleborough, on 16 Sept. 1735 in Middleborough.
[143]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 90, the birth of Patience, daughter of Manasseh
and Rebeckah Clap, on 22 Dec. 1745 in Middleborough; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1,
p. 81, the marriage intentions of Manasseh Clap and Rebekah Cushman, both of
Middleborough, recorded on 22 Dec. 1744 in Middleborough.
[145]
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm
#10584.
[146]
United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, online
database at www.FamilySearch.org,
from FHL microfilm #1319388, shows a pension allowance of $22 per month to
Ephraim Washburn only through March of 1836, with a note of his death on 17
Apr. 1836.
[148]
www.findagrave.com, memorial
#131255968, from her gravestone in Lowell-Moores Cemetery in Carroll, ME, her
age not given.
[149]
Anderson, Joseph Crook, II, Early Vital Records of Minot, Maine, Picton
Press, Rockport, ME, 2005, [hereinafter Minot VRs], p. 277.
[150]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 569, from a private record of deaths in South
Bridgewater kept by Lt. John Washburn.
[152]
Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year
1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 88:
marriage of Joseph Finney and Ester West on 19 Sept. 1706 in Plymouth.
[153]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 390, from Unitarian Church Records in Bridgewater;
Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts,
To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants,
Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], p. 56, marriage intentions recorded in
Halifax, no date.
[155]
Westgate, Alice Wilma Andrews, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations,
Volume 2: Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower
Descendants, 1978, [hereinafter MF5G:
[156]
Duxbury VRs, p. 186, the birth of Ester, daughter of Peter and Patience West,
on 30 Sept. 1686 in Duxbury; Plympton VRs, p. 530, the death of Peter West on
20 Feb. 1720/1 in Plympton.
[157]
Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #7707; Vol. 5, p. 278. (See Miscellaneous
Wills for a full transcription of Joseph Phinney’s will.)
[158]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 271-272, says they had Freelove
1740, Lurania 1741, Onesiphorus 1744, Mary 1745, Zerviah 1748, Esther 1751,
Keziah 1753, Bliss 1754, Hannah 1758, and John 1760.
[164]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the
[165]
Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Brockton VRs], p.
347, buried in the North End or Ashland Cemetery in North Bridgewater; Plymouth
Co. Probate Docket #15041.
[171]
She could have been the unnamed child of Palatiah Phinney who died on 30 June 1750
(Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 467.)
[173]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 467, under “Fene,” from a private record of deaths
kept by Oliver Alden in Bridgewater.
[181]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 539, unnamed child of “Palitiah Pheney,” presumed
to have been Hannah, but could have been one of the older children whose
marriage record was not found.
[192]
Her mother’s maiden name from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted by H.
Arthur Packard, arthur@cyberhighway.net.
[193]
“Easton, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Births, Deaths and Marriages by
Families, 1697-1847,” from FHL microfilm #1059951, a transcription of the
entire town vital records from the incorporation of the town of Easton to about
1843 made in 1880 by Geo. G. Withington, Easton town clerk, [hereinafter Easton
VRs], p. 127.
[200]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 575, from a private record of deaths in Bridgewater
kept by Oliver Alden.
[203]
Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849,
Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1927, [hereinafter New Salem VRs], p. 122. He was
called “Washburn of Pelham” [no given name] in the marriage record.
[205]
The marriage date from the I.G.I. marriage search for Salathiel Washburn, taken
from LDS temple records from microfilm #1985396.
[A]
The Will of Ebenezer
Leach, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1753): *
In the Name of God,
Amen, the Sixth day of February 1753—I Ebenezer Leach of Bridgwater in the
County of Plimouth in New England Husbandman, being now of a Sound, disposing
mind & memory, thanks be Given to the Great God, Yet calling to mind the
mortality of my body, and knowing that tis Appointed for all men Once to die do
make and Ordain this my Last Will & Testamt. that is to Say Principally and first of all, I Give
and recommend my Sole into the hands of yt God who Gave it and my Body, I recommend to the Earth
to be Buried with Christian decent Burial, at the discretion of my Execr. hereafter named nothing doubting bu at the
resurrection I Shall receive the Same Again by the Pour of God Almighty and as
touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this
Life I Give, demise and dispose of the Same in the Following Manner and form,
that is to Say~~
1st, Tis my Will that all my debts and Funeral Charges be
well and truly paid in Convenient time after my decease
2.ly I Give and Bequeath to My Well beloved wife Deborah,
one half of all my Improvemt.
Togather with one room, the best room in my dwelling House, and one third of
the Cellar to be improved by her while She remains my Wido. I Allso Give
and Bequeath to her all the House hold Goods which belong’d to her when She was
Married and also a Black Chist of Mine having one draw—
3.ly I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved, Son Daniel,
all my homsteed and all my Out Lands with all my Moveable Estate not above
dispod of
4.ly I Give and Bequeath unto James Eaton, who has Lived
with me Some time forty five Shillings Lawfull Money to be paid to him by my
Son Daniel Att the Age of twenty one Years, if he Lives to it
And finally I do hereby
Constitute and apoint my brother in law Joseph Wasburn, Sole Executor of this
my Last will & Testamt.
& do hereby ratify and Confirm this, and no Other to be my Last Will and
Testament and Dissallowing all Other Wills before this time by me made. In
Witness Whereof I have hereun to Set my hand & Seal the day and Year above
written
Sign’d Seal’d Publish’d
& Pronounced
his
and Declar’d by the Sd Ebenzr
Leach Ebenezer + Leach
As his Last Will and
Testamt in presents marke
Off us
Joshua Fobes
Joseph Leach
Samuel Allden
Plimouth Sc.
April 2d, 1753, This Will
being Presented by the above Execr. for probt the sd Joshua Fobes and Samuel Alden made Oath they Saw Said
Ebenezer Leach Sign Seal and heard him Declare this Instrumt. to be his last Will and Testamt and yt
they at the Same time with Joseph Leach in his Presents Subscribed as Witnesses
and that he was then of Sound mind
Before
Me John Cushing Judge of Probt.
Joseph Warshburn of
Bridgwater yeoman, was confirmed as the Executor.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from
[B]
The Will of Joseph
Washburn, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1765): *
In the Name of God Amen
On the eleventh day of
january anno domini one thousand, seven hundred & sixty five, I Joseph
Washburn of Bridgwater in the county of Plimouth gentleman, being thro’ the
goodness of God of a sound & disposing mind & memory, proceed to make
this my Last will & testament.—
In the first place I give
& recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it trusting in the mercy
of God thro’ Christ, for pardon, grace, & glory.
In the next place commit my
body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor
hereafter named. With regard to my worldly interest I dispose thereof in the
following manner viz. My will is that all my just debts & funeral charges
be paid by my executor in convenient time after my decease.
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my welbeloved wife Deliverance one third of the improvement of the whole
of my real estate, & fire wood brought to her door, cut, ready to burn, by
my son Jeremiah, so long as she shall continue my widdow, & one third part
of my personal estate, to be entirely at her dispose.
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my son Joseph, an equal share with the rest of my children in the other
two thirds of my personal estate. And that with what I have already given him,
is his part of my estate.
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my son Eliphalet ten acres of my homestead joining to the four-mile-line
so called, on the northerly side thereof, from the east to the west side of my
homestead, by a parallel line with the said four-mile-line, also ten acres of Land
on the south side of sd four-mile-line & joining to it, being part of the
first & second Lots, in the first division of Titticut Lots, the said ten
acres begining at the said four-mile-line, then running southerly the breadth
of said lots, till the whole be contained. also my little orchard before my
dwelling house, containing about three quarters of an acre, be it more or less,
as it is not fenced, the sd lands I give unto him, his heirs & assigns
forever. also I give unto him an equal share with the rest of my children in
two thirds of my personal estate.—
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my son Jeremiah, his heirs & assigns forever, the remainder of my
homestead with the buildings thereon, & other appurtenances thereof, &
also the northerly half of my ten acres of meadow, being part of the fifth
& sixth lot, in the said division of Titticut.—Also I give unto him an
equal share with the rest of my children in two thirds of my personal estate.
And I do hereby enjoin him to pay all my debts & funeral charges, & the
legacies herein mentioned, & provide for his mother as aforesd out of that
part of my estate which I have given him—Whom I nominate sole executor of this
my last will and testament.
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my sons, namely Silvanus & Eliab, to be equally divided between them,
ten acres of land, being part of the sd first second Titticut lot, joining to a piece of land I sold to
James Dunbar junr excepting the way that parts them, more, about three acres
more or Less, being part of sd ten acres last mentioned, lying between the last
ten acres mentioned to Eliphalet, & the Lands of Josiah Washburne, more the
southerly half of my sd ten acres of meadow. Further, I give unto them an equal
share apiece, in two thirds of my personal estate.
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my daughter Hannah the wife of Seth Pratt, besides what I have already
given her, an equal share with the rest of my children in two thirds of my
personal estate.
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my daughter Joanna, wife of Solomon Leonard, besides what I’ve already
given her, an equal share in two thirds of my personal estate.
Item. I give & bequeath
unto my daughter Martha, six pounds, thirteen shillings & four pence to be
paid when she arrives at the age of twenty one years. Also an equal share with
the rest of my children in two thirds of my personal estate.
In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal the day &
Year aforesd
Joseph
Washburne
(seal)
Signed, sealed, pronounces,
published &
declared, by the said Joseph
Washburne as
his last will &
testament, in presence of us.
Josiah Edson
Josiah Washburne
Josiah Dunbar
Probated on 2 Feb. 1767,
presented in court by Jeremiah Washburne, the executor, and proven by Josiah
Washburne and Josiah Dunbar.
The inventory of Joseph Washburn was taken 24 Feb. 1767 by Ichabod Orcutt, Josiah Washburn, and Josiah Dunbar, who gave their oath on 30 Mar. 1767. Jeremiah Washburn, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 13 Oct. 1767.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 19, pp. 423-424, from FHL microfilm
#0550711.
[C]
The Will of Deliverance
Packard, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1782): *
In the name of God
Amen—I Deliverance Packard of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth, in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow, being of a sound and disposing Mind and
memory, do make and ordain this my Last will and testament, in manner and form
following, viz~.
I Give and recommend my
soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth,
to be decently interred at the discretion of my executor, and touching such
worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I will
and bequeath the same in the following manner and form viz~
First—I order that all
my Debts and funeral charges be paid out of my personal Estate, exclusive of my
wearing apparell~~
2dly—I Give and bequeath to my Sons viz.—Joseph Washburn,
Jeremiah Washburn, Silvanus Washburn, Eliab Washburn, & Eliphalet Washburn
and to my three Daughters viz~-Hannah Pratt the wife of Seth Pratt,
and Joanna Leonard the wife of Solomon Leonard, and Martha Edson the wife of
Elijah Edson, all my Estate, exclusive of my wearing apparell to be equally
divided among them, and their Heirs and assigns
3dly—I Give and bequeath to my three Daughters above
mentioned viz~ Hannah Joanna & Martha, my wearing apparell, to
be equally divided among them, their Heirs and assigns—
Lastly, I do hereby
Constitute and appoint Seth Pratt of Bridgwater Gentleman Executor of this my
Last will and testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and
Seal this twenty Fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven
hundred and Eighty two—
Signed Sealed, delivered
pronounced & her
declared by the said
Deliverance Packard
Deliverance X
Packard (seal)
to be her Last will
& testament in pre- mark
sence of us the
subscribers
Benja. Willis
Jona. Benson
Nathn. Richards
Probated on 7 Feb. 1791,
presented for probate by Seth Pratt the Executor, and proved by Benjamin Willis
esqr. & Nathan Richards, two of the witnesses.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from
[D]
The Will of Josiah
Leonard, of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts
Bay (1761): *
In The Name of God Amen
On the Eleventh Day of
October Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty one I Josiah Leonard
of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth Tanner being in a Low State of Heath
but of a sound And Disposing Mind and Memory Do ordain and Make this my Last
Will and Testament. In the First I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of
God who gave it Hopeing Through the Merits of Christ to Obtain grace here and
Glory Here after and my Body I Commit to the Earth to Be Decently buried by my
Executor and Executrix Hereafter Named, and as to my Interest in the World I
Dispose of it in the Following Manner. viz. My Will is that all My Just Debts
and Funeral Charges be Paid in A Convenient Time after my Decease~~
Item I give and bequeath to
my well beloved Wife Jemima the Improvement of the whole of my Homestead
including the Tanyard Till my oldest Son Seth Comes to the age of Twenty one
years Also I give Her one Cow and as much of the indoor Moveables Les She Shall
See Cause to Take to be entirely at her Dispose. Further my will is that My
Said Son when he comes to the Aforesaid age to Keepe for my Said Wife one Cow and
A swine Constantly and Provide for Her firewood Ready at the Door Constantly,
and yearly Twelve Bushels of Indian Corn And four bushels of Rye, and that She
have the use of the best room in My House with a Priveleg in the Celler and
will also find her an horse To give when she Pleeses all this is to be Provided
for and Allowed to her by My Saide Son while Shee Shall Continue my Widow.
Item I give and bequeath to
My Said Son Seth my whole Homesteed Including the Tanyard and all the Tools and
Implements belonging To the Tanyard To him his Heirs and assigns for ever he to
Come Into Possession of it when he Shall arrive to the age of Twenty one years
He allowing to my Said wife as aforesaid.
Item I give and bequeath to
my Other Son Moses his Heirs and Assigns Forever my Farme at Middleborough with
the Tan yard and all Appurtenances Belonging to the farm and Tan yard There and
he To have the income and Profit of Said farme and yard Secured and Kept for
Him. That he may Enjoy the whole when he Shall Come of age.
Item I give and bequeath unto
my Three Daughters, Namely Susanna Rebecca and Mary Two Hundred Pounds Lawfull
Money Equally Divided Between them, To be Paid out of My Moveable Estate.~~
Item I give and bequeath to
My Said Sons and Daughters all my other Estate not befor Disposed of to be
Equally Divided Between them.~~
Item my will is that my Said
Sons Should Learn the art and trade of A Tanner (They haveing both of them
yards given to Them) If they Shall incline to it. Further my will is that They
be Well Instructed in Common Learning
Item I Do Hereby Nominate and
Appoint Josiah Washborn Executor And my Said wife Executrix of this my Last
will and Testament.
In Witness Whereof I have
hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and year Aforesaid, Signed Sealed Published
Pronounced and Declared by the Sd Josiah
Leonard to be his Last will and Testament In Presence of us~~
Josiah
Leonard
(seal)
Josiah Edson Junr
Jabez King
Abner Kingman
Probated on March 2d,
1761, presented in court by the Executors within named, and proved by Jabez
King and Abner Kingman.
The letter of administration
of the estate of Josiah Leonard, late of Bridgwater, Tanner, deceased, dated 2
Mar. 1761, was addressed to Josiah Washborne yeoman and Jemima Leonard widdow,
both of Bridgwater.
The inventory of Josiah
Leonard late of Bridgwater Tanner, was taken on 23 Mar. 1761 by Benja. Willis, Daniel Snell, and Abner Kingman, who made
oath to the inventory on 30 Mar. 1761.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from
[E]
The Will of Jemima
Leonard, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1784): *
In the name of God
Amen—I Jemima Leonard of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth, in the
Commonwealth of massachusetts, widow, being of a sound and disposing mind and
memory, do make and ordain this my Last will and testament, in manner and form
following viz~.—I Give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of
almighty God that Gave it, and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be decently
Interred at the discretion of my Executor, and touching such worldly Estate
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I will and bequeath the
same in the following manner and form viz~.—
Imprimis—I will that all
my just debts and Funeral Charges be paid and discharged by my Executor
hereafter named~~
Item—I Give and bequeath
to my Son Moses Leonard and to my three daughters viz~: Susanna
Kingman the wife of Abner Kingman of Middleborough in the County aforesaid, and
Rebecca Washburne the wife of Abram Washburne and to Mary Orcutt the wife of
Nathaniel Orcutt, the two Last mentioned being of Bridgwater aforesaid, to them
and to their Heirs and assigns, I Give and bequeath all my Estate /after
payment of my just debts and funeral Charges/ to be equally divided among them
viz~. one Quarter of it to each of them, Excepting twenty shillings
herein after to be disposed of
Also—I Give and bequeath
to my Grandson Nehemiah Leonard the Son of Seth Leonard and to his heirs and
assigns the sum of Ten Shillings Lawful money—also I Give and bequeath to my
Grand daughter Lucy Leonard the daughter: of Seth Leonard and to her heirs and
assigns the sum of ten shillings Lawful money
Lastly—I do hereby
Constitute and appoint my Son moses Leonard Executor of this my Last will and
testament—In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the
seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
Eighty four~
Signed, Sealed,
Published pronouced and her
declared by the said
Jemima Leonard to be her Jemima X Leonard
(seal)
Last will &
testament in the presence of us mark
the Subscribers – Benja.
Willis his
Josiah Washburn Josiah 2 Mahurin
mark
Probated on 2 Aug. 1784,
presented for probate by Moses Leonard, the Executor therein named, and proved
by Benjamin Willis Esqr &
Josiah Washburne two of the witnesses.
Benjamin Willis Esqr, Josiah Washburn yeoman & Solomon Leonard
Gentleman, all of Bridgwater, appointed to take an Inventory of the Estate of
Jemima Leonard, Late of Bridgwater, widow, dec’d, on 2 Aug. 1784. The inventory
totaled £70.10.10, sworn to on 4 Sept. 1784 by the appraisers. The oath of
Moses Leonard, Executor, to the inventory was dated 6 Sept. 1784.
The accounting of Moses
Leonard, Executor, dated 6 Sept. 1784, mentioned payment to the Guardian of
Nehemiah and Lucy Leonard, among others.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from