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Families of the Children of Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th) and Margaret³ Packard

The families of two of the children of Lt. John Washburn and Margaret Packard have been especially difficult to trace, those of sons Robert and Abisha Washburn. Robert moved to Connecticut, and then probably to Livingston Manor in Columbia Co., NY. Son Abisha moved to Connecticut, then to Vermont. Consequently the families of both Robert and Abisha Washburn’s children are still being studied, and the list of children to daughter Content Washburn and her husband Joseph Lathrop may be incomplete.

			John^2 Washburn (5th)
		John^3 Washburn (6th)
			Elizabeth^2 Mitchell
	Lt. John^4 Washburn (7th)
			Thomas^1 Lapham
		Rebecca^2 Lapham
			Mary Tilden
Lt. John^5 Washburn (8th)
Nathaniel^5 Washburn
Robert^5 Washburn
Margaret^5 Washburn
Abisha^5 Washburn
Jane^5 Washburn
Content^5 Washburn
			Samuel^1 Packard
		Nathaniel^2 Packard
			Elizabeth
	Margaret^3 Packard
		Lydia Smith[?]

(362.) Lt. John⁵ Washburn (8th), eldest son of (111) Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th), (56) John³ (6th), (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 9 July 1711 in Bridgewater,[1] married Bethiah³ Keith, daughter of Samuel² and Bethiah³ (Fobes) Keith, of Bridgewater,[2] on 12 Jan. 1737/8 in Bridgewater.[3] She was born on 29 Dec. 1710 in Bridgewater,[4] a granddaughter of Rev. James¹ and Susanna² (Edson) Keith, and of Deacon Edward² and Elizabeth² (Howard) Fobes.[5]

Lt. John Washburn was co‑administrator of the estate of his brother, Nathaniel Washburn, in 1750, and they probably lived in the south precinct of Bridgewater, where he kept a list of the burials in a notebook used as part of the published vital records of Bridgewater. He was still living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[6]

Bethiah (Keith) Washburn died on 21 Feb. 1770 in Bridgewater, aged 60 [sic] years,[7] and Lt. John Washburn (8th) died on 3 June 1797 in Bridgewater, aged 86 [sic] years,[8] but no probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County.

Lt. John Washburn and Bethiah Keith had two children:

973 i Thomas⁶ Washburn, born on 1 Oct. 1738 in Bridgewater,[9] never married. He was probably still living in Bridgewater, MA, with his widowed father in the 1790 federal census, and with his sister Sarah in Bridgewater in the 1800 federal census.[10] They were probably living in “South Parish,” Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census,[11] and in Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[12] He “fell down dead” on 20 Dec. 1824 in Bridgewater, aged 86 years,[13] but no probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.

974 ii Sarah⁶ Washburn, born on 5 June 1740 in Bridgewater,[14] never married. She was probably still living in Bridgewater, MA, with her widowed father in the 1790 federal census. She was probably one of the females living in the household of her brother, Thomas Washburn, in the 1800, 1810, and 1820 federal censuses, and she was probably still living in Bridgewater in the 1830 federal census.[15] She died testate on 15 Apr. 1836 in Bridgewater, aged 96 years, 10 months,[16] her will dated 24 Mar. 1825, and probated on 5 July 1836, she bequeathed her entire estate to Abram Washburn “2nd,” Gentleman, the grandson of her cousin, and named him as executor of her estate.[17] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of her will.)

(363.) Nathaniel⁵ Washburn, second son of (111) Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th), (56) John³ (6th), (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 3 Sept. 1713,[18] married Mary⁴ Pratt, daughter of Samuel³ and Hannah (Miller) Pratt (Jr.), of Middleborough,[19] on 28 Feb. 1739/40 in Middleborough.[20] She was born on 11 July 1716 in Middleborough, a granddaughter of Samuel² and Mary (Barker) Pratt,[21] and a great-granddaughter of Phineas¹ and Mary² (Priest) Pratt.[22]

Nathaniel Washburn was named as executor of his father’s will in 1746, which was finally settled in 1749, and he died intestate on 17 Mar. 1750 in Bridgewater, aged 36 years.[23] Administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Mary Washburn, and his brother, Lt. John Washburn on 5 Nov. 1750, and his estate was divided on 5 May 1758 by Josiah Edson, Esq., Eleazer Carver, Jonathan Chandler, Edward Mitchell, and Samuel Kinsley, all of Bridgewater, between his heirs: Mary Cary, widow of Nathaniel Washburn, “now wife of Eleazer Cary,” Abraham Washburn, the eldest son, who received a double portion, and daughters Lucy Morton, wife of Nath’l Morton, and Hannah Washburn.[24]

Mary (Pratt) Washburn remarried to Eleazer⁴ Cary, son of Jonathan³ and Experience (Carver) Cary (Jr.), as his second wife, on 7 Mar. 1753 in Bridgewater.[25] He was born on 14 Oct. 1723 in Bridgewater,[26] and had married first to Betty⁴ Fobes, daughter of Joshua³ and Abigail (Dunbar) Fobes,[27] on 12 Nov. 1745 in Bridgewater.[28]

In 1757 Jacob Hayward was appointed as guardian of Lucy, Hannah, and Abraham Washburn, minor children of Nathaniel Washburn.[29]

Mary (Pratt) (Washburn) Cary died on 1 Apr. 1790 in Bridgewater, aged 73 years,[30] and Eleazer Carey was still living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his widowed step-daughter, Rebeccah Washburn.[31] Eleazer Cary died testate on 23 June 1806 in Bridgewater, aged 82 years.[32] His will was dated 11 Apr. 1804, and probated on 7 July 1806, named his grandson Caleb Cary as executor of his estate, and also named his daughters Betty, Mary and Sarah, granddaughter Betty Gilbert, and daughter-in-law Mary Cary.[33] (See Appendix [B] for a full transcription of his will.)

Nathaniel Washburn and Mary Pratt had children:

+ 975 i Lucy⁶ Washburn, born on 5 Dec. 1740 in Bridgewater.[34] She chose Jacob Hayward as her guardian in 1757,[35] and she married Nathaniel⁵ Morton, son of Capt. Ebenezer⁴ and Mercy (Foster) Morton, of Middleborough, on 13 Sept. 1757 in Bridgewater,[36] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 976 ii Capt. Abraham⁶ “Abram” Washburn, born on 26 Jan. 1742 in Bridgewater.[37] He chose Jacob Hayward as his guardian in 1757,[38] and he married (938) Rebecca⁵ Leonard, daughter of Josiah⁴ and (356) Jemima⁵ (Washburn) Leonard (Jr.),[39] on 28 Oct. 1765 in Bridgewater.[40] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 977 iii Hannah⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1744, probably in Bridgewater.[41] Jacob Hayward was appointed as her guardian in 1757,[42] and she married Moses⁴ Snell (Jr.), son of Moses³ and Mary (Besse) Snell,[43] in ca. 1764.[44] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

978 iv Nathaniel Washburn (Jr.), born on 7 Feb. 1748 in Bridgewater,[45] died on 24 Mar. 1758 in Bridgewater.[46]

(364.) Robert⁵ Washburn, third son of (111) Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th), (56) John³ (6th), (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 23 May 1715,[47] married Mary⁴ Fobes, daughter of Joshua³ and Abigail (Dunbar) Fobes,[48] on 6 Mar. 1739/40 in Bridgewater.[49] She was born on 1 May 1717 in Bridgewater,[50] a granddaughter of Deacon Edward² and Elizabeth² (Howard) Fobes.[51]

Robert and Mary Washburn lived in Bridgewater, and were members of the North Middleborough Congregational Church with Rev. Isaac Backus before the Baptist split. On 8 May 1748 Robert and Mary Washburn were received into the church.[52] Robert Washburn was suspended from membership in the church over the issue of Rev. Backus’ refusal to baptize infants, along with Samuel Alden, on 8 Nov. 1751,[53] and eventually excommunicated in 1753.[54] Samuel Alden was dismissed to the Second Church of Christ in Bridgewater,[55] but Robert and Mary Washburn moved to Plainfield, Windham Co., CT, in 1753, then to Livingston Manor, Columbia Co., NY. He possibly died in Livingston Manor, NY, but no probate records were found for him in Columbia Co., NY.

Robert Washburn and Mary Fobes had children:

+ 979 i Robert⁶ Washburn (Jr.), born on 9 Jan. 1740[/1] in Bridgewater,[56] married 1.) Lucy Farnum, supposedly daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Howard) Farnum,[57] on 9 Feb. 1764 in Plainfield, CT,[58] and 2.) Adah Bennet, daughter of John and Mary (Baldwin) Bennet, of Preston, CT,[59] on 16 Feb. 1769 in Plainfield, CT.[60] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

980 ii John⁶ Washburn, born on 30 Apr. 1743 in Bridgewater,[61] supposedly settled also on Livingston Manor, Columbia Co., NY, marriage not found.

+ 981 iii Calvin⁶ Washburn, born on 23 Mar. 1744/5 in Bridgewater,[62] married Rhoda Hammond, daughter of Capt. Jabez and Abigail⁴ (Faunce) Hammond, of Rochester, MA,[63] on 8 Nov. 1774 in Nantucket, MA.[64] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 982 iv Luther⁷ Washburn, born on 20 Aug. 1747 in Bridgewater,[65] married (____), and also settled on Livingston Manor, NY. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 983 v Martin⁶ Washburn, born on 17 Mar. 1749/50 in Bridgewater,[66] married (____), and also settled on Livingston Manor, NY. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

984 vi Elizabeth “Bettie” Washburn, born on 21 Apr. 1752 in Bridgewater,[67] marriage not found.

+ 985 vii Zeriah⁶ Washburn, a daughter, born on 23 Oct. 1754 in Plainfield, Windham Co., CT,[68] married Derick Vosburgh son of Jacobus and Hester/Esther (Warren) Vosburgh,[69] in ca. 1772.[70] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

(366.) Margaret⁵ Washburn, eldest daughter of (111) Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th), (56) John³ (6th), (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 22 Aug. 1718,[71] married Capt. Ephraim⁵ Holmes, son of John⁴ and Elizabeth⁴ (Tilson) Holmes (4th),[72] of Middleborough, on 19 Feb. 1740/1 in Bridgewater,[73] and they settled in Halifax, MA. He was born on 19 Apr. 1719 in Plympton,[74] a grandson of John³ and Sarah (Thomas) Holmes (3rd), and of Edmond³ and Elizabeth (Waterman) Tilson.

Margaret (Washburn) Holmes died on 6 Jan. 1743/4 in Halifax.[75] Her father, in his will of 1746, gave 5 shillings to each of the heirs of his daughter, Margaret Holmes, deceased. Capt. Ephraim Holmes remarried to Jane Holmes, daughter of William and Bathsheba (Stetson) Holmes, of Pembroke, MA,[76] on 26 June 1744 in Halifax.[77] She was born on 31 Jan. 1724 in Pembroke,[78] a granddaughter of Josiah and Hannah² (Samson) Holmes, of Duxbury,[79] and she died on 6 June 1775 in Middleborough, aged 51 years, 4 months, 5 days.[80] Capt. Ephraim Holmes died on 12 Sept. 1783 in Taunton, MA, of “applexefix.”[81]

Margaret Washburn and Ephraim Holmes had children:

+ 986 i Eunice⁶ Holmes, born on 27 July 1741 in Halifax,[82] married 1.) Benjamin⁴ Sprague, son of Jonathan³ and Lydia (Leavitt) Sprague, of South Bridgewater, on 12 Aug. 1762 in Bridgewater,[83] and 2.) Solomon Ames (Jr.), son of Solomon and Susanna (Keith) Ames, in ca. 1781 in Bridgewater.[84] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

987 ii Rebeckah Holmes, born on 1 Nov. 1742 in Halifax,[85] marriage not found.

+ 988 iii Margaret⁶ Holmes, born on 30 Dec. 1743 in Halifax,[86] married Eleazer⁵ Fuller, son of Dr. John⁴ and Deborah (Ring) Fuller, of Kingston, MA,[87] on 6 Jan. 1763 in Plympton.[88] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

(367.) Abisha⁵ Washburn, fifth son of (111) Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th), (56) John³ (6th), (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 16 June 1720,[89] married Hannah⁵ Morton, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer⁴ and Mercy (Foster) Morton,[90] of Middleborough, on 11 Aug. 1748 in Middleborough.[91] She was born on 8 Oct. 1728 in Middleborough,[92] a granddaughter of John³ and Mary (Ring) Morton (Jr.), and of John and Hannah (Stetson) Foster (Jr.), of Plymouth.[93] His name was sometimes spelled “Abishai” or “Abisher” in the records.

On 5 June 1753 Abisha and Hannah Washburn sold part of her inheritance from the estate of her father, Capt. Ebenezer Morton, to her brother, Ichabod Morton,[94] and on 15 Jan. 1754 Abisha and Hannah Washburn sold another part of her inheritance from the estate of her father, Capt. Ebenezer Morton, that he had inherited from her grandfather, John Morton, to another of her brothers, John Morton.[95] On 26 June 1761 Mercy Morton, widow, John Morton and wife Elizabeth, Ebenezer Morton and wife Sarah, Seth Morton and wife Hephzibah, Zechariah Eddy and wife Mercy, Ichabod Morton and wife Deborah, all of Middleborough, and Abisha Washburn and wife Hannah, Nathaniel Morton and wife Lucy, all of Bridgewater, and Ebenezer Spooner and wife Mary, of Plymouth, sold to Dr. Samuel Clarke Jr., of Middleborough, the share of the estate of Capt. Ebenezer Morton that had fallen to their sister, Sarah Morton, deceased.[96] On 9 June 1767 Abishai and Hannah Washburn, of Albany, NY, sold their “Plantation” in Bridgewater, MA, to William Loring, of Plimpton, and the deed was acknowledged by Abisha Washburn on that date in Salisbury, CT.[97]

Abisha and Hannah Washburn moved to Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT, after 1757, and they were of Albany, NY, in 1767, but apparently did not settle there, and then moved to Middlebury, Addison Co., VT, by 1791. They were living in Middlebury, VT, in the 1791 federal census,[98] but he was not a head of household in Vermont in the 1800 or 1810 federal census, and they may have been living with the family of one of their daughters.

Abisha Washburn died on 14 Sept. 1812 in Middlebury, Addison Co., VT, aged 91 years, and was buried in District 1 Graveyard (now Seeley Cemetery) in Middlebury.[99] Hannah (Morton) Washburn died on 28 Nov. 1815 in Middlebury, VT, aged 87 years, and was also buried in District 1 Graveyard (now Seeley Cemetery) in Middlebury.[100]

Abisha Washburn and Hannah Morton had children, order uncertain:[101]

+ 989 i Bethiah⁶ Washburn, born on 10 July ca. 1749, probably in Bridgewater, supposedly married Samuel Bentley, son of James and Mary (Tozer) Bentley,[102] in ca. 1764,[103] and they lived in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

990 ii Peggy Washburn, born on 3 Mar. 1751,[104] died on 6 Aug. 1751 in Bridgewater, aged 5 months, 3 days.[105]

991 iii Sarah⁶ Washburn, born on 14 Nov. 1752, probably married John Chipman, of Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT, on 5 Nov. 1772 in Salisbury, CT.[106] Children not found. She died on 14 Oct. 1811,[107] or on 13 Oct. 1810,[108] and was supposedly buried in Middlebury, Addison Co., VT.

+ 992 iv Mercy⁶ Washburn, born on 6 Apr. 1754,[109] married 1.) Capt. Lemuel Bradley,[110] son of Joseph and Sybil (Meigs) Bradley, of Sunderland and Vergennes, VT, as his second wife,[111] in Jan. 1782 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA,[112] and 2.) Col. Eli Brownson, son of Timothy and Abigail (Jenner) Brownson, of Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT, as his second wife, on 1 July 1802,[113] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 993 iv Hannah⁶ Washburn, born on 16 July 1757 or 1758,[114] married Abraham Bethrong/Berthrong, of Lenox, MA, in ca. 1776.[115] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

994 v Lucy⁶ Washburn, born on 9 May 1760, supposedly died on 21 Mar. 1788.[116]

995 vi Mary/May⁶ “Polly” Washburn, born on 25 Oct. 1763 in Salisbury, CT,[117] never married, died on 24 Jan. 1826 in Middlebury, VT, aged 63 [sic] years, and was buried in Seeley Cemetery in Middlebury, VT.[118]

+ 996 vii Olive⁶ Washburn, born on 16 Jan. 1766 in Salisbury, CT,[119] married Freedom Loomis, son of Daniel and Alice (Chamberlain) Loomis (Jr.),[120] on 31 Oct. 1790 in Middlebury, Addison Co., VT.[121] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

997 viii Rebecca⁶ Washburn, born on 7 Feb. 1769 in Salisbury, CT,[122] supposedly died in 1808.[123]

998 ix Deborah⁶ Washburn, born on 10 Nov. 1771 in Salisbury or Ankrom, CT,[124] or in Columbia Co., NY, marriage not found, possibly died young.[125]

(368.) Jane⁵ Washburn, second daughter of (111) Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th), (56) John³ (6th), (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 28 Mar. 1722,[126] married Thomas⁴ Thomson/Tomson, son of Shubael³ and Susanna (Parlow) Tomson, of Middleborough,[127] on 31 Oct. 1745 in Bridgewater.[128] He was born on 28 July 1721 in Middleborough, a grandson of John² and Mary (Tinkham) Tomson (Jr.),[129] and of Thomas and Elizabeth (Liscomb) Parlow,[130] and he was a “cordwainer” or shoemaker in Bridgewater. The settlement of the estate of Shubael Tomson, of Middleborough, named his widow Susanna, and son Thomas Tomson, among others.[131]

Thomas Thomson died intestate on 8 Feb. 1756 in Bridgewater,[132] and Josiah Edson jun^r., of Bridgewater, Esq., was granted administration of his estate on 5 Apr. 1756, with Benjamin Willis junr., Gentleman, and Josiah Washburn, yeoman, all of Bridgewater, as sureties.[133] Jane (Washburn) Thomson died a widow on 22 Mar. 1793 in Bridgewater, aged 70 years,[134] and was buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater, but no probate records were filed for her estate.

Jane Washburn and Thomas Thomson had children:[135]

999 i Mary⁵ “Molly” Thomson, born on 20 July 1746 in Bridgewater,[136] married Edmund Alger, of West Bridgewater, son of Joseph and Mary (Ames) Alger,[137] as his second wife, in 1796.[138] He was born on 16 Sept. 1739 in Bridgewater,[139] and had married first to Ruth Willis, daughter of Deacon Isaac and Hannah (Pratt) Willis,[140] on 22 Oct. 1761 in Bridgewater.[141] She died, however, on 22 Feb. 1798 in West Bridgewater, aged 51 years,[142] and he died on 21 Nov. 1817 in West Bridgewater, aged 78 years,[143] and was buried in the Old Cemetery near the Methodist Church in Cohasset, MA, but no probate records were filed for his estate. Molly (Thomson) Alger had no children.

1000 ii Abisha Thomson, born on 6 Aug. 1747 in Bridgewater,[144] marriage not found. He was supposedly killed in the Revolutionary War.[145]

+ 1001 iii Jane⁵ Thomson, born on 14 Feb. 1748/9 in Bridgewater,[146] married (1228) Nathaniel Bolton (Jr.), son of Nathaniel and (419) Deborah⁵ (Washburn) (Ripley) Bolton, on 18 Dec. 1777 in Bridgewater.[147] He was a grandson of (124) Israel⁴ and Waitstill (Sumner) Washburn. They moved to Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, by 1790, and they were living in Oakham in the 1790 federal census.[148] She died on 8 May 1814 in Oakham, MA, aged 65 years.[149] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1002 iv Peggy Thomson, born on 30 Sept. 1750,[150] died on 15 Oct. 1750 in Bridgewater, aged 15 days,[151] and was buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

1003 v Margaret⁵ Thomson, born on 3 Sept. 1751 in Bridgewater,[152] died on 17 Dec. 1815 in Bridgewater,[153] unmarried, but no probate records were filed for her.

1003a vi (Unnamed child), died on 25 Feb. 1755 in Bridgewater.[154]

+ 1004 vii Bethia⁵ Thomson, born on 15 Nov. 1755 in Bridgewater,[155] married Capt. Thomas⁶ Cushman (Jr.), illegitimate son of Alice Hayward, of Bridgewater, by Thomas⁵ Cushman, of Kingston, MA, on 25 June 1794 in Bridgewater.[156] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

(369.) Content⁵ Washburn, youngest daughter of (111) Lt. John⁴ Washburn (7th), (56) John³ (6th), (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 22 Apr. 1724,[157] married Joseph Lathrop, son of Mark and Hannah⁴ (Alden) Lathrop, of Easton,[158] on 24 Oct. 1746 in Bridgewater.[159] He was born on 23 Mar. 1725 in Easton,[160] a grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Downer) Lothrop, and of Deacon Joseph³ and Hannah³ (Dunham) Alden (Jr.).[161]

Joseph and Content Lathrop supposedly lived in Easton, MA,[162] and Canton, ME. She inherited her father's best bed in his will of 1746, and Joseph Lathrop was a head of household in Easton, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[163]

Joseph Lathrop and Content Washburn supposedly had children:[164]

1005 i Hannah Lathrop, born on 1 Aug. 1747, baptized on 22 Nov. 1747, probably in Bridgewater, possibly married Elixander Keith on 18 Feb. 1773 in Easton.[165]

1006 ii John Lathrop, born on 25 Oct. 1748, died at 4 years, 1 month, probably in Bridgewater.

1007 iii Content Lathrop, born on 1 Feb. 1751, baptized on 17 Feb. 1751, probably in Bridgewater.

1008 iv Mehitable Lathrop, born on 3 July 1752, baptized on 23 Aug. 1752, probably in Bridgewater.

1009 v John Lathrop, born on 12 Mar. 1754, baptized on 30 June 1754 in North Bridgewater,[166] possibly married Rebeckah Cocks, of Easton, on 19 Nov. 1778 in Easton.[167]

1010 vi Joseph Lathrop (Jr.), born on 14 Nov. 1755, probably in Bridgewater, possibly married Martha Packard, of Easton, on 26 Dec. 1781 in Easton.[168] Children not found. He was probably living in Easton, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[169]

1011 vii Rebecca Lathrop, born on 27 Aug. 1757, baptized on 5 June 1759, possibly married Matthew Hayward, Esq., of Easton, on 19 Mar. 1786 in Easton.[170]

1012 viii Isaac Lathrop, born on 15 Aug. 1759.

1013 ix Jacob Lathrop, born on 20 Feb. 1761.

1014 x Zenas Lathrop, born on 4 June 1764, baptized on 26 Oct. 1766.

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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 Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], p. 207.

[3] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 388.

[4] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 181.

[5] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 159, 207.

[6] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the John Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 3 free white females, and 1 other free person.

[7] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 570, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[8] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 571, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[9] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 336.

[10] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 66, the Thomas Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

[11] 1810 Federal Census, “South Parish including Titicut,” Plymouth Co., MA, p. 78, the Tho. Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 3 females aged 45 or over.

[12] 1820 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 460, the Tho. Washburn household had 1 male aged 16-18 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 3 females aged 45 or over, and had 3 people engaged in agriculture.

[13] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 575, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[14] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 335.

[15] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 329, the Sarah Washburn household had 1 female aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 90-99 yrs.

[16] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 574, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[17] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22090; Vol. 78, p. 293.

[18] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 333.

[19] Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, Robert S. Wakefield, and Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Eight, Family of Degory Priest, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994, [hereinafter MF5G: Priest], pp. 22, 64.

[20] 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. 1, p. 63.

[21] MF5G: Priest, p. 8.

[22] MF5G: Priest, p. 3.

[23] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 573, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[24] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22066; Vol. 11, p. 386, Vol. 12, p. 75, Vol. 15, p. 20, Vol. 16, p. 457; MF5G: Priest, p. 64.

[25] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389. By Eleazer Cary, Mary had a daughter Mary Cary, born in 1756, who was the mother of Gov. Marcus Morton, of Massachusetts.

[26] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 68.

[27] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 133, 160; MF5G: Priest, p. 64.

[28] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 74.

[29] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22048; Vol. 14, pp. 219, 255.

[30] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 446, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[31] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Eleazer Carey household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

[32] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 445, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[33] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #3636; Vol. 40, p. 476-477, from FHL microfilm #0550901; MF5G: Priest, p. 64.

[34] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 331.

[35] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22048; Vol. 14, p. 219.

[36] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389.

[37] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 325.

[38] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22048; Vol. 14, p. 219.

[39] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 236.

[40] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 383.

[41] Estimated from the date of her marriage.

[42] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22048; Vol. 14, p. 255.

[43] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 296.

[44] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386, marriage intentions recorded 3 Dec. 1763 in Bridgewater.

[45] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334, from his gravestone.

[46] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 573, from his gravestone in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[47] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334.

[48] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 160.

[49] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 391.

[50] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 117.

[51] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 159.

[52] Townsend, Charles D., History of North Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, North Middleborough, Massachusetts, Aceto Bookmen, 1982, [hereinafter Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church], p. 27.

[53] Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 29.

[54] Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 30.

[55] Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 31.

[56] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 335.

[57] Per the Ancestry.com Corning file submitted by T. Corning. Joseph Farnum married Lydia Howard on 24 Dec. 1724 in Windham, CT.

[58] Magnuson, Carole, edited by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Plainfield 1699-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter Magnuson, Barbour Index of Plainfield VRs], p. 268, taken from Vol. 2, p. 59, of the Plainfield town records.

[59] Per the Ancestry.com John Washburn (of Wilton) file submitted by k_waller74.

[60] Magnuseon, Barbour Index of Plainfield VRs, p. 268, taken from Vol. 2, p. 66, of the Plainfield town records.

[61] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

[62] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 327.

[63] Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1914, [hereinafter Rochester VRs], Vol. 2, p. 153, marriage of Jabez Hammond and Abigal Faunce of Plymouth on 12 May 1736 in Plymouth.

[64] Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1926, 5 volumes, [hereinafter Nantucket VRs], Vol. 4, marriage intentions recorded 8 Oct. 1774.

[65] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332.

[66] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 333.

[67] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 327.

[68] Magnuson, Barbour Index of Plainfield VRs, p. 268, taken from Vol. 2, p. 32, of the Plainfield town records.

[69] Per the Ancestry.com Vosburgh Family Tree file submitted by keithz31.

[70] Per the Ancestry.com Washburn Fisher Family Tree file submitted by txtewstep, and others, the year calculated from the birth of their first child in 1773.

[71] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332.

[72] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 332, marriage of John Holmes and Elizebeth Tilson on 6 Jan 1718 in Plympton.

[73] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389; Halifax VRs, p. 56, marriage intentions recorded in Halifax, undated.

[74] Plympton VRs, p. 117.

[75] 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. 1; The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 13, p. 14, buried in Thompson Street Cemetery in Halifax. She was called “daughter of John and Margaret Washburn” on her gravestone.

[76] Sherman, Robert Moody, and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 20, Family of Henry Samson, Part 1, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000, [hereinafter MF5G: Samson, pt. 1], p. 17-18.

[77] Halifax VRs, p. 33.

[78] Wood, Deacon Alfred, Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1947, [hereinafter Wood, Middleboro Deaths], p. 87, from her gravestone; MF5G: Samson, pt. 1, pp. 18, 66.

[79] MF5G: Samson, pt. 1, p. 3.

[80] Wood, Middleboro Deaths, p. 87; MF5G: Samson, pt. 1, p. 66.

[81] Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 3, p. 108; MF5G: Samson, pt. 1, p. 66.

[82] Halifax VRs, p. 49, as “Unis Holms.”

[83] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 184.

[84] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 354, marriage intentions recorded 19 Nov. 1781, she is called “widow Eunice Sprauge.”

[85] Halifax VRs, p. 49.

[86] Halifax VRs, p. 49.

[87] Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Eaton], pp. 25, 79.

[88] Plympton VRs, p. 333; Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 239, marriage intentions recorded 13 Nov. 1762 in Kingston.

[89] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 325.

[90] Plymouth VRs, pp. 92, 177, marriage of Ebenazar Morton of “Middlebery” and Marcy Foster on 2 Feb. 1720 in Plymouth.

[91] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 107, married by Peter Oliver, Justice of the Peace in Middleborough.

[92] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 40.

[93] 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], pp. 112, 190.

[94] Plymouth Co. Deeds, Vol. 53, pp. 4-5.

[95] Plymouth Co. Deeds, Vol. 53, pp. 5-6.

[96] Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 53, p. 195.

[97] Plymouth County Deeds, Vol. 59, pp. 21-22.

[98] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 13, Middlebury Town, Addison County, the Abisha Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

[99] Per email letter of Sheila McCreven of 29 Sept. 1996, and from the website of James Walter Thomas and Jeanne Deborah Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #127320952, from his gravestone in Seeley Cemetery in Middlebury, VT.

[100] Per email letter of Sheila McCreven of 29 Sept. 1996, and from the website of James Walter Thomas and Jeanne Deborah Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton; www.findagrave.com, memorial #127321145, from her gravestone in Seeley Cemetery in Middlebury, VT.

[101] Email letter of Sheila McCreven of 29 Sept. 1996 for the list of their children, but birth records have not been found for several of them. It appears the list of Abisha Washburn’s children was from his pension file, with the exception of daughter Deborah.

[102] Per the Ancestry.com McGinnis Family History Site file submitted by brenbadge.

[103] Per the Washburn GenForum posting of Susan Towle.

[104] Calculated from her age at death.

[105] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 574, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[106] Karlstrand, Barbour Index of Salisbury VRs, p. 274, taken from Vol. 2, p. 45, of the Salisbury town records, married by Rev. Jonathan Lee.

[107] Per email letter of Dick Bucknum dated 27 July 1998, presumably from the pension file of Abisha Washburn.

[108] From the website of James W. Thomas and Jeanne Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton.

[109] Per email letter of Dick Bucknum dated 27 July 1998, presumably from the pension file of Abisha Washburn, and from the website of James W. Thomas and Jeanne Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton.

[110] Per email letter of Dick Bucknum of 27 July 1998.

[111] Talcot, Alvan, Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1984, [hereinafter Talcot, Guilford], p. 135; Smyth, Ralph D., and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, “The Bradleys of New Haven and Guilford, CT.,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, [hereinafter Smyth and Steiner, “Bradleys of New Haven and Guilford”], p. 216.

[112] Talcot, Guilford, p. 135; Smyth and Steiner, Bradleys of New Haven and Guilford, p. 216; his www.findagrave.com memorial #16716672, and her www.findagrave.com memorial #3557935.

[113] FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Satu Woodland, of Danville, CA; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #35579735.

[114] Per email letters of Dick Bucknum dated 27 July 1998, and Sheila McCreven dated 29 Sept. 1996, which don’t agree on the year of her birth. They don’t agree on her date of death either.

[115] Per email letter of Sheila McCreven of 29 Sept. 1996, estimated from the birth of their eldest child in 1777.

[116] Per email letter of Dick Bucknum dated 27 July 1998, presumably from the pension file of Abisha Washburn.

[117] From the website of James W. Thomas and Jeanne Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton, taken from Donna Valley Russell, C.G., Salisbury, Connecticut, Records Volume One: Vital Records 1730-1800.

[118] www.findagrave.com, memorial #127321199, from her gravestone in Seeley Cemetery in Middlebury, VT.

[119] From the website of James W. Thomas and Jeanne Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton, taken from Donna Valley Russell, C.G., Salisbury, Connecticut, Records Volume One: Vital Records 1730-1800.

[120] Her maiden name from the FHL [Family History Library] Ancestral File of Daniel Loomis and Alice Chamberlain.

[121] International Genealogical Index of Vermont Marriage Records.

[122] From the website of James W. Thomas and Jeanne Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton, taken from Donna Valley Russell, C.G., Salisbury, Connecticut, Records Volume One: Vital Records 1730-1800.

[123] Per email letter of Dick Bucknum dated 27 July 1998, presumably from the pension file of Abisha Washburn.

[124] From the website of James W. Thomas and Jeanne Jacquays at https://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/jthomas/d1158.htm#P2097 on the family of Abishai Washburn and Hannah Morton, her source not listed.

[125] She was apparently not listed in the pension file of Abisha Washburn in Middlebury, VT.

[126] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

[127] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 11, marriage of Shubeal Tomson and Susanna Parlour, both of Middleboro, on 10 Dec. 1713; 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. 204.

[128] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387.

[129] MF5G: Cooke, p. 92.

[130] MF5G: Cooke, p. 204.

[131] Plymouth County Probate Docket #20642.

[132] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 566.

[133] Plymouth County Probate Docket #20651, Vol. 14, p. 56. No inventory of his estate was recorded.

[134] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 566, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Latham, Williams, Epitaphs of Old Bridgewater, Massachusetts, p. 67, #73, widow to Mr Thomas Tomson; www.findagrave.com, memorial #22106312, from her gravestone in First Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

[135] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 314, says they had Mary 1746, Abishai 1747, Jane 1749, Margaret 1751, and Bethiah 1755.

[136] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 314.

[137] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 91.

[138] Thompson, Charles Hutchinson, A Genealogy of Descendants of John Thomson of Plymouth, Mass., Lansing, MI, 1890, p. 40; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 372, marriage intentions recorded on 9 Apr. 1796 in Bridgewater; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 92.

[139] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 23.

[140] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 348.

[141] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 23.

[142] Thompson, Charles Hutchinson, A Genealogy of Descendants of John Thomson of Plymouth, Mass., Lansing, MI, 1890, p. 40; West Bridgewater VRs, p. 184.

[143] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 183.

[144] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 314.

[145] Thompson, Charles Hutchinson, A Genealogy of Descendants of John Thomson of Plymouth, Mass., Lansing, MI, 1890, p. 40.

[146] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 314.

[147] Per Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 134, “married at Bridgwater…pr. me Joshua White;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 56, marriage intentions recorded 15 Nov. 1777 in Bridgewater.

[148] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 230, Oakham Town, Worcester County, the Nathaniel Bolton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

[149] Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oakham VRs], p. 112.

[150] Calculated from her age at death.

[151] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 566, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Latham, Williams, Epitaphs of Old Bridgewater, Massachusetts, p. 77. #227; www.findagrave.com, memorial #22674414, from her gravestone in First Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.

[152] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 314.

[153] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 566.

[154] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 566.

[155] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 314.

[156] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 366.

[157] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 327.

[158] Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999, [hereinafter MF5G: Alden, pt. 1], p. 343.

[159] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385.

[160] “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. 15.

[161] MF5G: Alden, pt. 1, pp. 343, 99-101.

[162] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 225, but no birth records were found for the children of Joseph and Content Lathrop in the Easton vital records.

[163] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 45, Easton Town, Bristol County, the Joseph Lathrop household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

[164] All from MF5G: Alden, pt. 3, p. 135, taken from Lathrop family bible records, published in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 35, p. 178.

[165] Easton VRs, p. 128.

[166] Brockton VRs, p. 89.

[167] Easton VRs, p. 153, married by Rev. Archibald Campbell.

[168] Easton VRs, p. 156, married by Rev. Archibald Campbell.

[169] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 45, Easton Town, Bristol County, the Joseph Lathrop Junr household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

[170] Easton VRs, p. 160.

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[A] The Will of Sarah Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1825): *

In the name of God, Amen: I Sarah Washburn of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Singlewoman, considering the uncertainty of life, and being of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain and publish this my last Will and Testament, as follows,

I give and bequeath unto Abram Washburn the second of that name, of Bridgewater aforesaid, Gentleman, all my personal Estate of whatever name or description, excepting my wearing apparel,— He, the said Abram Washburn the second, to pay out of the same all my just debts and funeral charges, – And I do hereby constitute and appoint the said Abram Washburn the second my sole Executor to this my last Will and Testament – hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.

Sarah Washburn (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Sarah Washburn to be her last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who at her request and in her presence have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses to the same.

Abram Washburn

Dion Bryant

Artemas Hale

Presented for probate on 5 July 1836, and proved by Dion Bryant and Artemas Hale, two of the witnesses. Letters of Administration granted to Abram Washburn the second, of Bridgewater, on 5 July 1836.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 78, p. 293-294, from FHL microfilm #0555264.

[B] The Will of Eleazer Cary of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1804): *

In the Name of God amen, on the Eleventh day of April Dom. 1804 I Eleazer Cary of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth being under decays of Body but of a sound disposing Mind & memory proceed to make this my last Will and Testament – In the first place I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it; trusting in the Mercies of God thro’ Christ for pardon Grace & Glory, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named.– In the next place my will is, that all my just debts & funeral charges be paid in convenient time after my decease–

Item I give and bequeath unto my three Daughters Betty, Mary & Sarah their Heirs & assigns all my landed property lying on the south westerly side of the Highway and is a part of my Homestead, to be equally divided between them—

Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Caleb Cary all my landed property on the northerly side of the road together with all the Buildings thereon, to him, his Heirs and assigns,– excepting the Improvement of certain parts thereof hereafter described together with a Legacy to my Granddaughter Betty Gilbert. Also I give unto the said Caleb my right in a Lot of Cedar Swamp bought of George Howard in company with Nathan Mitchell dec^d. as will appear by deed dated the 22^d. day of January 1761 – Also I give him the said Caleb all my farming utensils & one half of my pew in the publick Meeting house

Item I give and bequeath unto my Granddaughter Betty Gilbert Seventy five Dollars, to be paid by the said Caleb Cary in consequence of what I have bequeathed to him as abovesaid And my will is that my Debts & funeral Charges be paid out of my personal Estate, which is not disposed of & the remainder if any, to be equally divided between my three Daughters Betty, Mary & Sarah, & my s^d Granddaughter Betty Gilbert.—

Item I give and bequeath unto my youngest daughter Sarah, in Addition to what is heretofore given, the Improvement of about three Acres of Land on the northerly side of the Road adjoining the Land of M^r Nathan Lazell bounded as followeth Beginning at the Corner of the said Lazell’s Garden by the Road thence northerly in the said Lazell’s Line about sixty rods to a small Brook & from thence continuing the same Line about two rods to a stake on a hillock or rise of Land then easterly forming a right angle with the aforesaid Line eight rods to a stake, thence in a direct Line to the northwest corner of the Barn thence in a direct course to a Stake by the road which is Six rods from the first mentioned Corner – Also the Improvement of the South westerly front room in my Dwelling house a privilege in the Buttery, Kitchen fire place & Oven and Cellar – also a right in the Well Barn & Corn house the above during her natural Life Also I give unto her at her disposal, one Cow, my best Bed & Bedding belonging thereto- & the other half of my pew —

Item I give unto my Daughter in law Mary Cary the Improvement of one quarter part of all my landed property on the northerly side of the Road, together with the Building (excepting the Improvement of part of s^d. Premises given to my Daughter Sarah as above described) during her Widowhood —

Item I do hereby nominate & appoint my s^d Grandson Caleb Cary sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament.—

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the day & Year aforesaid~~

Signed sealed published pronounced

& declared by the s^d. Eleazer Cary to be his

last will & Testament before us—

Isaac Lazell Eleazer Cary (seal)

Nathan Mitchell

Edward Mitchell jun^r.

Probated on 7 July 1806, and proved by Nathan Mitchell and Edward Mitchell jun^r, two of the witnesses.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 40, p. 476-477, from FHL microfilm #0550901.