~~ Massachusetts Colony ~~

--- Fifth Generation in America ---

Families of the Children of Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.) and Abigail³ Leonard

The children of Samuel Washburn and Abigail Leonard settled either in Stafford, Connecticut Colony, or in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, but some of the grandchildren spread into western Massachusetts and northern Vermont. The names of several of the wives are still unknown at this point, and some of the grandchildren are untraced. Thank you to Susan L. Bingler, CG, for much of the information on this branch of the family.

			John^2 Washburn (5th)
		Samuel^3 Washburn
			Elizabeth^2 Mitchell
	Samuel^4 Washburn (Jr.)
			Samuel^1 Packard
		Deborah^2 Packard
			Elizabeth
David^5 Washburn
Deliverance^5 Washburn
Solomon^5 Washburn
Samuel^5 Washburn (3rd)
Abigail^5 Washburn
Susanna^5 Washburn
Tabitha^5 Washburn
Jacob^5 Washburn
Seth^5 Washburn
			Solomon^1 Leonard
		Jacob^2 Leonard
			Sarah^2 Chandler
	Abigail^3 Leonard
			Samuel King
		Susanna King
			Experience Phillips

(405.) David⁵ Washburn, eldest son of (122) Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.), (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 30 Apr. 1704,[1] moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut Colony, with his parents about 1735,[2] and married 1.) Elizabeth (___) in ca. 1748.[3] She died on 14 May 1759 in Stafford,[4] and he remarried to 2.) Dorothy (___) in ca. 1764.[5] They lived in Stafford, CT.

In March 1732/3 Nicholas Sever, Esq., of Kingston, sued David Washburn of Bridgwater, blacksmith, over a £5.10s debt,[6] and he first purchased 55 acres of land in Stafford, CT, on 1 Jan. 1736 from James Wheeler.[7] He died in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, on 19 Oct. 1777,[8] and his widow, Dorothy, remarried to William Fenton, of Windsor, on 14 Dec. 1779.[9]

David Washburn had 5 children by Elizabeth, and 2 more children by Dorothy:

1141 i Elizabeth Washburn, born on 22 Apr. 1749 in Stafford, CT,[10] marriage not found.

1142 ii David Washburn (Jr.), born on 5 July 1751 in Stafford,[11] died on 11 Dec. 1752 in Stafford.[12]

1143 iii Seneth Washburn, a daughter, born on 11 Apr. 1753,[13] died on 11 Nov. 1753 in Stafford.[14]

1144 iv Relief⁶ “Lefe” or “Leafy” Washburn, born on 24 Apr. 1754 in Stafford,[15] married Solomon Cross, supposedly son of Noah and Mary (Chamberlain) Cross,[16] on 10 June 1778 in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT,[17] and they moved to Fairfield, Washington Co., NY, then to Hamilton, Madison Co., NY, and finally to Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY.[18] He was born on 21 Apr. ca. 1756 in Stafford,[19] and they were living in Fairfield, Washington Co., NY, in the 1800 federal census,[20] in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[21] and in Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census.[22] He received a Revolutionary War Pension on 4 Mar. 1831.[23] She apparently died by 1840, and he was back living in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1840 federal censuses, where he was a Revolutionary War Pensioner aged 82 years.[24] He died supposedly on 20 Apr. 1847 in Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., NY.[25] They had children:

a. Joel Cross, born on 19 Jan. 1779 in Stafford, CT.[26] He was probably living in Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1830 federal census,[27] in DeKalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1840 federal census, where he was a farmer,[28] and in the County Poor House in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1850 federal census,[29] but he was not found in the 1855 New York State census or the 1860 federal census.

b. Eddy Cross, born on 9 Jan. 1781 in Stafford,[30] marriage not found.

c. Dan Cross, born on 9 Aug. 1783 in Stafford,[31] marriage not found.

d. Sarah Cross, born on 28 Nov. 1785 in Stafford,[32] marriage not found.

e. Eunice Cross, born on 7 Mar. 1788 in Stafford,[33] marriage not found.

f. (Probably others)[34]

1145 v Lydia Washburn, born on 8 Jan. 1755 in Stafford,[35] marriage not found. Timothy Allis was appointed as her guardian before 1756, because on 8 Sept. 1756 the town of Stafford voted to pay him £5 for taking in Lydia Washburn and raising her to age 18 years,[36] and Allis brought her into the church to be baptized on 20 May 1764.[37] She did not marry Nathaniel Cowles,[38] as has been claimed.

1146 vi David Washburn (Jr.), born on 22 Aug. 1765 in Stafford,[39] marriage not found. He was not found in Connecticut, Vermont, or New York in the 1800 federal census.

1147 vii Abigail Washburn, born on 29 Jan. 1770 in Stafford,[40] marriage not found. She was probably the unnamed child of David Washburn who was placed under the care of Deacon Samuel Fuller in 1778.[41]

(406.) Deliverance⁵ Washburn, eldest daughter of (122) Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.), (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 7 Oct. 1706,[42] married Joseph Bolton, son of John and Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton, of Bridgewater,[43] on 6 Feb. 1739/40 in Bridgewater.[44] He was born on 27 July 1704 in Bridgewater,[45] and died on 12 Mar. 1751 in Bridgewater,[46] but no probate records were filed for his estate. She died a widow on 28 May 1755 in Bridgewater,[47] but the usual guardianships were not found recorded for their children Joseph and Philip Bolton in 1755.

Deliverance Washburn and Joseph Bolton had children, order uncertain:[48]

1148 i (Unnamed child), died on 16 Jan. 1741 in Bridgewater.[49]

1149 ii Joseph Bolton (Jr.), born ca. 1742,[50] probably in Bridgewater, married Mary Bolton, probably his cousin, daughter of John “Jr.” and Elizabeth (Hayward) Bolton,[51] on 27 Apr. 1773 in Bridgewater.[52] She was born on 6 May 1752 in Bridgewater.[53] He served as a Private from Bridgewater in Capt. James Allen’s Company in 1776, and enlisted again in 1779-1780.[54] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790,[55] and 1800 federal censuses,[56] in East Parish, Bridgewater, MA, in the 1810 federal census, next door to his brother Philip Bolton,[57] and in West Parish, Bridgewater, in the 1820 federal census.[58] Silvanus Pratt petitioned the probate court on 6 Apr. 1819 that his friend and neighbor Joseph Bolton, of Bridgewater, labourer, by reason of age & infirmity has become non compos mentis and incapable of taking care of himself, and asked that an inquisition be made and a guardian be appointed for Joseph Bolton. Silvanus Pratt, Zephaniah Fobes, and Abiezer Alger, Selectmen of Bridgewater, were appointed as the commission, and found that indeed Joseph Bolton was incapable of taking care of himself and his estate. John E. Howard, of Bridgewater, Merchant, was appointed as guardian of Joseph Bolton, of Bridgewater, labourer, on 17 May 1819.[59] His guardian’s accounting shows he received a pension for his Revolutionary War Service. No probate records were found for either Joseph or Mary Bolton in Plymouth County, MA, but the guardianship accounting shows he was still living as late as Feb. 1832, and died on 19 Feb. 1832.[60] They had children:

a. Philip Bolton, born on 17 July 1774 in Bridgewater,[61] died on 25 Nov. 1843 in Bridgewater, aged 70 [sic] years, a pauper, of “disease of heart,”[62] but no probate records were filed for his estate.

b. Joseph Bolton (3rd), born on 10 Mar. 1776 in Bridgewater,[63] marriage not found. He was a pauper living in the Almshouse in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census,[64] and he died on 6 Dec. 1858 in Bridgewater, aged 83 years, 8 months, 26 days, of “age,”[65] but no probate records were filed for his estate.

c. John Bolton, born on 23 Apr. 1778 in Bridgewater,[66] married Betsey Dana, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tuel?) Dana, of Boston,[67] on 4 Dec. 1796 in Boston,[68] and they lived in West Bridgewater, but had no children.[69] She was born in 1771 in Boston.[70] He died intestate on 8 Aug. 1831 in West Bridgewater, aged 55 [sic] years,[71] and was buried in Cochesett Graveyard in West Bridgewater. Jonas Hartwell, of West Bridgewater, was granted administration of the estate of John Bolton, late of West Bridgewater, yeoman, on 4 Oct. 1831.[72] She died a widow on 19 Feb. 1846 in West Bridgewater, aged 74 years, 8 months, of “pleurisy.”[73]

d. Deliverance Bolton, born on 27 Feb. 1781 in Bridgewater,[74] never married. She was living with James and Eliza A. Munroe in Halifax, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[75] and she died on 8 Oct. 1864 in Bridgewater, aged 84 years, of “dropsy,”[76] but no probate records were filed for her estate.

e. Barzillia Bolton, born on 27 Nov. 1783 in Bridgewater,[77] marriage not found.

f. Zimri Bolton, born on 22 Dec. 1786 in Bridgewater,[78] never married, drowned on 28 Sept. 1849 in West Bridgewater, aged 62 years,[79] but no probate records were filed for his estate.

g. Betty Bolton, born on 6 Dec. 1788 in Bridgewater,[80] died on 3 Dec. 1812 in Bridgewater.[81]

h. Mary Bolton, born say ca. 1791 in Bridgewater, marriage not found.

i. Silence Bolton, born ca. 1794 in Bridgewater,[82] died on 29 May 1814 in Bridgewater, aged 19 years.[83]

1150 iii (Unnamed child), died in 1745 in Bridgewater.[84]

1151 iv Philip Bolton, born ca. 1748,[85] probably in Bridgewater. In 1764, as a minor over the age of 14 year years, he chose Benjamin Willis, of Bridgewater, to be his guardian,[86] and he married Bethiah Hayward, daughter of Ezra and Lydia (Lee) Hayward,[87] on 7 Apr. 1787 in Bridgewater.[88] She was born on 3 Sept. 1758 in Bridgewater,[89] a granddaughter of Elisha and Experience (Harvey) Hayward.[90] Children not found.[91] He served as a private in the Revolutionary War from Bridgewater in Capt. James Allen’s Company for 3 years, from 1777 to 1780, including the winter in Valley Forge, and again for 3 months in 1781.[92] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790,[93] and 1800 federal censuses,[94] in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1810 federal census, next door to his brother Joseph Bolton,[95] and in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1820 federal census.[96] On 6 Apr. 1819 Silvanus Pratt, a friend and neighbor of Philip Bolton, of Bridgewater, Labourer, petitioned that by reason of age and infirmity he has become non compos mentis and incapable of taking care of himself and his estate, and after the inquisition John E. Howard, of Bridgewater, Merchant, was appointed as his guardian on 17 May 1819.[97] Philip Bolton filed for a Revolutionary War Pension in 1820.[98] He died intestate in 1823 in Bridgewater, and Solomon Perkins, of Bridgewater, Forgeman, was granted administration of his estate on 17 Feb. 1823, which was insolvent.[99] Bethiah Bolton, widow of Philip Bolton, filed an application for a widow’s pension on 1 Aug. 1828, and made a declaration on 9 May 1848, explaining that she had moved to Middleborough, but no death record was found for Bethiah (Hayward) Bolton in Bridgewater or Middleborough.[100] She died testate in 1848 in Middleborough, her will dated at Raynham, MA, on 1 May 1847, and probated on the last Tuesday of November, 1848, she mentioned her friend Sarah W. Wood, wife of Elihu T. Wood, and left her estate to William C. Alden and Gustavus L. Alden, sons of Mr. Oliver H. Alden, and she named Oliver H. Alden, the husband of her niece, as executor of her estate.[101] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of her will.)

(407.) Solomon⁵ Washburn, second son of (122) Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.), (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 1 Oct. 1708,[102] married (168) Martha Orcutt, daughter of William and Hannah (Smith) Orcutt (Jr.),[103] on 13 Jan. 1731/2 in Bridgewater.[104] She was born ca. 1708 in Bridgewater,[105] a granddaughter of William and Mary (Lane) Orcutt, of Scituate, MA.[106] They lived in Bridgewater, MA, until about 1738, when they moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT.[107] Solomon Washburn of Bridgewater purchased land in Stafford, CT, from Josiah Snow in Oct. 1738.[108] He was voted an inhabitant of Stafford in Dec. 1739, and was chosen as the town leather sealer for 1740.[109] He was also chosen as a surveyor of highways in Stafford in 1746 and 1747, and grand juryman in 1745, 1754, and 1769.[110]

Solomon Washburn died testate on 6 Mar. 1780 in Stafford, CT,[111] his will dated 1 Apr. 1776, and probated on 13 Mar. 1780, mentioned his wife Martha, four sons, Solomon, William, Moses and Jacob, and his three daughters, Tabithy, Martha and Abigail, and he appointed his son Solomon as executor of his estate. His son Jacob Washburn died less than three months after the will was probated, so the goods that Jacob received from his father’s estate were redistributed among his brothers and sisters, namely Solomon Washburn, William Washburn, Moses Washburn, Tabitha Bartlett, wife of David Bartlett, Martha Johnson, wife of Nathaniel Johnson, and Abigail Walbridge, wife of Eleazer Walbridge.[112] Martha (Orcutt) Washburn died on 2 Dec. 1794 in Stafford, aged 86 years.[113]

Solomon Washburn and Martha Orcutt had children:

1152 i Lydia Washburn, born on 17 Dec. 1732 in Bridgewater,[114] died on 19 July 1755 in Stafford, CT,[115] unmarried.

+ 1153 ii Lt. Solomon⁶ Washburn (Jr.), born on 1 Sept. 1734 in Bridgewater,[116] married Mary Warner, daughter of John and Catharine (Blodgett) Warner, of Stafford, CT,[117] on 28 Apr. 1757 in Stafford, CT,[118] and they lived in Stafford. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1154 iii Tabitha⁶ Washburn, born on 1 June 1736 in Bridgewater,[119] married David Bartlett, possibly son of Benjamin and Thankful (Reade) Bartlett, of Newtown, Middlesex Co., MA, and Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA,[120] in ca. 1756,[121] and they moved to Belchertown, MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1155 iv Martha Washburn, born on 27 May 1738 in Bridgewater,[122] died on 30 Mar. 1740 in Stafford, CT.[123]

+ 1156 v William⁶ Washburn, born on 13 Feb. 1740 in Stafford, CT,[124] married Lydia Cross, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Hall) Cross, of Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT,[125] on 18 Dec. 1760 in Stafford, CT,[126] and they lived in Stafford. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1157 vi Martha⁶ Washburn, born on 14 Mar. 1742 in Stafford,[127] married Nathaniel Johnson (Jr.), son of Nathaniel and Mehitabel (Gile) Johnson,[128] as his second wife, on 13 Aug. 1761 in Stafford, CT,[129] and they lived in Stafford. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1158 vii Azubah Washburn, born on 6 Mar. 1744 in Stafford,[130] died on 17 Apr. 1750 in Stafford.[131]

+ 1159 viii Abigail⁶ Washburn, born on 7 July 1745 in Stafford,[132] married Eliezer/Eleazer Walbridge (Jr.), son of Eleazer and Margaret (Jewett) Walbridge, of Norwich, CT,[133] on 25 Aug. 1768 in Stafford,[134] and they moved to Randolph, Orange Co., VT, by ca. 1790.[135] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1160 ix Moses⁶ Washburn, born on 11 Sept. 1749 in Stafford,[136] married Eunice Ellithorpe, daughter of John and Elizabeth⁵ (Marsh) Ellithorpe, of Stafford,[137] on 10 Nov. 1774 in Stafford, CT,[138] and they lived in Stafford. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1161 x Jacob⁶ Washburn, born in Aug. 1751 in Stafford,[139] married Mary Blodgett, daughter of Daniel and Deborah (Ellsworth) Blodgett, of Stafford,[140] on 4 Jan. 1776 in Stafford, CT.[141] She was born on 28 Nov. 1755? in Stafford, CT.[142] He was called “Jacob Washburn Jun.” in the records of Stafford, CT, and with his brother Moses Washburn he took the oath of fidelity in Stafford as a freeman on 10 Apr. 1780.[143] He died, however, on 28 May 1780 in Stafford, “aged 25 years & about 9 months,”[144] and she remarried to Levi⁵ Edson, son of (640) Seth⁴ and Irene (Howard) Edson, on 29 Oct. 1783 in Stafford,[145] by whom she had 8 children. He was born on 27 Mar. 1752 in Stafford, CT,[146] a grandson of Benjamin³ and (163) Joanna (Orcutt) Edson, and they were living in Stafford, CT, in the 1790 federal census.[147] (See his family for Mary Blodgett’s children by Levi Edson.) Jacob Washburn had only one daughter, who died in infancy:

a. Cene Washburn, a daughter, born on 3 Sept. 1777 in Stafford,[148] died on 16 Apr. 1778 in Stafford.[149]

(408.) Samuel⁵ Washburn (3rd), third son of (122) Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.), (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 2 June 1710,[150] married Mary (___) in ca. 1745,[151] and they moved from Stafford, CT, to Ashfield, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, by 1766. In the 1766 Tax Valuation List of Ashfield, MA, both Samuel Washburn and Samuel Washburn, Jr., are listed.[152]

Samuel Washburn (3rd) possibly died in Ashfield, MA, before 1776,[153] but his death was not recorded in the vital records of Ashfield. His widow, Mary, may have been the Mary Washburne, widow, of Ashfield, who married Daniel Warner, of Ashfield, probably as his second wife,[154] on 16 Apr. 1793 in Ashfield,[155] and she may have been living with her son, Isaiah Washburn, in the 1790 federal census. No death record was found for her in Ashfield.

Samuel and Mary Washburn had children:

+ 1162 i Reuben⁶ Washburn, born on 28 Sept. 1746 in Stafford, CT,[156] married Dorcas (___), and they moved to Thurman, Washington Co., NY, then to Milton, Chittenden Co., VT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1163 ii Samuel⁶ Washburn (4th), born on 29 Apr. 1748 in Stafford,[157] married 1.) Anne Farnsworth, of Deerfield, MA, on 29 Aug. 1769 in Ashfield, MA,[158] and 2.) Hannah Wood, of Ashfield, MA, on 6 Aug. 1776 in Ashfield.[159] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1164 iii Isaiah⁶ Washburn, born on 11 Dec. 1750 in Stafford, CT,[160] married (1185) Patience Perkins, his first cousin, daughter of Timothy and (410) Susanna⁵ (Washburn) Perkins,[161] of Ashfield, MA, on 3 Sept. 1772 in Ashfield, MA,[162] and they moved to Georgia, Franklin Co., VT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1165 iv (Unnamed daughter), born on 24 Mar. 175? in Stafford, CT,[163] possibly died young.

1166 v Calvin Washburn, born on 22 Mar. ca. 1757 in Stafford, CT,[164] baptized on 3 Apr. 1757 in Stafford,[165] died on 31 July 1758 in Stafford, aged 1-1/3 years.[166]

+ 1167 vi Dardona Washburn, born on 5 May 1760 in Stafford, CT,[167] baptized as “Dardona Washburn” on 11 May 1760 in Stafford,[168] married Nathaniel Clark on 13 Feb. 1781 in Ashfield, MA,[169] and they moved to Kingsbury, Washington Co., NY, by 1800. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1168 vii Huldah⁶ Washburn, born ca. 8 June 1763,[170] baptized on 15 Mar. 1767 in Ashfield, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA,[171] married 1.) Samuel Taylor, of Buckland, MA, on 29 Sept. 1785 in Ashfield.[172] Children not found. He apparently served in the Revolutionary War, according to the widow’s pension application. There were a lot of different Samuel Taylors who served from Massachusetts, but none who were listed as being from Ashfield in their enlistment. They moved to Georgia, Chittenden (now Franklin) Co., VT, in ca. 1791, but he had deserted the family by 1800. She remarried to 2.) Andrew Van Gilder, probably as his second wife,[173] in ca. 1800, probably in Georgia, VT.[174] He was living in Georgia, Chittenden Co., VT, in the 1791 federal census,[175] and in Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, in the 1800,[176] and probably the 1810,[177] and 1820 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[178] In 1857 Huldah Van Gilder applied for a widow’s pension based on the Revolutionary War service of her first husband, Samuel Taylor, explaining that Samuel Taylor “was given to wandering and by 1800 had left home, neither returning to Georgia nor contacting her.”[179] She died a widow on 15 July 1859 in Georgia, VT, aged 96 years, 1 month, 7 days.[180]

+ 1169 viii Sarah⁶ Washburn, born ca. Aug. 1765,[181] married David Ellis, son of Reuben and Mehitable (Scott) Ellis,[182] of Ashfield, MA, on 8 July 1784 in Ashfield,[183] and they moved to Springfield, Erie Co., PA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1170 ix Deliverance⁶ Washburn, baptized on 27 Dec. 1767 in Ashfield, MA,[184] married Cornelius Clary, of Ashfield, on 7 May 1788 in Ashfield.[185] He was born ca. 1764.[186] He served in the Revolutionary War from Sunderland, MA, where he enlisted as a private on 27 Mar. 1781 at age 17.[187] They were living in Ashfield, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[188] and then moved up to Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, where they were living in the 1800 federal census,[189] but he was not a head of household in Vermont in the 1810 federal census. She was listed as the head of household in Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, in the 1820 federal census, even though there was a male aged 45 or older in the family.[190] They had at least one son:

1. Calvin Clary, born ca. 1789 in MA,[191] married Laura Smith in ca. 1828.[192] She was born ca. 1799 in VT.[193] They were living in Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, in the 1830,[194] 1850,[195] and 1860 federal censuses,[196] where he was a laborer. He died on 8 Mar. 1871 in Georgia, VT, of “consumption,” aged 82 years.[197]

2. (Probably others)

+ 1171 x Calvin⁶ Washburn, baptized on 13 June 1773 in Ashfield, MA,[198] moved to Thurman, Washington Co., NY, probably with his brother, Reuben Washburn, in ca. 1794, and he married Elizabeth Waddell, daughter of Robert Waddell, probably in Washington Co., NY.[199] They lived in Johnsburg, Warren Co., NY. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

(409.) Abigail⁵ Washburn, second daughter of (122) Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.), (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 3 Mar. 1712,[200] married John Lindsey on 7 Feb. 1734 in Bridgewater,[201] and they also moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT. He was born ca. 1712.[202] John Lindsey purchased 6 acres of meadow land from his father-in-law, Samuel Washburn, in Stafford, CT, in 1741,[203] and he was elected as a fence viewer in Stafford in 1740, and 1743, a surveyor of the highways in 1742, and a “lister” in 1749.[204]

Abigail (Washburn) Lindsey died on 22 Dec. 1769 in Stafford, CT,[205] and John Lindsey died on 10 July 1775 in Stafford, aged about 63 years.[206]

John Lindsey and Abigail Washburn had children:

+ 1172 i Abigail Lindsey, born on 27 Nov. 1736 in Stafford, CT,[207] married Ebenezer Cross, son of Jonathan and Lydia (Hall) Cross, of Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT,[208] on 24 Nov. 1757 in Stafford, CT.[209] They lived in Stafford, then moved to Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1173 ii John Lindsey (Jr.), born on 9 Feb. 1738 in Stafford, CT,[210] died on 6 Feb. 1774 in Stafford[211] or Ashfield, MA,[212] presumably unmarried.

1174 iii Asa Lindsey, a son, born on 22 Dec. ca. 1740 in Stafford, CT,[213] died on 14 Jan. 1741 in Stafford.[214]

+ 1175 iv Mary Lindsey, born on 1 Feb. 1741 in Stafford, CT,[215] married Abel Cross on 1 Apr. 1762 in Stafford, CT,[216] and they moved to Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1176 v Eliphalet Lindsey, born on 2 Dec. 1743 in Stafford, CT,[217] married Sarah Cross on 1 June 1769 in Stafford.[218] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1177 vi Dorothy Lindsey, born on 30 Aug. 1745 in Stafford, CT,[219] married Roland Blackmer on 15 Nov. 1770 in Stafford,[220] and they also moved to Buckland and Greenfield, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1178 vii Eliab Lindsey, born on 26 Sept. 1747 in Stafford, CT,[221] married Elenor (___) before 1773, and they also moved to Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1179 viii Sarah Lindsey, born on 14 Oct. 1749 in Stafford, CT,[222] married Levi Drake, son of Deacon Josiah and Hannah (Wilson) Drake, of Windsor, CT,[223] on 9 June 1773 in Stafford, CT,[224] and they lived in Stafford. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1180 ix Asa or Asahel Lindsey, born on 31 Dec. ca. 1751 in Stafford, CT,[225] married (___) Cross on 12 Dec. 1771 in Stafford.[226] Children not found.

1181 x Phebe Lindsey, born on 6 Jan. 1753 in Stafford, CT,[227] marriage not found.

1182 xi Jeduthan Lindsey, born on 31 Dec. ca. 1755 in Stafford, CT,[228] died on 19 Mar. 1764 in Stafford, aged about 9 years.[229]

(410.) Susanna⁵ Washburn, third daughter of (122) Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.), (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 13 Mar. 1714?,[230] married Timothy Perkins, son of Nathan and Martha³ (Leonard) Perkins,[231] on 18 Mar. 1735/6 in Bridgewater.[232] He was born on 16 Jan. 1714/15 in Bridgewater,[233] a grandson of David and Elizabeth (Brown) Perkins,[234] and of Solomon² and Mary Leonard (Jr.), of Bridgewater,[235] and they were second cousins. He was named in the 1736 will of his grandfather, David Perkins, of Bridgewater.[236]

On 12 Jan. 1735/6 Nathan Perkins, of Bridgewater, Blacksmith, sold to his brother Timothy Perkins, of Bridgewater, 3 acres of land which had been set off to his mother Martha Hayward as her dower in the estate of his father in Bridgewater for £10,[237] on 3 Apr. 1736 David Perkins of Bridgewater, Gentleman, deeded to his grandson Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater, for love and good will, 2 acres of land at Eagles Nest in Bridgewater,[238] which Timothy Perkins sold on 19 Mar. 1738 to William Snow, of Bridgewater, for £40,[239] on 5 Apr. 1837 Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater, Yeoman, sold 3½ acres of land in Bridgewater to Joshua Willis, of Bridgewater, that had been settled on him by the Judge of Probate for £42,[240] and on 19 Feb. 1739 Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater, Husbandman, purchased 9 acres of land in Bridgewater from William Holden of Bridgewater, Practitioner in Physick, that he had bought from Solomon Leonard near the shop of his brother Nathan Perkins for £150.[241] On 14 Nov. 1739 Nathan Perkins of Bridgewater gave a release to his uncle David Perkins of Bridgewater for all his right, title and interest in a parcel of land in Bridgewater which Gideon Washburn and his wife Mary had received from the estate of his grandfather David Perkins for £73.[242] On 30 Jan. 1741 Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater, Husbandman, and his wife Susanna Perkins sold their homestead farm of 33¼ acres of land in the south part of Bridgewater that had belonged to their grandfather David Perkins, deceased, for £680,[243] on 29 Sept. 1741 Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater, sold to Jonathan Chandler, of Bridgewater, Bloomer, five seventh parts of a tract of land in Bridgewater that had been set off to his mother Martha Hayward as her dower in his father Nathan Perkins’ estate for £70,[244] on 18 Dec. 1741 Timothy Perkins sold 9 more acres of land to Jonathan Chandler in Bridgewater that had been part of the homestead of his grandfather David Perkins, deceased, for £180,[245] and on 13 Apr. 1742 Timothy Perkins, of Bridgewater, purchased 50 acres of land in Bridgewater from Benjamin Willis of Bridgewater for £600.[246] On 11 Apr. 1743 Nathan Perkins, Blacksmith, Solomon Perkins, Joyner, Timothy Perkins, Yeoman, and James Perkins, Bricklayer, sold to Solomon Pratt of Bridgewater a lot of cedar swamp in Bridgewater that had been given to them by their grandfather David Perkins, for £25,[247] and on 18 Mar. 1744 Solomon Leonard, Yeoman, David Howard, Gentleman, and Timothy Perkins, Yeoman, all of Bridgewater, sold to Solomon Pratt of Bridgewater one half of the 6^th part of a lot of cedar swamp originally laid out on Solomon Leonard’s purchase right in Bridgewater for £20.5.[248] On 3 Apr. 1744 Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater sold to Eleazer Carver of Bridgewater, Bloomer, 6 more acres of land in the southerly part of Bridgewater which he had received from his grandfather, David Perkins, along with three quarters of one half of the iron ore found on the land for £11.[249] On 17 Oct. 1743 Timothy Perkins and Lydia Perkins, widow of Solomon Perkins, were granted administration of Solomon Perkins’ estate,[250] and Timothy Perkins sold two thirds of the homestead farm and orchard of Solomon Perkins to David Leach of Bridgewater, Husbandman, on 10 Sept. 1744,[251] the other third being reserved to Solomon’s widow Lydia Perkins. On 31 Aug. 1752 Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater sold to Elkanah Rickard of Bridgewater 2 acres and 30 rods of undivided land in Bridgewater that was yet to be laid out in Solomon Leonard’s purchase right for £1.12.[252]

Susanna (Washburn) Perkins died on 20 July 1753 in Bridgewater,[253] and Timothy Perkins remarried to (374) Zipporah⁵ Washburn, daughter of (113) William⁴ and Experience (Mann) Washburn,[254] on 7 Oct. 1753 in Bridgewater.[255] She was born on 17 Aug. 1721 in Bridgewater.[256] On 14 Feb. 1759 Timothy Perkins of Bridgewater sold to Ezekiel Washburn of Bridgewater 9 acres and 15 rods of land in the southerly part of Bridgewater for £30,[257] on 13 Apr. 1761 Timothy and Zipporah Perkins sold 13 acres and 1 rod of land in Bridgewater to Job Pratt of Bridgewater for £51.9.10,[258] and on 18 Mar. 1768 Timothy and Zipporah Perkins sold 20¾ acres of land in the south part of Bridgewater for £90,[259] and they apparently moved to Ashfield, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA. They were living in Ashfield, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[260] but he probably died in Hampshire Co., MA, before the 1800 federal census.[261]

Timothy Perkins and Susanna Washburn had children, order uncertain:[262]

+ 1183 i Nathaniel Perkins, born say ca. 1738, married Mary Alger, daughter of Joseph and Naomi (Hayward) Alger (Jr.),[263] on 16 Mar. 1775 in Bridgewater,[264] and they lived in Easton and Bridgewater, MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1184 ii (Unnamed son), died on 7 Feb. 1746 in Bridgewater.[265]

1185 iii Patience Perkins, born ca. 1745-50,[266] married (1164) Isaiah⁶ Washburn, her first cousin, son of (408) Samuel⁵ and Mary (___) Washburn (3rd), of Stafford, CT, and Ashfield, MA, on 3 Sept. 1772 in Ashfield.[267] He was born on 11 Dec. 1750 in Stafford, CT,[268] a grandson of (122) Samuel⁴ and Abigail³ (Leonard) Washburn (Jr.), of Bridgewater,[269] MA, and Stafford, CT, and they moved to Georgia, Franklin Co., VT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1186 iv Timothy Perkins (Jr.), born on 13 Aug. 1748 in Ashfield, MA,[270] married Elizabeth Stocking, of Ashfield, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Shepard) Stocking,[271] on 25 Nov. 1779 in Ashfield, MA,[272] and they lived in Ashfield, where he was a farmer. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

v (Possibly others)

(411.) Seth⁵ Washburn, youngest son of (122) Samuel⁴ Washburn (Jr.), (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, MA, in ca. 1724,[273] married Elizabeth (___), in say ca. 1762. He purchased the “home farm lot” from his father, Samuel Washburn, on 16 Nov. 1750,[274] which he sold to Levi Drake on 7 Apr. 1777.[275] On 22 Apr. 1777 Seth Washburn, of Hartford Co., CT, purchased 70 acres of land in Springfield, Hampshire [now Hampden] Co., MA, on the northerly side of Chicopee River from Stephen Horton, of Springfield, for £40,[276] and on 1 May 1777 he purchased 31 acres of land in the Inward Commons in Springfield from Caleb Parsons of West Springfield for £18.6.[277] They were living in Springfield, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census.[278]

Seth Washburn died in 1798 in Springfield, MA, and was supposedly buried in Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, MA,[279] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Hampshire Co., MA. On 7 June 1798 Eleazer Washburn, Hezekiah Washburn, James Washburn, and Charity Washburn, “single woman,” all of Springfield, sold the land of “our late father Seth Washburn” to their brother Seth Washburn, of Springfield, yeoman, for $333, with Elizabeth Washburn, the widow and relict of Seth Washburn, releasing her right of dower in the land on 8 Jan. 1800,[280] and on 8 Jan. 1800 Seth Washburn sold this same land to Arriel Cooley, of Springfield, Gentlemanm for $400.[281] No death record was found for Elizabeth Washburn.

Seth and Elizabeth Washburn had children, order and birth years uncertain:

1187 i Seth⁶ Washburn (Jr.), born say ca. 1764 in Stafford, CT,[282] purchased his father’s land in Springfield, MA, from his brothers and sisters on 7 June 1798,[283] sold it to Arriel Cooley, of Springfield, on 8 Jan. 1800 for $400,[284] and moved to Athens Co., OH, where he was taxed in Hockhocking, Athens Co., OH, in 1810.[285] The 1810 federal census for Athens Co., OH, was lost, and he was not listed as a head of household in Ohio in the 1820 federal census, and may have been living with his brother James Washburn.[286] On 10 Jan. 1806 Seth Washburn purchased a tract of land on the northeast corner of land of Alpheus Paulk on the Hockhocking River in Athens County from Joseph Strickland for $100,[287] and on 18 Sept. 1828 Seth Washburn, of Troy, Athens Co., OH, sold his land on the east bank of the Hockhocking River to his nephew Roswell Washburn of Troy for $50.[288] No marriage or death record was found for him.

+ 1188 ii Eleazer⁶ Washburn, born say ca. 1766 in Stafford, CT,[289] married Rachel Paulk, daughter of Noah and Rachel (Pasco) Paulk, on 17 Dec. 1793 in Springfield, MA.[290] They moved to Athens Co., OH, probably as part of a group of people from Springfield who purchased land from the Ohio Land Company and settled in Troy Township in 1798.[291] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1189 iii Hezekiah⁶ Washburn, born ca. 4 May 1768 in Stafford, CT,[292] married Eleanor Drake in ca. May 1797 in Springfield, MA,[293] and they lived in Springfield and Ludlow, Hampshire (now Hampden) Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1190 v Charity⁶ Washburn, born say ca. 1772 in Stafford, CT, was still unmarried on 8 Jan. 1800 when she acknowledged the sale of her father’s land in Springfield, MA, to her brother Seth Washburn (Jr.), of Springfield, as “Charity Washburn,” marriage not found.

+ 1191 iv James⁶ Washburn, born say ca. 1776 in Stafford, CT,[294] moved to Athens Co., OH, with his brother Eleazer Washburn, and married Mary “Polly” McGuire, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Hougland) McGuire,[295] on 17 Oct. 1812 in Athens, OH.[296] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

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[1] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 327.

[2] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221.

[3] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, estimated from the birth of their eldest child, on 22 Apr. 1749.

[4] 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. 162, “Elizabeth, wife of David Washburn,” taken from Vol. 2, p. 171, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 171, from p. 160 of the transcriptions from FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #1319712; Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 41.

[5] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, their first child was born on 22 Aug. 1765.

[6] Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 5, Court of Common Pleas, Session 4, p. 577.

[7] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 546.

[8] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, taken from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 52.

[9] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 54.

[10] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 7, of the Stafford Town Records, “Elizabeth, daughter of David & Elizabeth Washburn;” Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 6, from p. 40 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year given only as “17__.”

[11] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, “David, son of David & Elizabeth Washburn,” taken from Vol. 2, p. 7, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 6, from p. 40 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[12] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 170, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 170, from p. 159 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[13] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, “Seneth, daughter of David & Elizabeth Washburn,” taken from Vol. 2, p. 7, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 6, from p. 40 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712, which has “Jeneth.”

[14] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 2, p. 170, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 170, from p. 159 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, which shows her name as “Seneth.”

[15] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, “Relief, daughter of David & Elizabeth Washburn,” taken from Vol. 2, p. 7, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 6, from p. 40 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712, which has “Relef.”

[16] His parents per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 2 July 2002 by Jean Bengston.

[17] Connecticut Church Records, Stafford First Congregational Church, 1797-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1955, pp. 23, 84; per email message of Susan L. Bingler, posted on Washburn GenForum on 4 June 2001.

[18] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 222.

[19] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 44, taken from Vol. 2, p. 9, of the Stafford Town Records, but the Barbour Index does not give the last digit of the year, however several entries for Solomon Cross in Ancestry.com give his birth year as 1751.

[20] 1800 Federal Census, Fairfield, Washington Co., NY, p. 409, the Solomon Cross household had 3 males under 10, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

[21] 1820 Federal Census, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY, p. 105, the Solomon Cross household had 2 males aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 male ahged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 5 persons engaged in agriculture.

[22] 1830 Federal Census, Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, p. 190, the Solomon Cross household had 2 males aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

[23] United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, 4 Mar. 1831, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1319390.

[24] 1840 Federal Census, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., NY, p. 111, the Solomon Cross household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 2 males aged 50-59 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 male aged 80-89 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 3 persons employed in agriculture, and a Revolutionary War Pensioner, Solomon Cross, aged 82 years.

[25] Per the Ancestry.com Charles Cooper Family Tree submitted by bjmurr96.

[26] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 43, of the Stafford Town Records.

[27] 1830 Federal Census, Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., NY, p. 190, the Joel Cross household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 20-29 years.

[28] 1840 Federal Census, DeKalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, p. 137, the Joel Cross household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, and included 1 person employed in agriculture.

[29] 1850 Federal Census, Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY, p. 293, dwelling #1, the County Poor House, included Joel Cross, aged 72,.male, born CT, as one of its inhabitants.

[30] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 43, of the Stafford Town Records.

[31] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 43, of the Stafford Town Records.

[32] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 43, of the Stafford Town Records.

[33] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 43, taken from Vol. 2, p. 43, of the Stafford Town Records.

[34] According to the 1800 federal census, it appears they had at least 3 more sons and 1 daughter.

[35] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, “Lydia, daughter of David & Elizabeth Washburn,” taken from Vol. 2, p. 7, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 6, from p. 40 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[36] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 222, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 3, p. 3.

[37] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 222, presumably from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford.

[38] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 222, who discusses the reasons why the wife of Nathaniel Cowles could not have been this Lydia Washburn: Lydia, the wife of Nathaniel Cowles, had a child born in 1812, when Lydia Washburn was 56 years old, and Lydia Cowles, wife of Nathaniel Cowles, died on 27 Dec. 1833 at the age of 63 years, 7 months, 20 days, which calculates to a birth in the year 1770, not 1755.

[39] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, “David, son of David & Dorothy Washburn,” taken from Vol. 2, p. 17, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 17, from p. 58 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712, “son of David & Dorethy Washburn.”

[40] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, “Abigail, daughter of David & Dorothy Washburn,” taken from Vol. 2, p. 22, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 22, from p. 64 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[41] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, from Stafford Deeds, Vol. 5, p. 5, Deacon Samuel Fuller was paid by the town of Stafford for keeping David Washburn’s child for the past 22 weeks on 15 Dec. 1778.

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

[43] 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. 118; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 81, under “Bolten, John.”

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

[45] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 51.

[46] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439.

[47] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439.

[48] Sons Joseph Bolton (Jr.) and Philip Bolton are per Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 118. Their births were not recorded in the Bridgewater Vital Records.

[49] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439.

[50] Calculated from a Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit of Joseph Bolton on 27 July 1820, where he stated that he was 78 years old.

[51] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 118, who mentioned that he was uncertain who the father of John Bolton Jr. was.

[52] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 55.

[53] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[54] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. II, p. 251.

[55] 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 Co., MA, the Joseph Bolton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.

[56] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 384, the Joseph Bolton household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[57] 1810 Federal Census, East Parish, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 85, the Joseph Bolton household had 1 male aged 45 or over and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[58] 1820 Federal Census, West Parish, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 443, the Joseph Bolton household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[59] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #2219, Vol. 50, p. 208, and Vol. 51, p. 38.

[60] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #2219, the final accounting filed by guardian Jno. E. Howard up until his last sickness and funeral charge shows the date as 19 Feb. 1832, filed in Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 47, p. 100.

[61] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[62] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439.

[63] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[64] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 19, dwelling #236, family #282:

Alonzo P. Benson, 33, male, alms house keeper, born MA

Hannah W. Benson, 29, female, born MA

Jane W. Benson, 4, female, born MA, attending school

Samuel H. Benson, 1, male, born MA, cannot read or write, pauper

Parna Hooper, 78, female, no occupation, born MA, pauper

Joseph McFarlain, 27, male, shoemaker, born Ireland, pauper

[65] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 230, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, a pauper, his place of birth and parents’ names not given.

[66] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[67] Her parents’ names from her death record.

[68] Boston Church Records, Brattle Square Church, p. 178, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, where she is called Miss Betsy Dennie; Boston Marriages, 1700-1809, Vol. 2, p. 168, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, where she is called Betsy Dennie, but Betsy Dana in the marriage intentions.

[69] Plymouth County Probate Docket #2218 includes the petition by Jno. E. Howard, of West Bridgewater, guardian of Bolton’s father, for administration to be granted of the estate of John Bolton, late of West Bridgewater, “who deceased intestate and without issue.”

[70] Calculated from her age at death.

[71] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 188.

[72] Plymouth County Probate Docket #2218, Vol. 61, p. 440, with Benjamin B. Howard and Libbeus Packard, both of West Bridgewater, as sureties.

[73] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 188, widow of John Bolton, daughter of Jon Dana Tuel and Elizabeth.

[74] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[75] 1850 Federal Census, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 35, dwelling #9, family #11:

James Munroe, 30, male, shoe maker, $600, born MA

Eliza A. Munroe, 21, female, born MA

James M. Munroe, 2, male, born MA

Benjamin F. Munroe, 3/12, male, born MA

Deliverance Bolton, 69, female, born MA

Granvill Munroe, 15, male, shoe maker, born MA

[76] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 175, p. 298, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Joseph & Mary Bolton.

[77] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[78] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[79] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 188.

[80] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 52.

[81] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439, from a record of burials in the South Precinct of Bridgewater kept by Lt. John Washburn.

[82] Calculated from her age at death.

[83] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439, from a record of burials in the South Precinct of Bridgewater kept by Lt. John Washburn.

[84] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439.

[85] Calculated from his age in a Revolutionary War Pension Affidavit on 19 July 1820, where he stated that he was 71 years old.

[86] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #2222, according to the Plymouth County Probate Index, on FHL microfilm #0549782, but apparently the guardianship was never recorded in the court probate books, because there was no reference to a volume and page number in the index, so the exact date and terms of guardianship are not known.

[87] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 181.

[88] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 56.

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

[90] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 178.

[91] They probably had a son and a daughter by the 1790 census, however.

[92] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. II, p. 252.

[93] 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 Philip Bolton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females.

[94] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 50, the Philip Bolton household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

[95] 1810 Federal Census, East Parish, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 85, the Phillip Bolton household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[96] 1820 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 466, the Phillip Bolton household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over, no occupation listed.

[97] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #2223, Vol. 50, p. 209, Vol. 51, p. 39. John Edward Howard, Esq., was the son of Judge Daniel and Abigail (Packard) Howard, of Bridgewater, but his relationship to either Philip Bolton or his wife Bethiah is unknown.

[98] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 234 [footnotes.]

[99] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #2224, Vol. 52, p. 191; Vol. 57, p. 365. I have not discovered any relationship between Philip Bolton or his wife, Bethiah, and Solomon Perkins. Perkins was the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Pratt) Perkins, and had married to Clarissa Robinson, daughter of Dyer and Abigail (Stetson) Robinson, of South Bridgewater.

[100] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], pp. 223, 234 [footnotes.]

[101] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #2215, Vol. 90, p. 454-455. Oliver Hathaway Alden was the son of David and Betsy (Hathaway) Alden, Jr., of Middleborough, and his second wife was Lucinda Cobb, who was the daughter of Ansel and Sarah (Hayward) Cobb, and niece of Bethiah Hayward.

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

[103] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 376, marriage of William “Urrohart” and Hannah Smith on 21 Sept. 1698 in Bridgewater.

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

[105] Calculated from her age at death.

[106] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 545: marriage of William Orcutt and Mary Lane on 24 Jan. 1663/4 in Hingham, MA; Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 110.

[107] Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut, J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1903, [hereinafter Biographical Record of Tolland Co.], Vol. 2, p. 781, in the biographical sketch of John R. Washburn.

[108] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 223, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 637.

[109] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 223, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 5, with a note that he was chosen as the leather sealer in Stafford for most of the next thirty years.

[110] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 223, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, pp. 12, 15, 21, Vol. 4, p. 2.

[111] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 223, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 58.

[112] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p.223-224, from Stafford District Probate, Vol. 2, p. 142-144.

[113] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p.223, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 83.

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

[115] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 2, p. 169, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 169, from p. 158 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

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

[117] Biographical Record of Tolland Co., p. 781, says she was daughter of Moses Warner, but Moses Warner had no daughter named Mary whose birth was recorded in the Stafford Town Records; her mother’s maiden name from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 13 Dec. 2002 by Mark K. Davis.

[118] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 2, p. 126, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 126, from p. 138 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

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

[120] His parents per the Ancestry.com Bartlett Family Tree file submitted by shibui128 of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

[121] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p.224, calculated from the birth of their first child.

[122] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 332; also recorded in Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 1, p. 31, of the Stafford Town Records, and Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 33, from p. 15 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[123] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 1, p. 44, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 39, from p. 31 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[124] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 1, p. 31, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 33, from p. 15 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[125] Her parents from the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Margo J. Snowden, of Boulder City, NV, and Rowland Paul Powell, of Leawood, KS, and the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records.

[126] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 2, p. 127, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 127, from p. 139 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[127] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 1, p. 31, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 33, from p. 15 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[128] His parents per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Forrest King, of Vienna, VA, Allin D. Kingsbury, of San Jose, CA, Lavona C. McDonald, of Redland, CA, and others.

[129] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 2, p. 127, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 127, from p. 139 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[130] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 1, p. 31, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 33, from p. 15 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[131] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 1, p. 44, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 39, from p. 33 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[132] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 1, p. 31, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 33, from p. 15 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[133] His father per Knox and Ferris, Some Connecticut Nutmeggers who Migrated, p. 253; his mother’s maiden name from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 13 Dec. 2002 by Mark K. Davis.

[134] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 128, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 128, from p. 142 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[135] They had a child whose birth was recorded in Stafford, CT, in 1786, but were living in Randolph, VT, in the 1791 federal census.

[136] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 1, p. 31, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 33, from p. 15 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[137] Black, Kathryn Smith, “The Family of Elizabeth (Marsh) Ellithorpe of Killingly, Connecticut,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 157, April 2003, p. 163-164.

[138] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 2, p. 134, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 134, from p. 151 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[139] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 4, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 4, from p. 37 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712, both of which have only the month, August. The year is from the I.G.I. entry for his birth, and is probably calculated from some other source.

[140] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 445, from p. 27 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the marriage of Daniel Bloggit and Deborah Elsworth on 16 Nov. 1732 in Stafford; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 14.

[141] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 130, of the Stafford Town Records, where he is called “Jacob Washburn, Jr.”; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 130, from p. 145 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712. He is again called “Jacob Washburn Jun.,” and the marriage date is listed as 4 July 1776.

[142] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 4, from p. 37 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year omitted from her birth record, but probably about 1755 from earlier entries on p. 36, and from the date of their marriage in 1776. Her father was called “Daniel Bloggit Jun.” in the birth record.

[143] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, pp. 104, 118, from pp. 174, 178 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, from lists of freemen taking the oath of fidelity dated 10 Apr. 1780 in Stafford.

[144] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 225, taken from records of the First Congregational Church of Stafford, p. 58.

[145] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 2, p. 132, of the Stafford Town Records.

[146] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 9, from p. 44 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 59, taken from Vol. 2, p. 9, of the Stafford Town Records.

[147] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 137, Stafford Town, Tolland County, the Levi Edson household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.

[148] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 32, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. A, p. 32, from p. 73 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[149] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 176, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 176, from p. 165 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

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

[151] Calculated from the birth of their presumed first son, Reuben Washburn, on 28 Sept. 1746.

[152] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 26 Apr. 2000.

[153] His son Samuel Washburn was not called “Jr” in his second marriage to Hannah Wood in 1776, which may mean that Samuel the father was already dead.

[154] A Daniel Warner Jr. married Anna Pember on 24 Jan. 1741 in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, per Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 125, from p. 137 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, who may have been the husband of the widow Mary Washburn.

[155] Vital Records of Ashfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1942, [hereinafter Ashfield VRs], p. 214. She was called “widow” in the marriage record.

[156] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 1, p. 33, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[157] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 1, p. 34, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[158] Ashfield VRs, p. 215; Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1920, [hereinafter Deerfield VRs], p. 242.

[159] Ashfield VRs, p. 215.

[160] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 1, p. 35, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 35, from p. 19 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712, which both record his name as “Josiah.” Susan L. Bingler, CGS, examined the microfilmed original land records, and reported that the name was actually “Isaiah” in the originals, not Josiah.

[161] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 293, marriage of Timothy Perkins and Susanna Washburn on 18 Mar. 1735/6 in Bridgewater.

[162] Ashfield VRs, p. 215.

[163] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 2, p. 3, of the Stafford Town Records, which has the year as 175_; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 3, from the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712, which has the year as 174_.

[164] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 164, taken from Vol. 2, p. 3, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 3, from p. 36 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712.

[165] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 10 Apr. 2000, taken from Baptismal Records of the First Congregational Church of Stafford, from FHL microfilm #1013276.

[166] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CG, of 10 Apr. 2000, taken from Death Records of the First Congregational Church of Stafford, from FHL microfilm #1013276.

[167] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 10, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 10, from p. 46 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712, the name given as “Andana” by Barbour, but the child is unnamed in the transcripts.

[168] Per email letter of Susan L. Bingler, CGS, of 10 Apr. 2000, taken from Baptismal Records of the First Congregational Church of Stafford, from FHL microfilm #1013276; [168] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 227.

[169] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 227, from Ashfield VRs, p. 145, her name given as “Diana Washburn,” and from Hampden County Deeds, Vol. 22, p. 356.

[170] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 228, calculated from her age at death.

[171] Ashfield VRs, p. 118.

[172] Ashfield VRs, p. 209.

[173] Mallett, Peter S., Georgia, Vermont Vital Records, Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1995, p. 113, the death record of William Van Gilder, son of Andrew van Gilder and Ellanor Tylor, on Feb. 13, 1862 of consumption, aged 71 years, 4 months, 27 days, would put his birth in 1790, before the marriage of Huldah (Washburn) Taylor and Andrew van Gilder, so Andrew van Gilder’s first wife must have been Ellanor Tylor or Taylor.

[174] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 228, from her Revolutionary War Widow’s pension application.

[175] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, (actually taken in 1791), Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 25, Georgia town, Chittenden Co., the Andrew Van Gilder household had 5 free white males aged 16 or over, 2 free white males under 16, and 5 free white females.

[176] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Montpelier, VT, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, Baltimore, 1972, p. 74, Georgia, Franklin Co., the Andrew Gilder household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

[177] 1810 Federal Census, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, p. 289a, the Andrew VoGilder Jur household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[178] 1820 Federal Census, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, p. 76, the Andrew Gilder Jr household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

[179] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 228, from the Huldah Van Gilder widow’s application for pension, from Revolutionary War Pension File R10, 867, for service of Samuel Taylor, private, Massachusetts.

[180] Mallett, Peter S., Georgia, Vermont Vital Records, Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1995, p. 113, which says she was born in Agremont, Mass.

[181] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 228, from E. R. Ellis, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis, the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass., and His Descendants, Detroit, MI, 1888, p. 88.

[182] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 228, for the maiden name of Mehitabel Ellis.

[183] Ashfield VRs, p. 155; Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 228.

[184] Ashfield VRs, p. 118.

[185] Ashfield VRs, p. 146.

[186] Calculated from his age at enlistment in the army.

[187] Massachusetts Soldier and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. III, p. 604.

[188] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 101, Ashfield Town, Hampshire County, the Cornelius Clary household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 1 free white female.

[189] 1800 Federal Census, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, p. 450, the Cornelius Claree household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

[190] 1820 Federal Census, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, p. 76, the Deliverance Clary household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[191] Calculated from his age at death, and in the 1850 federal census.

[192] Calculated from the age of their eldest child in the 1850 federal census, her maiden name from the death record of their son, Orrin Clary, in 1896 in Georgia, VT.

[193] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

[194] 1830 Federal Census, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, p. 14, the Calvin Clary household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

[195] 1850 Federal Census, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, p. 21, dwelling #101, family #104:

Calvin Clary, 61, male, labour, born MA

Laura Clary, 51, female, born VT

Orin Clary, 21, male, labour, born VT

Silas Clary, 20, male, labour, born VT

Cornelius Clary, 10, male, born VT

Naylay? Geddin, 85, male, none, born MA

[196] 1860 Federal Census, Georgia, Franklin Co., VT, Page No. 10-11, dwelling #1364, family #1387:

Calvin Clarey, 65 [sic], male, laborer, $150, $25, born VT [sic]

Laura Clarey, 63, female, born VT

Cornelius Clarey, 18, male, laborer, born VT

[197] Mallett, Peter S., Georgia, Vermont Vital Records, Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1995, p. 59.

[198] Ashfield VRs, p. 118.

[199] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 228, taken from Jane McCrae Chapter, “Cemetery and Bible Records of Warren Co., New York,” Wevertown Cemetery, Johnsburgh, N.Y., the Calvin Washburn marker, New York DAR Genealogical Records Committee Report, series 3, Vol. 120, p. 46.

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

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

[202] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, calculated from his age at death.

[203] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 68.

[204] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, pp. 5, 7, 10, 18.

[205] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 47.

[206] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, taken from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 49.

[207] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 449 and Vol. 2, p. 33, from pp. 3 and 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101.

[208] His parents from the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Margo J. Snowden, of Boulder City, NV, and Rowland Paul Powell, of Leawood, KS, and the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, and per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 22 July 2002 by W. G. Van Hemert.

[209] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 126, from p. 138 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101.

[210] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 449 and Vol. 2, p. 33, from pp. 3 and 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

[211] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 175, from p. 164 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[212] Ashfield VRs, p. 251.

[213] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 6, from p. 40 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year not listed, estimated from his death in early 1741, his name written as “Asah” in the birth record.

[214] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 170, from p. 158 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101.

[215] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

[216] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 127, from p. 140 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

[217] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101.

[218] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 129, from p. 143 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101.

[219] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101.

[220] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 37.

[221] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, his name transcribed as “Eliah” Lindsey; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 101.

[222] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

[223] Per the Ancestry.com Morse/Gray Family Tree file submitted by Debram8556.

[224] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 130, from p. 144 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102, his name listed as “Darake” in the Barbour index.

[225] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102, citing Vol. 2, p. 6; Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229.

[226] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 37.

[227] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 34, from p. 17 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, a note says “20 lbs;” Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

[228] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 6, from p. 40 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, the year not listed; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102.

[229] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 172, from p. 161 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 102; Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 229, from records of the First Congregational Church in Stafford, p. 44.

[230] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 336, the final digit of the year obliterated. Susan Bingler, in “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford Connecticut, and His Descendants,” gives the year as 1713/14.

[231] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 265, who calls Martha “daughter perhaps of Solomon Leonard;” 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], pp. 24, 67. Martha (Leonard) Perkins married, as her second husband, to Isaac Hayward on 15 May 1728 in Bridgewater, and on 24 Aug. 1739 Isaac Hayward, husbandman, and his wife Martha transferred all their rights to lands of “our father Solomon Leonard” late of Bridgewater, deceased, to Solomon Perkins, of Bridgewater.

[232] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 392.

[233] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 259.

[234] MF5G: Chilton, p. 67-68. The will of David Perkins, dated 21 Jan. 1735/6, mentioned grandsons Nathan, James, Timothy and Solomon, “my son Nathan’s children,” among others, taken from Plymouth County Probate, Vol. 7, p. 246.

[235] MF5G: Chilton, p. 24.

[236] Plymouth County Probate Docket #15553, Vol. 7, p. 246-247, from FHL microfilm #0550513.

[237] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 32, p. 34, from FHL microfilm #0558824, witnessed by Lemuel Washburn and Nathan Edson.

[238] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 32, p. 35, from FHL microfilm #0558824, witnessed by Joseph Leonard and Samuel Chandler.

[239] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 210-211, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Josiah Edson Jr. and James Richards.

[240] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 31, p. 113, from FHL microfilm #0558824, witnessed by Nathan Perkins and Deborah Perkins.

[241] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 33, p. 184-185, from FHL microfilm #0558825, witnessed by Ephraim Leonard and Josiah Edson Jr.

[242] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 247, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Samuel Edson Jr. and Samuel Edson 3d.

[243] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 35, p. 20, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Michael May and Josiah Edson Jr.

[244] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 201, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Ephraim Leonard and Phebe Leonard.

[245] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 201-202, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Jonathan Cary and Josiah Edson Jr.

[246] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 35, p. 122, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Thomas Perkins and Samuel Crane.

[247] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 48, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Joseph Harvey, Josiah Edson Jr., Samuel Chandler and Betty Keith.

[248] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 43, p. 5, from FHL microfilm #0558830, witnessed by John Keith and Daniel Johnson.

[249] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 147, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Jonathan Cary and Josiah Edson Jr.

[250] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 9, p. 164, from FHL microfilm #0551533.

[251] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 39, p. 141, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Shepard Fisk and David Howard.

[252] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 50, p. 6, from FHL microfilm #0559118, witnessed by James Allen and Benjamin Willis Jr.

[253] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 535, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden, of Bridgewater, “wife of Timothy Perkins.”

[254] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324.

[255] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 293.

[256] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 337.

[257] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 54, p. 244, from FHL microfilm #0559120, witnessed by Thomas Perkins Jr. and Mary Perkins.

[258] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 56, p. 92, from FHL microfilm #0559121, witnessed by Benjamin Willis Jr. and Jonathan Benson.

[259] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 54, p. 207, from FHL microfilm #0559120, witnessed by Samuel Leonard and Josiah Edson.

[260] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 101, Ashfield Town, Hampshire County, the Timothy Perkins household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 1 free white female.

[261] The one Timothy Perkins household in Ashfield in the 1800 federal census appears to be that of his son, Timothy Perkins (Jr.)

[262] Son Nathaniel is from Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 266. His birth was not recorded in the Bridgewater Vital Records.

[263] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 91, 266.

[264] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 292.

[265] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 535.

[266] Calculated from her age in an 1839 deposition in Hadley, MA, of 94, which may not be correct, her birth could have been as early as 1745. Her birth is listed in the vital records of Ashfield, as a later entry, but it is not dated. If she was the female aged 70-79 in the household of her son, Isaiah Washburn, Jr., in Georgia, VT, in the 1830 federal census, then she was probably born after 1750, which was more compatible with the birth of her husband, in 1750.

[267] Ashfield VRs, p. 215.

[268] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 1, p. 35, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 35, from p. 19 of the transcripts on FHL microfilm #1319712, which both record his name as “Josiah.” Susan L. Bingler, CGS, examined the microfilmed original land records, and reported that the name was actually “Isaiah” in the originals, not Josiah.

[269] MF5G: Cooke, p. 251.

[270] Ashfield VRs, p. 81.

[271] Per her death record in Ashfield VRs, p. 255, her mother’s maiden name from the I.G.I. marriage record of Joseph Stocking and Sarah Shepard married in Middletown, CT, on 1 Nov. 1753.

[272] Ashfield VRs, p. 188.

[273] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221.

[274] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 230, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 278.

[275] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 230, from Stafford Land Records, Vol. 5, p. 37.

[276] Hampden County Land Records, Vol. 15, p. 92, witnessed by Edwd. Pynchon and Mary Worthington, acknowledged by Horton on 22 Apr. 1777, and recorded on 21 May 1777.

[277] Hampden County Land Records, Vol. 15, p. 93, witnessed by Chauncy Brewer and Noah Paulk, acknowledged by Parsons on 21 May 1777, and recorded on 21 May 1777.

[278] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 126, Springfield, Hampshire Co., the Seth Washburn household had 3 free white males aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females. They were living next door to the household of Noah Paulk.

[279] www.findagrave.com, memorial #128836176, which gives his death as Dec. 1798, but he must have died earlier in the year. No photograph of his gravestone is provided, and it possibly no longer exists.

[280] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 230, from Hampden County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 200, from FHL microfilm #845742, witnessed by William Pynchon and Arriel Cooley, acknowledged and recorded on 8 Jan. 1800.

[281] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 230, from Hampden County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 200, from FHL microfilm #845742. Susan Bingler transcribed his name as Anid Cooley, but it was actually written as Arriel Cooley. Arriel Cooley was an inhabitant of Springfield, MA, in the 1790, 1800, and 1810 federal censuses.

[282] His birth year estimated working backwards from the calculated birth date of his brother Hezekiah Washburn, assuming that Seth Washburn (Jr.) was the eldest son, and that the children of Seth Washburn were listed in their birth order in the 1798 deed of sale of their father’s land to their brother.

[283] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 230, from Hampden County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 203, from FHL microfilm #845742, acknowledged and recorded on 8 Jan. 1800.

[284] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 230, from Hampden County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 200, from FHL microfilm #845742.

[285] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 230, from Powell’s Early Ohio Tax Records, p. 25, and from research of James Klumpp, of Mars Hill, NC.

[286] The Jas. Washburn household in Troy, Athens Co., OH, included a male aged 26-44 years, and a male aged 45 or older.

[287] Athens County Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 376-377, copied freom Washington County Land Records, Vol. 9, p. 350, from FHL microfilm #0311626, witnessed by Xerxes Paulk and Cephas Paulk, and recorded on 7 June 1806.

[288] Athens County Land Records, Vol. 6, p. 168, from FHL microfilm #0311628, witnessed by Jedediah Fuller and Richard H. Lord, and recorded on 4 May 1829.

[289] His birth year estimated working backwards from the calculated birth date of his brother Hezekiah Washburn, assuming that Eleazer Washburn was the second son, and that the children of Seth Washburn were listed in their birth order in the 1798 deed of sale of their father’s land to their brother.

[290] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 231, taken from Lewis, Ella May, and the Mercy Warren Chapter NSDAR, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1736-1809, First Church, Springfield, Mass., Springfield, 1938, p. 68.

[291] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 231, taken from History of Athens County, Ohio, p. 527-528.

[292] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 231, calculated from his age at death.

[293] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 231, taken from Warren, Thomas B., Springfield Families, Vol. 3, P-Z, Springfield, MA, 1934-35, p. 731, marriage intentions recorded 12 May 1797 in Springfield.

[294] His birth year estimated working forwards from the calculated birth date of his brother Hezekiah Washburn, assuming that James Washburn was the fourth son, and that the children of Seth Washburn were listed in birth order in the 1798 deed of sale of their father’s land to their brother.

[295] Her parents per the Ancestry.com Woodcox-Dexter 021604 Family file submitted by Dave Minson.

[296] Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,” The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 231, taken from Fletcher, Marvin, and Beverly Schumacher, Marriage Records, 1805-1866: Athens County, Ohio, Athens County Historical Society, Athens, OH, 1981, p. 144.

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[A] The Will of Bethiah Bolton of Raynham, Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1847): *

Be it remembered that I Bethiah Bolton of Raynham in the County of Bristol do on this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following viz.

In the first place all my Just debts are to be paid by my Executor hereafter named, from my estate,

2^d I give and bequeath to my friend Sarah W Wood wife of Elihu T. Wood ten dollars

3^d I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my Estate to William C. Alden, and Gustavus L. Alden, Children of Mr Oliver H Alden to be divided between them, as follows viz. Gustavus L Alden, to have two thirds of the residue of my Estate & William C. Alden to have the other third of the residue of my estate after my debts and funeral charges are paid.

Lastly I do appoint Oliver H. Alden my executor of this my last Will and Testament.

In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written

her

Bethiah X Bolton (seal)

mark

Signed sealed and published by the said Bethiah Bolton declaring this to be her last Will and Testament in presence of us who at her request were called as witnesses to the same and in her presence and in the presence of each other subscribed our names as witnesses

Hervey Kimball

Eliakim Leonard

Abthiah Waterman

The last Will and Testament of Bethiah Bolton late of Middleborough, widow, was presented for probate by Oliver H. Alden, the Executor therein named, on the last Tuesday of November, 1848, and proved by Harvey Kimball, Eliakim Leonard, and Apthiah Waterman, the witnesses.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 90, p. 454, from FHL microfilm #0555639.