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Fifth Generation in
Families of the Children of Noah4 Washburn and Elisabeth Shaw
The children of Noah Washburn and
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(412.)
Hannah5 Washburn, eldest daughter of (123) Noah4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony,
on 13 July 1711,[1]
married Zechariah “Zachary” Whitmarsh, of Weymouth, MA,[2] son of Ezra and Bathsheba (Richards)
Whitmarsh,[3] on 28 Jan. 1729/30 in Bridgewater.[4] He was born on 1 Apr. 1707 in
Hannah Washburn and Zechariah Whitmarsh had children:
518 i
Lucy Whitmarsh, born on 8 Sept.
1731 in Weymouth, MA,[10]
married William Ripley, of Braintree, MA, son of Josiah and Mary (Burrill)
Ripley, of Weymouth,[11]
on 31 Jan.1751 in Weymouth.[12]
He was born on 25 Nov 1729 in Weymouth.[13]
They were living in
a. Josiah Ripley, born on 6 July 1751 in Weymouth,[18] probably died young, before 1776.
b. Molly Ripley,
born on 5 Feb. 1754 in Weymouth,[19]
married Sgt. Nehemiah White, son of Ezekiel and Abigail (Blanchard) White,[20]
on 19 Jan. 1776 in
c. William Ripley
(Jr.), born on 5 June 1756 in
d. Lucy Ripley,
born on 23 Aug. 1759 in
e. Lydia Ripley,
born on 26 Feb. 1761 in
f. Hannah Ripley, born on 9 May 1764 in Weymouth,[39] baptized on 7 Oct. 1770 in Weymouth,[40] married John Vinton Jr., of Braintree, MA, on 12 Aug. 1784 in Weymouth.[41] He was possibly the John Venson Jun. living next door to John Venson in Weymouth, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[42] and they were probably living in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census,[43] but they were not found in Braintree, MA, in the 1810 federal census.
g. Lemuel Ripley,
born on 20 May 1768 in
h. Susanna Ripley, born on 24 Feb. 1772 in Weymouth,[46] marriage not found.
i. Josiah Ripley, born on 16 June 1776 in Weymouth,[47] marriage not found.
518a ii Silvanus Whitmarsh, born on 16 June 1734 in
Weymouth,[48]
died on 7 Apr. 1752 in
519 iii Huldah Whitmarsh, born on 19 May 1736 in Weymouth,[50] married Thomas Kingman in ca. 1754.[51] She probably died by 1760, and he remarried to Esther Porter in 1760.[52] He died intestate on 28 Sept. 1762 in Weymouth,[53] and his widow Esther Kingman was granted administration of his estate on 19 Nov. 1762, with Samuel Kingman, Cordwainer, and Benjamin Bicknell, Housewright, both of Weymouth, as sureties. The inventory of his estate, appraised by Samuel Kingman, Jonathan Hollies and James Humphrey, was valued on 10 Dec. 1762 at £185.15.11, including his homestead farm of 29 acres valued at £120.[54] Huldah (Whitmarsh) Kingman had children:
a. (Unnamed
child), died on 6 Aug. 1755 in
b. Molly Kingman, born on 14 Dec. 1758 in Weymouth,[56] marriage not found.
519a iv Ezra Whitmarsh, born on 28 Aug. 1740 in Weymouth,[57] marriage uncertain.
520 v Hannah Whitmarsh, born on 4 Jan. 1741/2 in Weymouth,[58] possibly married Israel Cowen Jr. in 1768.[59] He was not a head of household in Weymouth in the 1790 or 1800 federal census. They had at least one daughter:
a. Deborah Cowen, born on 2 or 12 Dec. 1768 in Weymouth,[60] marriage not found.
521 vi Zechariah Whitmarsh (Jr.), born on 11 Sept.
1744 in
521a vii John Whitmarsh, born on 1 Jan. 1746/7 in
522 viii John Whitmarsh, born on 5 July 1749 in
Weymouth,[64]
died on 5 Oct. 1751 in
522a ix Anna Whitmarsh, baptized on 6 Apr. 1755 in
(413.) Eleazer5 Washburn, eldest
son of (123) Noah4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony,
on 8 Feb. 1713,[67]
married Anna5
Alden, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer4 and Anna3 (Keith) Alden,[68]
on 22 Nov. 1738 in
Eleazer Washburn died intestate on
24 Feb. 1762 in
On 4 Oct. 1764 Asa, Anna and Eleazer Washburn, minors of Ebenezer Washburn over the age of 14, asked to have their mother, Anna Washburn, appointed as their guardian.[83] On 8 Oct. 1764 Anna Washburn, widow, was appointed as guardian of Eleazer, Anna, Asa, Isaac, Alden, Oliver, and Levi Washburn, minor children of Eleazer Washburn, with Ebenezer Alden, Gentleman, of Bridgewater, and Ebenezer Whitmarsh, of Abington, as sureties.[84] In 1769 Anna Washburn requested for a new guardian for the children, she being in poor health, and Ephraim Cary, of Bridgewater, was appointed guardian on 6 Mar. 1769 of Oliver Washburn and Levi Washburn, minors over 14, with Hugh Orr and Benjamin Whitman, of Bridgewater, as sureties, and Ephraim Whitman was appointed as guardian of Isaac Washburn and Alden Washburn, minors under 14, with Hugh Orr and Ephraim Cary as sureties.[85] On 7 Jan. 1779 Anna Washburn, of Bridgewater, widow, sold to Benjamin Robinson, of Bridgewater, Blacksmith, a lot of Maple swamp which was part of a lot of land that she had received from her father, Ebenezer Alden, for £351.[86] Anna (Alden) Washburn died a widow on 13 Feb. 1788 in East Bridgewater, aged almost 70 years, of a “quick fever.”[87]
Eleazer
Washburn and Anna Alden had children:
+ 1199 i Susanna6 Washburn, born on 27 Apr. 1740 in Bridgewater,[88] baptized on 21 Sept. 1740 in East Bridgewater,[89] married Jepthah Byram, of Mendham, NJ, son of Maj. Ebenezer and Hannah (Hayward) Byram, of East Bridgewater, MA, and Windham, Morris Co., NJ,[90] on 19 Feb. 1761 in East Bridgewater.[91] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
1200 ii
Zenas Washburn, born on 1 July 1741 in
1201 iii
Anna Washburn, born on 5 Sept. 1742,[94]
died on 1 Mar. 1743 in
+ 1202 iv Anna6 Washburn, born on 17 Oct. 1743 in Bridgewater,[96] baptized on 23 Oct. 1743 in East Bridgewater,[97] married Amos Whitman, son of Thomas and Jemima4 (Alden) Whitman,[98] on 22 Nov. 1764 in East Bridgewater.[99] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1203 v Eleazer6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 17 Apr. 1746
in
1204 vi Asa6 Washburn, born on 7 May 1749 in
+ 1205 vii Capt. Levi6 Washburn, born on 9 Sept. 1752 in
1206 viii Oliver6 Washburn, born on 22 Sept. 1755
in
+ 1207 ix Alden6 Washburn, born on 28 Oct. 1758 in
+ 1208 x Isaac6 Washburn, born on 30 Mar. 1760 in
(414.) Noah5 Washburn (Jr.), second son of (123) Noah4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony,
on 18 July 1716,[131]
married Mary Staples on 18 Jan. 1738/9 in West Bridgewater,[132]
and they also settled in East Bridgewater,
MA. On 9 May 1717 Samuel Washburn, of
Bridgewater, Yeoman, gave a deed of gift to his grandsons Eleazer Washburn and
Noah Washburn, sons of his son Noah Washburn, late of Bridgewater, deceased,
for two tracts of land in the southerly part of Bridgewater, to be equally
divided between them when they come of age.[133] On 1 Feb. 1735/6 Eleazer Washburn and his
brother Noah Washburn, of Bridgewater, and their sister Hannah Whitmarsh, of
Weymouth, joined other heirs of their grandparents, Joseph and Judith Shaw, of
Bridgewater, in selling to Zachariah Shaw all their right, title and interest
in the reversion in a tract of land which in the settlement of the estate of
their grandfather Joseph Shaw of Bridgewater was set off to their grandmother
Judith Shaw as her dowry in the estate.[134] On 24 Nov. 1737 Noah Washburn, of
Bridgewater, Housewright, sold to John Benson, of Bridgewater, one half of the
two tracts of land in the southerly part of Bridgewater given to Noah and his
brother Eleazer Washburn by their grandfather, Samuel Washburn, for £215,[135] on 28 Feb.
1737/8 Noah Washburn, of Bridgewater, purchased land in Bridgewater from Isaac
Harris, of Bridgewater, for £270,[136] and on 16 Mar. 1740/1 Noah Washburn, of
Bridgewater, House Carpenter, sold 8 acres of land in the East Precinct in
Bridgewater to John Holman Jr., of Bridgewater, for £34.[137] On 4 June 1742
Noah Washburn, of Bridgewater, purchased another parcel of land in the easterly
part of Bridgewater from Joseph Latham Jr., of Bridgewater, for £100,[138] and on 13 Aug. 1743 Noah Washburn, of
Bridgewater, Husbandman, sold 2 acres of land in the East Precinct of
Bridgewater to John Holman, of Bridgewater, for £20.[139] On 4 Apr. 1759 Noah Washburn, of
Bridgewater, purchased 12¼ acres of land at the south end of his house lot in
Bridgewater from Mary Harris, of Bridgewater, widow, for £22.10,[140]
and on 10 Sept. 1759 Noah Washburn, of Bridgewater, purchased 5 acres of swamp
land at the south end of his land from Joseph Latham Jr., of Bridgewater, for
£5.6.8.[141]
On 13 Apr. 1761 Noah and Mary Washburn, of Bridgewater, sold 24¾ acres of land
in Bridgewater with buildings standing on it to Samuel Whitman, of Bridgewater,
for £93.6.8,[142]
on 25 May 1761 Noah and Mary Washburn, of Bridgewater, two parcels totaling 12
acres of land from his farm in Bridgewater to Jacob Mitchell, of Bridgewater,
for £14.13.8,[143]
and on 9 Sept. 1763 Noah and Mary Washburn sold another 12¼ acres of land in
Bridgewater to Samuel Whitman, of Bridgewater, for £26.13.4.[144]
On 22 Oct. 1771 Noah and Mary Washburn, of Bridgewater,
Yeoman, sold to Ebenezer Whitman Jr., of Bridgewater, a house and 33 acres of
land in Bridgewater for £146.13.4, and on 1 Jan. 1773 Noah and Mary Washburn,
of Bridgewater, sold 7 acres and 14 rods of land and the west end of the
dwelling house and joyner’s shop which had belonged to his brother Eleazer
Washburn, late of Bridgewater, and Eleazer’s right in the dower of his father’s
estate set off to the widow Anna Washburn to his nephew Levi Washburn, of
Bridgewater, for £50.[145]
No death or probate records were found for either Noah or
Mary Washburn (Jr.) in Plymouth County, and they may have been living in
Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to their
son, Stephen Washburn.[146]
Noah Washburn (Jr.) and Mary Staples had children:
1209 i Elisabeth6 “Betty” Washburn, born on 3 Oct. 1739 in Bridgewater,[147] married Samuel Staples, of Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA, on 9 Dec. 1765 in East Bridgewater.[148] On 20 May 1766 Samuel and Elizabeth Staples, of Hanover, sold to Timothy Robbins, of Hanover, tanner, 6¼ acres of land near the meeting house in Hanover that Samuel had purchased from William Sylvester, Esq., for £12,[149] on 15 Feb. 1772 Elisha and Prudence Turner, Esq., and Benj. and Marey Stetson, yeoman, of Scituate, sold to Samuel Staples, of Hanover, one half of 7½ acres of woodland in Hanover near the meeting house formerly laid out to Mr. Benjamin Turner, late of Scituate, for £6,[150] on 3 May 1773 Samuel Staples, of Hanover, yeoman, sold to Charles Bailey, of Hanover, yeoman, 3½ acres of land in Hanover on the highway that leads from the meeting house to Capt. John Bailey’s for £5,[151] and on 5 May 1773 Samuel and Elizabeth Staples, of Hanover, sold to Mercy Ramsdell, the wife of Joseph Ramsdell Jr., of Hanover, 5 acres of land in Hanover for £10.13.4.[152] He may have been the Samuel Staples, of Hanover, who served as a private in Capt. William Turner’s Company from Dec. 10, 1775 to Jan. 9, 1776 in the Revolutionary War.[153] No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County, and he was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 or 1800 federal censuses. They had at least one daughter:
a. Molly Staples, baptized on 19 Apr. 1767 in East Bridgewater.[154]
b. (Unnamed child, possibly Molly above, who died between 1767 or 1769 in East Bridgewater.[155])
c. (Possibly others)
1210 ii Noah Washburn (3rd), born on 9 Sept. 1741 in Bridgewater,[156] baptized on 1 Nov. 1741 in East Bridgewater,[157] marriage uncertain.
1211 iii Nehemiah6 Washburn, born on 1 Jan. 1743 in Bridgewater,[158] baptized on 8 Jan. 1743/4 in East Bridgewater,[159] married Ruth Egerton, daughter of John and Abigail (Snow) Egerton,[160] on 29 Mar. 1770 in East Bridgewater.[161] She was baptized on 8 Nov. 1747 in East Bridgewater,[162] a granddaughter of Dennis and Experience Egerton, and of James and Ruth (Shaw) Snow, of East Bridgewater,[163] and they moved to Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., MA,[164] then to across the border to Northampton, MA. They probably had no children.[165] On 12 Apr. 1777 Nehemiah Washburn and his wife Ruth Washburn witnessed a deed of land from his brother Stephen Washburn, of Williamsburgh, Hampshire Co., MA, to Samuel Graves, of Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA.[166] On 7 Oct. 1778 Thomas Thatcher, of Williamsburgh, Hampshire Co., husbandman, sold to Nehemiah Washburn, of Williamsburgh, husbandman, 23 acres of land in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, for £69,[167] on 26 Feb. 1781 Jacob Parsons, of Northampton, husbandman, sold to Nehemiah Washburn, of Northampton, husbandman, 6 acres of land in the long division in Northampton for £6.4,[168] and on 22 Dec. 1783 Jacob Parsons, of Northampton, husbandman, sold to Nehemiah Washburn, of Northampton, husbandman, another 23 acres of land in the long division of Northampton adjoining to the Williamsburgh line bounded westerly on the land he previously sold Washburn, for £13.[169] On 10 Aug. 1798 Calvin Clark, of Northampton, yeoman, sold to Nehemiah Washburn, of Northampton, yeoman, 5 acres of land in Northampton at Rail Hill in the long division, for $22.50.[170] On 13 June 1814 Nehemiah Washburn, of Northampton, yeoman, deeded his farm where he lived on in Northampton to his nephew Benjamin Washburn Edgerton, of Northampton, containing 70 acres of land, for love and affection,[171] and on the same day his nephew gave him a life lease of the land for $500.[172] Benjamin Washburn Edgerton was the son of Ruth Egerton’s brother, Benjamin Edgerton. Nehemiah Washburn was not listed as a head of household in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, but they were living in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1810,[173] and 1820 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[174] He died supposedly on 20 Oct. 1825 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA,[175] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Hampshire Co., MA, and she died a widow on 19 Nov. 1836 in Northampton, aged 89 years.[176]
+ 1212 iv Stephen6 Washburn, born on 26 May 1748 in Bridgewater,[177] baptized on 3 July 1748 in East Bridgewater,[178] married Sarah Faxon, daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Allen) Faxon,[179] of Pembroke, MA, on 20 Nov. 1770 in East Bridgewater.[180] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
1213 v
Huldah Washburn, born on 6 July 1750 in
+ 1214 vi Mary6 Washburn, born on 6 Jan. 1756 in Bridgewater,[183] married Benjamin Monroe/Munroe, of Halifax, MA, son of Henry and Hannah (Josselyn) Munro, of Pembroke,[184] as his second wife, on 6 Dec. 1787 in Bridgewater.[185] (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. 329.
[3]
Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 809, Ezra Whitmarsh and Bathsheba
Richards were married on 20 Jan. 1693 in Boston.
[4]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386; Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts,
To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910,
2 Volumes, [hereinafter Weymouth VRs], Vol. 2, p. 207, marriage intentions
recorded 28 Dec. 1729 in Weymouth; Roser,
Mayflower Marriages, p. 122.
[6]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 12, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0558816,
witnessed by Benja. Allen and Moses Leonard, and recorded on 18 June 1717.
[7]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 136, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
recorded on 13 June 1741.
[8]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 228, from FHL microfilm #0558827,
witnessed by Thomas Vining and Daniel Pratt, and recorded on 25 Mar. 1747.
[11]
Weymouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 166, marriage intentions recorded between Josiah
Ripley and Mary Burrill on 17 Aug. 1717 in Weymouth.
[14]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 209, Weymouth Town, Suffolk
Co., the Willi Ripley household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over and 3
free white females.
[15]
1800 Federal Census, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 142, the William Ripley
household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 2 females aged 45 or over.
[16]
1810 Federal Census, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 521, the William Ripley
household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[20]
Per his www.findagrave.com memorial
#98403050.
[22]
Per his www.findagrave.com memorial
#98403050, his burial location unknown.
[24]
Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 261, taken from records of the First Church of Christ,
South Precinct, Weymouth.
[27]
Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 261, taken from records of the First Church of Christ,
South Precinct, Weymouth.
[30]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 210, Weymouth Town, Suffolk
Co., the Silvanus Holbrook household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 2
free white males under 16, and 1 free white female.
[31]
1800 Federal Census, Weymouth, Norfolk Coi., MA, there were two different
listings for Silvanus Holbrook: p. 139, the Silvanus Holbrook household had 3
males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged
26-44 years, and p. 146, the Silvanus Holbrook household had 2 males under 10,
1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[32]
1810 Federal Census, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 517, the Silvanus Holbrook
household had 1 male under 10, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or
over, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[33]
1820 Federal Census, Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 298-299, the Silvanus
Holbrook household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1
female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[36]
Norfolk County Probate Docket #9738, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.
[38]
Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 261, taken from records of the First Church of Christ,
South Precinct, Weymouth.
[40]
Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 261, taken from records of the First Church of Christ,
South Precinct, Weymouth.
[42]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 209, Weymouth Town, Suffolk
Co., the John Venson Jun. household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 2
free white males under 16, and 4 free white females. The John Venson household
next door had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16,
and 3 free white females.
[43]
1800 Federal Census, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 133, the John Vinton junr.
household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, 1
female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[45]
Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 261, taken from records of the First Church of Christ,
South Precinct, Weymouth.
[54]
Suffolk County Probate Case #13098, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.
[62]
Bridgewater VRs, vol. 2, p. 404; Weymouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 220, marriage
intentions recorded Dec. 1764 in Weymouth.
[66]
Weymouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 350, taken from records of the First Church of Christ,
South Precinct, Weymouth.
[68]
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. 331-332.
[73]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 12, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0558816,
witnessed by Benja. Allen and Moses Leonard, and recorded on 18 June 1717.
[74]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 136, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
recorded on 13 June 1741.
[75]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 229, from FHL microfilm #0558827,
witnessed by Jonathan Sprague and Josiah Edson Jr., and recorded on 25 May
1747.
[76]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 32, p. 104, from FHL microfilm #0558824,
witnessed by Abner Harris and Ebenezer Hinds, and recorded in 1738.
[77]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 218, from FHL microfilm #0558826,
witnessed by John Orcutt and David Hill, and recorded on 11 Sept. 1744.
[78]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 98, from FHL microfilm #0558827,
witnessed by John Dexter and Geo. Taylor, and recorded on 9 Aug. 1746.
[79]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 19, from FHL microfilm #0559116,
witnessed by Noah Washburn and Anna Washburn, and recorded on 13 June 1761.
[80]
Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter East
Bridgewater VRs], p. 397, from his gravestone in the Old Central Cemetery in
East Bridgewater.
[81]
Plymouth County Probate Docket #21955; Vol. 16, p. 300; Vol. 17, p. 72; Vol.
19, pp. 115, 280, 550.
[86]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 62, p. 155, from FHL microfilm #0559124,
witnessed by Levi Washburn and Ebenezer Bisbee Jr., and recorded on 17 Feb.
1784.
[99]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 312, married in the
First Church of East Bridgewater.
[103]
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. 186. He was called “of
[104]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326, baptized the same day according to East
Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.
[110]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 314, married in the
First Church of East Bridgewater.
[111]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 175; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p.
163, the marriage of Mary Hatch and Ichabod Howland, of Pembroke, on 17 Feb.
1780 in Bridgewater.
[112]
Mitchell, History of
Bridgewater, p. 329, but their marriage record was not in the vital records
of Pembroke,
[117]
Towle, Glenn C.,
[118]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 390; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 314, married in the
First Church of East Bridgewater.
[120]
1810 Federal Census, Tamworth, Strafford Co., NH, p. 724, the Oliver Washburn
household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over,
1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[121]
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes,
Vol. XVI, p. 671, served for 22 days, from Mar. 10, 1781 to Apr. 1, 1781.
[130]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 313, married in the
First Church of East Bridgewater.
[133]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 12, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0558816,
witnessed by Benja. Allen and Moses Leonard, and recorded on 18 June 1717.
[134]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 136, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
recorded on 13 June 1741.
[135]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 32, p. 99, from FHL microfilm #0558824,
witnessed by Israel Washburn and Ebenezer Byram, and recorded on 27 Sept. 1738.
[136]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 32, p. 105, from FHL microfilm #0558824,
witnessed by Ebenezer Byram and Jonathan Peterson, and recorded on 26 Oct.
1738.
[137]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 134, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
witnessed by Benja. Johnson and Daniel Johnson Jr., and recorded on 13 June
1741.
[138]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 13-14, from FHL microfilm #0559116,
witnessed by Jonathan Sprague and John Holman Jr, but not recorded until 30 May
1761.
[139]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 188, from FHL microfilm #0558826,
witnessed by Edmond Hodges and John Holman Jr., and recorded on 13 June 1744.
[140]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 14, from FHL microfilm #0559116,
witnessed by Sarah Buker and Ebenezer Alden, and recorded on 30 May 1761.
[141]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 14, from FHL microfilm #0559116,
witnessed by Robert Latham and Joseph Latham, and recorded on 30 May 1761.
[142]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 101, from FHL microfilm #0559116,
witnessed by Daniel Whitman and Abner Lewis, and recorded on 29 Oct. 1761.
[143]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 68, p. 230, from FHL microfilm #0559127,
witnessed by Seth Mitchell and Nehemiah Washburn, but not recorded until 24
Aug. 1786.
[144]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 68, p. 116, from FHL microfilm #0559127,
witnessed by Daniel Whitman and Perrey Harden, but not recorded until 28 May
1788.
[145]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 58, p. 100, from FHL microfilm #0559122, witnessed
by Nehemiah Washburn and Stephen Washburn, and recorded on 19 July 1774.
[146]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 132, Williamsburgh Town,
Hampshire County, the Noah Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or
older and 2 free white females.
[148]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 312, married in the
First Church of East Bridgewater; Mitchell,
History of Bridgewater, p. 309, which does not identify the parents of
Samuel Staples.
[149] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 54, p. 6, from FHL microfilm #0559120, witnessed by Abner Sylvester and Josiah Palmer, and recorded on 8 Dec. 1767.
[150] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 57, p. 89, from FHL microfilm #0559121, witnessed by Nathan Cushing and Sarah Briggs, and recorded on 8 Dec. 1772.
[151] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 76, p. 110, from FHL microfilm #0559131, witnessed by Josiah Palmer and David Stockbridge, acknowledged by Samuel Staples on 17 May 1773, but not recorded until on 9 Apr. 1794.
[152] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 58, p. 44, from FHL microfilm #0559122, witnessed by Gideon Studly and Josiah Palmer, and recorded on 5 May 1774.
[160]
East Bridgewater VRs, p. 202, marriage of John Egerton and Abigail Snow on 27
Nov. 1746 in East Bridgewater.
[165]
No vital records have been published yet for either Northampton or
Williamsburg, MA, but there were no young children in his family in either the
1810 or 1820 federal censuses. I have found no proof that the purported son
Jeremiah Washburn born in Sandwich, NH, in 1771 was connected with this family.
Nehemiah and Ruth Washburn did not live in the Sandwich area.
[167]
Hampshire County Land Records, Vol. 24, p. 203-204, from FHL microfilm
#0887802, with a right of Jacob Parsons, of Northampton, to harvest Spruce
timber on the land for 2½ years, witnessed by Josiah Sheldon and Caleb Strong,
and acknowledged on 7 Oct. 1778, but not recorded until 6 Feb. 1806.
[168]
Hampshire County Land Records, Vol. 25, p. 30, from FHL microfilm #0887803,
witnessed by Jonathan James and Caleb Strong, but not recorded until 5 May
1806.
[169]
Hampshire County Land Records, Vol. 24, p. 201-203, from FHL microfilm
#0887802, witnessed by Samuel Hinckley and Caleb Strong, but not recorded until
6 Feb. 1806.
[170]
Hampshire County Land Records, Vol. 14, p. 133, from FHL microfilm #0887797,
witnessed by Daniel Wright and Levi Lyman, and acknowledged and recorded on 10
Aug. 1798.
[171]
Hampshire County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 340, from FHL microfilm #0887808,
witnessed by Samuel Loring and John Taylor, signed only by Nehemiah Washburn,
and acknowledged on 13 June 1814 before John Taylor, Justice of the Peace.
[172]
Hampshire County Land Records, Vol. 35, p. 571, from FHL microfilm #0887808,
witnessed by Samuel Loring and John Taylor, and acknowledged by Benjamin
Washburn Edgerton on 13 June 1814 before John Taylor, Justice of the Peace.
[173]
1810 Federal Census, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 97, the Nehemiah
Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or older, and 1 female aged 45 or older.
[174]
1820 Federal Census, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 105, the Nehemiah
Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or older, 1 female aged 45 or older, and
had 1 person engaged in agriculture.
[175]
Per the Ancestry.com Nancy Rush Family Tree file submitted by Nancy Rush, of
River Edge, Bergen Co., NJ, but no death record was found for him in the Northampton
Vital Records, and no www.findagrave.com
memorial was found for him.
[176]
Northampton Vital Records, 1650-1952,
The Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts,
CD, edited by Robert J. Dunkle, published by the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, Boston.
[184] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #48549148; Pembroke VRs, p. 321, marriage of Henry Munroe of Swanzey and Hannah Josselyn Jr. on 16 Nov. 1738 in Pembroke.
[A]
The Will of Lucy Holbrook of Weymouth,
Norfolk County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1840) *
In the name of God Amen. I, Lucy
Holbrook of Weymouth in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Widow, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and
being of sound mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make
and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following viz:
First, I give and bequeath to
my daughter Lucy Livingston my new bed-quilt.
Secondly, I give and bequeath
to my daughter Hannah French my high chest, my low chest, my trunk, and my
feather bed.
Nextly, I give to my said
daughters Lucy and Hannah the whole of my wearing apparel, and the residue of
my bed clothing to be equally divided between them.
The residue of my whole
estate I give and bequeath to my sons Silvanus Holbrook, Josiah Holbrook,
Lemuel Holbrook, Asa Holbrook, Dan Holbrook and William Holbrook, and to my two
daughters Lucy Livingston and Hannah French to be equally divided between the
whole of them.
And I do hereby constitute and appoint
Lemuel Humphrey of said Weymouth sole executor of this my last Will and
Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty
her
Lucy X Holbrook (seal)
mark
Signed, sealed, published,
pronounced and declared by the said Lucy Holbrook to be her last Will and
Testament, in the presence of us, who at her request and in her presence, and
in the presence of each other hereunto set our names as witnesses to the same.
Elirhu Pratt
William Seabury
James Torrey
Presented for probate on 6
Feb. 1841 by Lemuel Humphrey, the therein named Executor, with James Humphrey
2d and James Jones as sureties.
Her estate was appraised by
Ezra Vining, Cotton Bates and Elirha Pratt, on 17 Feb. 1841, and totaled
$393.98.
* Transcribed by John A.
Maltby from Norfolk County Probate Docket #9738, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.