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Families of the Children of Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn and Bethiah Kingman

The children of Capt. Benjamin Washburn and Bethiah Kingman are among the most difficult to trace, and are still very uncertain. Capt. Benjamin Washburn left no probate records or deeds to clearly identify his children, and the ties between his purported children are not always readily evident from the records they left. Likewise the children of his sons Ezra Washburn, Jonathan Washburn, and possible son Nehemiah Washburn are also uncertain, and are probably incomplete here. Only circumstantial evidence is given for the three purported daughters Sarah, Reliance, and Jenny Washburn who married Richmonds, and their families are probably also incomplete. Ongoing research will undoubtedly uncover more records that may significantly change this family structure. Therefore descendants of Capt. Benjamin Washburn and Bethiah Kingman reading this should be wary. The following is the way I tentatively have listed the families of the children of Capt. Benjamin and Bethiah Washburn.

			John^2 Washburn (5th)
		Samuel^3 Washburn
			Elizabeth^2 Mitchell
	Capt. Benjamin^4 Washburn
			Samuel^1 Packard
		Deborah^2 Packard
			Elizabeth
Isaac^5 Washburn
Ezra^5 Washburn
Benjamin^5 Washburn (Jr.)
Henry^5 Washburn
Bethiah^5 Washburn
Keziah^5 Washburn
Sarah^5 Washburn
Jonathan^5 Washburn
Nehemiah^5 Washburn
Reliance^5 Washburn
Jane^5 Washburn
			John^2 Kingman
		Henry^3 Kingman
			Elizabeth
	Bethiah^4 Kingman
			John^1 Haward
		Bethiah^2 Howard
			Martha^2 Hayward

(425.) Ezra⁵ Washburn, probably second son of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in, say ca. 1717, married (462) Susanna⁴ Leach, daughter of Benjamin³ and (129) Hephzibah⁴ (Washburn) Leach,[1] on 20 July 1742 in Bridgewater.[2] She was born on 25 Oct. 1722 in Bridgewater,[3] a granddaughter of Giles² and Anne (Nokes) Leach,[4] and of (59) Joseph³ and Hannah³ (Latham) Washburn,[5] and they were second cousins.[6]

Ezra Washburn was a cordwainer or cordwinder, and they lived in Bridgewater until about 1746, when they moved to Middleborough, MA, then to Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, in ca. 1772, then to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, in ca. 1781.

On 10 Dec. 1744 Ezra Washburn, Cordwainer, of Bridgewater, joined his brother Henry Washburn, along with his father Benjamin Washburn, Gentleman, and others in an agreement to build a furnace on the land of his uncle, Nehemiah Washburn, of Bridgewater, for the casting of hollow ware &c.[7] On 6 Mar. 1745/6 Ezra Washburn, cordwainer, of Bridgewater, purchased from Solomon Leach land in Middleborough near land of Capt. Nehemiah Washburn.[8] On 10 Jan. 1746/7 Ezra Washburn, cordwainer, of Middleborough, sold his interest in the Titicut Furnace in Bridgewater to David Leach, of Bridgewater.[9] On 13 July 1772 Ezra Washburn, Cordwinder, sold his homestead farm in Middleborough to Sylvanus Eaton, with his wife, Susanna Washburn, signing.[10] On 7 Oct. 1773 Ichabod Packard, of Oakham, sold to Ezra Washburn, of Oakham, 10 acres of land in Oakham adjoining Washburn's and Capt. Bothwell’s land.[11] On 10 Apr. 1780 Ezra Washburn, of Oakham, sold to William Bothwell, of Oakham, “the westerly part of the farm I now live on.”[12] On 1 Oct. 1781, 6 Mar. 1782, and 7 Apr. 1783 Ezra Washburn purchased land in Stafford, CT, from Nathan Abbott, of Stafford.[13] On 5 Apr. 1782 Ezra Washburn and Benjamin Dunbar, of Oakham, purchased land with a dwelling house and barn in Stafford, CT, from Capt. Josiah Converse, of Stafford, witnessed by William Washburn.[14] In the 1790 federal census Ezra Washburn was living in Stafford, CT,[15] but he was not a head of household in Connecticut in the 1800 federal census.

The date of Ezra Washburn’s death has not yet been found, but it was probably in Stafford, CT, after 1797.[16] Susanna (Leach) Washburn may have died while they were living in Oakham, MA.

Ezra Washburn and Susanna Leach had children, order uncertain:[17]

+ 1255 i Susanna⁶ Washburn, born in ca. 1742, probably in Bridgewater, married Zadock⁵ Leach, son of Jesse⁴ and Alice Leach, of Bridgewater,[18] on 6 Dec. 1763 in Bridgewater.[19] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1256 ii Hepzibah⁶ Washburn, born say ca. 1744, probably in Bridgewater, married 1.) Benjamin Perkins, son of Solomon and Lydia⁴ (Sprague) Perkins, of Bridgewater,[20] on 28 July 1761 in Bridgewater.[21] He was a twin, born on 9 July 1735 in Bridgewater,[22] a grandson of Nathan and Martha³ (Leonard) Perkins.[23] Children not found. They moved to Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, and he died there intestate in 1780.[24] She remarried to 2.) Philip Lee in 1781.[25] He was evidently several years younger than her,[26] and they probably had a son and 2 daughters by 1790.[27] They were still living in Oakham, MA, in the 1790,[28] and 1800 federal censuses,[29] but he was not a head of household in Oakham in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses. No probate records were filed for Philip Lee’s estate in Worcester Co., MA.

+ 1257 iii Ezra⁶ Washburn (Jr.), born in ca. 1745, probably in Bridgewater, married Lucy⁷ Fuller, daughter of Dr. Jabez⁶ and Hannah⁵ (Pratt) Fuller, of Middleborough,[30] on 3 Nov. 1767 in Middleborough.[31] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1258 iv Ruth⁶ Washburn, born say ca. 1749, probably in Middleborough, married Calvin⁵ Leach, possibly son of Jesse⁴ and Alice Leach,[32] in 1779,[33] and they moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1259 v Wealthea/Wealthy⁶ Washburn, born in ca. 1751, probably in Middleborough, married (1727) Benjamin Dunbar, son of James and (531) Hannah⁴ (Benson) Dunbar (Jr.), of Bridgewater,[34] on 9 June 1774 in Middleborough.[35] He was born on 14 Dec. 1749 in Bridgewater,[36] a grandson of James and Experience (Hayward) Dunbar, and of Lt. John³ and (139) Elisabeth⁴ (Washburn) Benson.[37] They also moved to Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, then to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT.[38] On 28 May 1778 James Dunbar, of Oakham, sold 57 acres of land in Oakham bounded by Capt. John Crawford to Benjamin Dunbar, of Oakham, witnessed by Ezra Washburn, Jr.[39] On 5 Apr. 1782 Capt. Josiah Converse, of Stafford, CT, sold to Benjamin Dunbar and Ezra Washburn, both of Oakham, 100 acres of land with dwelling house and barn in Stafford, witnessed by William Washburn.[40] They were living in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, in the 1790,[41] 1800,[42] and 1810 federal censuses.[43] They had at least one child:

1. (Unnamed child), died on 10 Dec. 1775 in Bridgewater.[44]

2. (Probably others)[45]

1260 vi Libeus⁶ Washburn, born say ca. 1753, probably in Middleborough, served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. John Packard’s Company from Oakham, in 1775,[46] and was killed in the Battle of White Plains, NY, in 1776,[47] presumably unmarried, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Worcester Co., MA.

1260a vii Keziah Washburn, died young. She was probably the “Neighbor Ezra Washburn’s child died last Thursday” noted in the Diary of Rev. Isaac Backus on Saturday, April 3, 1756.[48]

+ 1261 viii William⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1759,[49] probably in Middleborough, married Lurana Darling, daughter of Thomas and Ruth⁴ (Howland) Darling (Jr.), of Oakham, MA,[50] on 9 Oct. 1783 in New Braintree, MA, recorded in Oakham, MA.[51] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1262 ix (Probably) Dinah⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1762, probably in Middleborough, married Benjamin⁵ Edson, son of (640) Seth⁴ and Irene (Howard) Edson, of Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, on 13 Nov. 1783 in Stafford, CT.[52] He was born on 26 Jan. 1759 in Stafford,[53] a grandson of Benjamin³ and (163) Joanna (Orcutt) Edson, of Bridgewater. She died, however, on 25 or 26 Apr. 1784 in Stafford,[54] possibly from childbirth complications, and he remarried to 2.) Anna Johnson on 23 Feb. 1786 in Stafford,[55] and they moved to Pelham, Hampshire Co., MA, then back to Stafford, CT, by 1800. (See the family of Benjamin Edson for her one daughter.)

+ 1263 x Noah⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1764, probably in Middleborough, married Eunice Blodgett, daughter of Capt. Paul and Elisabeth (Warner) Blodgett,[56] in ca. 1791 in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

(426.) Benjamin⁵ Washburn (Jr.), probably third son of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in Dec. 1718,[57] married 1.) Susanna Battles, daughter of Edward and Experience (Pratt) Battles,[58] of Cohasset, MA, on 23 Mar. 1743/4 in Hingham or Cohasset.[59] She was born ca. 1721,[60] baptized on 2 June 1723 in Cohasset, and she died on 26 Jan. 1744 in Bridgewater, aged 22 years.[61] He remarried to 2.) Mary⁵ Cushman, daughter of Deacon Moses⁴ and Mary (Jackson) Cushman, of Halifax, MA,[62] on 5 Apr. 1748 in Halifax.[63] She was born on 21 Sept. 1725 in Plympton,[64] a granddaughter of Eleazer³ and Elizabeth³ (Coombs) Cushman, of Plympton,[65] and of Eleazer and Hannah (Ransom) Jackson, of Plymouth.[66]

Benjamin Washburn (Jr.) was a housewright in South Bridgewater, and was called Benjamin Washburn “3rd,” until his father died in 1774, then Benjamin Washburn “2nd.” On 5 Apr. 1743 his uncle, John Keith, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, sold him 3 tracts of land in South Bridgewater, bounded by Solomon Leonard, by Francis Wood, and by Israel Keith.[67] On 12 Dec. 1751 John Woods, of Bridgewater, sold to Benjamin Washburn, 3rd, carpenter, land in South Bridgewater.[68] On 21 Apr. 1752 Benjamin Leach, Junr., of Bridgewater, cooper, sold to Benjamin Washburn, 3rd, land on the south side of Washburn’s homestead in South Bridgewater.[69] On 12 June 1753 Benjamin Washburn, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, deeded to his son, Benjamin Washburn, Jr., housewright, part of his homestead in South Bridgewater.[70] On 25 Apr. 1755 Benjamin Leach, Jr., of Bridgewater, cooper, sold part of his homestead in South Bridgewater to Benjamin Washburn, 3rd, of Bridgewater, bounded by land of Elkanah Rickard.[71] On 13 Apr. 1760 Jacob Leach, of Bridgewater, sold to Benjamin Washburn, 2nd, of Bridgewater, housewright, land in South Bridgewater, northeast of Washburn’s land, bounded by land of Elkanah Rickard, at the south end of land bought by Jacob Leach from his father, Josiah Leach.[72] On 13 Feb. 1771 Benjamin Washburn, 3rd, of Bridgewater, housewright, sold to John Hayward, of Bridgewater, land which he bought from his father Benjamin Washburn, near widow Kezia Harvey’s homestead, with wife Mary Washburn releasing her dower.[73] On 2 May 1774 Solomon Leonard, Jr., of Bridgewater, Gentleman, sold to Benjamin Washburn, Jr., of Bridgewater, wheelwright, land adjoining Washburn's land.[74] On 13 Jan. 1785 Benjamin Washburn, of Bridgewater, housewright, sold to Joshua Washburn, of Bridgewater, 41 acres of land in South Bridgewater, part being the homestead he bought from John Keith on 5 Apr. 1743, and part being land he purchased from Jacob Leach on 13 Apr. 1760.[75] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his son-in-law, James Hooper,[76] and in the 1800 federal census.[77]

Mary (Cushman) Washburn died on 28 Nov. 1808 in Bridgewater, aged 83 years,[78] and Benjamin Washburn (Jr.) died testate on 3 Aug. 1812 in Bridgewater, aged 93 years.[79] His will was originally dated 14 Jan. 1785, witnessed by Benjamin Willis, Moses Leonard, and Benjamin Willis, Jr., and was “republished” in Oct. 1809, witnessed by Daniel Mitchell, Joseph Ames, Jr., and Galen Conant, because all three witnesses to his original will were deceased by then. It was probated on 5 Oct. 1812. He named his son Joshua Washburn as his executor, and it also mentioned his wife, Mary, sons Asa, Joshua, and Benjamin Washburn, and daughters Susanna Hooper, wife of James Hooper, Eunice Richmond, wife of Asa Richmond, Mary Washburn, Olive Washburn, and Kezia Washburn.[80] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.)

Benjamin Washburn (Jr.) had children, all by his second wife, Mary Cushman:[81]

+ 1264 i Susanna⁶ Washburn, born on 18 May 1749 in Bridgewater,[82] married Lt. James Hooper (Jr.), son of James and Mary (Johnson) Hooper,[83] on 6 Feb. 1772 in Bridgewater.[84] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1265 ii Mary⁶ “Molly” Washburn, born on 6 June 1751 in Bridgewater,[85] was still unmarried in 1785 when her father made his will, marriage not found. She died on 28 Nov. 1808, aged 83 years,[86] but no probate records were filed for her estate in Plymouth County.

+ 1266 iii Eunice⁶ Washburn, born on 5 Sept. 1753 in Bridgewater,[87] married Asa Richmond, of Taunton, son of Stephen and Silence (Robinson) Richmond,[88] on 28 Nov. 1782 in Bridgewater.[89] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1267 iv Asa⁶ Washburn, born on 9 Oct. 1756 in Bridgewater,[90] possibly married Betsey Hooper, daughter of Nathaniel and (1085) Elisabeth⁴ “Betty” (Bryant) Hooper (Jr.),[91] in 1789 in Bridgewater.[92] She was born ca. 1768 in Bridgewater, a granddaughter possibly of Jesse³ and (385) Susanna (Conant) (Winslow) Bryant.[93] Children not found. He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, nor was he listed as a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1800, 1810, 1820, or 1830 federal censuses. Asa Washburn died intestate on 10 Apr. 1840 in Titicut, MA, aged 83 years.[94] Zephaniah Keith, of Bridgewater, a creditor of Asa Washburn, petitioned for, and was granted administration of the estate of Asa Washburn, laborer, on 4 Aug. 1840, and Cornelius Holmes, Jr., co‑signed on his bond.[95] His relationship to Asa Washburn has not been determined, but Zephaniah Keith’s wife was Susanna Hooper, daughter of Luther and (1276) Phebe⁵ (Washburn) Hooper.[96]

+ 1268 v Joshua⁶ Washburn, born on 24 Sept. 1759 in Bridgewater,[97] married Lovice “Lucy” Rickard/Records on 2 Mar. 1786 in Bridgewater.[98] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1269 vii Benjamin⁶ Washburn (3rd),[99] born on 17 Jan. 1763 in Bridgewater,[100] received only 5 shillings in the 1785 will of his father, “he having already received of me his Share & portion of my Estate,” died on 5 Apr. 1798,[101] presumably unmarried, but no probate records were filed for his estate.

1270 viii Olive⁶ Washburn, born on 26 May 1765 in Bridgewater,[102] was still unmarried in 1785 when her father wrote his will, never married, died on 26 Nov. 1827 in Bridgewater, aged 62 years,[103] but no probate records were filed for her estate, and she was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the federal censuses.

+ 1271 ix Keziah⁶ Washburn, born on 16 Oct. 1769 in Bridgewater,[104] was still unmarried in 1785 when her father wrote his will, married Andrew Conant, son of Nathaniel and Silence⁵ (Fobes) Conant,[105] on 1 Nov. 1795 in Bridgewater.[106] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

(427.) Henry⁵ Washburn, probably fourth son of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in ca. 1720,[107] married Sarah Battles, daughter of Edward and Experience (Pratt) Battles,[108] on 11 June 1740 in Hingham, MA,[109] and they lived in Bridgewater. She was born on 20 July 1721 in Hingham,[110] a granddaughter of Joseph and Sarah (Judkins) Pratt, of Weymouth, MA.[111]

On 10 Dec. 1744 Henry Washburn, Husbandman, of Bridgewater, joined his brother Ezra Washburn, along with his father Benjamin Washburn, Gentleman, and others in an agreement to build a furnace on the land of his uncle, Nehemiah Washburn, of Bridgewater, for the casting of hollow ware &c.[112] On 12 Jan. 1753 Henry Washburn, Laborer, and his father Benjamin Washburn, Gentleman, both of Bridgewater, sold their shares in the Furnace at Titicut in Bridgewater for Nicholas Sever, of Kingston, Esq.,[113] on 1 Oct. 1756 Henry Washburn, of Bridgewater, Husbandman, purchased 20 acres of land in Bridgewater by the Great River from Josiah Edson Jr., of Bridgewater, administrator of the estate of Thomas Tomson, late of Bridgewater, for £72,[114] and on 16 Mar. 1762 Henry and Sarah Washburn, of Bridgewater, sold to Joseph Leonard, of Raynham, their homestead farm of 20 acres of land with their dwelling house in Bridgewater on the Great River for £80.[115]

In about 1762 Henry and Sarah Washburn moved from Bridgewater to Middleborough, MA, but there is no record of him purchased land in Middleborough. Constable Ebenezer Morton, of Middleborough, warned Henry Washburn, wife Sarah, and their children Henry, Noah, Samuel, Sarah, Susannah, Hannah, Huldah, Experience, and a young child, “come from…Bridgewater” to depart from Middleborough on 6 Dec. 1762.[116]

Henry and Sarah Washburn moved on to Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, but there is no record of him purchasing land in Worcester County either, and he was not listed as a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census. On 9 Apr. 1781 Henry Washburn and his wife Sarah, and daughter Huldah, were warned out of Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA, on 9 Apr. 1781,[117] and they may have been living with the family of their daughter, Ruhamah Albee, in Uxbridge, at the time. He died on 24 Jan. 1799 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA,[118] but no probate records were filed for either of them in Worcester Co., MA.

Henry Washburn and Sarah Battles had children:

+ 1272 i Henry⁶ Washburn (Jr.), born on 21 Mar. 1741 in Bridgewater,[119] married Susannah Hutchins, of Middleborough, on 11 Aug. 1768 in Middleborough,[120] and they lived in Bristol Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1273 ii Susanna⁶ Washburn, born on 27 Apr. 1742 in Bridgewater,[121] probably married John Kimpton (3rd), of Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA, son of John and Bethia (Deland) Kimpton (Jr.),[122] on 1 Dec. 1768 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA.[123] He was born on 12 Dec. 1735 in Uxbridge.[124] Children not found. She may have died soon after, and he remarried to Hannah Holbrook, of Mendon, in 1771.[125] He was probably still living in Mendon, MA, in the 1790,[126] and 1800 federal censuses.[127] On 22 May 1804 Benjamin Blake and George Kempton, friends or relations of John Kimpton, of Mendon, petitioned that a guardian be appointed for him because he was non compos mentis and incapable of taking care of himself. Joseph Adams, Nathan Perry, Aaron Thayer, Benjamin Pickering and Nahum Wheeler, Selectmen of Mendon, made inquisition regarding John Kimpton and found that he was non compos mentis on 25 May 1804,[128] but no guardianship record is in the file for him. No death or other probate records were found for him.

+ 1274 iii Noah⁶ Washburn, born on 1 Feb. 1744 in Bridgewater,[129] moved to New Jersey, and married Rachel (___) Schoonhoven, widow of Hendricus Schoonhoven or Schoonhover,[130] and they lived in Walpack, Sussex Co., NJ, then in Tioga Co., NY. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1275 iv Sarah⁶ Washburn, born on 24 Aug. 1746 in Bridgewater,[131] married Elijah Darling, son of Joseph and Mary (Fish) Darling, of Mendon,[132] Worcester Co., MA, on 13 Apr. 1769 in Mendon, MA,[133] and they lived in Mendon and Palmer, MA. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1276 v Hannah⁶ Washburn, born on 22 Nov. 1749 in Bridgewater,[134] probably married Jeremiah Battles (Jr.), son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Darling) Battles, of Mendon,[135] MA, in 1771,[136] and they supposedly moved to Cheshire Co., NH, then to Bennington Co., VT. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1277 vi Huldah⁶ Washburn, born on 26 Dec. 1751 in Bridgewater,[137] was published to marry Samuel Kimpton, of Uxbridge, MA, son of John and Bethia (Deland) Kimpton (Jr.), in 1776,[138] but apparently the marriage was called off, and she probably never married. He instead married Katherina Aldrich in 1777.[139] He was baptized on 27 May 1753 in Uxbridge, MA,[140] and he was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census. Huldah was probably the Hulda Washburne living as a head of household in Mendon, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[141] in Uxbridge, MA, in the 1810 federal census,[142] and back in Mendon, MA, in the 1820 federal census,[143] but no death record was found for her in Mendon or Uxbridge, MA, and no probate records were filed for her estate in Worcester Co., MA.

+ 1278 vii Samuel⁶ Washburn, born on 12 July 1754 in Bridgewater,[144] married 1.) Hannah Hayward, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Jones) Hayward, of Mendon,[145] on 12 Nov. 1777 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA,[146] and 2.) Mary (Battles) Cutting, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah (Darling) Battles, and widow of Jonas Cutting, of Smithfield, RI,[147] on 19 Feb. 1795 in Mendon.[148] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1279 viii Ruhamah⁶ Washburn, born on 15 July 1757 in Bridgewater,[149] married Eleazer Albee, probably son of Ebenezer and Esther (Fish) Albee,[150] on 2 June 1775 in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA.[151] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1280 ix Experience⁶ Washburn, born on 13 Feb. 1760 in Bridgewater,[152] baptized on 6 Sept. 1762 in the North Middleborough Congregational Church,[153] marriage not found. She may have been the other female living in the household of Hulda Washburne in Mendon, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[154]

(428.) Bethiah⁵ Washburn, probably eldest daughter of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in ca. 1722,[155] married Nehemiah⁴ Bryant, of Middleborough, son of William³ and Ruth (Stetson) Bryant,[156] on 24 Feb. 1740 in Bridgewater.[157] He was born on 20 Oct. 1713 in Pembroke, MA,[158] a grandson of Stephen² and Mehitabel³ (Standish[?]) Bryant (Jr.), of Plymouth,[159] and of Joseph and Hannah (Oldham) Stetson.[160]

Bethiah (Washburn) Bryant died by 1757, and Nehemiah Bryant remarried to Hannah Totman, possibly daughter of Samuel and Experience (Rogers) Totman, of Plymouth,[161] on 9 Aug. 1757 in Middleborough,[162] and they had other children. Nehemiah Bryant served as a Private in the Revolutionary War from Middleborough in Capt. Nathaniel Wood’s company in 1778,[163] but no land records were found for him in Plymouth County.

Nehemiah Bryant died on 20 May 1786 in Middleborough, of “consumption,”[164] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County. Hannah (Totman) Bryant was still living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[165] and she died on 27 Jan. 1823 in Middleborough.[166]

Bethiah Washburn and Nehemiah Bryant had at least 3 children:[167]

1281 i Ruth Bryant, born ca. 1741, died on 27 Mar. 1741 in Bridgewater.[168]

+ 1282 ii Lucy⁵ Bryant, born on 20 Aug. 1744 in Middleborough,[169] married David^? Bryant, of Middleborough, on 14 Jan. 1762 in Middleborough.[170] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1283 iii Bennajah Bryant, born on 12 May 1755 in Middleborough,[171] died on 6 Apr. 1775,[172] presumably unmarried.

1284 iv (Possibly others)[173]

(429.) Keziah⁵ Washburn, probably second daughter of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in Feb. 1723/4,[174] married 1.) Joseph Harvey “Jr.,” of Bridgewater, on 10 Oct. 1749 in Bridgewater.[175] He was born ca. 1720,[176] and died on 21 Feb. 1756 in Bridgewater, aged 35 years,[177] but no probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.

On 11 Jan. 1770 Benjamin Washburn, of Bridgewater, gentleman, sold to Kezia Harvey, widow, 20 acres of land in South Bridgewater bounded by the homestead of Daniel Keith, with wife Bethiah Washburn releasing her dower, recorded on 8 Feb. 1770, and witnessed by Ezra Washburn and Ephraim Keith.[178]

Keziah (Washburn) Harvey remarried to 2.) Nathan³ Keith, son of Timothy² and Hannah (Fobes) Keith,[179] of Bridgewater, as his second wife, on 11 July 1773 in Bridgewater.[180] He was born on 16 Dec. 1714 in Bridgewater,[181] and had married first to Hannah Snell, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Williams) Snell,[182] on 26 Aug. 1746 in Bridgewater,[183] by whom he had 8 children.[184]

Nathan Keith died testate on 9 Jan. 1786 in Bridgewater,[185] aged 72 years.[186] His will was dated 21 Mar. 1785, witnessed by Jonathan Packard, James Barrell, and Daniel Howard, and was probated on 6 Mar. 1786. He did not mention his wife Keziah in his will at all. He named his three sons, Simeon Keith, Jonathan Keith, and Nathan Keith, two daughters Damaris Allen and Martha Bisby, the two children of his daughter Mehitabel Curtis, deceased, namely Josiah Curtis and Theophilus Curtis, and his grandson Timothy Keith, the only son of Isaac Keith, deceased. He named his three sons, Simeon Keith, Jonathan Keith, and Nathan Keith as executors, and his inventory was appraised by Philip Bryant, Phisician, Daniel Howard yeoman, and Levi Keith yeoman, all of Bridgewater.[187] (See Appendix [B] for a full transcription of his will.)

Keziah (Washburn) (Harvey) Keith remarried again to 3.) Moses Eddy, of Middleborough, son of Jabez and Mary (Rickard) Eddy, of Plympton and Carver, MA, as his second wife,[188] on 30 Dec. 1788 in Bridgewater.[189] He was born on 24 Aug. 1709 in Plympton,[190] and had married first to Jedidah Wood, daughter of Elnathan and Mary⁴ (Billington) Wood,[191] on 25 Mar. 1735 in Middleborough.[192] Moses Eddy had sold his farm to Jonathan Washburn (Jr.), nephew of Keziah, on 9 Jan. 1775.[193] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to her nephew, Jonathan Washburn (Jr.,)[194] and were living with Jonathan Washburn in 1794 when Eddy died. Moses Eddy died testate on 1 Dec. 1794 in Middleborough, aged 84 years.[195] His will was dated 30 May 1794, witnessed by Elijah Eaton, Isaac Thomson and Lucy Thomson, and probated on 5 Jan. 1795. He mentioned his wife Kezia Eddy, and Abigail Washburn, Huldah Washburn, Jedidah Washburn and Cynthia Washburn, daughters of Jonathan Washburn “who now liveth with me,” and he named Jonathan Washburn as his Executor and principal heir of his estate.[196] (See Appendix [C] for a full transcription of his will and inventory.) Keziah (Washburn) (Harvey) (Keith) Eddy died on 1 Oct. 1804, “aged 80 last February,”[197] but no probate records were filed for her estate. Moses Eddy had only one daughter by his first wife, who died unmarried before her father.[198]

Keziah Washburn had 3 children by Joseph Harvey (Jr.):[199]

1285 i Zeruiah Harvey, born on 25 Mar. 1750 in Bridgewater,[200] probably married Thomas Pratt, of Taunton, son of David and Ann (Bryant[?]) (Leonard) Pratt, of Bridgewater,[201] in 1779.[202] He was born on 15 Oct. 1750 in Bridgewater.[203] Children not found.[204] Zeruiah (Harvey) Pratt probably died by 1783, and he remarried to “Mrs.” Lydia Morton, of Middleborough, possibly daughter of Seth and Hepzibah (Packard) Morton,[205] in 1783.[206] She was born on 29 July 1761 in Middleborough.[207] A number of Thomas Pratts served in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts, and he may have been the Corp. Thomas Pratt who served in Capt. Josiah King’s Company from Bristol County, and marched to Tiverton, RI, in Aug. 1780.[208] Thomas Pratt was still living in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[209] but he was not a head of household in Bristol Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census, and they may have moved to “Titicut,” MA.[210]

1286 ii Seth Harvey, born on 29 June 1754 in Bridgewater,[211] served in the Revolutionary War, and was killed “in the glorious cause of liberty” on 25 July 1776 in New York, aged 23 [sic] years,[212] presumably unmarried.

1287 iii Joseph Harvey (3rd), born posthumously on 26 Oct. 1756 in Bridgewater,[213] possibly the Joseph Harvey who married Lucy Spry on 10 Aug. 1780 in Boston, MA,[214] or the Joseph Harvey who married Mary “Polly” Arnold, daughter of Lt. Gamaliel and Hannah (Wait) Arnold,[215] on 2 Feb. 1786 in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA.[216] She was born on 7 July 1766 in Hardwick.[217] Children not found. He may have been the Joseph Harvey of Taunton who served as a private in Capt. Isaac Thayer’s Company in the Revolutionary War in 1776 and 1777,[218] and he may have been the Joseph Harvey who was married and living in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[219] but he was not a head of household in Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1800 or the 1810 federal censuses.

(430.) Sarah⁵ Washburn, possibly third daughter of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in say ca. 1726, married Henry⁵ Richmond (Jr.), son of Henry⁴ and Mehitabel (Caswell) Richmond, of Middleborough, on 14 May 1748.[220] He was born in 1728 in MA,[221] a grandson of Lt. Joseph³ and Mary (Andrews) Richmond, of Middleborough.[222] They lived in Middleborough, MA, then for a short time in Cumberland, RI, then in Plymouth, MA, then finally in Hebron, ME.

[Sarah is placed in the family of Capt. Benjamin and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn because Henry’s brother, Job Richmond, married Jane Washburn, who was identified as a daughter of Capt. Benjamin and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn in The Richmond Family by Joshua B. Richmond, because Sarah’s brother Ezra Washburn was Henry Richmond’s witness in 1754 in the sale of his farm in Middleborough to his brother Nathan Richmond, because Henry and Sarah Richmond named a son Ezra Richmond, presumably after Sarah’s brother Ezra Washburn, and because several of the grandchildren of Henry and Sarah (Washburn) Richmond married grandchildren of Nehemiah and Bethiah (Washburn) Bryant.]

On 5 Jan. 1747/8 Henry Richmond, of Middleborough, Husbandman, sold to his son Henry Richmond Junr., of Middleborough, Labourer, a farm in Middleborough that was the 4th lot in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase that had originally belonged to Adam Wright and John Tomson, and that Henry Richmond Sr. had purchased a few months earlier from Jacob Tomson, of Halifax, for £42.[223] On 24 June 1754 Henry Richmond Jr., of Middleborough, and his wife Sarah Richmond sold this same farm to his brother Nathan Richmond, of Middleborough, for £133.6.8, excepting half an acre on the southeast end which he had sold to his father, Mr. Henry Richmond, witnessed by Ezra Washburn, James Keith, and Job Richmond.[224] They lived briefly in Cumberland, Providence Co., RI, on 1 Feb. 1757 Henry Richmond, of Cumberland, RI, purchased 27¼ acres and 28 rods of land in the Titicut Precinct in Middleborough from William Hooper, of Bridgewater, for £76.13,[225] on 10 Apr. 1758 Henry and Sarah Washburn, of Middleborough, yeoman, sold 12 acres of the land that William Hooper had bought from Job Nahaten, Indian, to John Shaw of Middleborough, Cordwinder, for £60,[226] and on 29 July 1761 Henry and Sarah Richmond Jr., of Middleborough, sold 12½ acres and 13 rods of the land that he had purchased from William Hooper with the dwelling house to Jabez Eaton, of Middleborough, for £66.13.4,[227] and they moved to Plymouth, MA. On 31 Jan. 1768 Henry Richmond, of Plymouth, Husbandman, bought 90 acres of woodland with a small piece of meadow lying on the easterly side of South Pond in Plymouth from Jonathan and Hannah Churchill, of Plymouth, Shoreman, for £20,[228] on 20 July 1772 Henry Richmond, of Plymouth, Husbandman, and Jonathan Holmes, of Plymouth, Husbandman, exchanged 2½ acre parcels of land near South Pond in Plymouth,[229] on 14 Jan. 1773 Henry Richmond, of Plymouth, Husbandman, sold to his son Eliab Richmond, of Plymouth, part of his homestead in Plymouth at the corner of Jonathan Holmes’ land for £13.6.8,[230] and on 14 Sept. 1773 Henry Richmond, of Plymouth, Husbandman, sold 1½ acres on the easterly end of his homestead near South Pond in Plymouth to Josiah Bradford, of Plymouth, Mariner, for 18 shillings.[231] On 3 Apr. 1783 Henry Richmond, of Plymouth, yeoman, sold to Nathaniel Clark, of Plymouth, yeoman, all his land with his dwelling house at South Pond in Plymouth that he had bought from Jonathan Churchill except for what he sold to his son Eliab Richmond and to Josiah Bradford, deceased, for £60,[232] and on 26 Apr. 1784 his son Eliab and Hannah Richmond, of Plymouth, Husbandman, sold to Nathaniel Clark, of Plymouth, his 30 acres of land at South Pond in Plymouth that he had bought from his father Henry Richmond, for £11.8.[233] He was still listed as a head of household in Plymouth, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[234] but he was not found in the 1800 federal census.

Henry Richmond served in the French & Indian War,[235] and also as a Private from Plymouth in Capt. John Bridgham’s Company in 1775, then in Capt. James Allen Jr.’s Company and Capt. Jacob Allen’s Company in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment from 1777 to 1781 during the Revolutionary War, and endured the winter at Valley Forge with General George Washington in 1778.[236] Sarah (Washburn) Richmond died before 1795, and Henry Richmond remarried to Submit⁴ (Harlow) Wetherhead/Witherhead, daughter of Deacon Robert³ and Susanna (Cole) Harlow, of Plymouth,[237] and widow of John Wetherhead (Jr.), of Plymouth,[238] who died of small pox on 22 Mar. 1778 in Plymouth,[239] on 25 Sept. 1795 in Plymouth.[240] She was born on 7 June 1745 in Plymouth.[241] They moved up to Maine, and he died in 1799 in Hebron, ME,[242] and was buried in Shepards Field Cemetery in Oxford, Oxford Co., ME. No death record was found for Submit (Harlow) (Wetherhead) Richmond.

Sarah Washburn and Henry Richmond had children,[243] order uncertain:

+ 1288 i Zilpah/Zilpha⁶ Richmond, born supposedly on 14 July 1749 in Plymouth, MA,[244] married George Bramhall, of Plymouth,[245] son of Silvanus and Mary (Bennett) Bramhall,[246] on 12 July 1767 in Plymouth,[247] and they lived in Plymouth, MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.).)

+ 1289 ii Eliab⁶ Richmond, born supposedly on 9 Apr. 1751 in Plymouth,[248] married Hannah⁶ Holmes, of Plymouth, probably daughter of his neighbor Jonathan⁵ and Rachel Holmes,[249] on 11 Nov. 1773 in Plymouth,[250] and they moved to Hebron, ME. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1290 iii Simeon⁶ Richmond, born say ca. 1752 in Plymouth, enlisted for service in the Revolutionary War, and died in New York, either of a fever or was killed in battle.[251]

+ 1291 iv Sarah⁶ “Sally” Richmond, born say ca. 1755 in Plymouth, married Samuel⁶ Wright (3rd),[252] of Plympton, son of Samuel⁵ and Abigail⁵ (Standish) Wright (Jr.),[253] on 8 Nov. 1783 in Plymouth,[254] and they lived in Plymouth. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1292 v Rhoda⁶ Richmond, born ca. 1761 in Plymouth,[255] married Cornelius Holmes,[256] of Carver, MA, on 27 Oct. 1791 in Plymouth.[257] He was not a head of household in Carver, MA, in the 1800, 1810 or 1820 federal censuses. No death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth or Bristol Co., MA. She evidently lived in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, and she died on 8 Jan. 1835 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, aged 73 years,[258] but no probate records were filed for her estate in Bristol County. They supposedly had two daughters:[259]

a. Nancy Holmes, married Asahel Hacket, of Taunton, on 6 Apr. 1817 in Taunton.[260] He was born ca. 1793.[261] They were living in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1820,[262] and 1830 federal censuses.[263] He died on 1 June 1840 in Taunton, aged 47 years,[264] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Bristol Co., MA, and she was still living next door to her brother-in-law, George W. Dean, in Taunton, MA, in the 1840 federal census.[265]

b. Lydia Holmes, married George W. Dean, of Taunton, on 15 Jan. 1825 in Taunton.[266] They were living next door to her widowed sister, Nancy Hackett, in Taunton, MA, in the 1840 federal census.[267]

1293 vi Nancy⁶ Richmond, born in Plymouth, married George Manter, of Plymouth,[268] son of Belcher Manter, of Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA,[269] on 5 Apr. 1792 in Plymouth.[270] He was born in ca. 1768.[271] Children not found. He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1800 or 1810 federal censuses, and no death or probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

1294 vii Ezra Richmond, died young, possibly the unnamed child of Henry Richmond whose death was recorded in the Bridgewater vital records on 24 Feb. 1765.[272]

+ 1295 viii Penelope⁶ Richmond, born say ca. 1770, married John Swift Jr., of Plymouth,[273] probably son of John and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Swift,[274] on 27 July 1794 in Plymouth,[275] and they lived in Plymouth. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

(431.) Jonathan⁵ Washburn, probably fifth son of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in ca. 1728,[276] married Judith/Judah Wood, daughter of Elnathan and Mary⁴ (Billington) Wood, of Middleborough,[277] on 23 May 1751 in Middleborough.[278] She was born on 11 Apr. 1728 in Middleborough,[279] a granddaughter of Abiel and Abijah (Bowen) Wood, and of Isaac³ and Hannah (Glass) Billington.[280] They lived in Middleborough, and were members of Rev. Isaac Backus’ Baptist Church in Titicut.[281] On 4 Nov. 1756 Thomas and Mary Conant, of Bridgewater, Yeoman, and Jonathan and Juda Washburn, of Middleborough, Husbandman, sold all their right and interest in housing and lands given to Mary Conant and Juda Washburn in the will of their father, Elnathan Wood, late of Middleborough, it being two fifths of the shares given to the five daughters of Elnathan Wood, to John Thomson, of Middleborough, Yeoman, for £55.9.4,[282] and on 13 Mar. 1758 Jonathan Washburn, of Middleborough, purchased 40 acres of land in Middleborough from Phillip and Mary Leonard, of Middleborough, Bloomer, for £73.6.8.[283] They were probably the Jonathan “Washbon” family living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to their son Benjamin “Washbon” and brother-in-law, Job Richmond,[284] and she was a widow living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1800 federal census.[285]

On 4 Apr. 1792 Jonathan Washburn, of Middleborough, yeoman, deeded his son Salmon Washburn, for love and good will, one half of the lands he purchased of Phillip and Mary Leonard on 13 Mar. 1758, one half of the lands he purchased of Gideon Richmond on 13 July 1767, and one half of the lands he purchased of James Keith on 7 Apr. 1771, together with one half of all the buildings and fences standing thereon,[286] and in Oct. 1793 Zenos Washburn, of Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT, gave a quit claim to his brother Salmon Washburn, of Middleborough, for all his right in the lands that belonged to his father, Jonathan Washburn, in Middleborough and Taunton, MA.[287]

Jonathan Washburn died on 6 Apr. 1792 in Titicut or Middleborough, MA, aged 63 years,[288] and Judith (Wood) Washburn died a widow on 20 Nov. 1811 in Titicut or Middleborough, aged 83 years,[289] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County.

Jonathan Washburn and Judith Wood had children, order uncertain:[290]

+ 1296 i Benjamin⁶ Washburn, born probably in early 1752 in Middleborough,[291] married Alice Shaw, of Middleborough, on 6 Aug. 1777 in Middleborough,[292] and they lived in Middleborough, MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1297 ii Deacon Jonathan⁶ Washburn (Jr.), born ca. 1753,[293] probably in Middleborough, married Hannah Conant, daughter of Nathan and Hannah⁴ (Lazell) Conant,[294] on 14 May 1778 in Bridgewater.[295] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1298 iii Isaac⁶ Washburn, born supposedly on 1 Feb. 1755 in Bridgewater or Middleborough,[296] married 1.) Mary “Polly” Phillips in ca. 1777, and 2.) Eunice⁵ Cary, daughter of Jonathan⁴ and Lois (Hooper) Cary (3rd), of Bridgewater,[297] on 13 Apr. 1786 in Bridgewater,[298] and 3.) Elizabeth “Betsey” Richmond, daughter of Judge William and Lois (Gray) Richmond,[299] on 6 May 1798 in Providence, RI, and he settled in Taunton, MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1299 iv Bethiah⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1757,[300] probably in Middleborough, married Silas White, son of Capt. Benjamin and (1062) Betty (Pratt) White (Jr.), of Middleborough,[301] on 12 Nov. 1778 in Middleborough.[302] On 25 May 1803 Silas White and Bethiah his wife, of Middleborough, along with Luther Hooper and Phebe his wife, of Bridgewater, Elijah Reed and Lucy his wife, of Middleborough, and Isaac Washburn, joiner, of Taunton, sold to their brother Salmon Washburn all their right and title to the homestead farm that their father Jonathan Washburn, late of Middleborough, died seized of except their right in the thirds now in the possession of their mother Washburn.[303] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1300 v Lucy⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1759,[304] probably in Middleborough, married Lt. Elijah Reed (Jr.), son of Elijah and Sarah (Reed) Reed, of Abington,[305] on 3 July 1779 in Middleborough.[306] On 25 May 1803 Elijah Reed and Lucy his wife, of Middleborough, along with Luther Hooper and Phebe his wife, of Bridgewater, Silas White and Bethiah his wife, of Middleborough, and Isaac Washburn, joiner, of Taunton, sold to their brother Salmon Washburn for $125 all their right and title to the homestead farm that their father Jonathan Washburn, late of Middleborough, died seized of except their right in the thirds now in the possession of their mother Washburn.[307] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1301 vi Phebe⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1760,[308] probably in Middleborough, married Luther Hooper, son of William and Lois (Thomas) Hooper,[309] on 25 Nov. 1779 in Middleborough.[310] On 25 May 1803 Luther Hooper and Phebe his wife, of Bridgewater, along with Elijah Reed and Lucy his wife, of Middleborough, Silas White and Bethiah his wife, of Middleborough, and Isaac Washburn, joiner, of Taunton, sold to their brother Salmon Washburn for $125 all their right and title to the homestead farm that their father Jonathan Washburn, late of Middleborough, died seized of except their right in the thirds now in the possession of their mother Washburn.[311] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1302 vii Salmon⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1762,[312] probably in Middleborough, married Ruth White, daughter of Capt. Benjamin and Hannah (Shaw) White, of Middleborough,[313] on 22 Mar. 1787 in Middleborough.[314] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1303 viii (Probably) Lois⁶ Washburn, born ca. 1764, never married. In 1821 Lois Washburn, of Bridgewater, Singlewoman, Creditor, brought a lawsuit against Benjamin Washburn, of Middleborough, Yeoman, Debtor, for $397.99 damages over a debt, and received a judgement against him for $409.79, including court costs, so the Nathaniel Wilder Jr., the Deputy Sheriff of Plymouth County, was directed to seize land of Benjamin Washburn to satisfy the judgement on 20 Aug. 1821. Solomon Alden, Israel Richmond, and James Sproat were appointed to appraise the land, which was located on the easterly side of Purchade Brook in Middleborough, and it was appraised at only $240. The land was delivered to Lyman Hooper, the Creditor’s attorney, and Benjamin Washburn paid an additional $190.05 on 21 Sept. 1821 to satisfy the judgement.[315] She died intestate on 19 Feb. 1823 in Titicut, MA, aged 59 years,[316] and Avery Fobes, son-in-law of her presumed sister, Phebe (Washburn) Hooper, was granted administration of her estate on 6 May 1823, with Seth Washburn and Lyman Hooper as sureties.[317] Apollos Hooper, Gentleman, Seth Leach, Cordwainer, and Salmon Keith, Yeoman, all of Bridgewater, were appointed to appraise her estate on 22 Oct. 1823, with totaled $344.72, including $302.92 in notes of hand, but no real estate. Avery Fobes, the administrator, gave his oath to the inventory on 6 Apr. 1824, and was directed to sell the whole of the personal estate on 6 Apr. 1824.[318]

1304 ix Zenas⁶ Washburn, born say ca. 1766 in Middleborough,[319] married (3122) Silence Ames, daughter of Ebenezer and (1244) Jane⁴ (Howard) Ames, of Bridgewater,[320] possibly as his second wife,[321] on 2 Apr. 1789 in Middleborough.[322] She was born on 14 June 1770 in Bridgewater,[323] a granddaughter of Joseph and Susanna (Littlefield) Ames,[324] and of Dr. Abiel³ and (422) Silence⁵ (Washburn) Howard, of Bridgewater,[325] and she was his second cousin once removed.[326] Children not found, but he may have had a son and 2 daughters by 1790, and another son after 1800.[327] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[328] and they moved to Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT, by 1793. In Oct. 1793 Zenas Washburn, of Burlington, VT, signed a quitclaim to his brother Salmon Washburn, of Middleborough, for his share of lands that belonged to his father, Jonathan Washburn, of Middleborough, deceased.[329] He was not found in the 1800 federal census in Vermont, but he may have been the Zenas Washburn living in Colchester, Chittenden Co., VT, in the 1810 federal census.[330]

(432.) Nehemiah⁵ Washburn, possibly the youngest son of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in say ca. 1731, married 1.) Relief “Lefe” Joy,[331] daughter of John and Lydia (Lincoln) Joy, of Hingham, MA,[332] who was born on 21 Sept. 1729 in Hingham,[333] and they moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT. She died on 1 May 1754 in Stafford,[334] CT, and he remarried to 2.) Abigail White, daughter of William and Patience³ (Eddy) White,[335] on 2 Oct. 1755 in Stafford, CT.[336] She was born on 9 Nov. 1734 in Norton, MA,[337] a granddaughter of Joseph and Mary (Hoar) White, and of John² and Deliverance (Owen) Eddy, of Taunton.[338]

[Nehemiah is placed as a son of Capt. Benjamin Washburn because he appears to have been from this branch of the family, a grandson of Samuel³ Washburn, but does not seem to fit into the families of Samuel’s other sons, Samuel, Noah, Israel or Nehemiah Washburn. He appears to have moved to Stafford, CT, much earlier than his purported brother, Ezra Washburn, but later moved on to Ashfield in Western Massachusetts. It is plausible that Benjamin named a son after his brother, Nehemiah, and Nehemiah named his own first son Benjamin, after his presumed father, but there is no proof yet that Nehemiah was Benjamin’s son.]

Nehemiah and Abigail Washburn moved to western Massachusetts after 1756; he was living in Ashfield, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, in 1766, and was still living there in 1772.[339] Nehemiah Washburn was not found in Ashfield, MA, as a head of household in the 1790 federal census, but he was living in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census,[340] and they may have moved to Exeter, Otsego Co., NY. Nehemiah Washburn supposedly died on 2 Oct. 1790 in NY,[341] and Abigail (White) Washburn supposedly died ca. 1810 in NY.[342] She may have been the female aged 45 or over in the household of White Washburn in DeKalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census.[343]

Nehemiah Washburn had probably at least one son by Relief Joy, and at least five more children by Abigail White:

+ 1305 i Benjamin⁶ Washburn, born in June ca. 1753 in Stafford, CT,[344] probably the Benjamin Washburn who married Christiana Galloway, of Conway, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA, daughter of William and Margaret (Oliver) Galloway,[345] in 1786,[346] and they were living in Palmer, Saratoga Co., NY, in 1791 when the Galloway heirs, including Benjamin and Chrisehana Washburn, of Palmer, NY, gave a quit claim to Margaret Galloway, widow, for 16 acres of land in Conway, MA, for £10.[347] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1305a ii George Washburn, born on 20 Mar. 1756 in Stafford,[348] marriage not found. He was not found in Ashfield, MA, or Stafford, CT, in the 1790 federal census, or in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census.

1305b iii (Supposedly) Abigail Washburn, born on 11 July 1761 in Stafford,[349] marriage not found.

+ 1306 iv (Supposedly) Nehemiah⁶ Washburn (Jr.), born on 6 Dec. 1763 in Stafford,[350] married Betsey Edwards in ca. 1789,[351] and they settled in St. Lawrence Co., NY. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1307 v (Supposedly) Capt. Rufus⁶ Washburn, born on ca. 9 Aug. 1766,[352] probably in what is now Franklin Co., MA, married (1564) Patience⁶ Washburn, daughter of (488) Miles⁵ and Sarah (Lyon) Washburn,[353] in 1793 in Exeter, Otsego Co., NY,[354] and they lived in Otsego and St. Lawrence Co., NY. She was born on 10 Dec. 1775 in Hampshire Co., MA.[355] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1308 vi (Supposedly) White⁶ Washburn, born in July 1783 in MA,[356] supposedly married Lucinda Ferrell/Farrell, daughter of Simeon and Catherine (Magoon) Ferrell/Farrell,[357] in 1805 in CT,[358] and settled in Jefferson Co., NY. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1308a vii (Probably some other daughters)[359]

(433.) Reliance⁵ Washburn, probably fourth daughter of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in ca. 1735,[360] married Nathan⁵ Richmond, son of Henry⁴ and Mehitable (Caswell) Richmond, of Middleborough,[361] on 2 May 1754 in Bridgewater.[362] He was born say ca. 1730 in Middleborough,[363] a grandson of Lt. Joseph³ and Mary (Andrews) Richmond, of Middleborough,[364] and they lived in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, where he was a laborer or husbandman in the land records.

[Reliance is placed in the family of Capt. Benjamin Washburn for the same reason as Sarah, above, because her husband was a brother of Henry Richmond and Job Richmond. Brothers from one family marrying sisters from another family was common in New England, because Sarah’s brother Ezra Washburn was Nathan Richmond’s witness in the 1754 purchase of his farm in Middleborough from his brother Henry Richmond Jr., and because the usual name “Salmon” was used for both a son and a grandson in this branch, which was also used by Capt. Benjamin Washburn’s son Jonathan Washburn for one of his sons, and again for two of Jonathan’s grandsons.]

On 1 May 1749 Nathan Richmond, of Middleborough, laborer, purchased 30 acres of land in the Titicut part of Middleborough from Joseph Pratt, of Middleborough, yeoman, for £400 in Bills of credit.[365] On 24 June 1754 Henry Richmond Jr., of Middleborough, and his wife Sarah Richmond sold the farm in the 4th lot of the 1st allotment of land in Sixteen Shilling Purchase in Middleborough that he had bought from his father, Henry Richmond, in 1747/8 to his brother Nathan Richmond, of Middleborough, for £133.6.8, excepting half an acre on the southeast end which he had sold to his father, Mr. Henry Richmond, witnessed by Ezra Washburn, James Keith and Job Richmond,[366] and on 10 Aug. 1757 Nathan Richmond, of Middleborough, husbandman, sold 22 acres of this 4th lot in 1st allotment of land in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase in Middleborough to James Hall, of Raynham, yeoman, for £40.[367]

Nathan Richmond was still living in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census,[368] but he was not found in the 1800 federal census, and no death or probate records were filed for his estate in either Plymouth or Bristol County, MA. Reliance (Washburn) Richmond may have been the female over 45 years of age living with her daughter and son-in-law, Reuben and Lois Richmond, in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census,[369] and she died a widow on 14 Aug. 1820 in Middleborough, aged 85 years.[370]

Reliance Washburn and Nathan Richmond had children,[371] order uncertain:

+ 1309 i Nathan⁶ Richmond (Jr.), born on 1 Jan. 1755,[372] probably in Middleborough, married 1.) Hepsibah Crossman, of Middleborough, on 7 Dec. 1779,[373] and 2.) Mary Streeter in Sept. 1785 in Winthrop, ME.[374] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1310 ii Mary⁶ “Molly” Richmond, born say ca. 1758, married Nymphas⁶ Kinsley,[375] son of (578) Samuel⁵ and Sophia (White) Kinsley (4th), of Bridgewater, in 1800,[376] but they had no children. He was born on 12 Mar. 1750/1 in Bridgewater,[377] and a head of household in Bridgewater in the 1790 federal census, and evidently several other family members were living with him, considering that he was still a bachelor at the time,[378] and they were living in Bridgewater in the 1800 federal census,[379] but he was not a head of household in Bridgewater in the 1810 federal census. He died in 1822 in Hampden, Hancock Co., ME.[380]

+ 1311 iii Huldah⁶ Richmond, born say ca. 1760, married Ezra Clark 2nd, of Middleborough,[381] son of Benjamin and Bethiah (Shaw) Clark, of Abington, MA,[382] on 6 Dec. 1781 in Middleborough,[383] and they lived in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1312 iv Alexander⁶ Richmond, born on 1 May 1764,[384] married Betsey Hart, daughter of James Hart, of Taunton, on 28 Jan. 1798,[385] and they lived in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1313 v Lois⁶ Richmond, born in 1765 in Middleborough,[386] married Reuben⁶ Richmond, of Taunton, MA, son of Samuel⁵ and Christiana (Hathaway) Richmond (3rd), of Taunton, MA,[387] on 5 Apr. 1789 in Taunton,[388] and they also lived in Taunton, MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1314 vi Salmon⁶ Richmond, was killed in Norwich, CT, at about age 21.[389]

(434.) Jane⁵ “Jenny” Washburn, probably youngest daughter of (126) Capt. Benjamin⁴ Washburn, (58) Samuel³, (43) John² (5th), (28) John¹ (4th); born probably in Bridgewater, Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in say 1736,[390] married Job⁵ Richmond, son of Henry⁴ and Mehitable (Caswell) Richmond, of Middleborough,[391] on 11 Feb. 1762 in Middleborough.[392] He was a grandson of Lt. Joseph³ and Mary (Andrews) Richmond, of Middleborough,[393] and he served as a Private in Capt. Job Peirce’s Company from Middleborough in 1777 and 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[394]

[Jane is given as a daughter of Capt. Benjamin Washburn in Ralph V. Wood Jr.’s Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, Joshua B. Richmond says she was perhaps a daughter of Benjamin and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn of Bridgewater in The Richmond Family, and they named a son Kingman Richmond, presumably after her grandfather, Henry Kingman, but there is no direct evidence I have found specifically stating that the wife of Job Richmond was a daughter of Capt. Benjamin Washburn.]

Job and Jenny Richmond lived in Middleborough, and they were living in Middleborough in the 1790 federal census, next door to her brother, Jonathan “Washbon” and nephew, Benjamin “Washbon.”[395] No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County. On 21 Sept. 1806 Jane Richmond, wife of Job Richmond, was received into the North Middleborough Congregational Church.[396] Job Richmond supposedly died in 1816,[397] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth Co., and she supposedly died in 1819.[398]

Jane Washburn and Job Richmond had children,[399] order uncertain:

+ 1315 i Olive⁶ Richmond, born on 14 Nov. 1762 in Middleborough, married George⁶ Richmond,[400] of Middleborough, son of Gershom⁵ and Phebe (Richmond) Richmond, of Middleborough,[401] on 20 July 1780 in Middleborough,[402] and they probably moved to Norton, MA. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1316 ii Eunice⁶ Richmond, born, ca. 1764 in Middleborough,[403] married Israel⁶ Eaton,[404] son of Samuel⁵ and Patience (Tinkham) Eaton, of Middleborough,[405] on 2 Aug. 1781 in Middleborough.[406] He was born on 9 June 1760 in Middleborough,[407] a grandson of Barnabas⁴ and Mehitabel⁴ (Alden) Eaton,[408] and of Peter and Eunice (Thomas) Tinkham.[409] Eunice (Richmond) Eaton died by 1784, and Israel Eaton remarried to Keziah⁶ Sears, daughter of Abner⁵ and Lydia (Perkins) Sears, of Middleborough,[410] on 10 June 1784 in Middleborough.[411] She was born on 6 Apr. 1763 in Middleborough,[412] a granddaughter of Lt. David⁴ and Phebe³ (Bryant) Sears.[413] They were living in Middleborough, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to Samuel Eaton, presumably his father,[414] and in the 1800 federal census.[415] Israel Eaton died testate on 19 Mar. 1833 in Middleborough, aged 72 years, 8 months, 9 days,[416] his will dated 14 Feb. 1833, and probated on 7 May 1833, he named his wife Keziah Eaton, granddaughters Caroline Eaton and Mary Ann Eaton, sons Zenas Eaton, Daniel Eaton, and Israel Eaton, grandson Oliver Eaton, and he named Abner Leonard as executor of his estate.[417] (See Appendix [D] for a full transcription of his will.) Keziah (Sears) Eaton died a widow on 27 Aug. 1837 in Middleborough, aged 74 years.[418] Eunice (Richmond) Eaton had only one son:

a. Zenas⁷ Eaton, born on 10 Jan. 1782 in Middleborough,[419] married Polly Wentworth, daughter of Benjamin and Molly (Mellish) Wentworth, of Dorchester, MA,[420] on 8 May 1808 in Dorchester,[421] and they lived in Dorchester, Norfolk (now Suffolk) Co., MA.[422] She was born on 10 Nov. 1788 in Dorchester, MA,[423] and he was mentioned in the 1833 will of his father. He was not a head of household in Dorchester in the 1810 federal census, but they were living in Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1820,[424] 1830,[425] 1840,[426] and 1850 federal census, where he was a laborer.[427] He died on 14 June 1858 in Dorchester, MA, aged 76 years, 5 months, 4 days, of “apoplectic,”[428] and she was still living in Dorchester, MA, in the 1860 federal census.[429] She died a widow on 29 Apr. 1861 in Dorchester, aged 72 years, 5 months, 19 days, of “organic disease of stomach.”[430]

1317 iii Kingman Richmond, born ca. 1766, died young.[431]

1318 iv Frederic Richmond, a twin, died young.[432]

1319 v Sybil Richmond, a twin, died young.[433]

+ 1320 vi Rosanna⁶ Richmond, born in 1772 in Middleborough, married Daniel Hersey,[434] son of Joseph and Mary (Reed) Hersey (Jr.), of Abington, MA,[435] as his second wife,[436] on 20 Feb. 1798 in Middleborough.[437] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 1321 vii Chloe⁶ Richmond, born ca. 1774 in Middleborough, married 1.) Vinal Lyon, son of Jedediah and Mary⁵ (Cushman) Lyon, of Middleborough,[438] on 8 Sept. 1796 in Middleborough,[439] and probably 2.) Azel Perkins, son of Isaac and (643) Joanna (Edson) Perkins, of Middleborough,[440] as his second wife, on 4 Sept. 1839 in Middleborough.[441] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

1322 viii Ward⁶ Richmond, born in 1775 in Middleborough, married Polly Holden, of Sudbury, CT, in 1803.[442] They lived for a while in New York City, then moved to Newark, NJ.[443] He was listed in the tax lists of Newark, Essex Co., NJ, in October 1812,[444] July 1813,[445] and July 1814.[446] He supposedly died in ca. 1825 in Newark, NJ.[447] They supposedly had children:[448]

a. Orlando Richmond

b. Augustus⁷ Richmond, settled in Augusta, GA.

c. Emeline Richmond

+ 1323 ix Apollos⁶ Richmond, born on 12 Aug. 1779 in Middleborough, married Silence⁶ Richmond, daughter of Stephen⁵ and Hannah (Beals) Richmond (Jr.), of Middleborough,[449] on 9 Sept. 1798 in Middleborough.[450] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

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[1] 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. 230.

[2] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 386.

[3] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 212.

[4] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 229.

[5] 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. 257.

[6] John Washburn

Samuel Washburn Joseph Washburn (brothers)

Capt. Benjamin Washburn Hephzibah (Washburn) Leach (first cousins)

Ezra Washburn Susanna Leach (second cousins)

[7] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 181, recorded on 26 Mar. 1747.

[8] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 82.

[9] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 39, p. 141.

[10] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 63, p. 72.

[11] Worcester Co. Land Records, Vol. 82, p. 487.

[12] Worcester Co. Land Records, Vol. 137, p. 36.

[13] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 5, pp. 421,423; Vol. 7, p. 143.

[14] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 7, p. 143.

[15] 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 Ezra Washbourn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 5 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

[16] As late as 1797 his grandchildren sold land in Stafford, CT, that had been part of his son Ezra Washburn, Jr.’s, estate, indicating that Ezra Washburn, Sr., was probably still living in Stafford at that time.

[17] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 328, says only that Ezra married Susanna, daughter of Benjamin Leach, 1742, and “went to Mid’o,” and his daughter Susanna married Zadock Leach in 1763.

[18] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231.

[19] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 372, she is called “of Middleborough” in the marriage record; Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, Vol. 2, p. 58, marriage intentions recorded 17 Sept. 1763 in Middleborough, where he is called “Zad Leach of Bridgewater.”

[20] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 266, says Benjamin married Hepzibah Washburn of Middleborough.

[21] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386, she was called “of Middleborough” in the marriage record; Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 2, p. 56, marriage intentions recorded 18 May 1761 in Middleborough.

[22] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 252.

[23] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 265.

[24] Harlow, George H., Index to the Probate Records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, 1898, Vol. 2.

[25] Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oakham VRs], p. 93, marriage intentions recorded between the Widow Hepzibeth Perkins and Philip Lee on 9 Sept. 1781 in Oakham.

[26] He was aged between 26 and 44 years in the 1800 census, while she was over 45.

[27] Per the 1790 federal census. It appears the son may have died by 1800, but the two daughters were both aged between 10 and 15 years in the 1800 federal census.

[28] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 230, Oakham town, Worcester Co., the Philip Lee household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females. There was also, in Oakham, a Benjamin Perkins household who had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, and 2 free white females. He may have been a son of Benjamin and Hepzibah (Washburn) Perkins, but neither his birth nor his marriage were recorded in the vital records of Oakham.

[29] 1800 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 319, the Philip Lee household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[30] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 104, the marriage of Jabez Fuller and Hannah Pratt, both of Middleborough, on 27 Dec. 1744 by Benja. White, Justice of the Peace, in Middleborough.

[31] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 174, Vol. 2, p. 64; Townsend, Charles D., History of North Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, North Middleborough, Massachusetts, Aceto Bookmen, 1982, [hereinafter Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church], p. 93.

[32] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231, indicates that Jesse Leach had a son Calvin, but does not indicate a marriage for Calvin, and does not continue the family any further.

[33] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 391, marriage intentions recorded 18 Sept. 1779 in Bridgewater, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Middleborough.

[34] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 148.

[35] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 392; Middleborough VRs, pp. 76, 139, married by Rev. Solomon Reed of North Middleborough; Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 93.

[36] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 92.

[37] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 115-116, 147.

[38] Benson Dunbar, brother of Benjamin Dunbar, also moved to Oakham, MA.

[39] Worcester Co. Land Records, Vol. 81, p. 474.

[40] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 5, p. 405.

[41] 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 Benja Dunbar household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

[42] 1800 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 638, the Benjamin Dunbar household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[43] 1810 Federal Census, Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, p. 377, the Benjamin Dunbar household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[44] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 460, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden, of Bridgewater.

[45] It appears they had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters by the 1790 federal census, and had 2 sons still living at home in the 1800 federal census, but there are no children recorded to Benjamin Dunbar in either the Oakham town vital records, or the the Barbour index to the Stafford Town Records.

[46] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. XVI, p. 669.

[47] Per Washburne, Brenton P., The Washburn Family In America, 1983, #A2E3B6, the source not noted. I have not been able to find a list of the casualties from the Battle of White Plains to confirm this.

[48] McLoughlin, William G., Diary of Isaac Backus, 3 Volumes, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1979, [hereinafter McLoughlin, Diary of Isaac Backus], Vol. 1, p. 412.

[49] Calculated from his age at death.

Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, Robert S. Wakefield, and Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Eight, Family of Degory Priest, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994, [hereinafter MF5G: Priest], p. 126-127; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 51, marriage intentions recorded between Thomas Darling Junr and Ruth Howland, both of Middleborough, on 27 Dec. 1756 in Middleborough. Thomas and Ruth (Howland) Darling moved from Middleborough to Oakham, MA, in 1778.

[51] Oakham VRs, p. 104, which gives her name as “Lucretia” Darling.

[52] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 132, from p. 148 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 58, taken from Vol. 2, p. 162, of the Stafford Town Records; Connecticut Church Records, Stafford First Congregational Church, 1797-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1955, p. 28.

[53] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 9, from p. 44 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 58, taken from Vol. 2, p. 9, of the Stafford Town Records, which has the year as 1756 instead of 1759.

[54] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 178, from p. 167 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 58, taken from Vol. 2, p. 48 [sic] of the Stafford Town Records; Connecticut Church Records, Stafford First Congregational Church, 1797-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1955, p. 30.

[55] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 133, from p. 149 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 58, taken from Vol. 2, p. 133, of the Stafford Town Records.

[56] 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. 16, the marriage of Paul Blodgett and Elizabeth Warner on 10 Sept. 1759 in Stafford.

[57] Bowman, George Ernest, Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

[58] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #456440, give the marriage date of Edward Battles and Experience Pratt as 13 Mar. 1706/7 in Hingham, MA.

[59] Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384, married “in Hingham;” Bowman, “Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater,” p. 2, which sorts out the different Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater.

[60] Calculated from her age at death.

[61] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 575, from her gravestone in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater.

[62] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 302, marriage of Moses Cushman and Mary Jackson on 22 Aug. 1731 in Plympton; Cushman, Henry Wyles, A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, [hereinafter Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy], pp. 129, 140-141; Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, Bridgewater, MA, 1964, [hereinafter Cushman, Joseph A., Cushman Family in New England], pp. 28, 61.

[63] Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], p. 34, married by Thomas Croade, Justice of the Peace in Halifax; Bowman, George Ernest, “Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater,” Pilgrim Notes and Queries, Vol. V, No. 1, [Jan. 1917], [hereinafter Bowman, “Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater”], p. 2, which sorts out the different Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater.

[64] Plympton VRs, p. 86. Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, gives her birth as 4 Oct. 1725, but this was probably a corrected date from the change to the Gregorian calendar in 1756.

[65] Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, pp. 124, 129.

[66] Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, reprint, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1994, originally published as Part II of Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Boston, 1899, [hereinafter Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families], p. 159; Cushman, Joseph A., The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, p. 28.

[67] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 41, p. 222.

[68] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 41, p. 223.

[69] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 41, p. 223.

[70] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 42, p. 103.

[71] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 43, p. 126.

[72] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 191.

[73] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 56, p. 81.

[74] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 64, p. 23.

[75] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 64, p. 24.

[76] 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, there were two Benjamin Washburns living in Bridgewater in 1790, this was probably the Benjn Washburn living next door to James Hooper who had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 6 free white females.

[77] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 66, the Benjamin Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[78] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 573, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

[79] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 570, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

[80] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21927; Vol. 44, p. 347‑348.

[81] The last two children from Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 328, not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater.

[82] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 336; Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, gives the date as 29 May 1749, which is probably a corrected date from the change to the Gregorian Calendar in 1756.

[83] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190.

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

[85] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 333; Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, gives the date as 17 June 1751, but it was probably a corrected date from the change to the Gregorian Calendar in 1756.

[86] Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

[87] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328; Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

[88] Westgate, Alice Wilma Andrews, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Two: Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1978, [hereinafter MF5G: Rogers], p. 304.

[89] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386.

[90] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326; Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

[91] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 123; Vol. 2, p. 57; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 65, marriage of Nathaniel Hooper Jr. of Bridgewater and Elisabeth Bryant of Middleborough on 31 Mar. 1763.

[92] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384, marriage intentions recorded 28 Mar. 1789 in Bridgewater.

[93] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, pp. 74, 80, the marriage of Jesse Bryant and the widow Susanna Winslow on 10 Apr. 1744 in Middleborough; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 60; Plymouth VRs, p. 172, the marriage of James Winslow of Plymouth and Susanna Conant of Middleborough on 7 Dec. 1732 in Middleborough.

[94] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 569, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Isaac Backus of North Middleborough.

[95] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21922; Vol. 10A, p. 372.

[96] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 390; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 140, marriage of Luther Hooper and Phebe Washburn, both of Bridgewater, on 25 Nov. 1779.

[97] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 331; Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

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

[99] Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141, no birth date listed.

[100] Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 77, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

[101] Bowman, “Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater,” p. 2; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater, neither his birth nor his death were recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater.

[102] Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 77, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater; Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141, no birth date listed by Cushman.

[103] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 573, from Bridgewater Unitarian Church records, called “sister of Joshua Washburn.”

[104] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 77, under “Kesiah [____], wife of Andrew Conant;” Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, p. 141; Pilgrim Notes & Queries, Vol. 2, p. 77, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.

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

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

[107] Estimated from the date of his marriage, on 11 June 1740.

[108] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #456440, give the marriage date of Edward Battles and Experience Pratt as 13 Mar. 1706/7 in Hingham, MA.

[109] FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Susan Whipple, of Logandale, NV, and Ted D. Merrill, of Chaparral, NM.

[110] FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Susan Whipple, of Logandale, NV, and Ted D. Merrill, of Chaparral, NM.

[111] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], 599, Joseph Pratt married Sarah Judkins on 7 May 1662 in Weymouth.

[112] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 181, recorded on 26 Mar. 1747.

[113] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 42, p. 24, witnessed by Josiah Sturtevant and Benjamin Washburn “2d,” Benjamin’s share being one sixteenth part, and Henry’s share being one half of a sixteenth part, recorded on 18 Jan. 1753.

[114] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 54, p. 193, witnessed by Ebenezer Shaw and James Keith, and recorded on 16 Feb. 1769.

[115] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 54, p. 193-194, witnessed by Seth Richmond and Nathanael Richmond, and recorded on 16 Feb. 1769.

[116] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 3, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 2, pp. 268-336, taken from a batch of warrants to warn persons from Middleborough; The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 50, p. 68.

[117] Blake, Francis E., Worcester County, Massachusetts, Warnings 1737-1788, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, MA, 1899, p. 80.

[118] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1920, [hereinafter Mendon VRs], p. 512.

[119] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 329.

[120] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 65, marriage intentions recorded 21 May 1768 in Middleborough; Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 93.

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

[122] FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Jim and Jo Wiblin, of Newark, OH, and by Caletta Muzumdar of, Parowan, UT; Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Jane Peppler, of Chapel Hill, NC; and I.G.I. Marriage Record of John Kimpton/Kempton and Bethiah Deland.

[123] Mendon VRs, p. 421; Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Uxbridge VRs], p. 334.

[124] Uxbridge VRs, p. 101, under “Kympton.”

[125] Uxbridge VRs, p. 269, marriage intentions recorded 27 May 1771 in Uxbridge; Mendon VRs, p. 334, marriage intentions recorded 8 May 1771 in Mendon.

[126] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 227, Mendon Town, Worcester County, the John Kimpton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 6 free white females.

[127] 1800 Federal Census, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, p. 389, the John Kimpton household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 3 females aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[128] Worcester County Probate Case #34499, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

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

[130] Per Susan L. Bingler CGRS, posting on the Washburn GenForum of 17 Mar. 2000. A note says she believes Rachel’s maiden name may have been Coryell.

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

[132] I.G.I. Marriage Records, the marriage of Joseph Darling and Mary Fish on 6 Jan. 1732/3 in Smithfield, Providence Co., RI, and the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource Files, submitted by William Darling, of Shrewsbury, MA, Roger Bruso, of Hollywood, FL, and others.

[133] Mendon VRs, p. 421.

[134] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 329.

[135] His parents per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Lori Stover Steadman, of Salt Lake City, UT; the I.G.I. Individual File, the submitter’s name not listed, and the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource Files, submitted by William Darling, of Shrewsbury, MA, and Nicalaine H. Brown, of Baker, MT.

[136] Mendon VRs, p. 421, marriage intentions recorded 6 Apr. 1771 in Mendon.

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

[138] Mendon VRs, p. 421, marriage intentions recorded 11 Apr. 1776 in Mendon, however Huldah was still living with her parents in 1781 in Uxbridge, MA, when they were “warned out,” so it is probable that Huldah’s marriage to Kimpton never occurred.

[139] Uxbridge VRs, p. 269, marriage intentions recorded between Samuel Kimpton and Katherina Aldrich on 21 Feb. 1777 in Uxbridge.

[140] Uxbridge VRs, p. 100, under “Kempton.”

[141] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 227, Mendon Town, Worcester County, the Hulda Washburne household had only 2 free white females.

[142] 1810 Federal Census, Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA, p. 75, the Huldah Washburn household had 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[143] 1820 Federal Census, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA, p. 25, the Huldah Washburn household had 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

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

[145] Mendon VRs, p. 315, marriage of Joseph Hayward [of Mendon] and Ruth Jones, of Uxbridge, on 28 Dec. 1749 in Uxbridge.

[146] Mendon VRs, p. 421.

[147] Mendon VRs, p. 279, marriage intentions of Jonas Cutting of Smithfield and Mary Battles recorded on 17 Sept. 1772 in Mendon.

[148] Mendon VRs, p. 421.

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

[150] Per the FHL Ancestral File of Ebeazer Albee and Ruhamah Washburn, submitted by Ted D. Merrill, of Chaparral, NM.

[151] Mendon VRs, p. 421.

[152] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

[153] Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 84.

[154] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 227, Mendon Town, Worcester County, the Hulda Washburne household had only 2 free white females.

[155] Estimated from the date of her marriage on 24 Feb. 1740.

[156] Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909, [hereinafter Scituate VRs], Vol. 2, p. 48, marriage of William Bryant of Pembroke and Ruth Stetson on 7 May 1712 in Scituate; Smith, D. Alden, “The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-In-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton,” [hereinafter Smith, D. Alden, “Descendants of Stephen Bryant”], The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 154, p. 228.

[157] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384.

[158] Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 55.

[159] Smith, D. Alden, “Descendants of Stephen Bryant,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 154, p. 41, which doesn’t give the maiden name of Mehitabel; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 112, which suggests she may have been a Standish. Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 251, and Winsor, Justin, A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with Genealogical Registers, Boston, 1849, reprint, Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, 1995, [hereinafter Winsor, History of Duxbury], p. 321, both show that Capt. Josiah Standish, of Duxbury, MA, and Norwich and Preston, CT, had a daughter Mehitabel by his second wife, Sarah Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen, of Braintree, MA, who is thought to have possibly been the wife of Stephen Bryant (Jr.), of Plymouth, but I have not seen where this has been proven yet.

[160] Smith, D. Alden, “Descendants of Stephen Bryant,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 154, p. 228.

[161] Smith, D. Alden, “Descendants of Stephen Bryant,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 155, p. 190.

[162] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 151.

[163] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. II, p. 735.

[164] Wood, Deacon Alfred, Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1947, [hereinafter Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths], p. 28.

[165] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 172, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, there were three Hannah Bryants living in Middleborough. She was probably the Hannah Bryant 2d with 1 free white male under 16 and 2 free white females.

[166] Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths, p. 28, called “Widow of Nehemiah Bryant.”

[167] Smith, D. Alden, “Descendants of Stephen Bryant,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 155, p. 190-191.

[168] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 442, an unnamed child of Nehemiah Bryant in her death record.

[169] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 139.

[170] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 122, married by Rev. Isaac Backus, Baptist Minister in Middleborough.

[171] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 139.

[172] Smith, D. Alden, “Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 155, Apr. 2001, p. 190, citing “Backus, Deaths, p. 44a.”

[173] As suggested by Smith, D. Alden, “Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 155, p. 190-191, noting the large gap between the births of Lucy in 1744 and Bennajah in 1755.

[174] Calculated from her age at death.

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

[176] Calculated from his age at death.

[177] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 480, from his gravestone, buried in the Keith or South Street Cemetery in Titicut.

[178] Bridgewater Deeds 55:85.

[179] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 207.

[180] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 162.

[181] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 189.

[182] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 295-296.

[183] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 216; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 503: death of Hannah, wife of Nathan Keith, on 10 Feb. 1773.

[184] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 209, says he had Mehitabel 1747, Simeon 1749, Damaris 1751, Isaac 1753, Jonathan 1754, Hannah 1756, Martha 1761, and Nathan 1764.

[185] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 505.

[186] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 209.

[187] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #11944, Vol. 29, p. 479-481; Vol. 31, p. 12.

[188] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family In America, Boston, 1930, pp. 61-62.

[189] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 214, intentions call her “Kezia Keith, widow”; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 112, marriage intentions recorded 7 Dec. 1788 in Middleborough between Mr. Moses Eddy of Middleborough and Miss [sic] Keziah Keith of Bridgewater.

[190] Plympton VRs, p. 96.

[191] Hodge, Harriet Woodbury, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 5, John Billington of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1991, [hereinafter MF5G: Billington], pp. 63, 130.

[192] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 61.

[193] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 77, p. 65. The deed wasn’t recorded until after the death of Moses Eddy, on 9 Dec. 1794.

[194] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 174, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Moses “Eddey” household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 1 free white female.

[195] Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths, p. 61, buried with his first wife, Jedidah Eddy.

[196] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 35, p. 199.

[197] MF5G: Billington, p. 130, taken presumably from the Rev. Backus Diary, her death not listed in Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths.

[198] MF5G: Billington, p. 131.

[199] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 174, says they had Zerviah 1750, Seth 1754, Joseph 1756.

[200] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 135.

[201] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 276, who says that David Pratt married the “widow Ann Leonard (she was a Bryant probably)” in 1738.

[202] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 162, marriage intentions published 1 May 1779 in Bridgewater.

[203] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 272.

[204] They appear to have had 3 sons and 2 daughters by the 1790 federal census.

[205] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 264, the marriage of Seth Morton and Hepzibah Packard on 12 Sept. 1757 in Bridgewater.

[206] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 102, marriage intentions recorded between Mr. Thomas Pratt of Taunton and Mrs. Lydia Morton of Middleboro on 15 June 1783 in Middleborough.

[207] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 166, “Lydia Morton, dughter of Seth Morton by Hepzibath his Wife…”

[208] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. XII, p. 724.

[209] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 57, Taunton Town, Bristol County, the Thomas Pratt household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

[210] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 276, says he “settled in Titicut.” There were other Thomas Pratts living in both Middleborough and Bridgewater in the early 19th century who were different men. Thomas Pratt, son of Ebenezer and Abial Pratt of Middleborough, born in 1775, married Lydia Macomber in 1798 and had several children in Middleborough, while Thomas Pratt, son of Thomas and Mercy (Jones) Pratt of Bridgewater, married Susanna Thayer in 1788 and had several children in Bridgewater. They were presumably the Thomas Pratts who were heads of household in Middleborough and Bridgewater in the 1800, 1810, and 1820 federal censuses.

[211] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 135.

[212] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 480.

[213] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 134.

[214] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing the Selectmen’s Minutes, from FHL microfilm #0896885.

[215] Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Duxbury VRs], p. 214, marriage of Gamaliel Arnold and Hannah Wait, of Plymouth, on 17 Apr. 1766 in Plymouth.

[216] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter Hardwick VRs], p. 186.

[217] Hardwick VRs, p. 14.

[218] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. VII, p. 404.

[219] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 29, Lenox Town, Berkshire County, the Joseph Harvey household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females. No other Joseph Harveys were heads of households in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census.

[220] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, 1594-1896, 1897, [hereinafter Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family], pp. 24, 44. Sarah Washburn was “of Bridgewater” in the marriage record. Her father is not identified in The Richmond Family, but Sarah is placed in the family of Capt. Benjamin and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn because Henry’s brother, Job Richmond, married Jane Washburn, who was identified as a daughter of Capt. Benjamin and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn, and because Henry and Sarah Richmond named a son Ezra Richmond, probably after Ezra Washburn, the brother of Sarah (Washburn) Richmond.

[221] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #56968153, from his gravestone in Shepards Field Cemetery in Oxford, ME.

[222] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 10.

[223] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 39, p. 201-202, from FHL microfilm #0558827, recorded on 21 Sept. 1748.

[224] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 45, p. 21, from FHL microfilm #0559115 recorded on 11 May 1758.

[225] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 217, from FHL microfilm #0559116, witnessed by Thomas Hooper and James Keith, and recorded on 12 May 1762.

[226] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 84, p. 27, from FHL microfilm #0559135, witnessed by Joshua White and Daniel White, but not recorded until 17 Dec. 1789.

[227] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 43, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by James Keith, Joseph Perkins and Daniel Thresher, and recorded on 29 Oct. 1765.

[228] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 54, p. 19, from FHL microfilm #0559120, witnessed by John Cotton, Mary Cotton, Jonathan Churchill Jr. and Jesse Churchill, and recorded on 5 Feb. 1768.

[229] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 57, p. 54, from FHL microfilm #0559121, the witnesses to both being John Cotton and John Torrey, and both recorded on 14 Jan. 1772.

[230] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 57, p. 54, from FHL microfilm #0559121, witnessed by John Cotton and John Torrey, and recorded on 14 Jan. 1773.

[231] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 57, p. 180, from FHL microfilm #0559121, witnessed by John Cotton and Mary Cotton, and recorded on 14 Sept. 1773.

[232] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 62, p. 24, from FHL microfilm #0559124, witnessed by John Cotton and Rosseter Cotton, and recorded on 3 Apr. 1783.

[233] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 63, p. 69, from FHL microfilm #0559124, witnessed by George Thrasher and Jonathan Holmes, and recorded on 29 Apr. 1784.

[234] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 177, Plymouth town, Plymouth County, the family of Henry Richmond had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, and 4 free white females.

[235] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44.

[236] Per his gravestone in Shepards Field Cemetery in Oxford, Oxford Co., ME; Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XIII, p. 286-287

[237] Williams, Alicia Crane, Harlow Family, Descendants of Sgt. William Harlow [1624/5-1691] of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1997 [hereinafter Williams, Harlow Family], p. 48-49, 183; Plympton VRs, p. 328, the marriage of Robert Harlow and Susanah Cole on 10 Oct. 1717 in Plympton.

[238] Plymouth VRs, p., 234, the birth of Mary, daughter of John and Submit Wetherhead, on 2 Mar. 1777 in Plymouth; Plymouth VRs, p. 264, the marriage intentions of John Wetherhead, of Plymouth, and Submitt Harlow, of Halifax, recorded on 30 Sept. 1774 in Plymouth; Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p.282; Halifax VRs, p. 8, the marriage of John Witherhead of Plymouth and Submit Harlow of Halifax, on 2 Oct. 1775 in Halifax; Plymouth County Probate Vol. 23, p. 198, Submit Wethered, of Plymouth, widow, was granted administration of the estate of her husband John Wethered, late of Plymouth, yeoman, on 3 Aug. 1778.

[239] Williams, Harlow Family, p. 183.

[240] Plymouth VRs, pp. 282, 371; Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44.

[241] Plymouth VRs, p. 71.

[242] www.findagrave.com, memorial #56968153, from his gravestone in Shepards Field Cemetery in Oxford, Oxford Co., ME.l

[243] Children taken from Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44.

[244] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, pp. 44, 97, but her birth was not recorded in the Plymouth vital records, her name spelled “Zilpah” in her marriage record and in the births of her children in Plymouth, but “Zilpha” in both The Richmond Family and in Davis’ Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families.

[245] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, pp. 44, 97.

[246] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 162, marriage intentions of Mr. Silvanus Bramhall of Plymouth and Mrs. Mary Bennet of Middleborough published on 6 May 1735 in Plymouth; Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 40.

[247] Plymouth VRs, pp. 255, 382, both were “of Plymouth.”

[248] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, 1897, pp. 44, 97, but his birth was not recorded in the Plymouth vital records.

[249] Plymouth VRs, p. 146, the marriage of Jonathan Holmes and [blank] in Jan. 1752 in Plymouth.

[250] Plymouth VRs, pp. 261, 360, both “of Plimouth.”

[251] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 98.

[252] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44.

[253] Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Marriages From the Files of George Ernest Bowman At the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1990, [hereinafter Roser, Mayflower Marriages], p. 115; MF5G: Cooke, p. 479.

[254] Plymouth VRs, pp. 269, 364; Plympton VRs, p. 370, under “Rechmond.”

[255] Calculated from her age at death.

[256] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44. He has not yet been identified as a descendant of John Holmes, of Plymouth, although the name “Cornelius” was used quite commonly in that family.

[257] Plymouth VRs, pp. 278, 354; Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Carver VRs], p. 121, marriage intentions recorded 17 Sept. 1791 in Carver, where his name was spelled “Holms.”

[258] Taunton VRs, Vol. 3, p. 108.

[259] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 98.

[260] Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 255.

[261] Calculated from his age at death.

[262] 1820 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 16, the Asil Hacket household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 2 females aged 16-25 years, including 1 person engaged in manufacturing and trade.

[263] 1830 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 86, the Asial Hacket household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

[264] Taunton VRs, Vol. 3, p. 94.

[265] 1840 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 128, the Nancy Hackett household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female under 5, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

[266] Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 255.

[267] 1840 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 128, the George W. Dean household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in manufacturing and trade.

[268] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44.

[269] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 183.

[270] Plymouth VRs, pp. 278, 387.

[271] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 183.

[272] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 549, taken from a private record of deaths by Rev. Isaac Backus, of Titicut, MA.

[273] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44.

[274] Plymouth VRs, p. 258, marriage intentions recorded between John Swift of Plymouth and Elizabeth Gibbs of Sandwich on 20 Jan. 1770 in Plymouth; Brownson & McLean, “Thomas Gibbs, of Sandwich, Mass.,” p. 35.

[275] Plymouth VRs, pp. 281, 388.

[276] Calculated from his age at death.

[277] MF5G: Billington, p. 63.

[278] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 110, Vol. 2, p. 45, married by Benjamin Ruggles.

[279] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 41.

[280] MF5G: Billington, pp. 43-44, 63.

[281] MF5G: Billington, p. 133.

[282] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 46, p. 89-90, from FHL microfilm #0559116, witnessed by Ephraim Wood and Isaac Tinkham, and recorded on 16 Apr. 1760.

[283] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 48, p. 77, from FHL microfilm #0559117, it being part of 130 acres of land that Zebulon Leonard purchased from Mr. Thomas Pain, witnessed by John Richmond Jr. and Elkanah Leonard Jr., and recorded on 26 Mar. 1763.

[284] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 173, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Jonathan “Washbon” household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 5 free white females.

[285] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 71, the “Widow Judith Washburn” household had 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[286] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 87, p. 176, from FHL microfilm #0559136, signed by only Jonathan Washburn, witnessed by Joseph Clark and Isaac Thomson, and recorded on 16 Mar. 1800.

[287] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 118, p. 86-87, from FHL microfilm #0559957, witnessed by Charles Ames and Asa Packard, but not recorded until 12 Mar. 1812.

[288] Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths, p. 221; MF5G: Billington, p. 133 Thatcher, Charles M., “Thatcher Papers,” 3 Volumes, 1620-1899, manuscript from FHL microfilm #945019, [hereinafter Thatcher Papers], Vol. III: Washburn, no page numbers.

[289] Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths, p. 221; MF5G: Billington, p. 133.

[290] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 332, says they had Jonathan, Benjamin, Isaac, Salmon, and perhaps others. MF5G: Billington, p. 134, mentions also a typescript genealogy by Ella F. O’Gorman at the D.A.R. Library, probably taken from Mitchell, which basically agrees.

[291] Calculated from his age at death and the marriage of his parents in May 1751.

[292] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 88, 139, married by Rev. Solomon Reed, of North Middleborough. She was called “Alice” Shaw in the marriage intentions and the births of their children, but “Ellen” Shaw in the marriage record; Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 93, which lists the year as 1776.

[293] Calculated from his age at death, Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: Washburn, says he was born in 1752, and his brother Benjamin in 1750, but their parents weren’t married until May of 1751, so Benjamin was probably born in early 1752, and Jonathan the next year.

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

[295] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 388. He was called “of Middleborough” in the marriage record.

[296] MF5G: Billington, taken from Emery, S.H., History of Taunton, Massachusetts, Syracuse, NY, 1893, pp. 33,34, and from his Revolutionary War Pension File #W1677.

[297] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 133.

[298] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 147, married by Caleb Turner, “Married at Bridgwater Isaac Washburn of Taunton…and Eunice Cary;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387, marriage intentions recorded 4 Mar. 1786 in Bridgewater.

[299] Per the FHL Ancestry File of Isaac Washburn and Elizabeth Richmond, submitted by Betty Paulsen, of Menan, ID.

[300] Calculated from her age at death.

[301] Thatcher Papers, Vol. III: White, however the grandparents listed for Silas White were not Benjamin and Faith (Oakman) White.

[302] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 93, 134, “both of Middleborough.”

[303] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 118, p. 68-69, acknowledged in Feb. 1812.

[304] Calculated from her age at death.

[305] Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 172, the marriage of Elijah Reed and Sarah Reed on 10 July 1755 in Abington.

[306] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 94, 139.

[307] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 118, p. 68-69, acknowledged in Feb. 1812.

[308] Calculated from her age at death.

[309] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 189.

[310] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 390; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 140, married by Rev. Solomon Reed of North Middleborough; Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 94, which lists the date as 24 Nov. 1779.

[311] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 118, p. 68-69, acknowledged in Feb. 1812.

[312] Calculated from her age at death.

[313] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 120, the marriage of Benjamin White and Hannah Shaw, both of Middleborough, on 4 Mar. 1756, by Peter Oliver, Justice of the Peace.

[314] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 109, 149, married by Joseph Barker in Middleborough. He was called “Salomon” Washburn in the marriage record.

[315] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 145, p. 113, from FHL microfilm #0559972, recorded on 5 Dec. 1821.

[316] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 572, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev. Isaac Backus of North Middleborough.

[317] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22043, Vol. 52, p. 213, from FHL microfilm #0550907.

[318] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 59, pp. 104, 552, from FHL microfilm #0550910.

[319] Estimated from the date of his marriage in 1789 and his age in the 1810 census in Chittenden Co., VT, of no more than 45.

[320] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 104, which omits daughter Silence Ames.

[321] If Zenas Washburn had 3 children by the 1790 census, then he may have had a first wife before marrying Silence Ames in 1789.

[322] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 146, married by Rev. David Gurney of North Middleborough, both called “of Bridgwater” in the marriage record; Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 94.

[323] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 35.

[324] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 102.

[325] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 193.

[326] His grandfather, Capt. Benjamin Washburn, was a brother of her great-grandfather, Capt. Nehemiah Washburn.

[327] Per the 1790 and 1810 federal censuses.

[328] 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 Zenas Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

[329] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 118, p. 86.

[330] 1810 Federal Census, Colchester, Chittenden Co., VT, p. 197, the Zenas Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-45, and 1 female aged 26-45.

[331] Her surname from email letter of Susan Bingler, CGRS, of 28 Apr. 2000.

[332] Her parents per the I.G.I. Individual Record of Relief Joy.

[333] Per the I.G.I. Individual Record of Relief Joy.

[334] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 163, taken from Vol. 2, p. 168, of the Stafford Town Records; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 168, from p. 156 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, which just calls her “Washburn, wife of Nehemiah Washburn.”

[335] Her parents per the I.G.I. Individual Record of Abigail White, which shows a marriage year of 1724 for William White and Patience Eddy, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Norton or Taunton; Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family In America, Boston, 1930, p. 889.

[336] 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. 137 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

[337] Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Norton VRs], p. 153.

[338] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Eddy Family in America, Boston, 1930, pp. 879, 881, 889; I.G.I. Individual Record for William White, born 28 Oct. 1692 in Taunton, MA.

[339] His name appears on the Ashfield 1766 Tax Valuation List, and also the 1772 Ashfield Tax List, per email letter of Susan Bingler CGRS, of 26 Apr. 2000.

[340] 1800 Federal Census, Hampshire Co., MA, p ?, the household of Nehemiah Washburn had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[341] Per the Ancestry.com Washburn Tree and It’s Branches file submitted by leighmichael.

[342] Per the Ancestry.com Washburn Tree and It’s Branches file submitted by leighmichael.

[343] 1810 Federal Census, DeKalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY, p. 354, the White Washburn household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[344] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 2, of the Stafford Town Records, “Benjamin, son of Nehemiah Washburn,” the birth date missing; Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 1, from p. 34 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712, the day and year missing.

[345] Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, MA, 1904, [hereinafter Petersham VRs], p. 96, the marriage of William Galloway and Margarit Oliver, both of New Rutland, on 19 Mar. 1753 in Petersham; Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Barre VRs], p. 140, the marriage of William Galiway and Margaret Oliver, both of N. Rutland, on 19 Mar. 1753 in Petersham.

[346] Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1943, [hereinafter Conway VRs], p. 195, marriage intentions recorded 14 Apr. 1786. Benjamin Washburn was called “of Buckland” in the marriage intentions.

[347] Franklin County Land Records, Vol. 6, p. 623-626, from FHL microfilm #0893556, witnessed by Phillip Phillips, Joshua Phillips, Mary Crow, Jeremiah Russell, and Ezra Washburn, acknowledged on 19 Nov. 1791 by Anne Shields before Phillip Phillips, J.P., on 8 Dec. 1791 by Isabel Priest, Benjamin Washburn and Chrisehana Washburn in Saratoga Co., NY, on 20 May 1793 by Margaret Galloway before Jeremiah Russell, J.P., and on 16 Nov. 1794 by Wm Patrick Shields, John Woodward and Sarah Woodward before Phillip Phillips.

[348] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 162, taken from Vol. 2, p. 7, of the Stafford Town Records, “George, son of Nehemiah & Abigail Washburn;” Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 7, from p. 41 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712, the child’s name missing.

[349] Per the Ancestry.com Lyle Family Tree file submitted by SELyle, but her birth was not found in the Stafford town vital records.

[350] Per the Ancestry.com Lyle Family Tree file submitted by SELyle, but his birth was not found in the Stafford town vital records.

[351] Per the Ancestry.com Lyle Family Tree file submitted by SELyle, calculated from the birth of their eldest son in ca. 1790, but according to the 1790 census they may have been married several years earlier and had other children born before 1790.

[352] Calculated from his age at death.

[353] Bailey, Frederic W., Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, New Haven, CT, [hereinafter Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages], Kent, p. 20, the marriage of Miles Washburn and Sarah Lyon on 12 Oct. 1752 in Kent, CT.

[354] Per the FHL Ancestry Files of Mikkelson of Davis, CA, and Ronald J. Riley, of Muskegon, MI.

[355] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

[356] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #162226709, but the Ancestry.com Westcott-Deitch Family Tree file submitted by Judith McNew, of St. Cloud, FL, gives his birth as July 1777 in Massachusetts.

[357] Per the Ancestry.com Westcott-Deitch Family Tree file submitted by Judith McNew, of St. Cloud, FL, the Ancestry.com Saar, Schweder, Terry, Westcutt, Washburn file submitted by Jan Langlois, of Wausau, WI; Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the marriage of Simeon Farrel and Catherine Magoon on 22 Apr. 1782 in Ware, Hampshire Co., MA.

[358] Per the Ancestry.com Westcott-Deitch Family Tree file submitted by Judith McNew, of St. Cloud, FL.

[359] Two females were living in his family in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1800 federal census, one aged 16-25 years, and one aged 26-44 years.

[360] Calculated from her age at death.

[361] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, pp. 24, 44.

[362] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 390, under “Patience” Washburn; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 52, marriage intentions recorded 30 Mar. 1754, he was “of Middleborough,” and she was “of Bridgewater,” Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 332, also calls her “Patience” Washburn, but the Bridgewater marriage intentions recorded her name as “Reliance.”

[363] He is presumed to have been younger than his brother Henry Richmond Jr., but he first purchased land in Middleborough in 1749.

[364] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 10.

[365] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 40, p. 62, witnessed by Abiezer Edson and James Keith, and recorded on 28 June 1749. The date of this purchase means that Nathan Richmond was probably already at least 18 years of age in 1749.

[366] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 45, p. 21, from FHL microfilm #0559115, recorded on 11 May 1758.

[367] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 58, p. 25, from FHL microfilm #0559122, witnessed by David Alden and Ebenezer Brettun [Brittan], and but not recorded until 12 Apr. 1774.

[368] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 174, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Nathan Richmond household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, and 2 free white females.

[369] 1800 Federal Census, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 364, the Reuben Richmond household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[370] Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths, p. 144.

[371] All from Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[372] Per Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[373] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 44; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 96, 134, Dec. 1779.

[374] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45; FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Betty Paulsen, of Menan, ID.

[375] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[376] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 323, marriage intentions recorded 25 Oct. 1800 in Bridgewater, she was “of Taunton.”

[377] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 199.

[378] 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 Nymphas Kinsley household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

[379] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 61, the Nymphas Kinsley household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

[380] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 221.

[381] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[382] His parents’ names from his birth record; Braintree, MA, Vital and Church Records, 1638-1850, online database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the marriage of Benjamin Clark and Bethiah Shaw on 18 Jan. 1744 in Braintree, MA.

[383] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 99, 135, both “of Middleborough.”

[384] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[385] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, pp. 45, 99.

[386] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[387] His parents per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Betty Paulsen, of Menan, ID.

[388] Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 2, p. 405.

[389] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[390] Calculated from the age of her mother and her marriage in 1762.

[391] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 24.

[392] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 147, Vol. 2, p. 57, she was called “of Middleborough” in her marriage record; Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 92, where she was called “Jenney Washburn.”

[393] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 10.

[394] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, Vol. XIII, p. 288.

[395] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 173, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Job Richmond household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

[396] Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 33.

[397] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[398] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[399] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, pp. 45-46.

[400] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 45.

[401] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 50; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 240.

[402] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 96, 135, married by Joshua White in Bridgewater.

[403] Estimated from the date of her marriage in 1781.

[404] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 46.

[405] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 119, the marriage of Samuel Eaton and Patience Tinkham, both of Middleborough, on 8 Nov. 1753 in Middleborough by Silvanus Conant; Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Eaton], p. 56.

[406] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 99, 135, married by Joshua White, of Middleborough.

[407] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 191.

[408] MF5G: Eaton, p. 20-21; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 164.

[409] MF5G: Eaton, p. 56; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 90.

[410] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 57, marriage intentions of Abner Sears of Middleborough and Lydia Perkins of Bridgewater recorded on 1 Feb. 1762 in Middleborough; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 332, marriage of Abner Sears of Middleborough and Lydia Perkins on 15 July 1762 in Bridgewater.

[411] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 104, 143, married by Rev. Joseph Barker of Middleborough.

[412] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 204.

[413] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 59, birth of Abner Sears, son of David and Phebe Sears, on 19 Feb. 1839/9 in Middleborough; Plympton VRs, p. 385, marriage of David Seears and Phebe Bryant on 29 Nov. 1733 in Plympton.

[414] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 174, Middleborough Town, Plymouth County, the Israel Eaton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

[415] 1800 Federal Census, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 82, the Israel Eaton household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

[416] Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths, p. 60; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #7048.

[417] Plymouth County Probate Docket #7048, Vol. 74, pp. 136-138, 309, from FHL microfilm #0555262, his will witnessed by Abner Leonard, Barnabas Eaton and Ziba Eaton, his inventory appraised by Enos Eaton, Barnabas Eaton, and Zebedee Leonard, his real estate valued at $121.00, and his personal estate totaled $190.02.

[418] Wood, Alfred, Middleboro Deaths, p. 61.

[419] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 262.

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

[421] Dorchester VRs, p. 337.

[422] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 101.

[423] Dorchester VRs, p. 203, her parents Benjamin & Molly Wentworth.

[424] 1820 Federal Census, Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 220-221, the Zenas Eaton household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in manufacturing.

[425] 1830 Federal Census, Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 99, the Zenas Eaton household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

[426] 1840 Federal Census, Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 20, the Zenas Eaton household had 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 15-19 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in manufacturing and trade.

[427] 1850 Federal Census, Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 24, dwelling #283, family #374:

Zenas Eaton, 68, male, laborer, born MA

Polly Eaton, 61, female, born MA

Clarissa Eaton, 25, female, born MA

[428] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 191, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a boot maker, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Israel & Eunice Eaton.

[429] 1860 Federal Census, Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 247, dwelling #1726, family #1976:

Polly Eaton, 70, female, $2000, $100, born MA

Clarissa Eaton, 35, female, born MA

Dwelling #1726, family #1977:

Kimball B. Nickerson, 45, male, cabinet maker, $4000, $3000, born MA

Eliza A. Nickerson, 43, female, born MA

George F. Nickerson, 23, male, born MA

[430] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 148, p. 240, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Zenas Eaton, her birth place Dorchester, her father Benjamin Wentworth, born in Dorchester, and her mother Molly Mellish, born in Dorchester.

[431] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 46.

[432] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 46.

[433] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 46.

[434] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 46.

[435] Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 102, the marriage of Joseph Hearsy Jr. and Mary Reed on 1 Feb. 1755 in Abington.

[436] Abington VRs, Vol. 2, p. 102, the marriage of Daniel Hersey and Anna Pool on 25 Apr. 1790 in Abington; Vol. 2, p. 296, the death of Anna Pool Hearsey, wife of Daniel Hearsey, on 12 Mar. 1797, aged 29 years.

[437] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 129, 160, married by Rev. David Gurney of North Middleborough; Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1912, [hereinafter Abington VRs], Vol. 2, p. 182, marriage intentions recorded 3 Dec. 1797 in Abington.

[438] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 74, marriage of Jedidiah Lyon and Mary Cushman, both of Middleborough, on 24 Nov. 1743 in Middleborough.

[439] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 126, 158.

[440] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 268, who says he “settled in Titicut.”

[441] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 279, 290.

[442] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, pp. 46, 102; FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Betty Paulsen, of Menan, ID.

[443] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 102.

[444] Ancestry.com’s New Jersey Early Census Index, Newark twp, Essex Co., NJ, October Tax List for 1812, p. 16.

[445] Ancestry.com’s New Jersey Early Census Index, Newark twp, Essex Co., NJ, July Tax List for 1813, p. 18.

[446] Ancestry.com’s New Jersey Early Census Index, Newark twp, Essex Co., NJ, July Tax List for 1814, p. 20.

[447] Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 102; FHL Ancestral File of Betty Paulsen, of Menan, ID.

[448] All from Richmond, Joshua B., The Richmond Family, p. 102.

[449] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 63, marriage intentions recorded between Stephen Richmond and Hannah Beals, both of Middleborough, on 9 Jan. 1767 in Middleborough.

[450] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 130, 160, married by Rev. David Gurney of North Middleborough; Townsend, North Middleborough Congregational Church, p. 95.

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[A] The Will of Benjamin Washburn, of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay (1785): *

In the Name of God amen. I Benjamin Washburn of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Housewright being of a sound & disposing Mind & Memory calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in Manner following viz I Give & recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God, that gave it, & my Body I recommend to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor, & touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in the Life, I will & bequeath the same in the following Manner & Form viz—

1^st. I will that all my debts & funeral Charges be paid & discharged by my Executor hereafter named in convenient time after my decease—

2^dly. I give & bequeath to my well beloved wife Mary & to her Heirs & assigns one Cow, also I give to her during her natural Life the use & Improvement of the southwesterly Fireroom & half of the Kitchen belonging to my Dwelling house & of all my household Furniture, I also give to her a sufficient quantity of Fire wood to be found & cut off at the Door fit for her Fire by my Son Joshua Washburn, I also give to her the use of one third part of my Cellar belonging to my Dwelling house during her natural Life—

3^dly. I give and bequeath to my Son Asa & to his Heirs and assigns five shillings he having already received his Share & proportion of my Estate—

4^hly. I give & bequeath to my Son Joshua his Heirs & assigns all my Lands with the Buildings thereon which Lands are described in my several Deeds from Jonathan Wood, Benjamin Leach jun^r John Wood, & Solomon Leonard, he the said Joshua to pay the several Legacies mentioned in this my last Will. I also give to him the said Joshua all my Quick Stock not already disposed of, my farming Tools & Implements, all my Shop Tools & all Debts & Sums of Money, due on Bond, Notes, Book accounts Money on hand & every kind of farm produces left at my decease—

5^thly. I give & bequeath to my Son Benjamin & to his Heirs & assigns five shillings he having already received of me his Share & proportion of my Estate—

6^thly. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Susanna the Wife of James Hooper & to her Heirs & assigns the Sum of four Pounds & ten shillings, also one fifth part of my Household Furniture after the decease of my wife, the four Pounds ten shillings to be paid to her at the End of one Year after my decease—

7^thly. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Eunice the Wife of Asa Richmond & to her Heirs & Assigns the sum of three Pounds to be paid to her at the End of one Year after my decease, I in like manner give to her one fifth part of my House hold Furniture after the decease of my Wife—

8^thly. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary & to her Heirs & assigns the Sum of thirty Pounds to be paid to her at the End of one year after my decease, in like Manner I give to her one fifth part of my Household Furniture after the decease of my wife—

9^thly. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Olive & to her Heirs & Assigns the Sum of Forty Pounds to be paid to her at the End of one year after my decease, in like Manner I give to her one fifth part of my Household Furniture after the decease of my wife—

10^thly. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Kezia & to her Heirs & Assigns the Sum of thirty Pounds to be paid to her at the End of one year after my decease, in like Manner I give to her one fifth part of my Household Furniture after the decease of my wife—

Lastly I do hereby constitute my Son Joshua sole Executor of this my last will & Testament

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this fourteenth day of January Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred & eighty five

Sign^d. seal^d. publish^d. pronounced & declared

By the said Benjamin Washburn as his last Will Benjamin Washburn

& Testament in the presence of us who in his presence

& in the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our Names

Benjⁿ. Willis

Moses Leonard

Benjⁿ Willis jun^r

The will was republished in Oct. 1809 in the presence the following witnesses:

Daniel Mitchell

Joseph Ames jun^r

Galen Conant

The will was presented for probate on 5 Oct. 1812 by Joshua Washburn, the Executor, and proved by Daniel Mitchell, Esq., and Joseph Ames jun^r, two of the witnesses, who made oath that they, along with Galen Conant, heard the said Testator declare & republish the said instrument to be his last will & testament and that he had signed the same in presence of Benjamin Willis, Esq., Moses Leonard and Benjamin Willis Jr., the three witnesses thereto first subscribed who at the time of said republication were deceased, and that in their opinion Benjamin Washburn was then of a sound mind.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 44, p. 347, from FHL microfilm #0550903.

[B] The Will of Nathan Keith of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay (1785): *

In the name of God Amen—I Nathan Keith of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Do this twenty First day of March in the Year of our Lord Christ one Thousand seven Hundred & Eighty Five, make declare and Publish this my Last will and testament—First I will that all Such Debts as I shall justly owe at the time of my Decease, my funeral Expenses and all Such Legacies & Bequests as are herein after willed, bequeathed and Given, shall be paid by my Executors herein after named in manner and Form—and I Give Devise and bequeath to my Son Simeon Keith his Heirs and assigns Forever all my upland and meadow Lying on Matfield River which my Honored father Conveyed to me by Deed, also my ten acre wood Lot which was Formerly Deacon Edward Fobes’s, to have and to hold to him the s^d Simeon Keith his Heirs and assigns Forever, provided he the said Simeon Acquits and Confirms with his Brother Jonathan Keith his Heirs and assigns his the s^d Simeons Rights of Heirship to the Land which was his mother’s, and pays such sums of money as I shall herein after order and Direct him to pay—also I Give Devise and bequeath to my Son Jonathan Keith his Heirs and assigns Forever my Eleven acre wood Lot, which I purchased of Jonathan Perkins and his wife, also my Great Lot in the Second Division on the Cedar Swamp, also the Right, which my Son Simeon acquitted to me of his Share in the Land, which was my First wifes, to have and to hold to him the said Jonathan his Heirs and assigns Forever, provided he the said Jonathan pays such Sums of money as I shall herein after order and Direct him to pay.

Also—I Give Devise and bequeath to my Son Nathan Keith his Heirs and assigns Forever, my twenty acre wood Lot which Lays on the westerly side of Joseph Snells Land—also my Little Lot in the First Division in the Cedar Swamp, also my Cart and wheels, my Saddle and bridle and all my indoor moveables and wearing apparell, to have and to hold to him the said Nathan Keith his Heirs and assigns Forever, provided he the said Nathan pays Such Sums of money as I shall herein after order and direct him to pay.

Also—I Give and bequeath to my two Daughters, namely Damaris Allen and Martha Bisby, and to the two Children of my Daughter Mehitable Curtis deceased, namely Josiah Curtis and Theophilus Curtis, Six Shillings cash to be paid to them by my Executors herein after named within twelve months next after my decease.

Also—I Give and bequeath to my Grandson Timothy Keith the only Son of my Son Isaac Keith Deceased, provided he the said Timothy Lives to the age of twenty one years, the Sum of Six pounds of Lawful Silver monty to be paid by my Executors herein after named in equal Shares within one month next after he attains to the age of twenty one years.

also—I Give Devise and bequeath to my three Sons, namely Simeon, Jonathan and Nathan their Heirs and assigns to be equally divided between them, my Right in the Saw mill, also my Pew in the Publick meeting in the north Precinct in Bridgwater, and my Horse stable near said meeting House to have and to hold Forever—

also—I Give and bequeath to the said Nathan Keith all my Quick Stock, all my outdoor moveables and all my other Estate of what name or nature soever not otherwise disposed of or Given away, to have & to hold Forever

and For theFull performance and Execution of this my Last will and testament in all and every part and thing, I do hereby ordain, Constitute & appoint my three Sons, namely Simeon Keith, Jonathan Keith and Nathan Keith to be my Executors of this my Last will and testament, and I hereby order and Direct the said Simeon, Jonathan and Nathan to pay and Satisfie all my just Debts, Funeral Charges, Legacies and bequests by me in this will made, in equal Shares, betwixt them, and to Give me a Decent Christian burial—In Witness whereof I the said Nathan Keith the testator have to this my Last will and testament Set my hand and Seal the day and year above written

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by

the above named Nathan Keith to be his Nathan Keith (seal)

Last will and testament, in the presence of

Us who have hereunto Subscribed our

Names as witnesses in the presence of the

Testator and in the presence of each other

Jonathan Packard

James Barrell

Daniel Howard

Probated on 6 Mar. 1786, “Nathan Keith Late of Bridgewater…yeoman,” presented for Probate by Simeon Keith, Jonathan Keith & Nathan Keith, the Executors, proved by James Barrell and Daniel Howard, two of the witnesses.

Philip Bryant, Phisician, Daniel Howard, yeoman, and Levi Keith, yeoman, all of Bridgwater, were appointed to appraise the estate of Nathan Keith, late of Bridgwater, yeoman. The personal estate was valued at £75.18, and the real estate was valued at £305.0. Simeon Keith, one of the executors, gave his oath to the inventory on 7 Aug. 1786.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 29, p. 479-481, from FHL microfilm #0550715, and Vol. 31, p. 12, from FHL microfilm #0550716.

[C] The Will of Moses Eddy, of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1794): *

In the name of God Amen—I Moses Eddy of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, being advanced in years & Labouring under infirmity of body, but of a sound & disposing mind & memory blessed by God for the same, wherefore calling to mind my own mortality, I do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament, to remain firm & inviolable forever—principally & first of all, I Give my soul to God, who gave it, and my body I recommend to the dust, to be buryed in a decent manner at the discretion of my Executor, hereafter named, trusting that at the general resurrection, I shall recieve the same again, by the mighty power of God, and do by these presents Give & dispose of the Estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with, in the following manner—viz^~

Imprimis—I Give & bequeath to my true & well beloved wife Kezia Eddy (as her right of Dower in my Estate) and to her heirs & assigns forever, all of the property of every kind, that she brought with her to me, on my marriage with her, or since, which with the provision I have otherways made for her support when I disposed of my real estate, I mean to be in full for her Dower & Support out of my estate

Item—I give and bequeath to Abigail Washburn Daughter of Jonathan Washburn, who now liveth with me, the value of twenty Silver Dollars, to be paid her at my decease out of my personal Estate by my Executor

Item—I Give & bequeath to Huldah Washburn, Daughter of said Jonathan Washburn, the value of twenty Silver Dollars, to be paid her at my decease out of my personal estate by my Executor

Item—I Give & bequeath to Jedidah Washburn, Daughter of said Jonathan Washburn, the value of twenty five Silver dollars, to be paid her by my Executor out of my personal estate at my decease

Item—I Give & bequeath to Cynthia Washburn Daughter of said Jonathan Washburn, the value of twenty Silver Dollars to be paid her by my Executor out of my personal estate at my decease

Item—after my just debts, funeral charges & the expense of Settling my Estate, is first paid, then my will is, and I do hereby Give & bequeath to y^e said Jonathan Washburn, & to his heirs & assigns Forever, all of the remaining part and residue of my estate, both real & personal.—Furthermore my will is and I do hereby order, that if the said Abigail, Huldah, Jedidah or Cynthia shall any of them die under twenty one years of age, leaving no Issue, then the surviving shall have in equal proportion, the share or shares of her or them that shall to die

Lastly—my will is, and I do hereby appoint my trusty friend Jonathan Washburn Sole Executor to this my Last will & testament, thus hoping that this my last will & testament, will be kept & performed, according to the true intent & meaning of the same, I the before named Moses Eddy have hereunto Set my hand & seal this thirtieth day of may, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Seven hundred & ninety four

Signed, Sealed, Published, Pronounced his

& declared by the said Moses Eddy to be Moses X Eddy (seal)

his Last will & testament in the presence mark

of us Elijah Eaton

Isaac Thomson

Lucy Thomson

Presented for probate on 5 Jan. 1795 by Jonathan Washburn, the Executor therein named, and proved by Isaac Thomson Esq^r & Elijah Eaton, two of the witnesses.

Isaac Thomson Esq^r, Mss^rs Elijah Eaton & Rufus Alden yeomen all of Middleborough were appointed to appraise the estate of Moses Eddy Late of Middleb^o, on 7 Dec. 1794.

The following Inventory contains all the Estate of M^r Moses Eddy Late of Middleborough in said County, yeoman deceased, which hath been shown to us by the Executor of said deceased, which hath been appraised by us y^e subscribers as followeth—viz^~

To his wearing apparell, armour, Books, Cash & Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 30.16.9

Bed, Bedding, table linnon & yarn 16.12.1 Pewter, CastIron, Glass, Iron & wood ware 70/8 . . . . . — 20. 2.9

his other household furniture 5.14.2—Farming utensills 7.0.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 12.14.3

two oxen, 1 horse Colt, Cow, 2 heifers, 1 Swine & 5 sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 32. 1.6

Provisions for the family & fodder for the creatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 26. 1.7

One cow & sundries his Last wife brought to him at her marriage with him, } . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 23. 0.1

particularly given her in his will

his Right in a Pew & Horse stable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 3. 0.—

Dated at s^d Middleb^o Dec^r 19^th A.D. 1794 £147.16.11

Isaac Thomson

Elijah Eaton

Rufus Alden

Jon^a Washburn Exer to the will of Moses Eddy deceased, gave his oath to the inventory on 5 Jan. 1795.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 35, pp. 199-201 from FHL microfilm #0550718.

[D] The Will of Israel Eaton of Middleborough, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1833): *

Be it remembered that I Israel Eaton of Middleborough & County of Plymouth, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life & being of sound mind & memory do make this & publish as my last Will & Testament in manner & form following, that is to say,

First I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Keziah Eaton ten dollars, and desk, two feather beds & bedding, also One Cow.

I also give & bequeath to my grand daughter Caroline Eaton my largest looking glass.

I also give & bequeath to my grand daughter Mary Ann Eaton one bed when she is eighteen years old.

I also give & bequeath to my son Zenas Eaton one feather bed & the bedding that belongs to it.

I also give all the remainder of my household furniture to my wife.

I also give to my son Daniel Eaton his heirs & assigns forever one lot of land lying in Middleborough containing about seven acres, a part of which I bought of Capt. Jabez Thomas together with two horse wagons, & harnesses, & one red Cow, & all my farming tools upon conditions, that my said son Daniel pay my son Zenas Eaton forty dollars in one year from my decease. Also to my grandson Oliver Eaton ten dollars, to be paid to him when he is twenty one years, of age.

I also give & bequeath to my son Israel Eaton One dollar & fifty cents, in one year from my decease.

And after all my just debts are paid all the remainder of my property I give to my wife, my son Zenas & my son Daniel to be equally divided betwixt them.

And I do hereby appoint Abner Leonard sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this fourteenth day of February in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty three.

Israel Eaton (seal)

Signed, sealed & published & declared by the above named Israel

Eaton to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who

have hereunto subscribed our names, as witnesses in the presence

of the testator.

Abner Leonard

Barnabas Eaton

Ziba Eaton

Probated on 7 May 1833, and proved by Abner Leonard, Barnabas Eaton, and Ziba Eaton, the three witnesses.

The Inventory of the Estate of Israel Eaton, late of Middleborough, not dated, was appraised by Enos Eaton, Barnabas Eaton and Zebedee Leonard., his real estate totaled $121.00, and his personal estate totaled $190.02. Abner Leonard, the Executor, gave his oath to the inventory on 6 Aug. 1833.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 74, pp. 136-138, 309, from FHL microfilm #0555262.