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--- Fifth Generation in
Families of the Children of Ephraim4 Washburn and
The families of most of the children of Ephraim Washburn and
Lydia Polden are easier to trace than some of the
other branches, with the exception of those of Stephen, Isaac and John
Washburn, of which I am still very uncertain. Son Isaac’s family may be
confused with that of a different Isaac Washburn, and son John Washburn’s first
wife and children have now been discovered. Research is ongoing on this branch,
as time permits.
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(499.) William5 Washburn, eldest
son of (134) Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Plympton, MA, on 25 Oct. 1726,[1]
married Sarah Bates, probably daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Savery) Bates,[2]
of Wareham, MA, on 8 Nov. 1759 in Wareham.[3] She was born on 16 Dec. 1737 in
William
Washburn was a cooper, and they settled in the part of Plympton that became
Carver, MA, in 1790. On 15 July 1757 William Washburn of Plympton purchased
land in Plympton near where the old bridge stood from Nathan Landers Jr. of
Wareham for £48,[6] and on 22 Apr. 1758 he purchased a piece of cedar
swamp in the South Meadow Cedar Swamp in Plympton from Bonum
Nye of Plympton for 40 shillings.[7] On 7 June 1759 William Washburn of Plympton sold
to his brother Stephen Washburn of Plympton part of the old farm in Plympton
that had belonged to their father Ephraim Washburn for £13.6.8,[8] and on 15 Apr. 1760 William Washburn of Plympton
sold to Caleb Benson of Middleborough a parcel of land in Plympton for £13.6.8.[9] On 9 Sept. 1784 William Washburn of Plympton,
Consider Benson, Elizabeth Benson, David Vaughan, Phebe Vaughan and Mercy
Washburn, all of Middleborough, and Isaac Washburn of Rochester sold to Asa
Hunt of Middleborough 3 acres of meadow in Plympton which their father Ephraim
Washburn, late of Plympton, had purchased from Nathaniel Thomas and had been
set off to their mother Mary Washburn in the division of their father’s estate,
except two eleventh parts which belonged to their brother John Washburn and the
heirs of their late sister Jemima Randell, deceased.[10] On 29 July 1785 William Washburn of Plympton
purchased one half of a sawmill from Ichabod Benson of Middleborough that
Ichabod’s father Joshua Benson had build at the Fresh
Meadow Forge Dam in Middleborough and Plympton for £25,[11] and on 3 Aug. 1787 William Washburn, of Plympton,
purchased a parcel of upland and meadow in Wareham from Sarah Benson, widow of
Joshua Benson, of Middleborough, that had she had received from her father Seth
Ellis, late of Wareham, for £52.10.[12] On 6 Oct. 1786 Consider Benson and Elisabeth
Benson his wife, and Phebe Vaughan wife of David Vaughan, all of Middleborough,
William Washburn of Plympton, Isaac Washburn of Rochester, and Thomas Randal,
Ephraim Randal and Mercy Randal of Pembroke agreed on a division of 2 tracts of
land in Plympton which Mary Washburn, deceased, widow of Ephraim Washburn, late
of Plympton, held as her dowry in her deceased husband’s estate.[13] On 6 June 1793 William Washburn of Carver sold a
piece of meadow in Wareham at Indian Neck to Israel Fearing Esq., of Wareham,
for £7.4,[14] and on 15 Apr. 1794 William Washburn of Carver
purchased two shares of a mill standing in Benson’s Dam in Middleborough from
William Atwood of Carver for £27.[15] They were still living in Carver, MA, in the
1790,[16] and 1800 federal censuses.[17] In 1794, after his son Rowland Washburn had died,
William Washburn asked the court that Rowland’s mother-in-law Abigail
administer his estate, which was eventually granted to Rev. Rowland Thacher, of
Wareham. On 15 Apr. 1795 Rev. Rowland Thacher filed a complaint that William
Washburn, and wife Sarah, Perez Washburn, and Jemima Washburn, spinster, all
of Carver, had withheld goods belonging to the estate of Rowland Washburn.[18]
Sarah
(Bates) Washburn died on 26 Mar. 1805 in Carver, aged 67 years,[19] and William Washburn was still living in Carver,
MA, in the 1810 federal census.[20] He died testate on 21 Dec. 1810 in Carver, aged
84 years.[21] His will was dated 19 Nov. 1810, and probated on
18 Jan. 1811. He mentioned his son Thomas Washburn, to whom he gave his
blacksmith’s tools, and the share of a pew in Wareham that his mother had
inherited from her father; his son Perez Washburn; son Asaph Washburn; daughter
Lydia, wife of Nathaniel Atwood; daughter Sarah; daughter Jemima; and daughter
Polly, wife of Thomas Barrows; and the heir of his son Rowland Washburn,
deceased. He named his son, Asaph Washburn, as executor of his will, and his
homestead was divided between sons Perez and Asaph. His will was witnessed by
Caleb Atwood, Tilson Barrows, and Joseph King, Jr.[22] (See Appendix [A]
for a full transcription of his will.)
William Washburn and Sarah Bates had children:
1585 i William6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 18 Sept. 1760 in Carver, MA,[23] died on 20 Dec. 1783 in Carver,[24] presumably unmarried, but no probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.
+ 1586 ii Thomas6 Washburn, born on 5 Apr. 1762 in
Carver,[25]
married Ruth Briggs, daughter of Ebenezer Briggs, of
+ 1587 iii Rowland6 Washburn, born on 2 July 1764 in
Carver,[26]
married Sarah Stevens, daughter of Josiah and Abigail (Nye) Stevens, of
+ 1588 iv Lydia6 Washburn, born on 14 July 1766 in Carver,[28] married Nathaniel Atwood (3rd), son of Nathaniel and Susanna (Shurtleff) Atwood (Jr.), of Plympton,[29] on 5 June 1788 in Plympton.[30] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1589 v Perez6 Washburn, born on 25 Dec. 1768 in
Carver,[31]
married Deborah Keen, of
1590 vi Jemima6 Washburn, born on 6 May 1771 in Carver,[33]
married Ephraim Griffith, of Carver, as his second wife, in 1813.[34]
He was born on 12 May 1767 in
1591 vii Sarah6 Washburn, born, say 1773 in Carver, mentioned in her father’s will in 1810, marriage not found.
+ 1592 viii Asaph6 Washburn, born on 18 Feb. 1776 in
Carver,[41]
married 1.) Mary “Polly” Barrows, daughter of Peleg and Jemima (Drew) Barrows,[42]
of Carver, on 5 Mar. 1801 in Carver,[43] and
2.) Abigail Clark, daughter of William and Zilpha (Bramhall) Clark, of
+ 1593 ix Mary6 “Polly” Washburn, born on 13 Nov. 1778 in Carver,[46] married Thomas Barrows, son of Peleg and Jemima (Drew) Barrows,[47] of Carver, on 13 Feb. 1800 in Carver.[48] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
(500.) Lydia5 Washburn, eldest
daughter of (134)
Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in
On 7 Dec. 1773 Samuel
Norris, yeoman, and Lydia, his wife, of Wareham, MA, sold to Japhet Washburn,
blacksmith, all their share of land in Plympton “that came to us by our honored
father Ephraim Washburn.”[54]
They lived in
Lydia Washburn and Samuel Norris had children:
+ 1594 i Samuel Norris (Jr.), born ca. 1750, baptized on 26 May 1754 in Wareham, married Jedidah Swift, daughter of Phineas and Rebecca (Phillips) Swift, of Plymouth, on 28 May 1772 in Plymouth.[56] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1595 ii Ephraim Norris, born ca. 1753, baptized on 26 May 1754 in Wareham, moved to New Sandwich, (now Wayne), Kennebec Co., ME, and married Elizabeth “Betty” Lambart on 24 Nov. 1785 in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME.[57] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
1596 iii
Mary Norris, baptized on 20 Feb. 1757 in
+ 1597 iv Nathan Norris, baptized on 2 Mar. 1760 in
+ 1598 v Woodin Norris, born on 17 Sept. 1762, baptized on 24 Oct. 1762 in
+ 1599 vi Josiah Norris, baptized on 12 May 1765 in Wareham, married 1.) Melatiah “Milley” Smith on 9 Feb. 1794 in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME,[60] and 2.) Eunice Thomas, supposedly on 25 May 1803 in China, Kennebec Co., ME.[61] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1600 vii Lydia Norris,
baptized on 6 Mar. 1768 in
+ 1601 viii Jemima Norris, baptized on 9 Dec. 1770 in Wareham, married Giddings Lane, of Leeds, ME, on 6 Sept. 1789 in Winthrop, Kennebec Co., ME.[63] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
(501.) Elizabeth5 Washburn, second
daughter of (134)
Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Plympton, MA, on 9 Mar. 1732,[64]
married Lt. Consider5
Benson, son of Samuel4
and Kezia (Barrows) Benson, of Middleborough,[65]
on 3 Dec. 1751 in Plympton.[66]
He was born on 16 Apr. 1730 in
Consider Benson was
commissioned First Lieutenant in Capt. Perez Churchill’s 9th Company of Plymouth County’s 4th Regiment of Massachusetts Militia from
Elizabeth Washburn and Lt. Consider Benson had children:
1602 i (Unnamed son),
born on 7 Mar. 1754 in
1603 ii
William Benson, born on 4 June 1756 in
1604 iii Patience6 Benson, born on 2
Mar. 1758 in Middleborough,[75]
married Jonathan Shaw, of Plympton, possibly son of Capt. Nathaniel and Hannah
(Perkins) Shaw, of Plympton,[76]
on 15 July 1779 in Middleborough.[77]
He was born on 1 Jan. 1758 in Plympton.[78]
Children not found. He may have been the Jonathan Shaw of Plympton who served
as a private in Capt. Nathaniel Shaw’s Company from Plympton in April 1775,[79]
and he may have been the Jonathan Shaw living in
+ 1605 iv Molly6 Benson, born on 17 Apr. 1760 in
+ 1606 v Samuel6 Benson, born on 17 July 1762 in Middleborough,[84] married Rebecca Hunt, probably daughter of the Baptist Rev. Asa and Rebecca Hunt, of Middleborough, on 17 Nov. 1785 in Middleborough.[85] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1607 vi Consider6 Benson
(Jr.), born on 4 Sept. 1764 in
1608 vii
Peleg Benson, born on 18 Dec. 1766 in
1609 viii Elizabeth6 Benson, born on 23
Mar. 1769 in
1610 ix
Abishai Benson, born on 23 Mar. 1771 in
+ 1611 x John6 Benson, born on 20 Oct. 1773 in
1612 xi Ebenezer6 Benson, born on 1
Dec. 1776 in Middleborough,[98] probably
married Susanna Hunt, daughter of Rev. Asa and Rebecca Hunt, of Middleborough,
on 30 Nov. 1797 in Middleborough.[99]
She was born on 31 May 1778 in
(503.) Stephen5 Washburn, second
son of (134) Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in
On
7 June 1759 Stephen Washburn of Plympton purchased part of the old farm in
Plympton from his brother William Washburn of Plympton for £6.13.4,[105] on 14 July 1764 Stephen Washburn purchased
another part of the old farm in Plympton that had been set off to his sister
Mercy Washburn of Plympton, maid, along with a peace of meadow land for
£13.6.8,[106] and on 15 Feb. 1765 Stephen Washburn purchased
their portion of the old farm in Plympton from his sister and brother-in-law
David and Phebe Vaughan of Middleborough for £6.[107] On 15 May 1770 Stephen Washburn purchased a parcel
of land in Middleborough South Purchase from his sister and brother-in-law
Consider and Elizabeth Benson of Middleborough for £6,[108] and on 15 May 1772 Stephen and Hannah Washburn
released to Consider Benson for £6 all his right and claim in his mother Mary
Washburn’s dowry in the dwelling house and barn in the real estate of his
father Ephraim Washburn.[109] On 20 Apr. 1772 Stephen Washburn of Rochester purchased
a lot of land in the Middleborough South Purchase from his brother Isaac
Washburn of Middleborough along with his dwelling house which Isaac bought from
his sister Phebe Washburn at the corner of a piece of meadow set off to Stephen
Washburn in the settlement of his father’s estate for £100,[110] and on 13 June 1777 Stephen Washburn of
Middleborough, Innholder, purchased one half of a lot in the Middleborough
South Purchase from Joshua Benson for £20.[111] On 12 Jan. 1785 Stephen and Hannah Washburn, and
his brother Japheth Washburn of Middleborough, sold land in Plympton to
Nathaniel Atwood, of Plympton, that had belonged to the old farm which their
father Ephraim Washburn had purchased from Cornelius Gibbs, along with a piece
of cedar swamp in the South Meadow Cedar Swamp for £50,[112] on 21 Feb. 1785 Stephen Washburn of Middleborough
sold a piece of meadow in Plympton on the South Meadow River to Joseph Atwood
of Plympton for £11.8,[113] on 25 Mar. 1785 Stephen and Hannah Washburn of
Middleborough sold another piece of meadow in Plympton that had been set off to
him in the division of his father Ephraim Washburn’s estate to Jonathan Shaw of
Plympton for £4.16,[114] on 27 Sept. 1785 Stephen Washburn of
Middleborough, sold all his remaining right and interest in his mother Mary
Washburn’s dowry in the estate of his father Ephraim Washburn in Plympton to
his brother John Washburn of Shepardsfield, Cumbertland County [Maine], for £9,[115] and on 27 Dec. 1785 Stephen and Hannah Washburn
of Middleborough sold another piece of meadow on South Meadow River in Plympton
to Joseph Atwood of Plympton for £41.2.[116] On 4 Mar. 1786 Stephen Washburn sold to his
brother-in-law Consider Benson his 1/11th share of the homestead
land in Plympton and salt meadow in Wareham that had been set off to his mother
Mary Washburn from his father Ephraim Washburn’s estate, along with another
piece of meadow in Plympton that had been set off to his brother Isaac Washburn
from his father Ephraim Washburn’s estate for £7.16,[117] on 4 Mar. 1786 Stephen Washburn of Middleborough
also sold to Asa Hunt of Middleborough his 1/11th share of a piece
of meadow in Plympton that had been set off to his mother Mary Washburn in the
division of his father Ephraim Washburn’s estate that his father had bought
from Nathaniel Thomas for £3.12,[118] and on 9 Sept. 1786 Stephen and Hannah Washburn
of Middleborough sold to William Morison of Plympton one half of a lot of land
in the Middleborough South Purchase that he had purchased from Joshua Benson
for £24.[119] On 7 Jan. 1787 Stephen Washburn of Middleborough
sold to Nelson Thomas of Middleborough his dwelling house and land in
Middleborough South Purchase that he had purchased from Isaac Washburn,
Consider Benson and John Gammons for £120,[120] and on 18 Apr. 1787 Stephen Washburn of
Middleborough sold to Joshua Briggs of Wareham a small piece of cedar swamp in
South Meadow Cedar Swamp in Plympton that had been set off to him and his
brother Isaac Washburn in the division of their father Ephraim Washburn’s
estate, for £1.16. [121]
Hannah
(Norris) Washburn died by 1788, possibly in Cumberland Co., ME, and Stephen
Washburn remarried to 2.) Sarah (Craigie) Harmon, widow of Benjamin
Harmon, of New Gloucester, ME, on 12 July 1788 in New Gloucester, ME.[122] She was born ca. 1739.[123] Stephen Washburn was living in New Gloucester,
Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1790,[124] and 1800 federal censuses.[125] Sarah Hammond, widow of Stephen Washburn, died on
22 Aug. 1829 in ME.[126]
Stephen
Washburn had children, presumably all by Hannah Norris,[127] order uncertain:
1613 i (Supposedly) Hannah Washburn, born, say 1759 in MA, marriage not found.
+ 1614 ii Hosea6 Washburn, born on 9 June 1762,[128]
probably in Middleborough, MA, served as a private in Capt. Perez Churchill’s
Company from Middleborough in 1780,[129]
and married Hannah Doten, of Middleborough, MA, on 30 Dec. 1784, probably in
+ 1615 iii Edward6 Washburn, born, say 1766,[131]
probably in
+ 1616 iv Benjamin6 Washburn, born, say 1768, probably in
+ 1617 v Stephen6 Washburn (Jr.), born in 1774, probably
in
+ 1618 vi Jesse6 Washburn, born ca. 1779,[136] probably in Middleborough, married Phebe6 Washburn, supposedly his first cousin, daughter of (508) John5 and Huldah6 (Cushman) Washburn, of Hebron, ME, on 1 Feb. 1806 in New Gloucester, ME.[137] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1619 vii Eliphalet6 Washburn, born ca. 1783 in Middleborough,[138] married Polly Harris, daughter of Moses Harris, of New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME, on 22 July 1810 in New Gloucester, ME.[139] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
(504.) Isaac5 Washburn, third
son of (134) Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in
Mary (Benson) Washburn apparently died by 1769, and Isaac Washburn remarried to 2.) Cloe/Chloe Combs, daughter of Ithamar and Hannah (Andrews) Combs, of Rochester, MA,[147] in 1769.[148] She was born on 20 June 1734 in Rochester,[149] and she was an older sister of Priscilla Combs, who married his brother Japheth Washburn. The will of Ithamar Combs, of Rochester, dated 16 Apr. 1768, and probated on 1 Aug. 1768, mentioned, among others, his wife Hannah Combs, and daughters Chloe Combs and Priscilla Combs.[150] On 20 Apr. 1772 Isaac and Chloe Washburn of Middleborough sold to his brother Stephen Washburn of Rochester a lot of land which he bought from John Randal in Middleborough that was set off to Elizabeth Benson, wife of Consider Benson, in the settlement of his father’s estate, for £100,[151] on 4 Apr. 1883 Isaac Washburn of Middleborough purchased from Seth Peirce of Rochester 31½ acres of land in Rochester for £100,[152] and on 24 Aug. 1781 Isaac Washburn of Rochester and his brother Japheth Washburn of Middleborough sold to William Atwood of Plympton, their share in the old farm which their father Ephraim Washburn had bought from Cornelius Gibbs in Plympton for £40.[153] On 9 Sept. 1784 William Washburn, of Plympton, Consider Benson, Elizabeth Benson, David Vaughan, Phebe Vaughan and Mercy Washburn, all of Middleborough, and Isaac Washburn of Rochester, sold to Asa Hunt, of Middleborough, 3 acres of meadow in Plympton which their father Ephraim Washburn had purchased from Nathaniel Thomas, and had been set off to their mother Mary Washburn in the division of their father’s estate, except for 2/11ths which belonged to their brother John Washburn and the heirs of their late sister Jemima Randell, deceased,[154] and on 6 Oct. 1786 Consider Benson and Elisabeth Benson, and Phebe Vaughan, wife of David Vaughan, all of Middleborough, William Washburn of Plympton, Isaac Washburn of Rochester, and Thomas Randal, Ephraim Randal and Mercy Randal, of Pembroke, mutually agreed on a division of two tracts of land in Plympton that belonged to the dowry of Mary Washburn, deceased widow of Ephraim Washburn, late of Plympton.[155] On 5 Mar. 1789 Isaac Washburn of Rochester sold to his brother-in-law Consider Benson of Middleborough his share of land and meadow set off to him from his mother Mary Washburn’s dowry in his father Ephraim Washburn’s estate in Wareham for £4.1,[156] and on 27 Mar. 1793 Isaac and Chloe Washburn sold their 31½ acres of land in Rochester to Isaiah Standish of Middleborough for £138,[157] and they moved up to Plainfield, Caledonia Co., VT. They were still living in Rochester, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[158] and in Plainfield, Caledonia Co., VT, in the 1800,[159] and 1810 federal censuses.[160] In 1812 they sold their farm in Plainfield, VT, and moved to Lisle, Broome Co., NY, and then on to Indiana.[161]
Isaac Washburn had 2 children by Mary Benson, and 4 more sons by Chloe Combs,[162] order uncertain:
+ 1620 i Priscilla6
Washburn, born on 6 Aug. 1759,[163]
mentioned in the 1782 will of her grandfather, Caleb Benson, married Alden
Freeman, of Plainfield, Washington Co., VT, son of Ebenezer and Lois (Nye)
Freeman, of Rochester, MA,[164]
as his second wife, in ca. July 1795 in St. Andrew’s Gore [now Plainfield], VT.[165]
(To be continued in Washburn
Sixth Generation.)
+ 1621 ii Manasseh6 Washburn, born ca. 1761, mentioned in the 1782 will of his grandfather, Caleb Benson, married Sylvia “Silva” Caswell, of Rochester, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Chubbuck) Caswell (Jr.),[166] on 23 Apr. 1789 in Rochester,[167] and they moved to Poland, Cumberland [now Oxford] Co., ME. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1622 iii Isaac6 Washburn (Jr.), born say ca. 1770, probably in Rochester, married Rebecca Hathaway, daughter of Elnathan and Esther (Spooner) Hathaway, of New Bedford, MA,[168] on 29 June 1794 in New Bedford.[169] and moved to Plainfield, Caledonia Co., VT, then to Lisle, Broome Co., NY, before 1810, then on to Indiana. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1623 iv Miles6 Washburn, born supposedly on 11 Nov. 1773,[170] probably in Rochester, married Elizabeth Hathaway, of New Bedford, MA, daughter of Obed and Desire (Howes) Hathaway,[171] on 24 Dec. 1794 in New Bedford.[172] and they also moved to Plainfield, Caledonia Co., VT. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1624 v Asa6 Washburn, born say ca. 1775, probably in Rochester, married Mary “Polly” Howland, daughter of Esek Howland,[173] probably in Caledonia Co., VT, and also moved to Lisle, New York a few years after his father. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
1625 vi Ephraim6 Washburn, born say ca. 1777, probably
in Rochester, was engaged to a daughter of Esek Howland, but he went to sea to get money to
build a house, and was apparent shipwrecked and never heard from again.[174]
(505.) Phebe5 Washburn, third
daughter of (134)
Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Plympton, MA, on 27 Jan. 1740,[175]
married Capt. David Vaughan, son of John and Jerusha (Wood) Vaughan, of
Middleborough,[176]
on 24 Mar. 1762 in Middleborough.[177]
He was born on 13 May 1740 in
David Vaughan was 3rd Sergeant in Capt. Nathaniel Wood’s Company
from
Capt. David Vaughan died
testate on 27 Jan. 1815 in
Phebe Washburn and Capt. David Vaughan had children:
+ 1631 i David
Vaughan (Jr.), born on 11 Nov. 1763 in
+ 1632 ii Olive Vaughan, born on 5 Dec. 1765 in Middleborough,[190] married Isaac Rider (Jr.), son of Isaac and Bridget (Nash) Rider, of Middleborough, on 13 June 1785 in Middleborough.[191] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1633 iii Ephraim W. Vaughan, born on 19 Dec. 1769 in Middleborough,[192] married Lucy6 Bryant, daughter of Caleb5 and Hannah (Ellis) Bryant, on 28 July 1791 in Middleborough.[193] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1634 iv John Vaughan,
born on 14 Nov. 1774 in
1635 v
Levi Vaughan, born on 1 Aug. 1780 in
(506.) Jemima5 Washburn, fourth
daughter of (134)
Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in
Jemima (Washburn) Randall
died on 2 Jan. 1771 in Pembroke, aged 28 years,[205]
and John Randall remarried to Sarah Eames on 9 June 1774 in Pembroke.[206]
He was probably the John Randall of Pembroke who served as a private in Capt.
Thomas Turner’s Company in 1775.[207]
They were living in
On 22 Feb. 1788 Thomas Randall of Duxborough, yeoman, and Ephraim Randall of Pembroke, Housewright, sold to Asa Hunt, of Middleborough, their one eleventh part of the fresh meadow in Plympton that they inherited from their grandmother Mary Washburn of Plympton in the division of the estate of their grandfather Ephraim Washburn, late of Plympton,[210] so only two of the children of John Randall were by his first wife, Jemima Washburn.
Jemima Washburn had 2 children by John Randall, and he had 4 more children by Sarah Eames:
+ 1636 i Ephraim Randall, born in Jan. 1766,[211] baptized on 11 June 1780 in Pembroke,[212] married Mercy Phillips, of Marshfield, on 12 Feb. 1792 in Marshfield.[213] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1637 ii Thomas Randall, born, say ca. 1767, baptized on 11 June 1780 in Pembroke,[214] married Sarah Simmons, daughter of Levi and Lydia (Lewis) Simmons,[215] in ca. 1786, and settled in Duxbury, MA.[216] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
1638 iii John Randall (Jr.), born probably about
1775,[217]
baptized on 11 June 1780 in Pembroke,[218]
married Rebecca Phillips on 25 Dec. 1794 in Duxbury, MA.[219]
No death record was found for him in Pembroke, and no probate records were
found for him in
a. John Randall (3rd), baptized on 2 Oct. 1803 in Pembroke.[220]
b. Rana Randall, baptized on 2 Oct. 1803 in Pembroke.[221]
1639 iv Rufus Randall, baptized on 11 June 1780 in Pembroke,[222] marriage not found.
1640 v Ursula Randall, baptized on 11 June 1780 in Pembroke,[223] marriage not found.
1641 vi
Sarah “Sally” Randall, born ca. 1779,
baptized on 11 June 1780 in Pembroke,[224]
married William Lapham on 26 Jan. 1805 in Boston, MA.[225]
(507.) Japheth5 Washburn, fourth
son of (134) Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Plympton, MA, on 11 Sept. 1746,[226]
married Priscilla Coombs, daughter of Ithamer and
Hannah (Andrews) Coombs, of Rochester, MA,[227]
in 1768 in Rochester.[228]
She was born on 1 Nov. 1742 in
Japheth Washburn was a blacksmith in Rochester and Middleborough, MA. On 8 Apr. 1773 Japheth Washburn, blacksmith, purchased 3¾ acres of land in Rochester from John Matthews, of Rochester, for £10,[231] and on 7 Dec. 1773 Japheth Washburn of Plympton, blacksmith, purchased from his sister and brother-in-law Samuel and Lydia Norris of Wareham their share of the old farm and meadow in Plympton that they received from the estate of their father Ephraim Washburn for £14.2.8.[232] On 11 June 1774 Japheth Washburn of Rochester sold a piece of meadow in Plympton on the South Meadow River to his brother-in-law Consider Benson that was part of his mother Mary Washburn’s dowry in his father’s estate for £15, and on 11 Feb. 1780 Japheth and Priscilla Washburn of Rochester sold to Hopestill Bisbee his homestead land that he bought from the widow Judith Omay of Middleborough along with the land in Rochester that he bought from John Matthews for £5400,[233] and they moved to Middleborough. On 24 Aug. 1781 Japheth Washburn of Middleborough and his brother Isaac Washburn of Rochester sold to William Atwood of Plympton, their two shares in the old farm in Plympton that their father Ephraim Washburn bought from Cornelius Gibbs for £40,[234] on 3 Sept. 1783 Japheth Washburn of Middleborough purchased 60 acres of land in the Middleborough South Purchase and another parcel there on the southerly side of land set off to his sister Jemima Washburn in the settlement of his father’s estate from Joshua and Grace Raymond of Middleborough for £300.[235] On 4 Feb. 1783 Japheth Washburn of Middleborough sold to his brother-in-law David Vaughan 2 acres of land in Middleborough that was part of the farm where William Bennet late of Middleborough lived at the corner of David’s land for £1.4,[236] on 12 Jan. 1785 Japheth Washburn and his brother Stephen Washburn of Middleborough sold to Nathaniel Atwood of Plympton some land from the old farm that their father Ephraim Washburn purchased from Cornelius Gibbs, along with a piece of cedar swamp in the South Meadow Cedar Swamp for £50.[237] On 26 Mar. 1787 Japheth Washburn of Middleborough, blacksmith, sold an acre of meadow in Plympton that had been part of his father Ephraim Washburn’s estate to Benoni Lucas for £10,[238] on 28 Jan. 1788 Japheth and Priscilla Washburn of Middleborough, Blacksmith, sold 54 acres of land in Middleborough South Purchase to Foxwell Thomas of Middleborough that had been set off to his brother John Washburn in the division of the estate of their father Ephraim Washburn, of Plympton,[239] and on 3 Mar. 1789 Japheth and Priscilla Washburn of Middleborough sold their 60 acres of land in the Middleborough South Purchase to Jonathan Shaw of Middleborough, for £115,[240] and they moved to Wayne, Kennebec Co., ME.
Japheth Washburn served as a Private in Capt. Jabez Cotton’s Company then in Capt. Barnabas Doty’s Company in 1778, and in Capt. Jonah Washburn’s Company in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.[241] He was not listed as a head of household in either Massachusetts or Maine in the 1790 federal census, but he was living in Wayne, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1800 federal census, next door to his son, Zalmuna Washburn,[242] in Fairfax, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1810 federal census,[243] and in China, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[244]
Japheth Washburn died on 6 Sept. 1828 in China, Kennebec Co., ME,[245] and Priscilla (Coombs) Washburn died in 1830 in China, ME,[246] and they were both buried in China Village Cemetery in China, ME.
Japheth Washburn and Priscilla Coombs had children:
1642 i Polly Washburn, born on 9 Mar. 1770 in Wayne, Kennebec Co., ME,[247] marriage not found.
+ 1643 ii Zalmund/Zalmuna6
Washburn, born on 11 Sept. 1772 in
+ 1644 iii Abisha6 Washburn, born on 8 June 1775 in
+ 1645 iv Cloe/Chloe6 Washburn,
born on 28 June 1777 in
+ 1646 v Japheth6 Coombs Washburn, born on 28 Jan. 1780
in
+ 1647 vi Priscilla6 Washburn, born on 18 Apr. 1786 in Wayne, ME,[257] married Asa Burrill, of Albion, Kennebec Co., ME, son of Abraham and Hannah (Cushing) Burrill,[258] on 25 May 1806.[259] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
(508.) John5 Washburn, youngest son of (134) Ephraim4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born probably in Plympton, MA, in ca. 1752,[260] married 1.) Huldah6 Cushman, daughter of Caleb5 and Sarah (Barrows) Cushman, of Carver,[261] on 23 Nov. 1775 in Plympton.[262] She was a granddaughter of Benjamin4 and Sarah4 (Eaton) Cushman, of Plympton.[263] On 3 Aug. 1778 the estate of Caleb Cushman, late of Plympton, was divided among his heirs, including Huldah Washburn, wife of John Washburn,[264] and on 10 Nov. 1817 the widow Sarah Cushman’s dower was distributed to her children, including Huldah Washburn.[265]
John Washburn served in the Revolutionary War as a private from Plympton in Capt. John Bridgham’s Company in 1775, and enlisted in the Continental Army from Plympton in 1779 at the age of 26,[266] marched to the Lexington Alarm, and at the Siege of Boston in Col. Cotton’s Regiment, and moved to Shepardsfield, ME, before 1783, with his brother Stephen Washburn, settling in Hebron, Cumberland (now Oxford) Co., ME.
On 28 Jan. 1788 Japheth
Washburn sold to Foxwell Thomas, of
John Washburn died on 9 Aug. 1811 in Hebron, ME, aged 60 years,[274] and Azubah (Fuller) Washburn died a widow in Jan. 1838 in Hebron, ME.[275]
John Washburn had 4 children by Huldah Cushman,[276] and 4 more children by Azubah Fuller:
1648 i Peleg6 Washburn,
born on 20 Sept. 1778 in Hebron, ME,[277]
married 1.) Mercy Lander, daughter of Stephen and Mary Lander, of Hebron, on 25
Mar. 1810 in Hebron, ME.[278]
She was born on 12 Feb. 1784 in Hebron, ME.[279]
He was not a head of household in Hebron, ME, in the 1810 federal census, but
they were living in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1820,[280]
1830,[281]
and 1840 federal censuses,[282]
where he was a farmer. She died on 24 Feb. 1849 in Hebron, ME, aged 65 years,[283]
and was buried in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME. He remarried to 2.) Mrs.
Phebe Bumpus on 24 Aug. 1849 in Hebron, ME.[284]
She may have been Phebe (Washburn)
Bumpus, widow of William Bumpus Jr., son of William and Hannah (Barrows)
Bumpus, of Hebron, ME,[285]
who died on 14 Aug. 1839 in Hebron, ME, and was buried in Hebron Churchyard
Cemetery.[286]
They were living in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where
he was a farmer,[287]
and his son Ansel Washburn was listed as head of the farm in Hebron, ME, in the
1860 federal census.[288]
Phebe (Bumpus) Washburn died before 1868, presumably on 28 May 1864 in Hebron,[289]
and was buried with her first husband, William Bumpus Jr. in Hebron Churchyard
Cemetery in Hebron, ME. Peleg Washburn died a widower on 28 June 1868 in
Hebron, ME, aged 89 years, 9 months, 8 days,[290]
and was also buried in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME, but no probate
records were filed for his estate in Oxford Co., ME. He had children by Mercy Lander:
a. Alden7 Washburn, born on 4 June 1812 in Hebron, ME,[291] died on 29 Feb. 1842 in Hebron, ME, aged 29 years, 8 months, presumably unmarried, and was buried in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME,[292] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Oxford Co., ME.
b. Horace Washburn, born on 18 July 1814 in Hebron, ME,[293] died on 26 Apr. 1815 in Hebron, ME, aged 9 months, 8 days, and was buried in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.[294]
c. Lurana7 W. Washburn, born on 15 Apr. 1817 in Hebron, ME,[295] was still unmarried and living with her father in Hebron, ME, in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses, where she was “idiotic,” died on 10 July 1863 in Hebron, ME, aged 46 years, and was buried in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.[296]
d. Joseph Washburn, born on 28 Feb. 1819 in Hebron, ME,[297] died on 21 Feb. 1821 in Hebron, ME, aged 1 year, 11 months, 23 days, and was buried in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron ME.[298]
e. Ansel7 C. Washburn, born on 16 Jan. 1824 in Hebron, ME,[299] was still unmarried and living with his father in Hebron, ME, in the 1850 federal census, a farmer, and was head of the farm his father was living on in the 1860 federal census.[300] He was still apparently unmarried and working as a farm hand on the farm of Daniel and Sarah Graffam in Hebron, ME, in the 1870 federal census.[301] He died testate on 15 June 1875 in Hebron, ME, and was also buried in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.[302] His will was dated 8 June 1875, and probated on the third Tuesday in Sept. 1875, and he mentioned Mr. and Mrs. Moses Marshall, Clara A. Marshall, Annie L. Marshall, and William E. Cushman, whom he appointed as executor of his estate, provided for the erecting of gravestones for his parents, brothers, and sister, and left most of his estate to the Baptist Church of Hebron.[303] (See Appendix [D] for a full transcription of his will.)
1648a ii Sarah Washburn, born say ca. 1780, died on 18 Apr. 1793 in Hebron, ME.[304]
1649 iii Phebe6 Washburn, born on 21 May 1782 in Hebron, ME,[305] supposedly married (1618) Jesse6 Washburn, her first cousin, son of (503) Stephen5 and Hannah (Norris) Washburn, on 1 Feb. 1806 in New Gloucester, ME.[306] He was born ca. 1779,[307] probably in Middleborough, MA. (To be continued under his family in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
1649a iv Mary Washburn, born on 18 Feb. 1785 in Hebron, ME,[308] possibly married Isaac Bearce on 9 Apr. 1810 in Hebron, ME.[309] He was not a head of household in Oxford Co., ME, in the 1810 federal census, but they were living in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[310]
1649b v Huldah Washburn, born on 28 Oct. 1790 in Hebron, ME,[311] possibly married Stephen Hodgdon, of Paris, Oxford Co., ME, on 25 Feb. 1814 in Hebron, ME.[312]
1649c vi Marcy Washburn, born on 3 Dec. 1794 in Hebron, ME,[313] possibly married Elnathan Packard, of Hebron, on 23 Mar. 1823 in Hebron, ME.[314] They were living in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census.[315]
1650 vii John Washburn (Jr.), born on 2 Dec. 1796 or 28 Jan. 1797 in Hebron, ME.[316]
1650a viii
Azubah Washburn, born on 14 Feb. 1800 in
1651 ix Lydia Washburn, born on 21 Mar. 1802 in Hebron, ME,[319] marriage not found.
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[1] Vital
Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society,
[2] 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. 25.
[4] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 117.
[6] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 46, p. 199, from FHL microfilm #0559116, witnessed by Benjamin Bumpus, John Fearing and Caleb Benson.
[7] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 47, p. 164, from FHL microfilm #0559116, witnessed by Rowland Hammond and George Hammond.
[8] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 41, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Deborah Benson and Caleb Benson.
[9] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 50, p. 228, from FHL microfilm #0559118, witnessed by John Fearing and Nathan Landers Jr.
[10] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 144, from FHL microfilm #0559127, witnessed by Noah Fearing, Justice of the Peace, and David Burges.
[11] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 64, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0559125, witnessed by Thomas Washburn and Ruth Washburn.
[12] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 67, p. 90, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by William Morison and David Nye.
[13] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 71, p. 9-10, from FHL microfilm #0559128, witnessed by Nehemiah Bennet and Susanna Clark.
[14] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 80, p. 2, from FHL microfilm #0559133, witnessed by Benjamin Fearing and Ichabod Sampson Jr.
[15] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 105, p. 89, from FHL microfilm #0559145, witnessed by Robert Waterman and Rowland Leonard, but not recorded until 7 Nov. 1806.
[16] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 168, Carver Town, Plymouth County, the Wm “Washbon” household had 4 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.
[17] 1800 Federal Census, Carver, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 329, the William Washburn household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[19] Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Carver VRs], p. 178.
[20] 1810 Federal Census, Carver, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 156, the William Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[27] Per email of Susan L. Bingler, CGS, of 7 July 2010, taken from Smith, Leonard H., Records of the First Church of Wareham, Mass., 1739-1841, Clearwater, FL, 1974, p. 50.
[29] Plympton VRs, p. 247, marriage of Nathaniel Atwood Jr. and Suseanah Shurtliff on 5 Dec. 1748 in Plympton.
[35] Vital
Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society,
[38] Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 141; Carver VRs, p. 105, marriage intentions recorded 12 July 1828 in Carver.
[40] Plymouth County Probate Docket #8733, Vol. 76, p. 288-289, from FHL microfilm #0555263, witnessed by John Savery, Luther Atwood, and Caroline P. Briggs.
[42]
Plympton VRs, p. 252, marriage of Peleg Barrows of Plympton and Jemima Drew of
[44] Plymouth VRs, pp. 277, 367, marriage of William Clark Jr. and Zilpah Bramhall “2nd,” both of Plymouth, on 18 Feb. 1790 in Plymouth.
[45] Plymouth VRs, pp. 510, 620; Carver VRs, p. 137, marriage intentions recorded 31 Mar. 1849 in Carver.
[47]
Plympton VRs, p. 252, marriage of Peleg Barrows of Plympton and Jemima Drew of
[50] Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 195; Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 225, marriage of Benjamin Norris of Plimouth and Mary Wooden on 18 July 1717 in Rochester.
[53]
Davis, Genealogical Register of
[57] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Winthrop, Maine, 1772-1890, from FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #0012299.
[58] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Winthrop, Maine, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.
[59] All from Ancestry.com World Family Tree file of fergy@nemaine.com.
[60] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Winthrop, Maine, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.
[62] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Winthrop, Maine, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.
[63] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Winthrop, Maine, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.
[65]
Merritt, Grace Hufford and Thomas H. Roderick, “Samuel and Keziah (Barrows)
Benson of
[67] Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 1, p. 68.
[68]
Merritt, Grace Hufford and Thomas H. Roderick, “Samuel and Keziah (Barrows)
Benson of
[69]
[70] Heads
of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790:
Massachusetts,
[71] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 9; Wood, Deacon Alfred, Record of Deaths, Middleboro, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1947, [hereinafter Wood, Middleboro Deaths], p. 19.
[76] Plympton VRs, p. 388, marriage of Capt. Nathaniel Shaw of Plympton and Hannah Perkins of Plympton on 10 May 1739 in Plympton.
[79]
[80] 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, the Jonathan Shaw household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.
[82] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 109, marriage of George Shaw Jur and Marcy Thomas, both of Middleborough, on 26 July 1750 in Middleborough by Silvanus Conant.
[85] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 106, 153, 167, married by Rev. Isaac Backus of North Middleborough.
[91]
There were two different Ezra Thomas families living in
[95]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 105, marriage of Joseph Leonard Jr. and Ruth
White on 27 Mar.1746 in Middleborough. Ruth Leonard, wife of Joseph Leonard,
died 27 Sept. 1793 in Carver, aged 66 years, and was buried in
[96] Carver VRs, p. 89; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 127, marriage intentions recorded 27 Aug. 1796 in Middleborough.
[102] Her
parents from her I.G.I. Birth Record, taken from an FHL patron family group sheet,
microfilm #1396217, however this may not be correct. William T. Davis does not
list a daughter Hannah born to Benjamin and Mary Norris in
[103]
Marriage date from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an FHL patron family
group sheet, microfilm #1553373, however the marriage is not listed in George
Ernest Bowman’s transcription of
[104]
I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from an FHL patron family group sheet, microfilm
#1396217, however her birth is not listed in George Ernest Bowman’s
transcription of
[105] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 41, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Deborah Benson and Caleb Benson.
[106] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 41-42, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Isaac Washburn and Caleb Benson.
[107] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 42, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Samuel Norris and Caleb Benson.
[108] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 57, p. 31, from FHL microfilm #0559121, witnessed by Asa Hunt and Rebecca Hunt.
[109] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 57, p. 161, from FHL microfilm #0559121, witnessed by Asa Hunt and Rebecca Hunt.
[110] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 66, p. 32-33, from FHL microfilm #0559126, signed by Isaac and Chloe Washburn, and witnessed by Joshua Benson Jr. and Caleb Combs.
[111] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 66, p. 33, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by Asa Sturtevant and Ichabod Benson.
[112] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 64, p. 53, from FHL microfilm #0559125, witnessed by James Coggeshall and Daniel Howland.
[113] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 64, p. 72, from FHL microfilm #0559125, witnessed by James Coggeshall and Caleb Atwood.
[114] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 210, from FHL microfilm #0559127, wiotnessed by Benoni Lucas and Benoni Lucas Jr.
[115] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 66, p. 34, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by Isaac Parsons Jr. and Moses Parsons.
[116] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 66, p. 35-36, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by Caleb Atwood and John Muxam Jr.
[117] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 66, p. 35, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by Asa Hunt and William Sever.
[118] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 145, from FHL microfilm #0559127, witnessed by Consider Benson and Foxwell Thomas.
[119] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 67, p. 18, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by Nelson Thomas and Ichabod Benson.
[120] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 102, p. 8, from FHL microfilm #0559144, witnessed by William Morison and Southworth Gammons, but not recorded until 31 Aug. 1795.
[121] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 87, p. 18, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by Asa Hunt and Polly Sever.
[122] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Vital Records of New Gloucester, Maine, ca. 1771-1892, from FHL microfilm #0011586.
[124] Heads
of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790:
Maine,
[125] 1800 Federal Census, New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 112, the Stephen Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[126] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the town not recorded.
[127] Children from Lapham, William B., and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine, From Its Settlement to 1880, Paris, ME, 1884, [hereinafter Lapham & Maxim, History of Paris, ME], p. 763. The order of children they give is: Hosea, Eliphalet, Benjamin, Stephen, Hannah, Jesse and Edward.
[128] His birth date from Town Records of Wayne, ME, from FHL microfilm #0012302, which doesn’t give the name of his father.
[129]
[130]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 105, marriage intentions recorded 30 Oct. 1784 in
[132] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Winthrop, Maine, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.
[133]
French, W. R., A History of Turner,
[134]
French, W. R., A History of Turner,
[135] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, married by Rev. John Tripp, of Hebron.
[136]
Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, which shows his birthplace
as
[137] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11587.
[138]
Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, which shows his birthplace
as
[139] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11587.
[141]
Plympton VRs, p. 254, marriage of Caleb Benson of
[145] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 40, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Nathaniel Wood and Caleb Benson.
[146] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 40-41, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Samuel Norris and Caleb Benson.
[147] Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 89, the marriage of Ithamer Combs and Hannah Andrews on 4 Nov. 1731 in Rochester.
[151] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 66, p. 32-33, from FHL microfilm #0559126, witnessed by Joshua Benson Jr. and Caleb Combs. The deed from John Randal to Isaac Washburn was apparently never recorded.
[153] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 61, p. 164, from FHL microfilm #0559123, witnessed by Ebenezer Sprout and Seth Tinkham.
[154] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 144, from FHL microfilm #0559127, witnessed by Noah Fearing, Justice of the Peace, and David Burges.
[155] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 71, p. 9-10, from FHL microfilm #0559128, witnessed by Nehemiah Bennet and Susanna Clark.
[156] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 70, p. 242-243, from FHL microfilm #0559128, witnessed by Rebekah Hunt and Miriam Hunt.
[157] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 76, p. 227, from FHL microfilm #0559131, witnessed by Caleb Combs and Stephen Combs.
[158] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 180, Rochester Town, Plymouth County, the Isaac Washburn household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.
[159] 1800 Federal Census, Plainfield, Caledonia Co., VT, p. 275, the Isaac Washburn household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[160] 1810 Federal Census, Plainfield, Caledonia Co., VT, p. 360, the Isaac Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[161] Hemenway, Abby Maria, The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, Vol. IV, “History of Plainfield,” p. 718.
[162] Hemenway, Abby Maria, The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, Vol. IV, “History of Plainfield,” p. 717, Isaac Washburn had 4 sons: Isaac Jr., Miles, Asa and Ephraim.
[163] Her
birthdate per the email letter of Chuck Simmons, of
[164] Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 132, the marriage of Ebenezar Freeman and Lois Nye of Falmouth in Dec. 1759 in Falmouth; Alden Freeman Revolutionary War Pension File, wherein he stated that he first volunteered for service as a substitute for his father, Ebenezer Freeman.
[165] Per
email letter of Chuck Simmons, of
[166] Per the Ancestry.com Caroline Burnham Family file submitted by cburnham13; Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 69, the marriage of Elijah Caswell and Mary Chubbuck, of Wareham, on 27 Apr. 1766 in Wareham.
[167] Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 311, under “Washbon;” Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 112, marriage intentions recorded on 25 Jan. 1789 in Middleborough.
[169] New Bedford VRs, Vol. 2, p. 576, called “Isaac Washburn Jr. of Rochester” in the marriage record.
[170] Trask, William B., “Brief Memoir of Andrew Henshaw Ward,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 17, [Oct. 1863], p. 340, which says he was born in New Bedford, but he was probably born in Rochester.
[173] Hemenway, Abby Maria, The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, Vol. IV, “History of Plainfield,” p. 717.
[174] Hemenway, Abby Maria, The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, Vol. IV, “History of Plainfield,” p. 718.
[176] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 25, marriage of John Vaughan and Jerusha Wood, both of Middleboro, on 19 Feb. 1717/18 in Middleborough.
[179] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Boston, Vol. XVI, p. 298.
[181] Heads
of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790:
Massachusetts,
[186] Plympton VRs, p. 247, marriage of Nathaniel Atwood Jr. and Suseanah Shurtliff on 5 Dec. 1748 in Plympton.
[187]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 107, marriage intentions recorded 12 Nov. 1785 in
[188] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 168, 169, married by Rev. David Gurney, of North Middleborough; 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. 377.
[189] Carver VRs, p. 136; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 183, marriage intentions recorded 13 Aug. 1809 in Middleborough.
[195] Plympton VRs, p. 304, marriage of Joseph Cushmon and Elisebath Samson on 5 Jan. 1758 in Plympton.
[200] Calculated from her age at death and the date of her marriage in 1764. Her birth was not recorded in the Plympton Vital Records.
[201] Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Scituate VRs], Vol. 2, p. 246, marriage of Thomas Randall and Faith Winslow on 11 Dec. 1729 in Scituate.
[203] Vital
Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society,
[204] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 40, from FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Nathaniel Wood and Caleb Benson.
[205]
Pembroke VRs, p. 440, buried in
[207]
[208] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 175, Pembroke Town, Plymouth County, the John Randall household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females. Evidently sons Ephraim and Thomas Randall were no longer living with their father in 1790.
[209]
Pembroke VRs, p. 440, buried in
[210] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 145, witnessed by William Washburn and Consider Benson, and recorded on 6 Aug. 1789.
[213] Per Pembroke VRs, p. 334; Sherman, Robert M., and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970, [hereinafter Marshfield VRs], pp. 121, 154.
[215] Per email letter of Christina Aubin of 1 Aug. 2000, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Duxbury.
[216] Marriage date is estimated by the birth of their eldest child on 9 Dec. 1786. Thomas is believed to have been a son of John and Jemima (Washburn) Randall because of his naming of children Washburn, John, Sally and Rufus Randall, after his mother’s maiden name, his father, and his half-brother and sister, Rufus and Sarah Randall.
[217] However, if he were the second male under 16 in his father’s household in the 1790 census, then he must have been born after 1774, making him a son of Randall’s second wife, Sarah Eames.
[219] Vital
Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society,
[225] Per email letter of 15 June 1999 from Shirley Burton, a descendant of William Lapham and Sally Randall.
[226] His birth date from his www.findagrave.com memorial #12526449, which gives his birth place as Carver, MA, but Carver was not formed until 1790.
[227] Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 89, marriage of Ithamer Combs and Hannah Andrews on 4 Nov. 1731 in Rochester.
[228]
Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 311, marriage intentions recorded 24 Sept. 1768 in
[230]
Noyes, Libby, &
[231] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 58, p. 170, from FHL microfilm #0559122, witnessed by Daniel Macheown and Abishai Tinkham.
[232] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 58, p. 96, from FHL microfilm #0559122, witnessed by Isaac Bowles and Isaac Bowles Jr.
[233] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 63, p. 160, from FHL microfilm #0559124, witnessed by Caleb Combs and Isaac Thomas. The deed from Judith Omay to Japheth Washburn was apparently never recorded.
[234] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 61, p. 164, from FHL microfilm #0559123, witnessed by Ebenezer Sprout and Seth Tinkham.
[235] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 19, from FHL microfilm #0559127, witnessed by Asa Hunt and Thomas Nelson.
[236] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 138, p. 73, from FHL microfilm #0559968, witnessed by David Vaughan Jr. and Robert Sturtevant Jr., but not recorded until 19 Mar. 1819.
[237] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 64, p. 53, from FHL microfilm #0559125, witnessed by James Coggeshall and Daniel Howland.
[238] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 209, from FHL microfilm #0559127, witnessed by James Raymond Jr. and Francis LeBaron.
[239] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 147, p. 252, from FHL microfilm #0559973, witnessed by William LeBaron and Joseph Shaw, but not recorded until 13 May 1823.
[240] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 210-211, from FHL microfilm #0559127, witnessed by Ichabod Benson and Benajah Leonard.
[242] 1800 Federal Census, Wayne, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 131, the Japhet Washburn household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male 45 or over, 1 female 10-15 years, 1 female 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[243] 1810 Federal Census, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 769, the Japeth Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[244] 1820 Federal Census, China, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 679, the Japheth Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.
[245] www.findagrave.com, memorial #12526449, from his gravestone in China Village Cemetery in China, ME.
[246] www.findagrave.com, memorial #12526459, from her gravestone in China Village Cemetery in China, ME.
[247] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Wayne, Maine, 1800-1891, from FHL microfilm #0012302.
[248] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Wayne, Maine, 1800-1891, from FHL microfilm #0012302, his name recorded as “Zalmand” in the birth record.
[249] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Wayne, Maine, 1800-1891, from FHL microfilm #0012302.
[250]
Family Tree Maker CD #404,
[251] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Leeds, Maine, 1801-1891, from FHL microfilm #0011331.
[252] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Wayne, Maine, 1800-1891, from FHL microfilm #0012302.
[253] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Winthrop, Maine, 1772-1890, from FHL microfilm #0012299.
[254] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Wayne, Maine, 1800-1891, from FHL microfilm #0012302.
[255]
I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of China,
[256] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of China, Maine, 1818-1891, from FHL microfilm #0010621, and from Town and Vital Records of Vassalborough, Maine, 1771-1892, from FHL microfilm #0012273.
[257] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from Town and Vital Records of Wayne, Maine, 1800-1891, from FHL microfilm #0012302.
[258] Per Ancestry.com World Tree file #341616, submitted by linda@maine.rr.com.
[261] Cushman, Henry W., Cushman Genealogy, pp. 132, 163; 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. 105.
[264] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 25, p. 37-39. Huldah Washburn, wife of John Washburn, received one share, including part ot the homestead bounded on the westerly side through the whole length by Isaac Cushman’s share, and she also received a piece of fresh meadow lying at the foot of said land.
[266]
[268] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Maine, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 24, Cumberland County, the John Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.
[269] Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, online database at www.Ancestry.com, wife of John Washburn, her age not given.
[270]
French, W. R., A History of Turner,
[271] Vital
Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society,
[272] Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, Bridgewater, MA, 1964, p. 72.
[273] 1800 Federal Census, Hebron, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 225, the John Washborn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[274] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, husband of Azubah.
[275] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, her age at death not given.
[277] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of John and Huldah Washburn.
[278] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, married by Rev. John Tripp, of Hebron.
[279] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of Stephen and Mary Lander.
[280] 1820 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 223, the Peleg Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.
[281] 1830 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 37, the Peleg Washburn household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and1 female aged 40-49 years.
[282] 1840 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 146, the Peleg Washburn household had 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 male aged 60-69 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.
[283] Maine Cemetery Records, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; www.findagrave.com, memorial #57382630, from her gravestone in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.
[284] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, married by Rufus Chase.
[285] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the marriage of William Bumpus Jr. and Miss Phebe Washburn on 26 Nov. 1807 in Hebron, ME; his parents per his www.findagrave.com memorial #150413335.
[286] Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, husband of Phebe; www.findagrave.com, memorial #150413335, from his gravestone in Hebron Churchyard Cemetery in Hebron, ME.
[287] 1850 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 36, dwelling #45, family #49:
Peleg Washburn, 71, male, farmer, $1000, born MA, married within the year
Phebe Washburn, 65, female, born MA, married within the year
Laurana W. Washburn, 32, female, born ME, idiotic
Ansel C. Washburn, 26, male, farmer, born ME
[289] www.findagrave.com, memorial #150413369, from her gravestone in Hebron Churchyard Cemetery in Hebron, ME.
[290] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, online database at www.Ancestry.com, his wife was Mercy Washburn; Maine Cemetery Records, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; www.findagrave.com, memorial #57382674, from his gravestone in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.
[291] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Peleg and Mercy Washburn.
[292] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57381989, from his gravestone in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.
[293] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Peleg and Mercy Washburn.
[294] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57382311, from his gravestone in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME, on the same gravestone as his brother Joseph Washburn.
[295] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of Peleg and Mercy Washburn, her middle initial from the 1850 federal census.
[296] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57382521, from her gravestone in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.
[297] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Peleg and Mercy Washburn.
[298] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57382395, from his gravestone in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME, on the same gravestone as his brother Horace Washburn.
[299] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Peleg and Mercy Washburn, his middle initial from the 1850 federal census.
[300] 1860 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 58, dwelling #454, family #460:
Ancil Washburn, 38, male, farmer, $1200, $600, born ME
Peleg Washburn, 83, male, born MA
Phebe Washburn, 75, female, born MA
Lorena Washburn, 43, female, born ME, idiotic
[301] 1870 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, Page No. 9, p. 202, dwelling #71, family #74:
Daniel Graffam, 40, male, white, farmer, $2000, $850, born ME, a male citizen
Sarah C. Graffam, 30, female, white, keeps house, born ME
Clara Graffam, 4, female, white, born ME
John E. Graffam, 2, male, white, born ME
Ansel C. Washburn, 46, male, white, works on farm, $1500, born ME, a male citizen
[302] www.findagrave.com, memorial #57382459, from his gravestone in Merrill Hill Cemetery in Hebron, ME.
[303] Oxford County Probate Estate Files, File #W117, online at www.FamilySearch.org.
[304] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of John and Huldah Washburn, her age not given.
[305] Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922, online database at www.Ancestry.com, daughter of John and Huldah Washburn; Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[306] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11587.
[307]
Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, which shows his birthplace
as
[308] Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922, online database at www.Ancestry.com, daughter of John and Huldah Washburn; Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[309] Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11030.
[310] 1820 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 216, the Isaac Bearce household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.
[311] Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922, online database at www.Ancestry.com, daughter of John and Huldah Washburn; Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org.
[312] Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11030.
[313] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of John and Azubah Washburn.
[314] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, married by James Donham, Justice of the Peace.
[315] 1820 Federal Census, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME, p. 221, the Elnathan Packard household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-18 years, 3 males aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.
[316] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of John and Azubah Washburn, his birth recorded twice with different dates.
[317] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of John and Huldah Washburn.
[318] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of John and Huldah Washburn.
[319] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of John and Huldah Washburn.
[A] The Will of William
Washburn, of Carver, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1810: *
In the Name of God amen. I William Washburn in the Town of Carver & in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman, being much advanced in age but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God therefor calling unto mind the mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give & recommend my Soul unto Almighty God that gave it, & my body I recommind to the Earth, to be buried in a Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God, and as touching such wordly Estate whenasith it has pleased God to bless me with, I give and bequeath & dispose of the same in the following manner & form—
First I give and bequeath to
my well beloved Son Thomas Washburn a piece of fresh meadow on Crane Brook (so
called) beginning at a maple Tree marked standing at a place called the
Reedy[?] all the meadow & meadowish ground that I own on the east side of
said Crane Brook upstream of sd maple Tree, also one fourth of a Saw
Mill, also a Blacksmiths Bellows & Tools belonging thereto, half of my Log
Chain, Tenant saw, one fourth of a pew in Wareham Meeting house that fell to
his mother in her Father’s Estate—
Item I will and bequeath unto
my well beloved Son Perez Washburn a piece of my Homestead farm bounded
beginning at a Wild Cherry tree marked standing by the fence thence easterly on
a straight Line to a white oak tree marked standing by the road near the swamp
then by said road to a white oak tree marked standing about one rod east of
said road, thence a straight Line to a white pine Tree marked, thence a
straight line to a pitch pine tree marked standing to the southward of the old
orchard, thence due east to the Indian Brook (so called) containing all my
Lands northerly of the abovesaid Line and half my Dwelling house, with a
privilege for drawing water in the well & for laying firewood in the door
yard, & going from & coming to said House one half of my Cedar Swamp
one fourth of my pew in the south meeting house in sd Carver, also my barn—
Item I will & bequeath
unto my well beloved Son Asaph Washburn a piece of my Homestead farm, bounded
beginning to the southward of my Dwelling house at the Corner of the field by
Rochester Road thence eastlerly by a road till it comes to the aforesaid Perez
Washburn’s Line & by said Perez’s Line till it comes to a Pitch pine tree
marked on four sides, thence southeast to the lotted fresh meadow lying on the
east side of the aforesaid Crane Brook, bounded beginning at a Rock near a
Bridge, all my meadow & meadowish ground upon the Gristmill, also one half
of my Log chain, also one half my Cedar Swamp, one half my Pew in the south
meeting house in Carver, also all my wearing apparel, also all my Cattle,
excepting two Cows I give to two of my Daughters—
Item I will and bequeath to
my well beloved Daughter Lydia the Wife of Nathaniel Atwood, a piece of Land
& swamp lying on south Meadow River in Carver adjoining the abovesaid Nathl
Atwood’s Land which is all my right in said Land, also one Feather Bed, one
Bolster & two Pillows with pillowcoats, three sheets, one woollen Bed
Blanket, one Weaver’s hair[?] one Bedstead & Cord two Coverlets—
Item I will and bequeath to
my well beloved Daughter Sarah one Dollar which is her full share with what she
has already had—
Item I will and bequeath to
my well beloved Daughter Jemima Washburn one half my Dwelling house, also all
my Lands not before given in this will, one Cow two Featherbeds, two Bedsteads,
two Cords, two Bolsters, four Pillows with pillowcoats, two Coverlets, one
Bedquilt, four sheets, two woollen Bedblankets, a weaver’s Loom, and two
hairs[?] & other things belonging to said Loom, also all my Sheep at my
decease, also one fourth of my Pew in the south meeting house in sd Carver,
one high Case of Drawer, Two Tables, one Chest & six Chairs, also all my
Pewter & all my Iron ware at my decease—
Item I will and bequeath to
my well beloved Daughter Polly the Wife of Thomas Barrows one Cow—
Item I will and bequeath to
the Heir of my well beloved Son Rowland Washburn deceased, one Dollar to be
paid by me Executor—
I also ordain that all my
other Estate not given in this will shall be divided equally among my three
Daughters after my decease—
I also constitute make &
ordain my Son Asaph Washburn sole Executor of this my last Will &
Testament. I also ordain that my Executor receive all my Credits & pay all
my just debts—
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & Seal this nineteenth day of November in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred & ten—
Signed sealed & delivered Mark
to be his last will William
Washburn (Seal)
in presence of us
Caleb Atwood
Tilson Barrows
Joseph King Junr.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from
[B]
The Will of Ephraim Griffith of Carver,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1831) *
In the name of God, Amen. I
Ephraim Griffith of Carver in the County of Plymouth considering the
uncertainty of life and being of sound and perfect mind and memory do make and
publish this my last Will and Testament as follows, I give and bequeath unto my
beloved son Ephraim Griffith Jr all of my homestead farm where I now live
together with all the meadow adjoining said farm and all the Wood land
connected with said farm with all the buildings and appurtenances thereto
belonging Also, one piece of Salt Meadow
lying near the Wareham narrows joining the land of Perez Briggs. Also, two
pieces of Fresh Meadow one lying at a place called the Oaks Meadow undivided
with Samuel Atwood the other at a place called double brook undivided with
Eleazer Thomas which is two thirds of said piece. Also, three shares of Cedar
Swamp in the great South Meadow Swamp not divided. And last I give and bequeath
to the said Ephraim all my personal property, by his paying all my just debts
after my decease, and by his Paying out of the property to my son Stephen
Griffith, Three Hundred Dollars in twelve months from my decease, Also by his
paying Weightstill Freeman Forty Dollars, Also by paying Clara Tillson Forty
Dollars, Also by paying Hannah Davis Thirty Dollars, Also by paying Abigail
Shaw Forty Dollars, Also by paying Lydia Swift Forty Dollars, Also, by paying
my son Andrew Griffith if he should be a living Fifty Dollars if not a living
he shall not pay it to any one.
I also appoint my son Ephraim
Griffith Jr my sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament hereby
revoking all former wills by me made in witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this thirteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand
Eight hundred and thirty one.
Ephraim Griffith (seal)
Signed, sealed, published and
declared by the above named Ephraim Griffith to be his last Will &
Testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have
hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses to the same.
John Savory. Luther Atwood. Caroline P. Briggs.
Presented for probate on 1
July 1834, and proved by John Savery and Luther Atwood, two of the witnesses.
Letters Testamentary were granted to Ephraim Griffith on 1 July 1834.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 76, p.
288-289, from FHL microfilm #0555263.
[C]
The Will of David Vaughan of Middleborough, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts (1814) *
In the Name of God amen, this fourteenth day
of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fourteen, I David
Vaughan of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Gentleman, being of a perfect Mind and Memory, blessed be God
therefor calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is
appointed to all Men once to die, do make & ordain this my last Will &
Testament, that is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend
my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it & my Body to the Earth to be
buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor nothing
doubting, but I shall receive the same again at the General Resurrection by the
mighty Power of God, & as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the same
in the following Manner & form.—viz —
Item I give and bequeath to my well
beloved Wife Phebe Vaughan & to my Son Levi Vaughan equally all my home
farm & Buildings & all my Land that I have not conveyed by Deed &
also all my Stock of Creatures of every kind & all my outdoor moveables
& farming tools & mechanic Tools of every kind also all my indoor
moveables, for them to hold during their natural Lives jointly, after my just
debts & funeral Charges are first paid out of the same, & my will is
that after the death of my wife one half of my indoor Moveables be equally
divided between my four other Children (viz) David Vaughan, Ephraim W. Vaughan,
John Vaughan & Olive Rider the Wife of Isaac Rider, & after the Death
of my Wife & my Son Levi the whole of the Estate, that shall remain be
equally divided between my other Sons David, Ephraim & John or their Heirs
—
Item I give to my Son David Vaughan one
fourth part of my wearing Apparel & after the death of my Wife one fourth
of one half of my indoor moveables & after the death of my wife & my
Son Levi one third of all the Estate that I have given them which shall then
remain to him & Heirs forever. —
Item I give to my Son Ephraim W. Vaughan
one fourth part of my wearing Apparel & after the Death of my wife, one
fourth of one half of my indoor moveables and after the Death of my Wife &
my Son Levi one third of all the Estate that I have given them, which shall
then remain to him & Heirs forever. —
Item I give unto my Son John Vaughan one
fourth part of my wearing Apparel & after the Death of my wife one fourth
of one half half of my indoor moveables & after the Death of my wife &
my Son Levi one third of all the Estate that I have given them which shall then
remain to him & Heirs forever. —
Item I give unto my Daughter Olive Rider
Wife of Isaac Rider after the Death of my wife one fourth of one half of my
indoor moveables to her & Heirs forever—
Item And I do appoint John Tinkham Esqr.
Executor to this my last Will and Testament – thus hoping it will be kept &
performed according to the true Intent & meaning thereof, in Witness
whereof I the said David Vaughan have hereunto set my hand & Seal, the day
& Year before written. —
Item And my Will is that in case my Son
Levi should have an Heir or Heirs they shall share with the rest of my Sons, or
their Heirs after his Death. —
Signed,
sealed, published & declared to be
the
last Will & Testament by the said David
Vaughan
in presence of us.—
Andrew Cobb David Vaughan
Levi Raymond
Huldah A Vaughan
Presented
for probate on 25 Mar. 1815 by John Tinkham Esqr., the Executor
therein named, and proved by Andrew Cobb and Levi Raymond, two of the witnesses.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 47, p. 113-114, from FHL microfilm #0550904.
[D] Will of Ansel
C. Washburn of Oxford, Oxford County, Maine, 1875: *
Be it remembered that I Ansel
C. Washburn of Oxford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine being weak in
body, but of sound and perfect Memory, do make and publish this my last will
and testament in Manner and form following, that is to say—
First, I order and direct my
executor herein named to pay all all my just debts and funeral charges as soon
as may be after my decease—
Second, I give and bequeath
to Mrs. Moses Marshall all my bedding, also my bed stead and chairs.
Third, I give and bequeath to
Mr. Moses Marshall two pairs thin boots and all my other wearing apparel, also
my tool box and tools—
Fourth—I give and bequeath to
Clara A. Marshall my large trunk.
Fifth, I give and bequeath to
Annie L. Marshall my watch, also my red trunk and contents.
Sixth. I give and bequeath to
William E. Cushman my other three trunks and their contents, also my valise.
Seventh, I order and direct
my executor herein named to cause my burial lot in Hebron to be fixed up in a
good manner as any lot in the Cemetery at said Hebron, also cause suitable stones
to be erected to the Memory of my father, Mother, brothers and sister and
myself—
Eighth, I order and direct my
Executor herein named to deposit in some savings bank all the remainder of my
estate and to deliver the bank book to the Baptist church of Hebron as soon as
may be after my decease, that said church may draw the interest on said sum,
which I hereby give and bequeath to it forever for the support of the preaching
of the gospel.
I do hereby appoint William
E. Cushman my sole executor of my last will and testament
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of June A.D. 1875
Ansel
C. Washburn
Signed sealed and declared by the above named Ansel
C. Washburn to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his
request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed
our names as witnesses thereto
Gideon
Bearce
Silas
Moody
Isaac
B. Bucknam
William E. Cushman, of Paris,
Maine, was granted administration of the estate of Ansel C. Washburn, late of
Oxford, Oxford County, Maine, who died on 15 June 1875, on the third Tuesday of
Sept. 1875.
Gideon Bearce, Moses
Marshall, and Isaac B. Bucknam were appointed to appraise the estate of Ansel
C. Washburn, late of Oxford, on the 3rd Tuesday of September 1875. The estate
was valued at $1674.36, no real estate, but rights and credits valued at
$1592.61, and goods and chattels valued at $81.75.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Oxford County Probate Estate Files,
File no. W117, online at www.FamilySearch.org.