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Families of the Children of Thomas3 Washburn and Deliverance Packard

 

 

         While the names of the children of Thomas Washburn and Deliverance Packard are well established by the will of their father, the grandchildren of Thomas and Deliverance are much more difficult to ascertain with any degree of certainty, particularly those of eldest son Thomas Washburn (Jr.), who married Elizabeth Howland. Likewise, the names of spouses for the grandchildren of Thomas and Deliverance are not all known at this point.

 

 

 

 

John1 Washburn (4th)

 

 

John2 Washburn (5th)

 

 

 

 

Margery1 Moore

 

Thomas3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Experience1 Mitchell

 

 

Elizabeth2 Mitchell

 

 

 

 

Jane2 Cooke

Elisabeth4 Washburn

 

 

 

Hepzibah4 Washburn

 

 

 

Nathaniel4 Washburn

 

 

 

Thomas4 Washburn (Jr.)

 

 

 

Patience4 Washburn

 

 

 

Timothy4 Washburn

 

 

 

Deliverance4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel1 Packard

 

 

Deliverance2 Packard

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth

 

 

(115.) Elisabeth4 Washburn, eldest daughter of (57) Thomas3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, in ca. 1681,[1] married Josiah Conant, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Mansfield) Conant,[2] on 1 Sept. 1701 in Bridgewater.[3] He was born on 26 Nov. 1681 in Beverly, MA,[4] a grandson of Lot and Elizabeth (Walton) Conant, of Beverly,[5] and they lived in Middleborough, MA. Josiah Conant and wife Elizabeth, of Bridgewater, were fined Ł4 for “carnal copulation” before marriage, as “convict by confession.”[6]

         Josiah Conant died intestate in 1721 in Middleborough, MA, and his widow Elisabeth Conant was granted administration of his estate on 20 Sept. 1721. His estate was inventoried on 11 Oct. 1721 by Ichabod Southworth, Samuel Barrow, and Samuel Pratt, which included his homestead with his dwelling house and other buildings valued at Ł250, and several small lots of land, swine & geese, a horse and mare, 7 cows, 2 steers, 4 yearlings, and 4 calves, and a negro boy, and it and was divided between his heirs, the widow Elizabeth, eldest son Joseph Conant, son Josiah Conant, daughter Jerusha Pratt, the wife of Samuel Pratt, Mary Cobb, the wife of John Cobb, Prudence Conant, and Susanna Conant, on 1 June 1729.[7] Elisabeth (Washburn) Conant was still living in March 1748, when her daughter, Jerusha Pratt, petitioned the court that her sisters Mary Cobb, wife of John Cobb, Susannah Briant, wife of Jesse Briant, both of Middleborough, and Prudence Weston, of Plimouth, widow, help her support their mother, Elizabeth Conant.[8]

         Elisabeth Washburn and Josiah Conant had chil­dren:[9]

+       381      i   Jerusha Conant, born on 8 Jan. 1701/2 in Middleborough,[10] married Samuel4 Pratt (3rd), son of Samuel3 and Hannah (Miller) Pratt (Jr.), of Middleborough,[11] in ca. 1722.[12] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+       382     ii   Mary Conant, born on 20 Dec. 1703 in Middleborough,[13] married John Cobb (3rd), son of John and Rachel3 (Soule) Cobb (Jr.),[14] as his second wife, on 26 Aug. 1725 in Middleborough.[15] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+       383    iii   Prudence Conant, born on 3 Mar. 1707 in Middleborough;[16] John Alden, of Middleborough, was appointed as her guardian on 13 Apr. 1726,[17] and she married Thomas Weston, of Plymouth, possibly son of Elnathan and Jane Weston, of Duxbury, as his second wife, on 4 May 1730 in Plymouth.[18] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+       384    iv   Joseph Conant, born on 30 Aug. 1709 in Middleborough;[19] John Alden, of Middleborough, was appointed as his guardian on 13 Apr. 1726,[20] called eldest son of Josiah Conant in the division of his father’s estate in 1729, moved to Stafford, CT, and married 1.) Marcy Hail on 26 Dec. 1735 in Stafford, CT,[21] and 2.) Thankful Gale on 17 Mar. 1737 in Norwich or Lisbon, CT.[22] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+       385     v   Susanna Conant, born on 7 Aug. 1711 in Middleborough;[23] John Alden, of Middleborough, was appointed as her guardian on 13 Apr. 1726,[24] and she married 1.) James Wins­low, “a seafareing resident of Plimouth,” on 7 Dec. 1732 in Middleborough,[25] and 2.) Jesse3 Bryant, son of Benjamin2 and Hannah4 (Eaton) Bryant, of Plympton,[26] on 10 Apr. 1744 in Middleborough.[27] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

         386    vi   Josiah Conant (Jr.), born on 20 Jan. 1717/18 in Middleborough;[28] John Alden, of Middleborough, was appointed as his guardian on 13 Apr. 1726, and he chose his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Conant, of Middleborough, as his guardian on 21 Sept. 1737.[29] On 27 Oct. 1738 he purchased his brother Joseph Conant’s share in his mother Elizabeth Conant’s dowry in his father’s estate in Middleborough,[30] which he sold on 11 Apr. 1739 to Samuel Pratt Jr., of Middleborough,[31] and moved to Mansfield, Windham Co., CT. He married Anna Ames, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jennings) Ames, of Bridgewater,[32] before 1753, probably in CT. She was born on 1 Apr. 1730 in Bridgewater,[33] a granddaughter of Richard and Mary (Bassett) Jennings, of Bridgewater.[34] Josiah Conant Jr. was admitted to membership in the First Congregational Church in Mansfield on 25 Feb. 1753.[35] On 27 Oct. 1785 William Ames, Amos Ames, Zachariah Parker, Peace Parker, Josiah Conant, Anna Conant, and Sarah Ames, all of Mansfield in Windham County, and Hannah Pool of Willington in Hartford County sold to Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, a piece of land in Bridgewater that Samuel Gannings [sic—Jennings] died seized of.[36] Samuel Jennings died intestate in 1785 in Bridgewater, and Hezekiah Hooper was appointed as administrator of his estate on 2 May 1785.[37] His inventory consisted of only 30 acres of land in Bridgewater, a portion of which evidently was passed on to the children of his sister Elizabeth (Jennings) Ames, living in Connecticut. Ann, the wife of Josiah Conant, was admitted to membership of the First Congregational Church of Mansfield on 2 Aug. 1767.[38] No death record has been found for either Josiah or Anne Conant. They had children:

a. Ann Conant, baptized on 15 Apr. 1753 in Mansfield, CT,[39] apparently died young.

b. Josiah Conant (3rd), baptized on 29 Sept. 1754 in Mansfield, CT.[40]

c. Lot Conant, baptized on 30 July 1758 in Mansfield, CT.[41]

d. Augustus Conant, baptized on 20 July 1760 in Mansfield, CT.[42] He was a witness to the 1785 sale of land in Bridgewater that had belonged to his mother’s grandfather Samuel Jennings by his parents.

e. Ann Conant, baptized on 30 Jan. 1763 in Mansfield, CT.[43]

 

 

(116.) Hepzibah4 Washburn, second daughter of (57) Thomas3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, in ca. Dec. 1683,[44] married John Hutchinson (Jr.), son of John and Hannah (Root) Hutchinson, of Lebanon, CT,[45] on 29 Oct. 1708 in Bridgewater.[46] He was born supposedly on 21 Feb. 1684 in Northampton, Massachusetts Colony,[47] a grandson of Ralph and Alice (___) (Bennett) Hutchinson,[48] and of Joseph and Hannah (Haynes) Root,[49] of Northampton, MA, and they lived in Lebanon and Salisbury, New London Co., CT.

         John Hutchinson (Jr.) died on 9 Feb. 1727 in Lebanon, aged 42 years,[50] but no probate records were found for his estate. Hepzibah (Washburn) Hutchinson died testate on 26 Oct. 1777 in Salisbury, CT, aged 93 years, 10 months.[51] Her will was dated 28 Apr. 1770, and probated 28 Jan. 1778, and she named her sons Thomas and John Hutchinson, grandchild Hezekiah, son of son Timothy Hutchinson, deceased, and grandchildren Timothy, Joshua, Margaret and Hepzibah, children of daughter Margaret Allen, deceased. She named her son John Hutchinson as executor of her estate.[52]

         Hepzibah Washburn and John Hutchinson had children:[53]

+       387      i   Margaret Hutchinson, born on 18 Apr. 1710 in Lebanon, CT,[54] married Joshua Allen (Jr.), son of Joshua and Mary (Crowell) Allen,[55] on 11 Sept. 1740 in Lebanon, CT.[56] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+       388     ii   John Hutchinson (3rd), born on 17 Feb. 1711/12 in Lebanon, CT,[57] married Temperance Cogswell, daughter of Samuel and Ann (Mason) Cogswell,[58] on 10 Nov. 1736 in Lebanon, CT.[59] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

         389    iii   Thomas Hutchinson, born ca. 1714 in Lebanon, CT,[60] marriage not found, died on 27 Feb. 1787 in Salisbury, CT, aged 73 years.[61]

+       390    iv   Dr. Timothy Hutchinson, born ca. 1718 in Lebanon, CT,[62] married Mercy4 Sampson,[63] daughter of David3 and Mary (Chaffin) Sampson, of Marshfield, MA,[64] on 17 Oct. 1749 in Lebanon, CT.[65] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

 

 

(118.) Thomas4 Washburn (Jr.), second son of (57) Thomas3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, in say 1688, called “second son” in his father’s 1730 will, married Elizabeth4 Howland, daughter of James3 and Mary (Lothrop) Howland, of Barnstable, MA,[66] on 13 Apr. 1721 in Kingston, MA.[67] She was born on 2 Dec. 1704 in Plymouth,[68] a granddaughter of Joseph2 and Elizabeth (Southworth) Howland,[69] of Plymouth, and a great-granddaughter of John1 and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, of the “Mayflower.”

         Thomas and Elizabeth Washburn lived initially in Bridgewater, then moved to North Yarmouth, York Co., ME, before 1729, where he was a blacksmith. On 6 Nov. 1721 his cousin, Ephraim Washburn, of Plimton, bound himself to Thomas Washburne Jr., of Bridgewater, blacksmith, to learn the trade of a blacksmith, until 20 Mar. 1722/3. Part of the agreement was that Thomas Washburn was to find and provide Ephraim with “Meat, Drink, Cloathing, and Lodging and at the End of his Apprenticeship find him two Compleat Suits of Apparell, one for Common and the other for Special Wear, and allow him a Vice, Bickhorn, Tongs, Hammers, and Sledge and Buttress and Pincers fit for his Work,” but Ephraim filed suit against his cousin Thomas in Mar. 1723/4, for not finding and allowing the “Suit of Cloathing for Special Wear and the said Bickhorn, Tongs, Hammers, Sledge, and Pincers.” Thomas did not show up in court, though, so Ephraim was awarded Ł12 plus court costs by default.[70] In Sept. 1723 Thomas Croade, of Plimpton, shopkeeper, sued Thomas Washburne Jr., of Bridgewater, blacksmith, for payment for an anvil, which he won judgment on.[71] In Dec. 1726 Sarah Little, of Kingston, Inholder and administratrix on the estate of Charles Little, Gentleman, sued Thomas Washburne Jr., of Bridgewater, blacksmith, over a Ł50 bond dated 9 Jan. 1723/4.[72] On 24 Dec. 1729 Thomas Washbourne of North Yarmouth, blacksmith, sold half of a 10-acre parcel of land in York County to George Monke.[73] Thomas Washburn and wife Elizabeth joined the church in North Yarmouth on 21 May 1732, but they removed before 1736.[74] In 1739 Thomas Washburn was living in Brunswick, ME, where he was a signer on the petition for incorporation of the town that year, and enlisted on a military expedition in 1742.[75] No probate or death records were found for Thomas Washburn in Maine.

         Thomas Washburn (Jr.) and Elizabeth Howland had children:[76]

         391      i   Mary Washburn, born on 25 May 1722 in Bridgewater,[77] marriage not found.

         392     ii   Elizabeth5 “Bettie” Washburn, born on 22 Mar. 1723/4 in Bridge­water,[78] married Benjamin York (Jr.), supposedly son of Benjamin and Mary (Giddings) York,[79] on 13 Feb. 1751/2 in North Yarmouth or Cumberland, ME.[80] He was born supposedly on 30 Dec. 1710 in Gloucester, Essex Co., MA.[81] She supposedly died in 1757,[82] and he may have moved to Deer Isle, Hancock Co., ME, where he was living in the 1790 federal census.[83] He supposedly died on 22 May 1818 in Sedgwick, ME.[84] Elizabeth (Washburn) York had at least one son:

a. Benjamin York (3rd), born in 1753 in Falmouth, ME, married Abigail Reed,[85] and they were probably living in Sullivan, Hancock Co., ME, in the 1790 federal census.[86]

b. (Possibly two daughters)[87]

+       393    iii   Timothy5 Washburn, born, say 1726, baptized on 29 Aug. 1731 in North Yarmouth, ME,[88] married Sarah Miller, daughter of James and Margaret Miller,[89] in say 1746. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

         394    iv   Thomas Washburn (3rd), born, say 1728, baptized on 29 Aug. 1731 in North Yarmouth, ME,[90] marriage not found. He may have been the Thomas “Wesbon” of Brunswick, ME, who was captured by Indians in 1748 and taken to Canada,[91] no further record.

                   v   (Possibly others)[92]

 

 

(120.) Timothy4 Washburn, youngest son of (57) Thomas3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, in say 1694, married Hannah (___), in ca. 1720,[93] and they moved from Bridgewater to Coventry, CT, after 1725, where he was a tanner, then to Bolton, CT, by 1734. She was baptized, as an adult, with her children, on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[94] and her surname has not yet been discovered.

         On 23 Jan. 1713/14 Nathaniel Washburn, of Lebanon, CT, sold 100 acres of land in Lebanon to his brother Timothy Washburn, of Bridgewater, MA.[95] On 30 July 1720 Ebenezer Washburn, of Bridgewater, sold to Timothy Washburn, of Bridgewater, tanner, upland and meadow on the east side of the Satucket River near the Middleborough line that had been deeded to him by Joseph Washburn, of Plympton.[96] In March 1723/4 Charles Little, of Plymouth, sued Timothy Washburne, of Bridgewater, husbandman, over a bond of Ł13.[97]

         It appears Timothy Washburn may have moved from Bolton, CT, to Lebanon, CT, but it is not certain. No death or probate records have yet been found for Timothy or Hannah Washburn in Connecticut, and he was not a head of household in Connecticut in the 1790 federal census.

         Timothy and Hannah Washburn had children:[98]

+       395      i   Timothy5 Washburn (Jr.), born on 26 Oct. 1721 in Bridgewater,[99] baptized on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[100] married Kezia Guild,[101] daughter of Israel and Sarah (George) Guild,[102] in ca. 1746.[103] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+       396     ii   Hannah5 Washburn, born on 28 Feb. 1723/4 in Bridgewater,[104] baptized on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[105] married John Finney (Jr.), son of John and Ann (Toogood) Finney,[106] of Lebanon, CT, on 14 June 1744 in Lebanon.[107] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

         397    iii   Mary5 Washburn, born on 15 Oct. 1725 in Bridgewater,[108] baptized on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[109] possibly the Mary Washburn who married (486) Joseph5 Washburn, son of (133) Ebenezer4 and Patience (Miles) Washburn, of New Milford, CT,[110] on 14 May 1752 in Sharon, Litchfield Co., CT.[111] He was born on 16 May 1727 in New Milford,[112] a grandson of (59) Joseph3 and Hannah3 (Latham) Washburn, of Bridgewater, MA, and they lived in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT, but probably had no children. She apparently died by 1775, and he remarried to Elizabeth Waller on 31 May 1775 in Kent, CT,[113] and they moved to Luzerne Co., PA.[114] He died intestate in ca. 1812 in Luzerne Co., PA, and his wife Elizabeth Washburn was granted administration of his estate.[115] (See his family in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

         398    iv   Thomas Washburn, born say 1727 in CT, baptized on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[116] marriage not found.

+       399     v   Martha5 Washburn, born say 1729 in CT, baptized on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[117] married Jabez Wright, son of James and Sarah (Guild) Wright, of Lebanon,[118] New London Co., CT, on 4 June 1752 in Lebanon.[119] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

         400    vi   Betty Washburn, born say 1731 in CT, baptized on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[120] marriage not found.

         401   vii   Ephraim Washburn, born say 1733 in CT, baptized on 29 Sept. 1734 in Bolton, CT,[121] marriage not found.

 

 

(121.) Deliverance4 Washburn, youngest daughter of (57) Thomas3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, in say 1697, married Ephraim Jennings, son of Rich­ard and Mary3 (Bassett) Jennings, of South Bridgewater,[122] on 18 Feb. 1718/19 in Bridgewater.[123] He was born ca. 1696 in Bridgewater, a grandson of Joseph2 and Mary (Lapham) Bassett.[124] On 15 Nov. 1713 Samuel Hayward, of Bridgewater, sold 20 acres of land in Bridgewater to Ephraim Jennings adjoining on the easterly side of Richard Jennings,[125] and on 26 Mar. 1714 Richard Jennings of Bridgewater sold to his son Ephraim Jennings of Bridgewater, for love and fatherly affection, 22 acres of his land in Bridgewater being the easterly side of his house lot, and 5 more acres lying a little more distant.[126] On 24 Feb. 1719/20 Ephraim Jennings sold 7 acres of the land he bought from Samuel Hayward to Samuel Harding of Bridgewater,[127] on 7 July 1724 Richard Jennings sold 2˝ more acres of land to Ephraim Jennings,[128] and on 16 Dec. 1725 Richard Jennings gave his sons Ephraim Jennings and Samuel Jennings, both of Bridgewater, all his right, title and interest in a cedar swamp in Plympton.[129] The will of Richard Jennings, of Bridgewater, dated 27 Apr. 1739, mentioned a son Ephraim Jennings, among others.[130] On 6 July 1735 John Ripley of Bridgewater sold to Ephraim Jennings a small lot lying close to Jennings’ house containing 108 rods,[131]

         Ephraim and Deliverance Jennings lived in Bridgewater, at least until 1742. In 1737 he was a witness to the will of John Ripley, of Bridgewater, and gave his oath at the proving of the will on 18 May 1737.[132] On 11 Apr. 1740 Ephraim Jennings sold one quarter part of a lot of land in Bridgewater to Benjamin Edson,[133] and on 19 Apr. 1742 Ephraim Jennings and Deliverance his wife, of Bridgewater, sold their land in Bridgewater, including their dwelling house, to Benjamin Price of Bridgewater,[134] and they may have moved out of Bridgewater after that. No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County.

         Deliverance Washburn and Ephraim Jennings had children:[135]

         402      i   Mary Jennings, born on 1 Jan. 1719/20 in Bridgewater,[136] marriage not found.

         403     ii   Ephraim Jennings (Jr.), born on 27 Sept. 1722 in Bridgewater,[137] marriage not found. He was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, and no land records were found for him in Plymouth County.

         404    iii   Sarah Jennings, born on 28 Sept. 1728 in Bridgewater,[138] marriage not found.

 

 

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    [1] Estimated from the date of her marriage.

    [2] Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations, published as Volume 12 of “Mayflower Families Through Five Generations,” Picton Press, Rockport, ME, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 246.

    [3] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 383.

    [4] Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, [hereinafter Beverly VRs], Vol. 1, p. 85.

    [5] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, p. 175, for the name of the wife of Lot Conant.

    [6] MF5G: Cooke, p. 246; Konig, David Thomas, ed., Plymouth Court Records 1686-1859, 16 Volumes, Pilgrim Society, May 1978, republished on a CD-ROM, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2002, [hereinafter Plymouth Co. Court Records], Vol. 1, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 6, p. 192.

    [7] Plymouth County Probate Docket #4819, Vol. 4, pp. 287-288, 363-364, Vol. 15, p. 696; MF5G: Cooke, p. 246.

    [8] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 2, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 9, p. 257; MF5G: Cooke, pp. 246-247.

    [9] 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. 138, says they had Joseph, Josiah, Susanna and Prudence.

    [10] 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. 22.

    [11] Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delamar, Wakefield, Robert S., and Stover, Margaret Harris, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Eight, Degory Priest, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994, [hereinafter MF5G: Priest], pp. 22-23.

    [12] MF5G: Priest, p. 62.

    [13] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 22.

    [14] Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Marriages From the Files of George Ernest Bowman, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1990, [hereinafter Roser, Mayflower Marriages], p. 269, marriage of Rachel Soule3 and John Cobb on 5 Sept. 1688 in Middleborough.

    [15] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 28.

    [16] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 22.

    [17] Plymouth County Probate Docket #4818, Vol. 5, pp. 130-131.

    [18] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], pp. 96, 170. He is called Thomas “Westron” in the marriage intentions, and “Western” in the marriage record.

    [19] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 22.

    [20] Plymouth County Probate Docket #4818, Vol. 5, pp. 130-131.

    [21] Stafford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 445, from p. 27 of the transcriptions from LDS microfilm #1319712.

    [22] Per email letters of Jann of 19 Apr. 2000 and 24 Apr. 2000.

    [23] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 22.

    [24] Plymouth County Probate Docket #4818, Vol. 5, pp. 130-131.

    [25] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 60; Plymouth VRs, p. 172, marriage intentions recorded 14 Nov. 1732 in Plymouth.

    [26] Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Eaton], pp. 32, 104.

    [27] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, pp. 74, 80.

    [28] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 23.

    [29] Plymouth County Probate Docket #4818, Vol. 5, pp. 130-131, Vol. 6, p. 393.

    [30] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 262, FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Benjamin White and Benjamin White Jr., acknowledged on 22 Sept. 1747, and recorded on 23 Sept. 1747.

    [31] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 53, p. 112, FHL microfilm #0559119, witnessed by Benjamin White and Benjamin White Jr., acknowledged on 8 May 1739, and recorded on 25 Oct. 1765.

    [32] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 34, the marriage of William Ames and Elisabeth Jennings on 29 June 1721 in Bridgewater.

    [33] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 31.

    [34] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 203.

    [35] Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 33.

    [36] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 65, p. 175, FHL microfilm #0559125, witnessed by Jesse Williams and Augustus Conant, acknowledged in Mansfield, CT, on 27 Oct. 1785, and recorded on 25 Apr. 1786. William Ames, Amos Ames, Peace Ames, Anna Ames, and Sarah Ames were all children of William and Elisabeth (Jennings) Ames of Bridgewater, among others.

    [37] Plymouth County Probate Docket #11461, Vol. 27, p. 129, his inventory was appraised by Edward Mitchell Jr., Nathan Hudson and Ichabod Pope, and consisted of only 30 acres of land valued at Ł90, no personal estate, from Vol. 29, p. 359-360.

    [38] Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 32.

    [39] Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 32.

    [40] Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 33.

    [41] Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 33.

    [42] Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 32.

    [43] Connecticut Church Records, Mansfield First Congregation Church, 1710-1892, Connecticut State Library, 1967, p. 32.

    [44] Calculated from her age at death.

    [45] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 407.

    [46] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386; Schott, Nancy E., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Lebanon, 1700-1854, [hereinafter Schott, Barbour Index to Lebanon VRs], p. 171.

    [47] Per the LDS Ancestral File, submitted by Lynn L. Bennett, of Price, UT, Jacqueline Humphrey, of Cocoa Beach, FL, and others, which agrees with his age at death, but I have not verified this date with the Northampton town records.

    [48] Per the posting of Sandy Neil to the RootsWeb Hutchinson Mailing List of 14 Apr. 1998, Ralph Hutchinson married Alice Bennet, widow of Francis Bennet; Torrey, New England Marriages, pp. 63, 407, agrees.

    [49] All per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by several researchers.

    [50] Vital Records of Lebanon, CT, from the Barbour Collection, 1:140.

    [51] Karlstrand, Lillian Bentley, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Salisbury 1741-1846, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter Karlstrand, Barbour Index of Salisbury VRs], p. 208, taken from Vol. 2, p. 49, of the Salisbury Town Records; MF5G: Cooke, pp. 247-248.

    [52] Sharon, CT, Probate District, 1757-1783, p. 73; record book E5, p. 301.

    [53] MF5G: Cooke, p. 247.

    [54] Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 113, taken from Vol. 1, p. 140, of the Lebanon Town Records; Vital Records of Salisbury, CT, from the Barbour Collection, Vol. 2, p. 49-50, from the typescript at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library in Boston.

    [55] His parents per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File submitted by Allen Bruce Gray, of Sacramento, CA.

    [56] I.G.I. Marriage Records, the source not listed; LDS Ancestry File, submitted by Jacqueline Humphrey, of Cocoa Beach, FL, and Bruce A. Lee, of Flint, MI.

    [57] Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 113, taken from Vol. 1, p. 140, of the Lebanon Town Records; Vital Records of Salisbury, CT, from the Barbour Collection, Vol. 2, p. 49-50, from the typescript at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library in Boston.

    [58] FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File submitted by Richard Barck, of Coronado, CA.

    [59] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, from microfilm #s 177935, 178030, and 184647.

    [60] Calculated from his age at death; Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 114, taken from Vol. 1, p. 140, of the Lebanon Town Records, his birth date left blank.

    [61] Karlstrand, Barbour Index of Salisbury VRs, p. 209, taken from Vol. 2, p. 50, of the Salisbury Town Records.

    [62] Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 114, taken from Vol. 1, p. 148, of the Lebanon Town Records, his birth date left blank; Sherman, Robert Moody, and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Twenty, Part 1, Family of Henry Samson, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000, [hereinafter MF5G: Samson, pt. 1], p. 123, says he was baptized in Lebanon between 27 Apr. and 4 May 1718.

    [63] Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 254.

    [64] MF5G: Samson, pt. 1, pp. 33-34, 123; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 253, marriage of David Samson and Mary Chaffin on 5 June 1712 in Marshfield, MA.

    [65] Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 114, taken from Vol. 1, p. 140, of the Lebanon Town Records; MF5G: Samson, pt. 1, p. 123.

    [66] MF5G: Cooke, p. 248; Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 230, marriage of James Howland and Mary Lothrop on 8 Sept. 1697 in Barnstable.

    [67] Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 295, under “Warshburn;” Plymouth VRs, p. 177, marriage intentions recorded 18 Feb. 1720/21 in Plymouth.

    [68] Plymouth VRs, p. 34.

    [69] Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 229, marriage of Joseph Howland and Elizabeth Southworth on 7 Dec. 1664 in Plymouth.

    [70] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 5, Court of Common Pleas, Session 1, case #13, p. 386.

    [71] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 5, Court of Common Pleas, Session 1, case #9, p. 370.

    [72] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 5, Court of Common Pleas, Session 2, p. 166.

    [73] MF5G: Cooke, p. 248, taken from York County Land Records, Vol. 14, p. 106.

    [74] MF5G: Cooke, p. 248, taken from Catalogue of Members, First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine, Portland, ME, 1848, p. 15.

    [75] Per email letter of Marcia Grimes of 12 Aug. 1999.

    [76] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324, gives only daughters Mary 1722 and Elizabeth (or Betty) 1724.

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

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

    [79] FHL Ancestral File of Benjamin York and Mary Giddings, submitted by Sue Lovell, of Floydada, TX.

    [80] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from Vital Records of Cumberland, Maine, 1720-1891, from LDS microfilm #0010812; “Records of Falmouth (now Portland), ME, Intentions of Marriage, from the Records of the Town of Falmouth,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 17, [Apr. 1863], p. 154, marriage intentions recorded 25 Jan. 1752, she was “of North Yarmouth.”

    [81] FHL Ancestral File of Benjamin York and Mary Giddings, submitted by Sue Lovell, of Floydada, TX.

    [82] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 4 Jan. 2003 by Bruce Henderson.

    [83] 1790 Federal Census, Deer Island, Hancock Co., ME, p. 27, the Benja. York household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, and 2 free white females.

    [84] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 4 Jan. 2003 by Bruce Henderson.

    [85] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 4 Jan. 2003 by Bruce Henderson.

    [86] 1790 Federal Census, Sullivan, Hancock Co., ME, p. 31, the Benja. York junr household had 2 free white males aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [87] Per the 1790 federal census, the household of Benjamin York had 2 females living in it.

    [88] MF5G: Cooke, p. 248, taken from Catalogue of Members, First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine, p. 15.

    [89] Her parents per email letter of Marcia Grimes, taken from Bradbury’s History of Kennebunkport, Maine.

    [90] MF5G: Cooke, p. 248, taken from Catalogue of Members, First Church in North Yarmouth, Maine, p. 15.

    [91] Per email letter of Marcia Grimes of 12 Aug. 1999, who thought that the captive might have been the father, but that is unlikely considering that the father had served in the military in 1742, the Indians more probably would have killed the father than taken him as a captive.

    [92] I have not seen evidence for a supposed son named Jeremiah Washburn.

    [93] Calculated from the birth of their first child on 26 Oct. 1721.

    [94] MF5G: Cooke, p. 249.

    [95] Lebanon, CT, Land Records Vol. 2, p. 485, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 249.

    [96] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 15, p. 41.

    [97] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 5, Court of Common Pleas, Session 1, p. 389.

    [98] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324, gives them only Timothy 1721, Hannah 1724, and Mary 1725.

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

    [100] Bolton, CT, Congregational Church Records, 1:12-13, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 250.

    [101] Her surname per email letter of Joan Sickles.

    [102] Her parents per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 26 Aug. 2001 by Margaret Lambert.

    [103] Estimated from the birth of their first child, in 1747.

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

    [105] Bolton, CT, Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 12-13, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 250.

    [106] Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts, to 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1992, [hereinafter Swansea VRs], p. 182: marriage of John Finny and Anne Toogood on 14 Sept. 1716 in Swansea, by John Rogers, Justice; Clark, Franklin C., “The Bristol Branch of the Finney Family,” Genealogies of Rhode Island Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1989, pp. 455.

    [107] Schott, Barbour Index to Lebanon VRs, p. 171.

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

    [109] Bolton, CT, Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 12-13, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 250.

    [110] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: New Milford 1712-1860, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs], p. 221, the marriage of Ebenezer Washburn and Patience Miles on 29 June 1721, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.

    [111] Schott, Nancy E., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Sharon 1739-1865, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter Schott, Barbour Index of Sharon VRs], p. 336, taken from Sharon Land Records, Vol. 3, p. 261, married by John Williams.

    [112] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.

    [113] White, Barbour Index of Kent VRs, p. 150, under “Wahyfood(?),” taken from Vol. 2, p. 123, of the Kent town records.

    [114] Washburn, Rev. George T., Ebenezer Washburn, His Ancestors and Descendants, p. 61, says he died before 1786, but this is apparently an error, he had moved out of Litchfield Co., CT, by 1786.

    [115] Per email of Cathy Gowdy, from Luzerne County Orphan’s Court, Vol. 1, p. 136.

    [116] Bolton, CT, Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 12-13, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 250.

    [117] Bolton, CT, Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 12-13, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 250.

    [118] Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 239, marriage of James Wright and Sarah Guild on 23 Apr. 1724 in Lebanon, from Vol. 1, p. 329, of the Lebanon Town Records.

    [119] Schott, Barbour Index to Lebanon VRs, p. 171.

    [120] Bolton, CT, Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 12-13, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 250.

    [121] Bolton, CT, Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 12-13, from MF5G: Cooke, p. 250.

    [122] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 203.

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

    [124] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 50.

    [125] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 10, Part 1, p. 369-370, from FHL microfilm #0055815, witnessed by Seth Brett and Sarah Brett, acknowledged by Samuel Hayward on the same day, and recorded on 21 Nov. 1713.

    [126] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 20, p. 28-29, from FHL microfilm #0558819, witnessed by Seth Brett and Sarah Brett, acknowledged by Richard Jennings on 16 Dec. 1714, and recorded on 11 Feb. 1725.

    [127] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 14, p. 242-243, from FHL microfilm #0558817, witnessed by Benj. Allen and Benja. Hayward, acknowledged on 29 Feb. 1719/20 by Ephraim Jennings, and recorded on 4 Mar. 1719/20.

    [128] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 20, p. 29, from FHL microfilm #0558819, witnessed by Josiah Edson Jr. and Elizabeth Hayward, acknowledged by Richard Jennings on 15 Jan. 1721/2 [sic], and recorded on 11 Feb. 1725.

    [129] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 20, p. 159-160, from FHL microfilm #0558819, witnessed by Samuel Edson and Joseph Jennings, acknowledged by Richard Jennings on 11 Apr. 1726, and recorded on 18 May 1726.

    [130] MF5G: Cooke, p. 250, taken from Plymouth County Probate Docket #11459.

    [131] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 31, p. 60, from FHL microfilm #0558824, witnessed by Samuel Harden and Joshua Willis Jr., acknowledged by John Ripley on 8 July 1735, and recorded on 18 May 1737.

    [132] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 7, p. 307.

    [133] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 35, p. 70, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Thos. Croade and Josiah Sturtevant, acknowledged by Ephraim Jennings on 11 Apr. 1740, and recorded on 24 July 1742.

    [134] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 35, p. 35, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Samuel Harden and Nathl. Bolton, acknowledged by Ephraim Jennings and Deliverance Jennings on 19 Apr. 1742, ands recorded on 18 May 1742.

    [135] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 203, says they had Mary 1720, Ephraim 1722, and Sarah 1728.

    [136] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 176.

    [137] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 176.

    [138] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 176.