~~ Massachusetts Colony ~~

--- Fifth Generation in America ---

 

Family of the Child of Barnabas4 Washburn and Hannah Thears

 

 

         Barnabas Washburn and his wife Hannah, whose surname may have been Thayer, rather than Thears, had only one son, Elkanah, who left descendants. He lived where his father had lived, in Kingston, Massachusetts.

 

 

 

 

Philip2 Washburn

 

 

Deacon John3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth2 Irish

 

Barnabas4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Isaac3 Billington

 

 

Lydia4 Billington

 

 

 

 

Hannah Glass

Barnabas5 Washburn Jr.

 

 

 

Elkanah5 Washburn

 

 

 

Elisabeth Washburn

 

 

 

 

Hannah Thears?

 

 

 

 

(785.) Elkanah5 Washburn, younger son of (199) Barnabas4 Washburn, (68) Deacon John3, (45) Philip2, (28) John1 (4th); born in Kingston, MA, on 3 Jan. 1750/1,[1] married Mercy/Marcy Foster on 16 Nov. 1786 in Kingston.[2] She was born on ca. 22 Nov. 1759,[3] and they were living in Kingston, MA, in the 1790,[4] 1800,[5] 1810,[6] 1820,[7] and 1830 federal censuses,[8] where he was a farmer.

        Elkanah Washburn died on 5 Jan. 1831 in Kingston, aged 80 years,[9] and Mercy (Foster) Washburn died a widow on 4 or 5 Sept. 1844 in Kingston, aged 85 years, 9 months, 13 days,[10] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Plymouth County.

        Elkanah Washburn and Mercy Foster had chil­dren:

        2101      i   Elizabeth6 Washburn, born on 24 Oct. ca. 1787 in Kingston,[11] never married. She was living with her brother Nathaniel Washburn in Kingston in the 1850 federal census, and was probably the Eliz. Washburn living in the town pauper house as an insane inmate in the 1860 federal census.[12] She died on 28 Apr. 1866 in Kingston, aged 78 years, 6 months, 4 days, of insanity,[13] but no probate records were filed for her estate.

+      2102    ii   Lois6 Washburn, born on 18 Mar. 1790 in Kingston,[14] married Sylvanus6 Bryant, of Kingston, son of Luther5 and (2081) Priscilla6 (Washburn) Bryant, of Plympton,[15] as his second wife, in 1817.[16] He was born on ca. 5 Feb. 1786 in Plympton,[17] a grandson of (776) Ezekiel5 and Priscilla (Chipman) Washburn, of Kingston.[18] He was her second cousin once removed, and he had married first to Lydia Rickard or Reckord on 28 Oct. 1810 in Kingston.[19] They lived in Kingston, MA. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        2103    iii   Lusannah Washburn, born on 24 Dec. 1791 in Kingston,[20] marriage not found.

+      2104   iv   Mercy6 Washburn, born on 6 Apr. 1796 in Kingston,[21] married Samuel J. Nutter on 24 Jan. 1830 in Kingston,[22] and they lived in Kingston. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      2105    v   Nathaniel6 Washburn, born on 12 Aug. 1799 in Kingston,[23] married Mary C. Fish, daughter of Caleb and Hannah (Crooker) Fish, of Pembroke, MA,[24] on 8 Dec. 1840 in Pembroke,[25] and they lived in Kingston. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

 

 

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    [1] Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 150.

    [2] Kingston VRs, p. 296.

    [3] Calculated from her age at death.

    [4] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 171, Kingston Town, Plymouth County, the Elkanah Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

    [5] 1800 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 28, the Elkanah Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 3 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [6] 1810 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 133, the Elkanah Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 1625 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [7] 1820 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 430, the Elkanah Washburne household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [8] 1830 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 115, the Elkanah Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 male aged 70-79 years, 1 female aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 40-49 years, and 1 female aged 70-79 years.

    [9] Kingston VRs, p. 389, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

    [10] Kingston VRs, p. 390, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 15, p. 91, online at www.americanancestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, called widow of Elkanah Washburn in her death record, but her parents were not named, the date of death 5 Sept. 1844 in the death record, but 4 Sept. 1844 on her gravestone.

    [11] Kingston VRs, p. 150. The published vital records give the year as 1789, but a private record of Kingston families by Rev. Z. Willis, has her birth year as 1787, which is probably correct, considering the birth of her sister Lois in March of 1790, however neither match her stated ages in the 1850 or 1860 federal censuses.

    [12] 1860 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 40-41, dwelling #334, family #387, described as “Town Pauper:”

            Lucy D. Waterman, 62, female, born MA, pauper

            William Winsor, 74, male, mariner, born MA, pauper

            Sophia Winsor, 72, female, born MA, pauper

            Edward Drew, 77, male, shipwright, born MA, pauper

            Lois Cook, 60, female, born MA, idiotic

            Eliz. Washburn, 70, female, born MA, insane

            Harriet M. Doten, 30, female, born MA, hereditary pauper

            Chls E. Doten, 7, male, born MA, attending school, pauper

            David M. Doten, 5, male, born MA, attending school, pauper

            Wm. Nutter, 9, male, born MA, attending school, pauper

            Albert Nutter, 7, male, born MA, attending school, pauper

    [13] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 312, online at www.americanancestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her marital status single, and her parents given as Elkanah Washburn and Mercy Foster.

    [14] Kingston VRs, p. 153.

    [15] His parents per his death record; Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 271, the marriage of Luther Bryant and Priscilla Washburn on 30 Jan. 1785 in Kingston; Kingston VRs, p. 187, the marriage of Luther Bryant of Plymton and Prissilla Washborn on 30 Jan. 1785 in Kingston.

    [16] Kingston VRs, p. 298, marriage intentions recorded 16 Apr. 1817 in Kingston.

    [17] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census and his age at death, except the age was probably 87 rather than 89 years.

    [18] Kingston VRs, p. 296, the marriage of Ezekiel Washburn and Priscilla Chipman on 16 Dec. 1755 in Kingston.

    [19] Kingston VRs, p. 187.

    [20] Kingston VRs, p. 153. Her name may have been Susannah instead of Lusannah.

    [21] Kingston VRs, p. 153.

    [22] Kingston VRs, p. 298.

    [23] Kingston VRs, p. 154.

    [24] Her parents per her death record; Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 273, the marriage of Caleb Fish and Hannah Crooker on 19 Dec. 1805 in Pembroke.

    [25] Pembroke VRs, p. 371; Kingston VRs, p. 298, marriage intentions recorded 1 Nov. 1840 in Kingston.