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Fourth Generation in
Families of the Children
of Joseph3 Washburn and Hannah Latham
The grandchildren of Joseph Washburn and Hannah
Latham represent another of the larger branches of the Washburn family, and
also contain a number of prominent men of 19th century
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(128.)
Miles4 Washburn, eldest son of (59)
Joseph3
Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in
Miles
Washburn served on a Petit Jury in
In March
1745 Miles Washburne, of Plimton, yeoman, was
presented in court for “publishing and uttering the false and Scandalous words
following, Maliciously intending to Deceive Others, of and Concerning the Rev.
Mr. Nathaniel Ells of Scituate...That he, the said Mr. Ells at Plimouth aforesaid in the month of July A.D. 1744 in the
face and hearing of the Superior Court then and there Setting was Guilty of takeing a false oath, whereby his Carecter
and Function is Greatly Scandalized and Brought into Contempt Amongst his
Majesties Good Subjects and he the said Mr. Ells is Greatly Injured and Damnfied thereby.” Washburn pleaded not guilty to the
incident, which had occurred on 20 Feb. 1744/5, but the jury found him guilty,
and he was ordered to pay 20 shillings, and obtain sureties for his good
behavior in the future. His brother Ephraim Washburn, and Silas Briggs, of
Miles
Washburn moved to Dutchess Co., NY, by 1751, when he mortgaged some land, and
was listed in Dutchess County Tax Lists from 1753 to 1768,[19]
but he was listed as a witness to a land division in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA,
in 1760.[20]
He was chosen as a “Fence Viewer” at the first town meeting for the Precinct of
Amenia held in April 1762,[21]
and he again mortgaged land in
Miles Washburn and Susanna Perry had children:[29]
445 i Mary5 Washburn, born on 7 May 1724 in
+ 446 ii Daniel5 Washburn, born on 14 Apr. 1726 in
Plympton,[32]
supposedly married 1.) (484)
Patience5
Washburn, his first cousin, daughter of (133) Ebenezer4 and Patience
(Miles) Washburn, of
447 iii Hannah Washburn, born on 31 Aug. 1728 in Plympton,[36] marriage not found.
448 iv Dinah Washburn, born on 26 May 1731 in Plympton,[37] marriage not found.
+ 449 v (Possibly) Susanna5 Washburn, born ca. 1734, married Josiah Perry, son of Benjamin and Deborah (Johnson) Perry (Jr.), of Stoughton, MA, in 1765 in Oblong District, Dutchess Co., NY,[38] and they supposedly moved to Saratoga Co., NY. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 450 vi Meribah5 Washburn, born on 4 Mar. 1736/7 in Plympton,[39] supposedly married Paul Blackmer, son of Joseph and Marcy (Sears) Blackmer, of Rochester, MA,[40] in ca. 1755,[41] and lived in New Marlborough, Berkshire Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 451 vii (Probably) Nathaniel5 Washburn, born ca. 1739 in Plympton,[42] enlisted during the French and Indian Wars in Capt. Ebenezer Seely Jr.’s Company from New York on 7 Apr. 1758 at the age of 19,[43] and re-enlisted in Capt. Peter Harris’ Company from Dutchess Co., NY, on 1 Apr. 1760 at the age of 21,[44] married Christina Shever/Shaver/Shafer, probably daughter of Hendrick and Maria Shever/Shaver/Shafer, of Albany, NY, in ca. 1764, and they moved to the Minisink Valley in Orange Co., NY, then across the river to Northampton Co., PA, then west to Washington Co., PA, and finally down the Ohio River to the newly formed Adams Co., OH. (To be continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
(129.) Hephzibah4 Washburn, probably eldest daughter of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, ca. 1681,[45]
married Benjamin3 Leach, Esq.,
son of Giles2 and Anne (Nokes) Leach, of West Bridgewater,[46]
on 8 Sept. 1702 in Bridgewater.[47]
He was supposedly a grandson of Lawrence1
and Elizabeth Leach, of
On 31 Dec.
1702 Giles Leach deeded land to his “youngest son Benjamin Leach.”[48]
Hephzibah (Washburn) Leach died on 4 Apr. 1750 in
Hephzibah Washburn and Benjamin Leach had children, order uncertain:[51]
+ 452 i Anne4 Leach, born on 19 July 1703 in
+ 453 ii Deacon Joseph4 Leach, born on 9 Oct. 1705 in
454 iii Mary Leach, born on 1 May 1708 in
455 iv (Supposedly)
Nathan4 Leach, born say 1709
in
+ 456 v Sarah4 Leach, born on 29 Apr. 1711 in Bridgewater,[65] married Timothy4 Leach, her first cousin, son of John3 and Alice Leach,[66] on 5 Dec. 1732 in Bridgewater,[67] and they moved to Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, before 1776. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 457 vi Benjamin4 Leach (Jr.), born on 14 Sept. 1713 in
458 vii Ichabod Leach, born on 8 May 1716 in
459 viii Benanuel4
Leach, a twin, born on 4 May 1718 in
a. (Unnamed
child), died on 1 Oct. 1756 in
b. (Unnamed
child), died in 1757 in
c. (Unnamed
child), died on 4 Sept. 1758 in
d. (Possibly others)[88]
460 ix Jerahmeel Leach, a
twin, born on 4 May 1718 in
461 x Nokes Leach, born on
30 Mar. 1720/1 in
462 xi Susanna4 Leach, born on 25 Oct. 1722 in
+ 463 xii Hannah4 Leach, born on 4 Mar. 1725 in Bridgewater,[95] married Solomon4 Leach, her first cousin, son of John3 and Alice Leach, of Bridgewater, as his third wife,[96] in 1743 in Bridgewater,[97] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 464 xiii (Possibly) Phebe4 Leach, born say ca. 1726 in Bridgewater,[98] married Abner4 Fobes, son of William3 and Thankful (Dwelley) Fobes,[99] in ca. 1748,[100] and they moved to Uxbridge, Worcester Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
465 xiv (Possibly)
Eunice Leach, born say 1728 in
(130.)
Jonathan4 Washburn, probably second son of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in
In July 1701 Jonathan Washbourne “Junr” of Bridgwater was in court and ordered to pay a fine of Ł5 and court costs or to be publicly whipped 20 stripes for “his abusive and uncivil behaviour to Elizabeth Canaday Late of said Bridgwater by Thrusting up or putting of a skunk under the Cloaths to her Naked Body And then saying he had Done the office of a midwife.” Isaac Harris Junr, of Bridgwater, was also fined for being an accessory to the act. Both defendants chose the fine over the “stripes.”[107] Samuel Pratt, of Middleboro, and Isaac Harris, of Bridgwater, were sureties for Washbourne and Harris.[108]
Rebecca
(Perry) Washburn died in ca. 1718. The will of Ezra Perry, of
In March
1735/6 Prince Hawse of Yarmouth, yeoman, filed suit against Jonathan Washburn,
yeoman, Silas Washburn, and Lemuell Washburn, labourers, all of Bridgwater, for
ejectment from a tract of land in “the Thousand Acres, formerly known as Govenour Princes and Major Josiah Winslows
purchase” in Bridgwater that Howse
had received in the division of the estate of Jerimiah House of Yarmouth, but
that Washburn had entered and refused to yield. The Jury found for the
plaintiff, but the Washburns entered an appeal.
Cornelius Bennitt of
No death or probate records were found for Jonathan Washburn in Plymouth County, and he may have died in New York or New Jersey, since both his sons apparently moved to that part of the country.
Jonathan Washburn had three children by Rebecca Perry:[114]
+ 466 i Silas5 Washburn, born on 11 Feb. 1712/13 in
467 ii
Lemuel5
Washburn, born on 18 Aug. 1714 in
468 iii Susanna5 Washburn,
born ca. 1716 in
a. (Unnamed son), born ca. 1735.
(131.)
Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), probably third son of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in
Joseph
Washburn (Jr.) was a blacksmith, like his father. On 21 Mar. 1731 Joseph
Washburn, blacksmith, sold his homestead land in Bridgewater on the eastern
side of the Satucket River to John Johnson,[123]
and on 11 Dec. 1738 Joseph Washburn and wife Hannah, of Bridgewater, sold their
homestead farm in Bridgewater to Robert Latham,[124]
and they moved from Bridgewater to Middletown, Hartford Co., CT, in ca. 1739,
then to Leicester, Worcester Co., MA, in 1745. On 26 Aug. 1739 Joseph Washburn
Jr. and Hannah Washburn from Bridgewater were admitted to the Congregational
Church in East Middletown, CT.[125]
On 21 May 1740 Joseph Washburn of Middletown purchased 10 acres of land from
Philip Judd, which he gave to his son Joseph Washburn of Middletown on 30 June
1740.[126]
In Sept. 1741 Nicholas Sever, Esq., of
Joseph Washburn (Jr.) died in 1759 in Leicester,[129] and Hannah (Johnson) Washburn died in 1780 in Leicester, aged 87 [sic] years,[130] but no probate records were found for either of them in Worcester Co., MA.
Joseph Washburn (Jr.) and Hannah Johnson had children,[131] order uncertain:
+ 469 i Joseph5 Washburn (3rd), born ca. 1716 in Bridgewater, MA, married Lucia “Lucy” Boardman, daughter of Moses and Silence (Cornwall) Boardman, of Middletown, Hartford Co., CT,[132] on 24 Dec. 1741 in Middletown,[133] and settled in Middletown, CT. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 470 ii Phebe5 Washburn,
born ca. 1718 in
+ 471 iii Elijah5 Washburn, born ca. 1720 in
+ 472 iv Col. Seth5 Washburn, Esq., born on 19 May 1723 in
+ 473 v Mary5 Washburn, born in ca. 1725 in Bridgewater, married Timothy4 Clough, of Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, son of Jonathan3 and Hannah (Gile) Clough,[143] on 27 Oct. 1743 in Middletown, CT,[144] and they lived in Stafford, CT. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 474 vi Abiel5 Washburn, a daughter, born on 6 Mar. 1725/6 in East Bridgewater,[145] married Jacob Wicker, son of William and Rebecca Wicker,[146] on 15 Jan. 1745/6 in Leicester, MA,[147] and they lived in Leicester. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
475 vii
Susannah Washburn, baptized on 9 June
1728 in
+ 476 viii Sarah5 Washburn, baptized on 26 Oct. 1729 in East Bridgewater,[150] married Joseph Cerly/Carly, of Leicester, MA, on 7 Feb. 1749/50 in Leicester,[151] and they lived in Leicester, Spencer and apparently Warren, MA, then moved to Whitingham, Windham Co., VT. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 477 ix Lt. Ebenezer5 Washburn, born in 1734, baptized on 1 Sept. 1734 in East Bridgewater,[152] married Dorothy Newhall, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Converse) Newhall, of Leicester, MA,[153] on 25 July 1757 in Spencer, MA,[154] and they settled in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
(132.) Mary4 Washburn, probably second daughter of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, ca. 1689,[155] married Thomas Perkins, son of David and Elizabeth (Brown) Perkins,[156] on 20 Feb. 1716/17 in Bridgewater.[157] He was born on 8 May 1688 in Bridgewater,[158] a grandson of Abraham and Mary (Wyeth) Perkins, of Hampton, NH, and of Francis Brown, of Newbury, MA,[159] and he was a blacksmith in Bridgewater.
This Mary Washburn was placed in Joseph Washburn's family out of the process of elimination, and because of the naming of a daughter “Hephzibah” Perkins, presumably after her sister, Hephzibah Leach, however because of the following deed Thomas Perkins is show to have had ties with at least one son of Samuel3 Washburn, and Thomas’ sister Mary Perkins married Gideon4 Washburn, son of James3 Washburn.
On about 30 Mar. 1720 Thomas Perkins of Bridgewater, purchased a small tract of land in Bridgewater from Eleazer Carver of Bridgewater, blacksmith, adjoining land he already owned, witnessed by Samuel Washburn and Benjamin Washburn.[160] On 21 Feb. 1727/8 Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater, Gentleman, and Constant Hayward sold to Thomas Perkins of Bridgewater, yeoman, 2 acres of land in the southerly part of Bridgewater in the Titicut Great Lots.[161] On 25 May 1737 Abraham Perkins of South Kingston, Kings County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, son to David Perkins, late of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Gentleman, sold to his younger brother Thomas Perkins of Bridgewater for Ł90 all his right in the estate of his father David Perkins, deceased.[162] On 5 Nov. 1744 Benjamin Washburn of Bridgewater, Gentleman, sold to Thomas Perkins of Bridgewater, yeoman, 17 acres of land in the south part of Bridgewater in the Titicut Great Lots adjoining Thomas Perkins’ land.[163] On 12 Dec. 1746 Thomas Perkins of Bridgewater, Yeoman, purchased 3 more parcels of land in the South Precinct of Bridgewater from James Keith of Bridgewater, Yeoman, and Lydia his wife, for Ł300 with a house, barn and shop.[164]
In March
1737/8 David Perkins of Bridgwater, Bloomer, and
Jonathan Perkins of Bridgwater, husbandman, “for
themselves and in the name and behalf of Abraham Perkins of South Kingston, Rhoad Island, blacksmith, Gideon Washburne, husbandman, and
Mary his wife, Joseph Byram, Physician, and Martha his wife, Solomon Leonard,
yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife, and Abraham Perkins, husbandman, Susanna Allen,
Widdow, and Sarah Perkins, Spinster, all of Bridgwater, John Perkins, Eleazer Perkins, Mercy/Mary
Perkins and Elizabeth Perkins, of Middleboro, Minors and Children of John
Perkins late of Plymton, Deceased,” sued Thomas
Perkins of Bridgwater, blacksmith,[165]
and in Sept. 1738 Thomas Perkins sued Gideon Washburn of Bridgwater,
husbandman, over an Ł8 bond dated 19 Apr. 1728,[166]
and also in Sept. 1738 Thomas Perkins of Bridgwater,
yeoman, executor of the estate of his father David Perkins, late of Bridgwater, Gentleman, sued Ephraim Leonard of Bridgwater, Inholder, over a Ł21
bond dated 1 June 1730.[167]
In addition to raising their own children, Mr. Thomas Perkins, of
Mary
(Washburn) Perkins died on 23 Apr. 1750 in
Mary Washburn and Thomas Perkins had children:[172]
+ 478 i Mary Perkins, born on 10 Jan. 1717/18
in Bridgewater,[173]
married (572) Josiah5 Hayward (Jr.), son of Josiah4 and (151)
Sarah4 (Kinsley) Hayward,[174]
on 11 Feb. 1741 in
+ 479 ii Hephzibah Perkins, born on 15 Feb.
1719/20 in
+ 480 iii Thomas Perkins (Jr.),
born on 25 June 1722 in
481 iv Charles Perkins, born on 11 Jan. 1724/5 in
+ 482 v Ebenezer Perkins, born on 20 Apr. 1727 in
+ 483 vi Lt. Francis Perkins, born on 8 Sept. 1729 in
(133.) Ebenezer4 Washburn, probably fourth son of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, in ca. 1693, married Patience Miles, daughter of Stephen and Patience (Wheeler) Miles,[194] on 29 June 1721 in New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT.[195] She was born on 20 Sept. 1704 in Derby, CT,[196] a granddaughter of Samuel and Hannah (Wilmot) Miles, of New Haven, CT,[197] and of Joseph and Patience (Holbrook) Wheeler.[198]
Ebenezer
Washburn was a blacksmith, like his father, and they lived in New Milford and
Ebenezer Washburn died intestate in 1762 in Monmouth Co., NJ.[206] On 5 Mar. 1762 Jonathan Washburn, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ, was granted administration of the estate of his father, Ebenezer Washburn, after his widow, Patience, declined the administration.[207]
Ebenezer Washburn and Patience Miles had 15 children:
484 i Patience5 Washburn,
born on 2 May 1722 in
+ 485 ii Susanna5 Washburn, born on 9 May 1725 in New Milford, CT,[213] married William Drinkwater, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Haskell) Drinkwater, of Taunton, MA,[214] as his second wife, on 14 Mar. 1751 in New Milford,[215] and they lived in New Milford. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 486 iii Joseph5 Washburn, born on 16 May 1727 in New
487 iv
Eunice Washburn, born on 26 Apr. 1729 in
+ 488 v Miles5 Washburn, born on 10 Jan. 1730/1 in
New Milford, CT,[221]
married Sarah Lyon, daughter of Moses and Rachel (Jackson) Lyon,[222]
on 12 Oct. 1752 in
489 vi
Jonathan5 Washburn, born on 20 Feb. 1732/3 in
New Milford, CT,[224]
married Hannah Drake, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Taylor) Drake,[225]
on 4 Feb. 1762 in the Presbyterian Church, Rombout,
Dutchess Co., NY.[226]
She was born on 27 May 1739 in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY,[227]
and they moved to Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ, where he was living when he was
granted administration of the estate of his father in 1762, but he was not a
head of household in New Jersey in the 1790 federal census, and he may have
moved to Delaware Co., NY, after settling his father’s estate. He may have been
the Jonathan Washburn living in
+ 490 vii Stephen5 Washburn, born on 19 Feb. 1734/5 in
+ 491 viii Rebeckah5 Washburn, born on 5 Mar. 1736/7 in New Milford, CT,[231] supposedly married Timothy Carver,[232] son of Eleazer and Katharine (Elmes) Carver (Jr.), of Middleborough, MA,[233] in ca. 1752.[234] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
492 ix (Unnamed son), died on 16 Apr. 1741 in Kent, CT.[235]
493 x Mercy Washburn, baptized on 26 July 1741 in
+ 494 ix Mary5 Washburn, baptized on 11 July 1742 in
Kent, CT,[237]
married Jacob Bull on 17 Nov. 1762 in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT,[238]
and lived in
495 xii
Hepsibah
Washburn, baptized on 2 May 1744 in
496 xiii
Ebenezer5 Washburn (Jr.), baptized on 21
Sept. 1746 in Kent, CT,[241]
probably was the Ebenezer Washburn who settled first in Fredericksburgh
on the Phillips Patent in what was then Dutchess Co., NY, and married Mary
(___),[242]
and had 8 children before the Revolutionary War. He was an Ensign in Capt.
Mead’s Company, Col. Henry Luddington’s 7th Regiment of the New York Militia at the
start of the Revolutionary War, but deserted by May of 1778, and joined the
British Army.[243]
His house was burned by the Patriots and his property confiscated, and was
forced to move to
497 xiv
Annice “Anna” Washburn, baptized on 21
Aug. 1748 in
498 xv
David5 Washburn, baptized on 8 July 1750 in
(134.) Ephraim4 Washburn, probably fifth son of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in ca. 1695 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, married Mary Polden/Polland, daughter of John and Lydia3 (Tilson) Polden/Polland (Jr.), of Plymouth,[255] on 13 Jan. 1725/6 in Plymouth, MA.[256] She was born on 28 Feb. 1706 in Plymouth,[257] a granddaughter of John and Mary2 (Leonard) Polland/Pollard, and of Ephraim2 and Elizabeth2 (Hoskins) Tilson, of Plymouth.[258]
Ephraim
Washburne bound himself to his cousin, Thomas Washburne Jr., of
Ephraim
Washburn died intestate in 1755 in Plympton, and his eldest son, William
Washburn, was appointed as administrator of his estate on 16 July 1755, with
Joshua Benson, of
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, a meadow in Plympton, being part of four acres our father Ephraim Washburn bought of Nathaniel Thomas, being the meadow set off to our mother Mary Washburn in the division of our said father's estate, excepting 2/11ths which belongs to our brother John Washburn, and the heirs of our late sister Jemima Randell, deceased.[265] On 4 Mar. 1786 Stephen Washburn of Middleborough, yeoman, sold to Asa Hunt, of Middleborough, his one eleventh part of the meadow in Plympton set off to his mother Mary Washburn in the division of his father Ephraim Washburn’s estate,[266] and 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.[267] All three deeds were recorded at the same time on 6 Aug. 1789.
Ephraim Washburn and Mary Polden had children:
+ 499 i William5 Washburn, born on 25 Oct. 1726 in Plympton,[268] MA, married Sarah Bates, probably daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Savery) Bates,[269] of Wareham, MA, on 8 Nov. 1759 in Wareham,[270] and settled in Carver, MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 500 ii Lydia5 Washburn, born on 4 May 1728 in Plympton,[271] married Samuel Norris, son of Benjamin and Mary (Woodin) Norris, of Plymouth,[272] on 21 Dec. 1749 in Plympton,[273] and they lived in Wareham, MA, then moved to New Sandwich, ME. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 501 iii Elizabeth5 Washburn, born on 9 Mar. 1732 in Plympton,[274] married Lt. Consider5 Benson, son of Samuel4 and Kezia (Barrows) Benson, of Middleborough,[275] on 3 Dec. 1751 in Plympton,[276] and they lived in Middleborough. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
502 iv Marcy/Mercy5 Washburn, born in 1734 in Plympton,[277] was still unmarried at the division of her father's estate in 1758, probably never married. She lived in Middleborough. On 9 Sept. 1784 she joined her brothers and sisters William Washburn, Consider and Elizabeth Benson, David and Phebe Vaughan, and Isaac Washburn, in selling their shares of the estate of their father Ephraim Washburn, late of Plympton, to Asa Hunt, of Middleborough,[278] and on 1 Apr. 1787 she sold her one eleventh share of her mother’s dowry in her father’s estate in Plympton to her brother-in-law Consider Benson, of Middleborough.[279]
+ 503 v Stephen5 Washburn, born on 24 Sept. 1736 in
Plympton,[280]
married 1.) Hannah Norris, supposedly daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Bump[?]) Norris,[281]
on 11 May 1757 in
+ 504 vi Isaac5 Washburn, born on 12 Nov. 1738 in
Plympton,[284]
married 1.) Mary5
Benson, daughter of Caleb4 and Deborah (Barrow) Benson, of
+ 505 vii Phebe5 Washburn, born on 27 Jan. 1740 in
Plympton,[289]
married Capt. David Vaughan, son of John and Jerusha (Wood) Vaughan, of
+ 506 viii Jemima5 Washburn, born in ca. 1742 in
Plympton,[292]
married John Randall, a “resident of
+ 507 ix Japheth5 Washburn, born on 11 Sept. 1746 in Plympton, was placed under the guardianship of his oldest brother, William Washburn, in 1763, after his father died,[295] and he married Priscilla Coombs, daughter of Ithamer and Hannah (Andrews) Coombs, of Rochester, MA,[296] in 1768 in Rochester,[297] and they moved to Wayne, Kennebec Co., ME. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 508 x John5 Washburn, the youngest son, born ca. 1753,[298] probably in Plympton, no guardianship was found for him, but he was listed in the division of his father's estate in 1758, and in the sale of his mother's meadow in Plympton in 1784, married 1.) Huldah6 Cushman, daughter of Caleb5 and Sarah (Barrows) Cushman, of Carver,[299] on 23 Nov. 1775 in Plympton,[300] and 2.) Azubah6 Fuller, daughter of Barnabas5 and Rebecca6 (Cushman) Fuller, on 11 Apr. 1793 in Oxford Co., ME.[301] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
(135.)
Rebecca4 Washburn, probably third daughter of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, MA, in ca. 1695, married Capt. David Johnson, son of
Capt. Isaac and Abiah (Leavitt) (Lazell) Johnson, of West Bridgewater,[302]
on 7 Jan. 1719/20 in
On 11 June 1729 David Johnson of Bridgewater, yeoman, purchased 20 acres of land and meadow from Timothy Washburn, of Bridgewater, Husbandman, that was part of the homestead of his father, Thomas Washburn, in Bridgewater, including the dwelling house of his father on the other side of the way opposite to the farm,[306] and on 17 June 1730 Capt. Isaac Johnson, of Bridgewater, deeded several tracts of land in Bridgewater to his son David Johnson, of Bridgewater, for love, goodwill and affection.[307] On 6 Oct. 1738 David Johnson, John Johnson, John Kingman, and several others signed an agreement to build a dam, furance and coal house on the northwesterly side of the road which leads from John Johnson’s dwelling house to Zechariah Snells on Salisbury Plain River in Bridgewater.[308] On 27 Mar. 1741 David Johnson, of Bridgewater, Gent., sold the quarter acre of land where the house of Thomas Washburn once stood on the other side of the way from his land to his neighbor David Leach, of Bridgewater, yeoman,[309] and on 7 Oct. 1743 David and Elizabeth Leach, of Bridgewater, Husbandman, sold several parcels of land totaling 36˝ acres in Bridgewater to David Johnson, of Bridgewater, Gentleman.[310] On 21 Jan. 1742/3 David Johnson, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, purchased 50 acres of land in Bridgewater on the Easton town line along with 2ľ acres of meadow from John Green, of Boston, for Ł410,[311] which he and his wife Rebekah Johnson sold to William Barclay, of Easton, Blacksmith, on 13 Apr. 1744 for Ł500.[312] On 18 Mar. 1752 David Johnson, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, deeded several parcels of land in Bridgewater totaling about 60 acres including part of the land he purchased from Timothy Washburn to his son, Isaac Johnson,[313] and on 22 June 1754 David Johnson, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, sold several parcels of land totaling 45 acres in Bridgewater to his son David Johnson Jr., of Bridgewater, where the dwelling house of David Johnson Jr. now stands.[314]
Capt. David
Johnson died on 22 Feb. 1773 in West Bridgewater, aged 80 years,[315]
but no probate records were found for either of them in
Rebecca Washburn and Capt. David Johnson had children:[316]
+ 509 i Maj. Isaac Johnson, born on 9 Aug. 1721
in
+ 510 ii David Johnson (Jr.), born on 8 Aug. 1724 in
511 iii
Mary Johnson, born on 29 [sic] Aug. 1729 in Bridgewater,[325]
baptized on 24 Aug. 1729 in West Bridgewater,[326]
married Robert4 Latham, son of
Capt. Chilton3 and Susanna
(Kingman) Latham,[327]
on 12 June 1751 in Bridgewater.[328]
He was born on 16 Aug. 1711 in Bridgewater,[329]
a grandson of Robert2 and
Susanna2 (Winslow) Latham.[330]
Mary (Johnson) Latham died on 20 Apr. 1752 in East Bridgewater, aged 22 years,[331]
probably of childbirth complications, and Robert Latham remarried to Bethiah4 (Hayward) Harris, daughter of Deacon
Thomas3 and Bethiah3 (Brett) Hayward, and widow of Arthur Harris,[332]
on 17 Apr. 1753 in
1. Robert Johnson
Latham, born on 10 Apr. 1752 in
+ 512 iv Sarah Johnson, born on 19 July 1732 in Bridgewater,[350] baptized on 23 July 1732 in West Bridgewater,[351] married Joseph4 Packard (Jr.), son of Joseph3 and Mary (Willis) Packard,[352] on 27 Dec. 1748 in Bridgewater,[353] and they lived in West Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 513 v Rebecca Johnson, born on 22 June 1734 in
(136.) Edward4 Washburn, probably sixth son of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, in ca. 1699, married Judith4 Rickard, daughter of Eleazer3 and Sarah3 (Eaton) Rickard, of Plympton, MA,[358] on 20 Apr. 1732 in Plympton,[359] and they lived in Plympton. She was born on 1 Feb. 1701/2 in Plymouth, MA,[360] a granddaughter of Giles2 and Hannah2 (Dunham) Rickard (Jr.),[361] and of Benjamin2 and Sarah (Hoskins) Eaton,[362] and a great-granddaughter of Francis1 Eaton, who came to Plymouth Colony in 1620 aboard the “Mayflower,” and his third wife, Christian Penn.[363]
In May 1729
Samuel Bartlett of
Edward and
Judith Washburn moved to East Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, in ca. 1741. He died
intestate in 1758 in
Edward Washburn and Judith Rickard had children:
514 i Sarah Washburn,
born say ca. 1733, baptized on 15 Aug. 1736 in
514a ii
John5
Washburn, baptized on 15 Aug. 1736 in Plympton,[372]
married Anna (Mattocks) Chipman, as her second husband, before 1765, but they
probably had no children. On 19 Apr. 1765 John Washburn and wife Ann purchased
land east of the Connecticut River from David Hale, of Middletown,[373]
and they were living in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT, in the 1790 federal census.[374]
He died on 16 Sept. 1797 in
+ 515 iii Phebe5 Washburn, born on 27 Mar. 1738,[378] baptized on 14 May 1738 in Plympton,[379] married Benjamin Stocking, son of Samuel and Abiel (Boardman) Stocking,[380] in ca. 1755,[381] and they lived in Portland and Chatham, CT. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 516 iv Noah5 Washburn, baptized on 15 June 1740 in Plympton,[382] married Bathsheba Saxton on 14 Nov. 1765 in Hartford, CT.[383] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
516a v
Eleazer5
Washburn, baptized on 24 Oct. 1742 in
+ 517 vi Isaac5 Washburn, baptized on 3 Nov. 1745 in East Middletown, CT,[386] married Bethiah Lathley, daughter of James and Elizabeth Lathley, on 3 Dec. 1767 in Cromwell, Middlesex Co., CT.[387] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
(137.) Hannah4 Washburn, probably youngest daughter of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, in say ca. 1701-1703, probably married Nathan4 Bassett, son of William3 and Sarah (Sweetland) Bassett,[388] of West Bridgewater, on 15 Mar. 1733 in Bridgewater.[389] He was born on 5 Sept. 1702 in Bridgewater,[390] a grandson of Joseph2 and Mary (Lapham) Bassett.[391] On 4 Feb. 1733/4 Joseph Pratt of Bridgewater sold to Nathan Bassett, of Bridgewater, Yeoman, 5 acres of land to be laid out in Bridgewater on the purchase right which was formerly Guido Bailey’s,[392] and on 5 Feb. 1733/4 Joshua Fobes of Bridgewater, Yeoman, sold to Nathan Bassett of Bridgewater, Yeoman, 2˝ acres of land to be laid out in Bridgewater on the purchase right which was formerly belonged to Deacon Edward Fobes.[393] On 7 Feb. 1734 Benjamin Snow of Bridgewater, Cordwainer, sold to Nathan Bassett of Bridgewater 3 acres to be laid out in Bridgewater and one third of an acre which had belonged to William Snow,[394] and on 2 Sept. 1735 Thomas Wade of Bridgewater, Joyner, sold to Nathan Bassett of Bridgewater, Husbandman, a large tract of land adjoining to William Bassett’s homestead in Bridgewater.[395] On 15 Dec. 1835 Moses Wade of Bridgewater, Housewright, sold to Joseph Bassett Junr. and Nathan Bassett, both of Bridgewater, Husbandmen, a 12˝ acre tract of land lying near the dwelling house of Nathan Bassett in Bridgewater that Wade had inherited from his father.[396] On 10 Jan. 1738/9 Nathan Bassett of Bridgewater, Husbandman, sold to his brother Joseph Bassett of Bridgewater, Husbandman, a 7 acre piece of land on the northerly end of land which was formerly Joseph Bassett Sr.’s on the east side of Joseph Bassett’s land,[397] and on the same day Joseph Bassett, of Bridgewater, Husbandman, sold to his brother Nathan Bassett of Bridgewater, Husbandman, his one half interest in the tract of land in Bridgewater that he owned in common with Nathan which they had purchased from Moses Wade on 14 Dec. 1735.[398] On 26 Mar. 1747 Nathan and Hannah Bassett of Bridgewater sold their homestead farm with the dwelling house and 45 acres of land to Joseph Cowing of Scituate, Joyner.[399]
Hannah (Washburn) Bassett died in 1756 in Bridgewater,[400] and was buried in Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater. Nathan Bassett probably moved to Norton, Bristol Co., MA, after her death, and he died intestate in 1762 in Norton, MA. His son-in-law, Josiah King, of Norton, was granted administration of his estate on 6 Aug. 1762, with John King, Gent., and William Bassett Junr., yeoman, both of Norton, as sureties.[401]
Nathan Bassett and Hannah Washburn had children:[402]
1192 i John5 Bassett, born on 29 Aug. 1734 in Bridgewater,[403] married Sarah6 Cushman, daughter of Jabez5 and Sarah (Paddleford) Cushman, of Middleborough,[404] supposedly on 25 Jan. 1757,[405] or in 1764.[406] She was a granddaughter of Benjamin4 and Sarah4 (Eaton) Cushman, of Plympton.[407] He may have been one of the several John Bassetts who served as a private from Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War.[408] On 28 Sept. 1759 John Bassett and Joseph Carver, of Bridgewater, purchased a lot in Providence, RI, but Bassett did not move to Providence, and on 5 Feb. 1774 John Bassett and wife Sarah sold their half interest in the lot in Providence to Joseph Carver. John Bassett, of Bridgewater, purchased a farm in Scituate, RI, from Barnard Haile in 1767, and they then moved to Scituate. On 8 Mar. 1777 John Bassett, of Scituate, RI, purchased 53 acres of land on Quinebog River, Killingly, CT.[409] They were living in Killingly, CT, in the 1790 federal census,[410] and he died testate in Killingly, CT, on 14 Jan. 1799, and was buried in the Old Westfield Cemetery in Killingly, CT.[411] His will was dated 8 Jan. 1799, and probated on 9 Mar. 1799, and he mentioned his son John, son Oliver, son David, and children of his daughter Eunice Warren, deceased, namely Oliver, Benjamin, Roxanna, Isaac and Eunice Warren, all minors.[412] John Bassett and Sarah Cushman supposedly had children, order uncertain:[413]
a. Eunice6 Bassett, born ca. 1765,[414] married Isaac Warren,[415] son of Capt. Ephraim and Susanna (Hubbard) Warren, of Killingly, CT,[416] in Aug. 1784 in Pomfret, Windham Co., CT.[417] He was born ca. 1764 in Killingly, CT.[418] She died on 10 Mar. 1796 in Palmer, Hampden Co., MA, aged 30 years,[419] leaving 5 children named in her father’s will, and was buried in Palmer Center Cemetery in Palmer, MA. He remarried to Mary “Polly” Breckenridge on 18 Oct. 1797 in Palmer, MA.[420] She was born ca. 1776.[421] He died on 14 Sept. 1829 in Sheds Corners, DeRuyter, Madison Co., NY, aged 65 years,[422] and she died on 6 Dec. 1836,[423] they were both buried in Sheds Cemetery in Sheds, Madison Co., NY.
b. John6 Bassett (Jr.), married Eunice Day.[424]
c. Oliver6 Bassett, married (___) Chrissey.[425]
d. David6 Bassett, mentioned in his father’s will.
e. Sarah6 Bassett, born on 27 Aug. 1775, married 1.) Benjamin Whitney in ca. 1796.[426] He was born on 17 Oct. 1755 in CT, and died on 27 Aug. 1801 in Granville, Washington Co., NY.[427] She remarried to 2.) John Farnsworth, who was born in 1766 in Granville, NY.[428] She supposedly died on 27 Mar. 1861 in French Creek, Chautauqua Co., NY.[429]
f. Joseph Bassett, probably died young, before his father’s will.
1193 ii
Nathan Bassett (Jr.), born on 4 Sept.
1737 in
1194 iii Ruth5 Bassett, born on 11 May 1740 in Bridgewater,[432] married Capt. Josiah King, son of John and Margaret King, on 7 Jan. 1762 in Norton, MA.[433] He was born on 2 Oct. 1739 in Norton,[434] and he was appointed as administrator of the estate of his father-in-law, Nathan Bassett, on 6 Aug. 1762. She died by 1789, and he remarried to Elizabeth Morey on 15 Dec. 1789 in Norton, MA.[435] No death or probate records were found for him in Bristol Co., MA. Ruth (Bassett) King had children:
a. Josiah King Jr., born on 22 Apr. 1762 in Norton, MA,[436] married Miriam Cobb, daughter of Silas and Deliverance (Hodges) Cobb,[437] on 29 May 1787 in Norton.[438] She was born on 23 Oct. 1764 in Norton.[439] He died on 6 Apr. 1845 in Norton, aged 82 years, 11 months, 14 days, of “old age,”[440] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Bristol Co., MA.
b.
Ruth King, born on 18 Mar. 1764 in Norton,[441]
married Timothy Hodges Jr., of
c. Hannah King, born on 10 Oct. 1766 in Norton.[443]
d. Calvin King, born on 13 Aug. 1768 in Norton,[444] married Sally Tucker on 23 Nov. 1789 in Norton.[445]
e. Margaret “Peggy” King, born on 15 Aug. 1770 in
Norton,[446]
married John Prior, son of Nathaniel and Mary Prior, on 31 Mar. 1791 in
f. John King, born on 5 Aug. 1772 in Norton,[449] married Ruth Bassett, possibly a cousin, on 31 Mar. 1795 in Norton.[450]
1195 iv
David Bassett, born on 27 Feb. 1742/3 in
1196 v Hannah
Bassett, born on 5 May 1745 in
1197 vi Joseph5 Bassett, Esq., born on 27 Oct. 1747 in Bridgewater,[454] married Hannah Lathrop, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Church) Lathrop,[455] on 6 June 1776 in West Bridgewater.[456] She was born on 6 Aug. 1753 in Bridgewater,[457] a granddaughter of Edward and Hannah (Wade) Lathrop.[458] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[459] Joseph Bassett, Esq., died testate on 13 Mar. 1817 in Bridgewater,[460] his will dated 12 June 1815, and probated on 1 Apr. 1817, mentioned his unnamed wife, sons William, Jonathan, Joseph, George, Nathan, Josiah and Paschal, and two daughters Sally Keith and Hannah Fobes, and he named four of his sons, William, Jonathan, Joseph and George as joint executors of his estate.[461] (See Appendix [B] for a full transcription of his will.) Hannah (Lathrop) Bassett died a widow on 9 Sept. 1834 in Bridgewater, aged 81 years, of “old age and dropsy.”[462] They had children:
a. William6 Bassett, born on 29 Mar. 1777 in Bridgewater,[463] married Abiah Williams, of Raynham, on 23 Oct. 1800 in Raynham.[464] She was born on 14 July 1782.[465] He died on 20 Dec. 1843 in Bridgewater, of cancer, aged 67 years,[466] and she died a widow on 14 May 1860 in Bridgewater, aged 77 years, 10 months, “paralytic,”[467] but she was not found in the 1850 federal census in Bridgewater.
b. Nathan6 Bassett, born on 26 Oct. 1778 in Bridgewater,[468] married “Mrs.” Sybil (Thompson) Daniels, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Thomas) Thompson,[469] on 14 Jan. 1827 in Bridgewater.[470] She was born on 27 Apr. 1780 in Middleborough, MA,[471] and they were still living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, next door to his brother-in-law, Ezra Fobes, where he was a farmer.[472] She died on 4 Mar. 1860 in Bridgewater, aged 79 years, 10 months, 18 days,[473] and he was living with his sister and brother-in-law Ezra and Hannah Fobes in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, where he was a “Gentleman.”[474] He died testate on 9 Aug. 1864 in Bridgewater,[475] and they were both buried in the Scotland Grave Yard in Bridgewater. His will was dated 22 Feb. 1849, and left all his estate to his wife Sybel T. Bassett, and named her and Ozias D. Daniels as executors of his estate, but since his wife was already deceased, and Ozias D. Daniel of Randolph, County of Norfolk, declined as executor, Josiah L. Bassett, of Bridgewater, was granted administration with the will annexed of the estate of Nathan Bassett, late of Bridgewater, on 9 Jan. 1865, with Josiah W. Bassett and Abiel Bassett as sureties.[476] (See Appendix [C] for a full transcription of his will.)
c. Sarah6 “Sally” Bassett, born on 15 June 1781 in Bridgewater,[477] married Hampden Keith, son of Simeon and Molly (Cary) Keith,[478] in 1800.[479] He was born on 15 July 1776 in Bridgewater.[480] Daughter Sally Keith was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father. He was not found in the 1850 federal census in Bridgewater, no probate records were filed for Hampden Keith in Plymouth Co., MA, and they probably moved to Kennebec Co., ME. He was probably living in Winslow, Kennebec Co., ME, in the 1810 federal census.[481]
d. Josiah6 Bassett, born on 22 Feb. 1783 in Bridgewater,[482] married Lucretia5 Mitchell, daughter of Bradford4 and Persis (Warner) Mitchell,[483] on 1 Oct. 1820 in Bridgewater.[484] She was born ca. 1788 in Cummington, MA,[485] a granddaughter of Col. Edward3 and Elizabeth (Cushing) Mitchell (Jr.), of East Bridgewater.[486] He served as a private from Bridgewater in Capt. Sears Washburn’s Company, Lt. Col. Caleb Howard’s Plymouth County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia in 1814 during the War of 1812.[487] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer.[488] He died on 9 Oct. 1858 in Bridgewater, aged 75 years, 8 months, 20 days.[489] She died a widow on 14 Oct. 1879 in Bridgewater, aged 91 years, 1 month, 16 days, of “dropsy.”[490]
e. Jonathan6 Bassett, born on 16 Mar. 1785 in Bridgewater,[491] married 1.) Sarah6 “Sally” Leonard, daughter of David5 and Mary (Hall) Leonard,[492] on 6 June 1813 in Bridgewater.[493] She was born on 25 Apr. 1786 in Bridgewater,[494] a granddaughter of Joseph4 and Mary (Packard) Leonard (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[495] He also served as a private from Bridgewater in Capt. Sears Washburn’s Company, Lt. Col. Caleb Howard’s Plymouth County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia in 1814 during the War of 1812.[496] She died on 17 Oct. 1818 in Bridgewater,[497] and he supposedly remarried to 2.) (___) Fobes, a daughter of John Fobes.[498] He was not found in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, and no death records were found for him in Bridgewater, MA.
f. Hannah6 Bassett, born on 15 July 1787 in Bridgewater,[499] married Deacon Ezra6 Fobes (Jr.), son of Ezra5 and Mary (Shaw) Fobes,[500] on 19 June 1810 in Bridgewater.[501] He was born on 31 Dec. 1785 in Bridgewater,[502] a grandson of Josiah4 and Freelove (Edson) Fobes, of Bridgewater.[503] Daughter Hannah Fobes was mentioned in the 1815 will of her father. They were living in Bridgewater, MA, next door to her brother, Nathan Bassett, in the 1850 federal census, where he was also a farmer,[504] and her brother Nathan Bassett was living with them in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census.[505] She died on 10 Dec. 1866 in Bridgewater, aged 79 years, 6 months,[506] and he died a widower on 12 Oct. 1872 in Bridgewater, aged 86 years, 10 months.[507]
g. Paschal6 Bassett, born on 5 June 1789 in Bridgewater,[508] married Mary Hooper, daughter of Winslow and Mary “Polly” (Latham) Hooper,[509] in 1811.[510] She was born on 29 Apr. 1792 in Bridgewater,[511] a granddaughter of Chilton and Mary (Howard) Latham, of Bridgewater.[512] Paschal Bassett was administrator of the estate of his father-in-law, Winslow Hooper, in 1835.[513] He died intestate on 20 Dec. 1849 in Bridgewater, of “consumption,” aged 60 years,[514] and his widow Mary Bassett was granted administration of his estate on 30 Jan. 1850.[515] She was still living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850,[516] and 1860 federal censuses.[517] She died a widow on 6 Aug. 1875 in Bridgewater, aged 86 years, 3 months, of paralysis.[518]
h. Joseph6 Bassett (Jr.), born on 4 Oct. 1791 in Bridgewater,[519] called “Joseph Bassett 2d,” married Hannah Williams, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Williams, of Raynham,[520] on 2 May 1816 in Raynham.[521] She was born ca. 1793 in MA.[522] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, next door to his brother George Bassett, where he was a farmer.[523] He died testate on 27 Sept. 1854 in Bridgewater, aged 63 years, of “disease of the brain,”[524] his will dated 29 Jan. 1845, and probated in Oct. 1854, mentioned his wife Hannah W. Bassett, his son Joseph Milton Bassett, his daughter Hannah W. Bassett, and his son Albigence Waldo Bassett, whom he appointed as executor of his estate.[525] (See Appendix [D] for a full transcription of his will.) She was still living in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census,[526] and she died a widow on 16 Nov. 1867 in Bridgewater, aged 75 years, 2 months, of paralysis.[527]
i. George6 Bassett, born on 9 Dec. 1795 in Bridgewater,[528] married Hannah6 Mitchell, daughter of Major Theodore5 and Ruhamah (Newton) Mitchell,[529] on 7 Dec. 1819 in Bridgewater.[530] She was born on 12 Nov. 1799 in Bridgewater,[531] a granddaughter of Edward4 and Jane (Latham) Mitchell (Jr.), of Bridgewater.[532] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1850 federal census, next door to his brother Joseph Bassett,[533] and in the 1860 federal census,[534] where he was a farmer. He died intestate on 23 Dec. 1866 in Bridgewater, aged 71 years, of “dropsy,”[535] and his son George W. Bassett, of Bridgewater, was granted administration of his estate on 14 Jan. 1867.[536] She died a widow on 15 Dec. 1872 in Bridgewater, aged 73 years, of “Brights Disease.”[537]
1198 vii Jonathan5 Bassett, born on 25 May 1750 in Bridgewater,[538] supposedly moved to Killingly, CT,[539] but Jonathan Bassett was not listed as a head of household in Connecticut in the 1790 federal census, and no marriage or children were recorded to Jonathan Bassett in the Killingly town records.[540]
(138.)
Benjamin4 Washburn, probably youngest son of (59) Joseph3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, MA, in say ca. 1701-1703, married Zerviah4 Packard,[541]
daughter of Israel3
and Hannah (Crossman) Packard, of Bridgewater,[542]
on 1 Sept. 1740 in Middleborough, MA.[543]
She was born on 22 May 1713 in
The will of
Israel Packard (Jr.), of
Benjamin
Washburn was a housewright in
Benjamin Washburn and Zerviah Packard had children:[547]
523 i Zerviah Washburn, baptized on 1 June 1741 in North Bridgewater,[548] MA, marriage not found, possibly the unnamed child of Benjamin Washburn who died on 19 Jan. 1744 in Bridgewater.[549]
523a ii Benjamin Washburn (Jr.),
baptized on 24 Oct. 1742 in
524 iii Hannah5 Washburn, born on 19 Jan. 1743/4 in
a. Sarah Woodwiss, born on 3 Dec.
1770 in
b.
John Woodwiss, born on 29 Jan. 1772 in
c.
Mary “Polly” Woodwiss,
born on 14 Sept. 1773 in
1. Benjamin
Morse, died on 26 Jan. 1810 in
2. (Probably others)
524a iv Susanna Washburn, baptized on 3 Aug. 1746 in
525 v Sarah5 Washburn, born on 19 Apr. 1748 in
Bridgewater,[562]
baptized on 2 Oct. 1748 in North Bridgewater,[563]
married Daniel Bryant on 16 July 1767 in Bridgewater.[564]
Children not found. No death or probate records were found for either of them
in
525a vi Ebenezer5 Washburn, born on
18 Dec. 1750 in Bridgewater,[565]
baptized on 30 June 1751 in North Bridgewater,[566]
probably the Ebenezer Washburn who married Mary Leach on 27 Apr. 1772 in
Bridgewater.[567]
Children not found. No death or probate records were found for either of them
in
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[1] Miles Washbourn served on a jury in Plymouth Colony in Mar. 1698/9, so he was presumably born in early 1678.
[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. 256.
[3] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 573; MF5G: Cooke, p. 256.
[5]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 256, taken from Bowman, George Ernest, “
[6] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 573, which gives her name as Elizabeth Burge or Burgess; “Abstracts of the Barnstable County, Mass., Probate Records,” The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 11, p. 26-27, the will of Ezra Perry, of Sandwich, dated 16 Oct. 1689, and probated on 18 Apr. 1690, mentioned “my well beloved Son Benjamin Perry” among others, wife Elizabeth Perry was his executrix, and it was witnessed by Jacob Burge and James Steuart.
[7] Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney), and Maclean W. McLean, “Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1625-1689)” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1985, p. 16; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 724, which lists her maiden name as doubtful.
[8] 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 County Court Records], Vol. 1, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 6, p. 147-148.
[16] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 48, p. 147. George Barrows, of Plympton, had married first to Patience Simmons in 1695, and secondly to Anna (___) Ransom, widow of Robert Ransom, in 1724. Anna had first married Robert Ransom in ca. 1690, so she was too old to have been a daughter of Joseph Washburn. George and Patience Barrows' son George, born in 1698, married Desire Doty. No relationship has yet been discovered between either of the George Barrowses and Miles Washburn.
[20] MF5G: Cooke, p. 257, the division dated 21 Jan. 1760, referencing Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 24, p. 140, Vol. 36, p. 189, Vol. 38, p. 147, and Vol. 48, p. 147.
[21]
Smith, James H., History of Duchess County, New York, 1991, Chapter
XXVIII: History of the town of
[23] Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney), and Maclean W. McLean, “Thomas Gibbs, of Sandwich, Mass. (ca. 1615-1693),” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume II, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985, [hereinafter Brownson & McLean, “Thomas Gibbs, of Sandwich, Mass.”], p. 10-13.
[24] Brownson & McLean, “Thomas Gibbs, of Sandwich, Mass.,” p. 13; Family History Library [FHL] Ancestral File, submitted by Kimball G. Everingham, of Richmond, CA, and David A. Hills, of Abington, MA.
[25]
Schott, Barbour Index of Sharon VRs, p. 336, married by John Williams,
he was “of Oblong;” Brownson & McLean, “Thomas
Gibbs, of
[26]
[27]
FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Kimball G. Everingham, of
[28]
MF5G: Chilton, p. 93, but his name is not in the index to Surrogate Court
Records for
[29] Children are uncertain. Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], does not list the children of Miles Washburn.
[30] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New Engand Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 217, under “Warshborn.”
[31] She was probably too young to have been the wife of George Barrows in 1741, although it has been speculated that she may have been Barrows’ wife because of the 1741 land agreement with Miles Washburn.
[33]
Vital Records of New Milford, CT, from the Barbour Collection, p. 166, marriage
of Ebenezer Washburn and Patience Miles on 29 June 1721 in
[34] The marriage date from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an FHL patron family group sheet, from microfilm #0820401, but the marriage was not listed in Barbour’s Index to New Milford Vital Records.
[35] Calculated from the estimated birth year of their son Joel Washburn, who appears to have been the second son of Daniel Washburn from the order the children were named in his will, working backwards from the 1762 birth year of son Daniel Washburn Jr., which was calculated from his age at death. So far I have found very little information on Mary, the wife of Daniel Washburn.
[40] Per Art Loux email letter of 17 Sept. 1999, his mother’s maiden name from the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Ted A. Brewster, of Provo, UT, and Mildred A. Blackmer, of St. George, UT.
[47] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, 2 volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 386.
[51] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230, says they had Anne 1703, Joseph 1705, Mary 1708, Sarah 1711, Benjamin 1713, Ichabod 1716, Jerathmael and Benanuel 1718, Nokes 1720, Susanna 1722, Hannah 1725, Phebe, Nathan, and Eunice.
[53] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 549, for Nathaniel Packard’s wife. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 253, says Nathaniel probably married a daughter of John Kingman; MF5G: Cooke, p. 244, gives her name as Lydia Smith?/Kingman?, apparently unsure which is correct.
[54] 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. 26, married by Jacob Tomson, Justice of the Peace, in Middleborough.
[58] Estimated from the age of his wife, but I’m not certain that Nathan Leach was a son of Benjamin and Hephzibah Leach.
[59] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 232, says the this was Nathan Leach, son of Timothy and Sarah (Leach) Leach, but this Nathan Leach was born in 1746, and would have been much too young to have married a woman born in 1706.
[60] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 88, marriage of Joseph Samson and Ann Tilson on 22 Apr. 1706 in Plymouth.
[61] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230, which says that Deborah married Nathan Leach in 1771, but I’m not sure if this was the right Nathan Leach.
[76] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 152; Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 2, p. 170, marriage of Samuel Edson and Mary Dean on 1 Jan. 1707/8 in Taunton.
[80] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 95, 231, but no marriage date is given, and the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater or East Bridgewater; “A Branch of the Allen Family in New England,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 10, [July 1856], p. 226, also says Mehitable married Benanuel Leach, but gives no year.
[81] Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter East Bridgewater VRs], p. 15.
[86] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 516, unless this is the same as the child whose death was recorded as 1 Oct. 1756.
[98] She is listed as a daughter of Benjamin and Hephzibah Leach by Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 230, but her mother would have been about 45 years old in 1726.
[101]
Mitchell, History of
[102] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 208, 230, says that Eunice married William Keith, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Washburn) Keith, in 1767, however William Keith wasn’t born until 1746, and would have been about 16 years younger than Eunice. Much more likely is that William Keith’s wife was Eunice Leach, daughter of Deacon Joseph and Anna (Harris) Leach, and niece of this Eunice Leach.
[103]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 258. In Sept. 1702 Jonathan Washbourne Jr., of
[104] Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney), and Maclean W. McLean, “Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c.1625-1689),” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985, pp. 9-11.
[106] Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney), and Maclean W. McLean, “Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c.1625-1689),” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985, p. 9.
[107] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 1, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 6, p. 179. He was given the designation “Junr” to differentiate him from his uncle, Jonathan Washburn.
[110] MF5G: Cooke, p. 258, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 115, p. 92-93.
[111] Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 388; Boston Marriages from 1700-1809, Municipal Printing Office, originally published as A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Boston Marriages from 1700-1751, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1977, p. 86, married by Sam. Checkley Esq., J.P.
[114]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324, says he had Silas 1713 and
Lemuel 1714, born in
[117] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 2, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 9, Sept. 1733, p. 7.
[118] Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 2, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 9, March 1735/36, case #6, p. 56, Susanna Washburn of Bridgwater, daughter of Jonathan Washburn of said Town, Single woman, in court for fornication, “for having…a Bastard Child born of her body some time within five months.”
[120] Calculated from the birth of their first child in ca. 1716, and the birth of Hannah Johnson, in 1695.
[122]
Torrey,
[123]
[125] MF5G: Chilton, p. 91, from Middletown Church Records published in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 44, p. 152.
[129] Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Leicester VRs], p. 280.
[131]
Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of
[132]
Her maiden name from the I.G.I. birth record of their daughter Lucy Boardman,
and from the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by William LeRoy
Bradley, of
[136]
Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of
[138]
Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of
[140]
Leicester VRs, p. 142, marriage intentions of Daniel Denney and Rebakah Jones
recorded 10 Nov. 1722 in
[141]
Leicester VRs, p. 143, marriage intentions of Sarah Denny and Thomas Sargeant
recorded on 17 Jan. 1778 in
[149]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 259, with no further explanation. No marriage record was found
for Susannah Washburn in
[153]
Leicester VRs, p. 188, marriage intentions recorded between Jonathan Newhall
and Hannah Convers on 17 Oct. 1731 in
[154] Spencer VRs, p. 212, under “Washbone”; Leicester VRs, p. 225, marriage intentions recorded 10 July 1757 in Leicester, at which time Ebenezer Washburn is called “of Spencer.”
[156] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 265; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 571, for the first wife of David Perkins; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39, Jan. 1885, p. 81.
[159]
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 39, Jan. 1885, p. 81;
Noyes, Libby,
[160] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 31, p. 198, the date very hard to decipher, recorded on 8 Mar. 1737.
[161] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 51, p. 65-66, signed by Thomas Hayward and Constant Hayward, witnessed by Eliab Hayward and Robert Hayward, acknowledged by Thomas Hayward on 16 Oct. 1765, and recorded on 19 Oct. 1765.
[162] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 31, p. 198-199, witnessed by David Johnson and Benjamin Johnson, acknowledged on 25 May 1737 by Abraham Perkins.
[163] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 37, p. 142, witnessed by Abraham Perkins and David Johnson Jr., and acknowledged by Benjamin Washburn on 17 May 1745. That Benjamin Washburn, Gentleman, was a son of Samuel Washburn, and not Joseph Washburn.
[164] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 41, p. 74, witnessed by John Keith Jr. and Hannah Leach, acknowledged by James Keith and Lydia Keith on 4 May 1747, and recorded on 30 Apr. 1751.
[168] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 5, p. 561, 564-565. Martha (Leonard) Perkins, the widow of Nathan Perkins, had remarried to Isaac Hayward in 1728, so Thomas Perkins was appointed to look after the interests of his nieces and nephews.
[170] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 538, buried in the Old Graveyard, Bridgewater; Plymouth County Probate Docket #15659.
[172] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 265, says they had Mary 1718, Hepzibah 1720, Thomas 1722, Ebenezer 1727, and Francis 1729.
[177]
Jones, William, “Robert Carver of
[187] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 47, marriage of Thomas Holmes and Mary Sprout, both of Middleborough, on 1 Apr. 1731.
[190] Plympton VRs, p. 421, marriage of Robert Waterman Jr., of Halifax, and Martha Cushman, of Plympton, on 8 Apr. 1734 in Plympton.
[194] Sherman, Robert Moody, and Vincent, Verle Delano, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 2: James Chilton of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1978, [hereinafter MF5G: Chilton], p. 76; MF5G: Cooke, p. 260.
[195] 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, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[196] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 267, taken from Vol. 3, p. 1, of the Derby Land Records.
[197]
Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, p. 1182; Torrey, New
England Marriages, p. 508, for the second wife of Samuel Miles, of
[200]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 260, from
[207]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 261, from
[208] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[210] The marriage date from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an FHL patron family group sheet, from microfilm #0820401, but the marriage was not listed in Barbour’s Index of New Milford town and land records.
[212] Calculated from the estimated birth year of their son Joel Washburn, who appears to have been the second son of Daniel Washburn from the order the children were named in his will, working backwards from the 1762 birth year of son Daniel Washburn Jr., which was calculated from his age at death. So far I have found very little information on Mary, the wife of Daniel Washburn.
[213] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[214]
His parents per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Mrs. V. Leroy Oaks, of
[215] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 6, p. 7, married by Samuel Canfield, J.P.
[216] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20; MF5G: Cooke, p. 261, gives the birth date as 10 May 1727.
[217]
Schott, Nancy E., The Barbour Collection of
[218] White, Barbour Index of Kent VRs, p. 150, under “Wahyfood(?),” taken from Vol. 2, p. 123, of the Kent town records.
[219] 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.
[220] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[221] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[222] Her parents from the FHL Ancestry File, submitted by Margaret W. Mikkelsen, of Davis, CA, and Ronald J. Riley, of Muskegon, MI.
[224] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[225]
Her parents per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Patricia
Nelson Loftus, of
[226] Record of Marriages of the Presbyterian Churches in Rumbout and Poughkeepsie, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol 69, p. 290.
[227]
Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Patricia Nelson
Loftus, of
[228] 1800 Federal Census, Middletown, Delaware Co., NY, p. 271, the Jonathan Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over. They were living next door to the family of Ebenezer G. Washburn.
[229] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[230] Her maiden name from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, presumably from LDS temple records, but her surname may be a guess because of the naming of a son “Tabor” Washburn, the date calculated from the approximate birth year of Tabor Washburn in circa 1760.
[231] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from New Milford Land Records, Vol. 4, p. 20.
[233] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 25, marriage of Eleazer Carver and Katherine Elmes, both of Middleborough, on 2 Dec. 1719 in Middleborough; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 129.
[235] Connecticut Church Records, Kent First Congregational Church, 1741-1859, Hartford Connecticut State Library, 1934, p. 170, from Vol. 1, p. 122, of the church records.
[236] Connecticut Church Records, Kent First Congregational Church, 1741-1859, Hartford Connecticut State Library, 1934, p. 170, from Vol. 1, p. 84, of the church records, “daughter of Patience Washburn.”
[238]
White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of
[239] Connecticut Church Records, Kent First Congregational Church, 1741-1859, Hartford Connecticut State Library, 1934, p. 170, from Vol. 1, p. 85, of the church records.
[241] Connecticut Church Records, Kent First Congregational Church, 1741-1859, Hartford Connecticut State Library, 1934, p. 170, from Vol. 1, p. 86, of the church records.
[242] Her name is reportedly listed at least twice, first on a letter from the Town Fathers of Fredericksburgh, NY, to the Governor of New York, requesting that Zuba Bates, wife of John Bates, and Mary Washburn, wife of Ebenezer Washburn, and children be allowed to pass through the enemy lines during the Revolutionary War, and secondly on a deed where Ebenezer Washburn sold property in Gulliver’s Hole, Digby, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, in 1788.
[243]
Per research of Billie Mumma, of
[245]
Coldham, Peter Wilson, American Loyalist Claims, Volume I,
[247] 1800 Federal Census, Delaware Co., NY, p. 271, the Ebenezer Washburn household had 2 males under 10, 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over. He was living next door to his presumed son, David Washburn, and near by Thomas Washburn, Jonathan Washburn, and Ebenezer G. Washburn.
[248] Connecticut Church Records, Kent First Congregational Church, 1741-1859, Hartford Connecticut State Library, 1934, p. 170, from Vol. 1, p. 87, of the church records.
[250] Connecticut Church Records, Kent First Congregational Church, 1741-1859, Hartford Connecticut State Library, 1934, p. 170, from Vol. 1, p. 89, of the church records.
[251]
Per Billie Mumma, of
[252]
Per research of Billie Mumma, of
[253]
Per research of Billie Mumma, of
[254] Per Billie Mumma, of Tulsa, OK, citing, Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, Knickerbocker Press, New York, NY, 1911, p. 181-182.
[258] 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. 263.
[265] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 144-145, witnessed by Noah Fearing and David Burges, and recorded on 6 Aug. 1789.
[266] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 145, witnessed by Consider Benson and Foxwell Thomas, and recorded on 6 Aug. 1789.
[267] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 145, witnessed by William Washburn and Consider Benson, and recorded on 6 Aug. 1789.
[272] 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.
[275]
Merritt, Grace Hufford and Thomas H. Roderick, “Samuel and Keziah (Barrows)
Benson of
[278] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 69, p. 144, from FHL microfilm #0559127, witnessed by Noah Fearing and David Burges.
[279] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 70, p. 242, from FHL microfilm #0559128, witnessed by Asa Hunt and Miriam Hunt.
[281]
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
[282] Marriage date from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an FHL patron family group sheet, microfilm #1553373.
[285]
Plympton VRs, p. 254, marriage of Caleb Benson of
[287] Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 89, the marriage of Ithamer Combs and Hannah Andrews on 4 Nov. 1731 in Rochester.
[290] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 25, marriage of John Vaughan and Jerusha Wood, both of Middleboro, on 19 Feb. 1717/18 in Middleborough.
[292] Calculated from her age at death and the date of her marriage in 1764. Her birth was not recorded in the Plympton Vital Records.
[293] Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1909, [hereinafter Scituate VRs], Vol. 2, p. 246, marriage of Thomas Randall and Faith Winslow on 11 Dec. 1729 in Scituate.
[296] Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1914, 2 volumes, [hereinafter Rochester VRs], Vol. 2, p. 89, marriage of Ithamer Combs and Hannah Andrews on 4 Nov. 1731 in Rochester.
[297]
Rochester VRs, Vol. 2, p. 311, marriage intentions recorded 24 Sept. 1768 in
[298] Calculated from his age at his enlistment in the Continental Army from Plympton in 1779 at age 26.
[305] Lazell, Theodore Studley, “John Lazell of Hingham, Mass., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. II, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985, p. 578.
[306]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 24, p. 118-119, acknowledged by Timothy
Washburn on 11 June 1729, and witnessed by Josiah Cotton, the registrar, and
Mary Cotton.
[307] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 25, p. 173-174, witnessed by Solomon Johnson and Daniel Johnson, acknowledged by Capt. Isaac Johnson on 25 June 1730, and recorded on 26 June 1730.
[308] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 33, p. 131, the owners being James Packard, Henry Kingman, Josiah Snell junr., Jabez Field, Josiah Churchell, John Johnson, Jno. Kingman 2d, David Johnson, Daniel Haward, Robert Haward, Richard Thayer, and Benja. Edson, the witnesses being Danl. Johnson, Isaac Kingman, William Brett, and Ebenezer Whitman, acknowledged by all the owners on 29 June 1738, and recorded on 25 Apr. 1740.
[309] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 56, witnessed by Daniel Johnson and Daniel Johnson Jr., and acknowledged by David Johnson on 27 Mar. 1741. Judge Daniel Johnson was the brother of Capt. David Johnson.
[310] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 123-124, witnessed by Thomas Perkins and John Willis, and acknowledged by David and Elizabeth Leach on 7 Oct. 1743.
[311] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 195, acknowledged on 24 Jan. 1742, and recorded on 12 July 1744.
[312] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 37, p. 28-29, witnessed by Joseph Josselyn and Hugh Orr, acknowledged by Rebekah Johnson, wife of David Johnson, and David Johnson on 13 Apr. 1744.
[313] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 49, p. 72, witnessed by Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Snow Jr., acknowledged by David Johnson on 15 Dec. 1755, and recorded on 25 May 1764.
[314] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 43, p. 201-202, witnessed by Isaac Johnson and Jonathan Snow Jr., acknowledged by David Johnson on 23 Feb. 1756, and recorded on 4 Mar. 1756.
[315] Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West Bridgewater VRs], p. 205, buried in the Old Grave Yard, South Street, West Bridgewater.
[316] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 204, says they had Isaac 1721, David 1724, Mary 1729, Sarah 1732, and Rebecca 1734.
[331] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 369, buried in the Old Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 510.
[333] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 228, which has the marriage date as 17 Apr. 1752, but the marriage intentions as 31 Mar. 1753. The marriage obviously occurred in 1753, not 1752.
[337] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 369, buried in the Old Central Cemetery, East Bridgewater; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 511.
[339]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts,
[356] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 152; Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 170, marriage of Samuel Edson and Mary Dean on 1 Jan. 1707/8 in Taunton.
[358] 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. 14, 39, for the maiden name of Sarah, wife of Eleazer Rickard; MF5G: Chilton, p. 78; MF5G: Cooke, p. 262; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 624, which don’t give the maiden name of Sarah.
[374]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Connecticut,
[377] MF5G: Eaton, p. 122, taken from records of the First Church of Portland, CT, Vol. 5, p. 98; Bailey, Frederic W., Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, New Haven, CT, Vol. 4, p. 103.
[383] Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1977, [hereinafter Barbour, Families of Early Hartford], pp. 501, 635; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #40488211.
[387] Connecticut Church Records, Cromwell First Congregational Church, 1715-1875, Connecticut State Library, 1954, p. 180; I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an LDS patron family group sheet, from microfilm #0820401.
[388] 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. 112-113; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 51.
[389] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 382; Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Marriages From the Files of George Ernest Bowman At the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1990, [hereinafter Roser, Mayflower Marriages], p. 122.
[391]
Torrey, New England Marriages, pp. 50, 51: the first wife of Joseph Bassett
was Mary Lapham, who died in 1676 at the age of 35 years. Mitchell, History
of Bridgewater, p. 111, says Joseph married Martha, daughter of Edmund
Hobart, of
[392] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 249, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by James Richards and Sarah Ames, and recorded on 12 Aug. 1747.
[393] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 249, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Joseph Jenning and Daniel Johnson, and recorded on 12 Aug. 1747.
[394] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 249, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Elizabeth Hayward and Huldah Edson, and recorded on 12 Aug. 1747.
[395] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 249, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Joseph Bassett and David Dunbar, and recorded on 12 Aug. 1747.
[396] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 250, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Joshua Fobes and Nathaniel Willis, and recorded on 12 Aug. 1747.
[397] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 37, p. 155, from FHL microfilm #0558826, witnessed by Jonathan Bassett and Mary Bassett, and recorded on l8 Aug. 1745.
[398] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 38, p. 250, from FHL microfilm #0558827, witnessed by Seth Bassett and Mary Bassett, and recorded on 12 Aug. 1747.
[399] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 40, p. 199, from FHL microfilm #0558828, witnessed by John Fobes and Ebenezer Keith, and recorded on 8 Mar. 1749.
[400]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 434, taken from a private record of burials in the
Scotland Graveyard in
[401] Bristol County Probate File “Nathan Bassett, Norton, 1762,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.
[402] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112, says they had John 1734, Nathan 1737, Ruth 1740, David 1743, Hannah 1745, Joseph 1747, and Jonathan 1750.
[404] Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, Bridgewater, MA, 1964, pp. 38, 98; 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. 104.
[405]
The marriage date per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 24 Feb.
2004 by Dave Robison, but this date may not be correct, because their marriage
intentions, recorded in
[406]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 60, marriage intentions recorded between John
Bassett of
[409] All per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 24 Feb. 2004 by Dave Robison, from information accumulated by Jeffrey Bassett.
[410] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 144, Killingley town, Windham County, the John Bassitt household had 4 free white males aged 16 or over, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.
[413] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 24 Feb. 2004 by David Robison, and per his will. No children were recorded to John Bassett in the Barbour index of Killingly town vital records.
[416] Per the LDS Ancestral File, submitted by cdperry; per his www.findagrave.com memorial #38915997.
[418] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #38915997.
[419] Palmer VRs, p. 239; per the LDS Ancestral File, submitted by cdperry; www.findagrave.com, memorial #126316241, from her gravestone in Palmer Center Cemetery in Palmer, Hampden Co., MA.
[421] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #46224022.
[422] Per the LDS Ancestral File, submitted by cdperry; www.findagrave.com, memorial #38915997, from his gravestone in Sheds Cemetery in Sheds, Madison Co., NY, “in the 66th year of his age.”
[423] www.findagrave.com, memorial #46224022, from her gravestone in Sheds Cemetery in Sheds, Madison Co., NY.
[429] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree files submitted on 2 Jan. 2004 by Phillip Hunt, and on 24 Feb. 2004 by Dave Robison, who reports that she was buried in West Mina Cemetery, Mina, Chautauqua Co., NY.
[431]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 435, from a record of burials in Scotland Graveyard
in
[433] Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Norton VRs], p. 187.
[437] Norton VRs, p. 214, the marriage of Silas Cobb and Deliverance Hodges on 24 May 1764 in Norton.
[452]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 434, from a record of burials in Scotland Graveyard
in
[456]
Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New
England Historic Genealogical Society,
[458] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 225; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 202: birth of Josiah Lathrop on 4 Feb. 1726 in Bridgewater.
[459] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth Co., MA, the Joseph Bassett, “Jur” household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 5 free white males under 16, and 4 free white females.
[464] Raynham VRs, pp. 40, 96, married by “Mr. Fale;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 44, marriage intentions recorded 29 June 1800 in Bridgewater.
[465] Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 42, taken from her gravestone in Mount Prospect Cemetery, Bridgewater.
[467] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 283, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Raynham, and her parents given as Abial & Abiah Bassett [sic?].
[469] Her father’s name from her death record; Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 88, the marriage intentions of Nathaniel Tomson ye 2d and Hannah Thomas recorded on 15 July 1775 in Middleborough.
[470] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 44. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112, says Nathan married “a Daniels or a Snow.”
[472] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 16, dwelling #189, family #229:
Nathan Bassett, 71, male, farmer, born MA
Sybil T. Bassett, 70, female, born MA
[473] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 139, p. 283, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Middleborough, and her father Nathaniel Thompson; Latham, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, p. 125.
[474] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 290, dwelling #1883, family #2423:
Ezra Fobes, 74, male, Gentleman, $4000, $5090, born MA
Hannah Fobes, 73, female, born MA
Susan Fobes, 81, female, born MA
Dwelling #1883, family #2424:
Nathan Bassett, 82, male, Gentleman, $3000, born MA
[476] Plymouth County Probate Docket, #1444, Vol. 105, pp. 131-132, 136, from FHL microfilm #0555647, and Vol. 114, p. 270 (266).
[478] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 212-213; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 218: marriage of Simeon Keith and Molley Cary on 15 June 1775 in Bridgewater.
[481] 1810 Federal Census, Winslow, Kennebec Co., ME, p. 756, the Hampden Keith household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[485] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census, her birth place from Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 245.
[487] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a Threatened Invasion during the War of 1812-1814, Boston, 1913, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, p. 51.
[488] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 13, dwelling #153, family #185:
Josiah Bassett, 67, male, farmer, $3000, born MA
Lucretia Bassett, 62, female, born MA
Georgianna Bassett, 5, female, born MA, attending school
[489] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 121, p. 229, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Joseph & Hannah Bassett.
[490] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 263, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Bradford and Persis Mitchell, born respectively in Bridgewater and Hardwick.
[496] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a Threatened Invasion during the War of 1812-1814, Boston, 1913, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, p. 51.
[500] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 161; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 134, marriage intentions of Ezra Fobes and Mary Shaw, of Raynham, in 1776.
[504] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 16, dwelling #189, family #228:
Ezra Fobes, 65, male, farmer, $3000, born MA
Hannah Fobes, 63, female, born MA
Susan Fobes, 71, female, born MA
[505] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 290, dwelling #1883, family #2423:
Ezra Fobes, 74, male, Gentleman, $4000, $5090, born MA
Hannah Fobes, 73, female, born MA
Susan Fobes, 81, female, born MA
Dwelling #1883, family #2424:
Nathan Bassett, 82, male, Gentleman, $3000, born MA
[506] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 298, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Joseph & Hannah Bassett, of Bridgewater.
[507] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 248, p. 378, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Ezra and Mary Fobes.
[509] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 190; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 188: marriage of Winslow Hooper and Polly Latham on 13 Nov. 1791 in Bridgewater.
[515] Plymouth County Probate Docket #1445, Vol. 12C, p. 162, with Wm. H. Davis, of Milton, and Sarah C. Bassett, of Bridgewater, as sureties.
[516] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 25, dwelling #319, family #371:
Mary Bassett, 58, female, $5000, born MA
Sarah C. Bassett, 36, female, born MA
Mary J. Craigan, 20, female, born MA, attending school
Franzes A. Clapp, 24, female, born MA, attending school
John Buder, 25, male, laborer, born Holland
[517] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 303, dwelling #1977, family #2535:
Mary Bassett, 68, female, widow, $4000, $2000, born MA
Sarah Bassett, 46, female, born MA
Augusta Sears, 34, female, born MA
Alfred Sears, 7, male, born MA
Mary E. Sears, 4, female, born MA
[518] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 275, p. 290, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Winslow & Polly Hooper, of Bridgewater.
[521] Raynham VRs, p. 65, married by “Mr. Hall;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 43, marriage intentions recorded 23 Mar. 1816 in Bridgewater, married in May 1816 according to a Bassett family bible.
[523] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 14, dwelling #164, family #198:
Joseph Bassett, 58, male, farmer, $7300, born MA
Hannah W. Bassett, 57, female, born MA
Albigence W. Bassett, 31, male, farmer, born MA
Hannah W. Bassett, 26, female, born MA
Mary J. Bassett, 6, female, born MA, attending school
Patrick Campton, 22, male, laborer, born Ireland, cannot read or write
Benjamin F. Prescot, 17, male, laborer, born MA
[524] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 195, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Joseph & Hannah Bassett.
[525] Plymouth County Probate Docket #1433, Vol. 96, p. 394-394, from FHL microfilm #0555642, witnessed by Franklin Leach, Benjamin Keith, and Isaac Fobes.
[526] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 294, dwelling #1914, family #2455:
Hannah W. Bassett, 67, female, widow, $1000, born MA
Hannah W. Bassett 2nd, 37, female, $1000, born MA
Mary J. Bassett, 15, female, born MA, attending school
[527] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 203, p. 286, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Raynham, and her parents Jonathan & Mary, of Raynham.
[533] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 14, dwelling #165, family #199:
Geo. Bassett, 54, male, farmer, $8500, born MA
Hannah Bassett, 50, female, born MA
Mary F. Bassett, 18, female, born MA
Edward N. Bassett, 11, male, born MA, attending school
Lysander R. Hall, 21, male, farmer, born MA
Mary Calighan, 17, female, born Ireland
[534] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 294, dwelling #1912, family #2453:
Geo. Bassett, 64, male, farmer, $9000, $6000, born MA
Hannah M. Bassett, 61, female, born MA
Ed. N. Bassett, 21, male, farmer, born MA
Mary Ryon, 18, female, servant, born Ireland
[535] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 193, p. 298, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, but his parents’ names not given.
[536] Plymouth County Probate Docket #1424, Vol. 119, p. 402, with Josiah L. Bassett and Caleb Hobart, of Bridgewater, as sureties.
[537] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 248, p. 379, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of George Bassett, her birth place Bridgewater, but her parents’ names not given.
[541]
Bowman, George Ernest, “Benjamin Washburns of
[542] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 254; Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 349, marriage of Israel Packard and Hannah Crosman on 16 July 1701 in Taunton; MF5G: Cooke, p. 263.
[543]
[547] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 328, says they had Hannah 1744, Sarah 1748, and Ebenezer 1750.
[548] Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Brockton VRs], p. 151, baptized in the Fourth Church of Christ in North Bridgewater.
[549] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 575, from a private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden of Bridgewater.
[557]
[A] The Will of Thomas Perkins, of Bridgewater,
County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts Bay (1758): *
[Note:
In addition to being a difficult will to transcribe because of the poor
handwriting, the clerk probably made several errors copying it into the probate
book as evidenced by the erasure and omission of part of a line, the duplication
of words throughout the will, and what appears to be the omission of words in
other parts of the will.]
In the name of God Amen
March 18th. 1758
I Thomas Perkins of
Bridgwater in the
Item I Give and bequeath
unto my Son Thos his heirs and assigns, forever, [part of a line
which has been erased] and fences there on Together with other appurtences
wher he now Dwels whome I appoint Sole Executor of This my Last will &
Testament
Item I Give and bequeath
unto my Son Ebenezer his heirs and assigns forever That Part of my homestead
which Lyeth on the Southerly Side of the high way by my Dwelling house
Excepting what is particularly other wise hereafter Disposed of in this my Last
Will
Item I give and bequeath
unto my Son Francis his heirs and assigns forever all that Part of my homestead
which lyeth on the northerly Side of the of the high way by my Dwelling House
together with a Seperte Piece of Land Lying on the Southerly Side of Said high
way on which Standeth my barn &c Bounded as follows, Beginning at a Plum
Tree Standing by and on the Southerly Side of Said way about five Rods from a
Large Rock Close by the River from sd from sd Plumb Tree
runing South Twelve Degrees East Nine Rods and five Links To a Rok thence
Runing East Six Degrees South Twenty four Rods To a Stak & Stones by Said way
then by the Said way To the bounds first mentioned Together also with a small
Pece of Land on the westerly Side of the River by my house on the northerly
Side of sd Way
Item I give and bequeath
unto my Said Son Ebenezer and francis them & their heirs and assigns
forever my Tract of Land Lying below Eleazer Aldens Adjoyning To the Thousand
acres (so Called) To be Equally Devided between Them in ye following
manner V~~. The Deviding Line to begin at a great white oak Tree
Standing near the Southerly Range of Said Tract and the Line of the Said 1000
Acres and from Said Tree To Extend Such a Point northerly as will Devide Said
Tract into Equal Shears for Quantity and the Said Ebenezer his heirs &
Assigns the Easterly half and the Said Francis his heirs and assigns To have
the westerly half. But it is To be under stood that the Iron Oar that is or may
be found in both the halfs aforesaid is To be Equally Devided between—That is
To Say The Said Ebenezer his heirs & Assigns are To have one half of the
Iron oar on Francis’ half of the Said Land and sd Francis his heirs
and assigns are To have one half of the Iron oar on Ebenezers Half of the Land also
I give unto the Said Francis and Ebenezer and Francis their heirs and assigns
forever my Grist mill & Saw mill and all my Interest in the forge Together
with the Tools and utensils & Stream and all Privelidges thereto belonging
the yard Privelidge belonging to Said Saw mill is bounded in the following
manner begining at the Plum Tree before mentioned and from thence runing South
Twelve Degrees East Eleven Rods & five Links then Runing South westerly
till the line will will intersect a Line Run from a hornbine Tree Standing
about three Rods below Said Saw mill To the Northwesterly Corner of Said
Ebenezer Dwelling house one Rod and a half From Said house then Keeping the
Range of the last Line to Said hornbine by the River near to which there is
also a Red oak Tree then bounded by the River up Stream To the Said high way
then by the way to the Said Plum Tree as also a Lot of Cedar Swamp being the
ninth Lot in the Little Cedar Swamp So Called Equally Devided between Them
Item I give &
bequeath unto my Two Grand Daughters the Children of my Daughter Mary Late wife
of Josiah Howard Junr. Deceased To Each of them a fether bed and
furniture apece I give unto them & my grandson child of the Said Mary 1 Cow
& Two pound Thirteen Shillings and four pence Lawfull money To be Equaly
Devided between the the Said three grandChildren the Said Two pounds Thirteen
Shillings & four pence to be Paid by my Said Son Thomas out of that Part of
my Estate given to him.
Item I give &
bequeth unto my Said Sons Thomas Ebenezer and Francis my Two hundred acres Land
lying at a Place Called Cork hill at the Slear[?] of the Township of wels which
my father purchased of Harlikington Simmons also a ninth Part of a Purchase
Right in the undevided Lands in Bridgwater as also all my other Real Estate
wheresoever Lying not before Disposed to be Equally Devided between them—also I
give unto them my negro boy Ceaser fire armes wearing apparel Cash bonds notes
Book amounts and the Remainder of my Quick Stok—Book Provitions besides what
will be necessary for my famaly’s Use to Carry the year about to be To be
Devided Equaly between them and if there be any Hay at my Decease to be Devided
according To the Quick Stock
Item I give unto my Son
Francis my Smith Tools but the Shop one half To him and the other half To my
Said Son Ebenezer
In witness whereof I
have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day & year aforesd.
Signed Sealed pronounced published and Declared by the Tho. Perkins (seal)
Said Thomas Perkins To
be his Last Will In Presence of
Josiah Edson Jun: John Woods:
Benja Sprage
Probated on 3 Aug. 1761,
presented in court by Thomas Perkins of Bridgwater, the executor, and proved by
Josiah Edson junr. Esq., and
Benjamin Sprague.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from
[B]
The Will of Joseph Bassett, Esq., of Bridgewater,
Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1815) *
Be it remembered that I
Joseph Bassett of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth Gentleman, being weak of
Body but of sound Mind & memory do this twelfth day of June one thousand
eight hundred & fifteen make & publish my last Will and Testament in
manner following that is to say ~~
Imprimis I give to my beloved Wife one
half of the Dwelling house in which I live (the south east part) with a
privilege to use the oven & Well together with all my household Furniture,
of every Description including my Clock & my Chaise, with a privilege to
keep it in the Chaisehouse. & I likewise give her two hundred & ten Dollars
to be paid to her annually during her Lifetime by my Sons as I shall hereafter
direct —
Item I give to my Son William
all the Homestead which I bought of Simeon & Seth Snow & the north Lot
in the Old Swamp (so called) which I bought of Seth Snow & the south Lot in
sd. old Swamp which I bought of Daniel Snow, & one third part of
the Meadow lying north of the old River which runs out of the Pond beginning at
the north east End next to Clifford Carver’s Meadow & extending to a Run of
Water near Beach Island which runs out of the Swamp & one half of the Swamp
Lots adjoining said Meadow & running northerly to the great Lots so called.
—
Item I give to my Son Jonathan
the Land known by the Name of the “Ames Place”, & all the Lots of Land
adjoining the same, & a Lot of Swamp which I bought of Winslow Hooper lying
in the little Swamp, & the South Lot of Swamp which I bought of Seth Snow
& the north Lot of Swamp which I bought of Daniel Snow lying in the old
Swamp, & one half of a Lot I bought of Nathan Leach lying in said little
Swamp, & two thirds of the Meadow of which I have given William one third
as abve described lying in the great Meadows so called. I likewise give to my
son Jonathan one half of those Lots of Swamp adjoining sd. Meadow
last described of which I have given William the other half as may be seen in
page first. —
Item I likewise give &
bequeath to my Sons Joseph & George all my other Lands of every Description
or name lying either in Bridgwater or Raynham in common for them to divide equally
between them, or improve together as they may judge proper, excepting those
Lands I have before mentioned as given to William & Jonathan.—
Item I give to My Sons Nathan,
Josiah & Paschal two thousand Dollars to each of them to be paid in one
year after my decease the above to be paid in Money or good Securities.
Item I give to my two Daughters
Sally Keith & Hannah Fobes six hundred Dollars to each of them to be paid
in one year after my decease in Money or good Securities.
Item I give & bequeath to my
Sons William, Nathan, Josiah, Jonathan, Paschal Joseph & George, all the
Stock of Cattle, Horses, Sheep & Swine of which I may die seized & all
my farming utensils of every Description to be divided equally between them
after selling so much of said Stock or utensils as may be found necessary to
pay all my just Debts & funeral Charges before such Division is made, &
all other property of every name or nature I give to my above named seven Sons,
not herein disposed of (excepting what my Wife may want of the provisions which
I may leave in my House & Granaries for her comfortable support for one
year next after my decease) to be divided equally between them. And I hereby
order my Executors to see that this last clause respecting the one years provision
for my Wife be granted her. & I hereby order my seven Sons above named to
pay to my Wife & their Mother, each & every one of them, thirty Dollars
annually which will make in the whole two hundred & ten Dollars to be paid
in Money, & the first payment to be made to her at the Expiration of one
Year after my decease to be continued during her natural Life —
Lastly I do constitute &
ordain four of my Sons, viz William, Jonathan Joseph & George joint
Executors of this my last Will & Testament. In Testimony whereof I do
hereunto set my hand & Seal the day & Year above written. —
Signed,
sealed, published, pronounced & declared N.B.
the word “whole” interlined near the
by
the said Joseph Bassett as & for his last Will and Top of
this page, was done before this
Testament
in presence of us, who at his request & was witnessed. —
in
his presence hereunto set our Names as Witnesses
to
the same ~~~ Joseph Bassett (seal)
George Chipman
Caleb F. Leonard
Asaph Andrews
Presented
for probate on 1 Apr. 1817 by William Bassett, Jonathan Bassett, Joseph Bassett
and George Bassett, the Executors therein named, and proved by George Chipman
and Caleb F. Leonard, two of the witnesses.
No
inventory of his estate was filed.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 48, p. 411-413, from FHL microfilm #0550905.
[C]
The Will of Nathan Bassett of
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1849) *
In the name of God Amen. I Nathan
Bassett of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make this my last
Will and Testament. I commit my soul to God the Author of it, and my body to
the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereinafter
mentioned.
As to my worldly estate I hereby dispose of the same
in the following manner.
First. I give and bequeath to my
beloved wife Sybel T. Bassett my pew in the Scotland Meeting house in
Bridgewater numbered 21 – together with all the other property of which I may
died seized of whatever name or nature after paying my just debts excepting my
undivided shares and rights in said meeting house hereinafter disposed of.
Second. All my shares and rights in
said Scotland meeting-house in Bridgewater I give bequeath and devise to the
Congregational Church now weekly worshipping in the said Scotland meeting-house
under the ministry of the Rev. Stetson Raymond to their use and benefit forever
in maintaining the public worship of God – And I hereby appoint Deacon Isaac
Fobes and his successor or successors in that office in said church forever to
take the care thereof and see to the same – always excepting the said pew No.
21 hereinbefore given to my wife.
Finally I hereby appoint said Sybel
T. Bassett and Ozias D. Daniels to be Executors of this my last Will and
Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made and declaring this and
this only to be my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my
hand this twenty second day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine
Signed published pronounced
and
declared by the said Nathan
Bas-
sett to be his last Will and
Testament
in presence of the
subscribers who in Nathan
Bassett (seal)
his presence and in presence
of each
other and at his request
hereunto
set our hands as witnesses.
Benjamin Keith
Franklin Leach
Isaac Fobes
Calvin Southworth
To the Hon. William H. Wood Esquire, Judge of
Probate, in & for the County of Plymouth,
I Ozias D. Daniels of Randolph in the
County of Norfolk, one of the persons named Executors in the Will of Nathan
Bassett late of Bridgewater in said County of Plymouth, deceased, hereby
decline & refuse to accept that trust -- & have no objection to the
appointment of Josiah L. Bassett to that office & do hereby resign said
trust.
Randolph, Dec. 12, 1864
Ozias
D. Daniels
Josiah L. Bassett, of
Bridgewater, was granted administration with will annexed of the estate of
Nathan Bassett, late of Bridgewater, on 9 Jan. 1865, with Josiah W. Bassett and
Abiel Bassett as sureties, the executor named having refused.
Philander Leach, Royal Keith,
and Adin Alger were appointed to appraise the estate of Nathan Bassett, late of
Bridgewater, on 12 Aug. 1864. His real estate was valued at only $70, and his
personal estate totaled $1041.68. Josiah L. Bassett, the administrator with
will annexed, gave his oath to the inventory on 9 Jan. 1865.
* Transcribed by John A.
Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 105, pp. 131-132, 136, from FHL
microfilm #0555647, Vol. 114, p. 270 (266), and Vol. 109, p. 108.
[D]
The Will of Joseph Bassett 2d, of Bridgewater,
Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1845) *
In the name of God, Amen. I Joseph
Bassett 2d of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound and disposing mind and memory do
make this my last Will and Testament.
I commit my soule to God the
author of it and my body to the earth to be buried in a christian manner at the
discretion of my executor.
As to my Worldly estate I hereby
dispose of the same in the following manner.
First.
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Hannah W. Bassett all my household
furniture excepting my clock, desk and book-case and one feather bed with
suitable apparel for the same. I also
give to my said wife the right for her to occupy the Westerly half of my dwelling
house during her natural life as also the necessary privileges in and to the
cellar and Well with the right to pass to and from the same at all times. And
also the right to a proper support and maintenance with suitable meat, drink,
apparel, medicine and nursing and all other things necessary and convenient for
her comfort during her natural life. All of which is to be furnished to her by
my executor hereinafter named.
Second.
I give and devise to my son Joseph Milton Bassett the farm on which he
now lives in the town of Grafton in the County of Worcester with all the
privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to him his heirs and assigns
to his and their use and behoof forever.
Thirdly.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah W. Bassett the sum of Two
Thousand dollars to be paid to her by my Executor hereinafter named in one year
after my decease, in money or good securities.
Fourthly.
I give, bequeath and devise to my son Albigence Waldo Bassett all of my
property not herein before disposed of whether real or personal of which I may
die seized or possessed wherever the same may be found to him his heirs and
assigns to his and their use and behoof forever on the conditions that he the
said Albigence Waldo pay the foregoing legacy of two thousand dollars to my
said daughter Hannah W. Bassett in one year after my decease and also well and
truly maintain and support my beloved wife Hannah W. Bassett during her natural
life with proper and suitable meat, drink, apparel, medicine and nursing and
all other things convenient for her comfort as herein before mentioned in my
devise to my said wife.
Finally. I hereby appoint my son Albigence Waldo
Bassett to be my executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking
all other former Wills by me made and declaring this and this only to be my
last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I the said
Joseph Bassett 2d hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty
ninth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Joseph Bassett 2d (seal)
Signed,
published, pronounced and declared by the said Joseph Bassett 2d.
to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us the subscribers who in his
presence and at his request and in presence of each other hereunto set our
hands as Witnesses.
Franklin Leach
Benjamin Keith
Isaac Fobes
Presented
for probate on the first Tuesday of Oct. 1854 by Albigence W. Bassett, the
Executor therein named, and proved by Benjamin Keith and Isaac Fobes, two of
the Witnesses. Letters Testamentary were granted to Albigence W. Bassett, the
Executor.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 96, p. 392-394, from FHL microfilm #0555642.