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Fifth Generation in
Families of the Children of Israel4 Washburn and Waitstill Sumner
The daughters of Israel Washburn and
Waitstill Sumner lived in
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Sarah5 Washburn, eldest daughter of (124) Israel4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony,
on 14 Aug. 1709,[1]
married Ephraim3
Keith, Esq., son of Joseph2 and Elisabeth3 (Fobes) Keith, of Bridgewater,[2]
on 21 Sept. 1732 in Bridgewater.[3]
He was born on 21 Mar. 1707 in
Ephraim Keith graduated from Harvard College, Master of Arts, in 1729,[7] and preached in Hardwick, MA, for about a year beginning on 2 May 1734, but was probably never ordained, and returned to Bridgewater.[8] On 25 Apr. 1737 Ephraim Keith of Bridgewater, Gentleman, and Sarah Keith, his wife sold 15½ acres of land in Bridgewater bounded on the westerly and southerly end by land of John Washburn that was part of the homestead of Sgt. Samuel Washburn, late of Bridgewater, to Solomon Leonard for £150,[9] that was probably land Sarah had inherited from her father, Israel Washburn. On 13 Apr. probably 1740 Ephraim Keith, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, purchased two parcels of land in Bridgewater from William and Bethiah Brett totaling 71 acres for £1100,[10] part of which Ephraim and Sarah Keith mortgaged to the Directors of the Manufactory Company for £100 on 9 Sept. 1740,[11] paying off the mortgage on 25 Nov. 1741.[12] On 4 July 1741 Ephraim Keith sold 13 acres of land in Bridgewater to Jonathan Copeland for £156,[13] on 17 Aug. 1741 Ephraim Keith sold 10 acres of the land at the corner of Jonathan Copeland’s land to Ephraim Fobes of Bridgewater for £150,[14] and on 1 Apr. 1746 Ephraim and Sarah Keith sold the rest of their homestead of 48 acres in Bridgewater to Jonathan Packard for £300.[15] On 20 May 1751 Ephraim Keith of Bridgewater, Gentleman, purchased the homestead farm of Capt. Nehemiah Washburn, late of Bridgewater, part from Josiah and Jane Dean, of Raynham for £166.13,[16] and part from Abiel and Silence Haward of Bridgewater, for £290.2.[17] This was later described as being in the Titicut precinct in southern Bridgewater. On 21 Aug. 1754 Jonathan Hall, administrator on the estate of Barnabas Crossman, late of Middleborough, sold Ephraim Keith a small parcel of land in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase in Middleborough for £13.6.8,[18] on 5 July 1755 Ephraim Keith purchased another small parcel of land in Bridgewater on the east end of his homestead farm from Joshua Fobes for £8.4.6,[19] on 8 July 1755 Ephraim Keith purchased two more parcels of land containing 11 and 8 acres in Middleborough from Abel Richmond of Middleborough for £20.[20] On 17 Feb. 1757 the heirs of Joseph Keith, late of Bridgewater, the widow Elisabeth Keith, Joseph Keith, Eleazer Keith, Ephraim Keith, Ebenezer Alden and Anna his wife, James Packard and Jemimah his wife, Robert Haward and Abigail his wife, Constant Southworth and Martha his wife, Jonathan Kingman and Mary his wife, and Samuel Lathrop Jr. and Elisabeth his wife, sold all their right, title and interest in half the dwelling house the improvement of which was given to Elisabeth Keith, the widow of Joseph, during her lifetime, to Ephraim Fobes of Bridgewater for £20.[21] On 14 May 1759 Ephraim Keith purchased a strip of 3 acres of land in Middleborough bounded on his land from Elkanah Leonard Jr. and Elizabeth Leonard, guardians of Elkanah Leonard Esq., who had become non-compos, for £2.8,[22] but apparently the title to this land was in question, because on 2 Aug. 1759 Ephraim Keith bound and obliged himself to reconvey the land back to Elkanah Leonard Jr. and Elizabeth Leonard if anybody else appeared with a better title to the land.[23] On 27 June 1765 Ephraim Keith gave a quitclaim to Dr. Richard Perkins of Bridgewater, for all his interest in part of the real estate of his brother Ichabod Keith that was set off to Ichabod’s widow Lydia, now wife of Dr. David Jones, of Abington, for £6.13.4,[24] on 2 Jan. 1769 Ephraim Keith sold 23 acres of land from the southerly part of the Capt. Nehemiah Washburn farm in Titicut to Jonathan Crane, of Westford in the County of Middlesex, for £80,[25] on 7 Sept. 1771 Ephraim and Sarah Keith sold their land in Middleborough, part to Abner Kingman of Middleborough for £48,[26] and part to Isaac Perkins of Middleborough, for £48,[27] and on 19 Oct. 1773 Ephraim and Sarah Keith sold another 16 acres of their homestead north of the land they sold to Jonathan Crane to their son Solomon Keith for £90.[28] On 27 Mar. 1776 Ephraim Keith sold part of his land in Titicut Parish in Bridgewater with a dwelling house to his sons William Keith and Solomon Keith for £65,[29] on 23 Jan. 1777 Solomon Keith sold his share of this land to his brother William Keith for £100,[30] and on 4 July 1777 William Keith sold it to Dr. Eleazer Carver and Giles Leach for £100.[31]
Ephraim
Keith, Esq., died testate on 25 Feb. 1781 in
On 12 Nov. 1781 the three surviving sons of Ephraim and Sarah Keith, Ephraim Keith of Taunton, Gentleman, William Keith and Solomon Keith, both of Bridgewater, yeomen, agreed on a division of the remaining estate of Ephraim Keith by giving each other quit claims for their brothers’ portions.[35]
Sarah Washburn and Ephraim Keith had children:[36]
1215 i
Mary Keith, born on 8 Oct. 1733 in
1216 ii Silvia/Sylvia4 Keith, born on 7 May 1735 in Bridgewater,[39] probably married Benjamin Walker, of Taunton, on 8 Dec. 1752 in Freetown, MA.[40] Children not found. She was still living in 1779 when her father wrote his will, and they were probably living in Taunton, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[41] but he was not a head of household in Taunton in the 1800 federal census, and no probate records were filed for his estate in Bristol Co., MA.
1217 iii Philibert4 Keith, a
daughter, born on 30 July 1737 in Bridgewater,[42]
married (483) Lt. Francis
Perkins, son of Thomas and (132)
Mary4
(Washburn) Perkins, as his second wife,[43]
on 2 Mar. 1775 in
1218 iv Ephraim4 Keith (Jr.), born on 26 Aug. 1739 in Bridgewater,[51] married Mary “Molly” Smith, of Taunton, on 1 Jan. 1765 in Taunton.[52] She was born ca. 1743.[53] He was a witness to his father’s deeds in 1755, 1771, 1776 and 1777, was still living in 1779 when his father wrote his will, and was living in Taunton, MA, in 1781 when he and his brothers William Keith and Solomon Keith agreed on a division of his father’s real estate in Bridgewater. He was sued for nonpayment of debts by John Wilson Smith and Ebenezer Smith of Taunton, Samuel Dunbar Jr. of Bridgewater, Polycarpus Edson of Bridgewater, and his brother William Keith of Bridgewater, and had several judgements against him resulting in the loss of his real estate in Bridgewater to pay the judgements in 1782.[54] He died intestate in 1783 in Taunton, and his widow Mary Keith was granted administration of his estate on 9 July 1783, with George Macomber 2d and John Godfrey, Gentlemen, as sureties. The inventory of his estate, dated 8 Aug. 1783, totaled only £26.8.8, no real estate.[55] She died a widow on 10 Mar. 1800 in Taunton, aged 57 years,[56] and was buried in Neck O Land Cemetery in Taunton, MA. They had at least one son who died in infancy:
a. Marshall Keith, baptized on 27 Apr. 1766 in Taunton,[57] buried on 29 Apr. 1766 in Taunton.[58]
1219 v Ichabod4 Keith, born on 3 Jan. 1741/2 in Bridgewater,[59] never married, died on 10 Jan. 1763 in Bridgewater, aged 21 years,[60] and was buried in South Street Cemetery in Bridgewater, MA.
1220 vi
Timothy Keith, born on 3 Mar. 1743/4 in
+ 1221 vii William4 Keith, born
on 5 June 1746 in Bridgewater,[63]
married (1408) Eunice5 Leach, daughter of (453) Deacon Joseph4 and Anna (Harris) Leach,[64]
on 11 Feb. 1767 in
+ 1222 viii Lt. Solomon4 Keith, born on 24 Mar. 1748/9 in Bridgewater,[66] married Lois5 Cary, daughter of Jonathan4 and Lois (Hooper) Cary (3rd),[67] on 6 Mar. 1777 in Bridgewater,[68] and they also lived in Titicut. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1223 ix Sarah4 Keith, born on 18 July 1753 in Bridgewater,[69] married (1518) Dr. Eleazer Carver (4th), son of Lt. Eleazer and (479) Hephzibah (Perkins) Carver (3rd),[70] on 18 Apr. 1776 in Bridgewater,[71] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
(419.)
Deborah5 Washburn, second daughter of (124) Israel4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in
John Ripley
died testate in early 1737 in
Deborah
(Washburn) Ripley remarried to 2.) Nathaniel Bolton, son of John and Sarah
(Chesebrough) Bolton,[77]
on 24 Mar. 1739/40 in
Deborah (Washburn) (Ripley) Bolton died on 26 Mar. 1759 in Bridgewater,[80] and Nathaniel Bolton died on 8 Aug. 1770,[81] but no probate records were filed for either of them in Plymouth County.
Deborah Washburn had 3 daughters by John Ripley, and 5 more children by Nathaniel Bolton:
+ 1224 i Mary Ripley, born on 14 Mar. 1730 in
1225 ii Waitstill
Ripley, born on 9 Mar. 1732 in
a. (An unnamed son of the “widow Lee,” who died on 14 Sept. 1775 in Bridgewater.[104])
b. (Possibly others)[105]
1226 iii Deborah
Ripley, born on 28 Oct. 1734 in
1227 iv John Ripley Jr., born ca. 1736 in Bridgewater, his uncle William Ripley, of Kingston, housewright, was appointed as his guardian on 17 Mar. 1746,[109] marriage not found.
+ 1228 iv Nathaniel Bolton (Jr.), born, say 1741, married (1001) Jane5 Thomson, daughter of Thomas4 and (368) Jane5 (Washburn) Thomson, of Bridgewater,[110] on 18 Dec. 1777 in Bridgewater.[111] She was born on 14 Feb. 1748/9 in Bridgewater,[112] a granddaughter of (111) Lt. John4 and Margaret3 (Packard) Washburn, of Bridgewater.[113] They moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, by 1783, then to Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, by 1790, and they were living in Oakham in the 1790,[114] 1800,[115] and 1810 federal census.[116] She died on 8 May 1814 in Oakham, MA, aged 65 years.[117] On 9 Aug. 1819 the Selectmen of Oakham complained that Nathaniel Bolton was misspending his time and wasting his property so that he would become a burden on the town for his support, but there is no record a guardian was ever appointed for him,[118] and no death record was found for him. (Continued in her family in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
1229 v (Unnamed child), died on 20 Oct. 1743 in
1230 vi (Unnamed daughter), died on 13 Sept. 1747 in
1231 vii (Unnamed daughter), died on 17 Sept. 1747 in
1232 viii (Unnamed child), died on 13 Dec. 1758 in
(421.)
Capt. Israel5 Washburn (Jr.), Esq., youngest son of (124) Israel4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28)
John1 (4th); born in
In 1740 Israel Washburne of Bridgwater, house carpenter, sued
Seth Sumner of Taunton, Gentleman, over a £70 bond dated 5 May 1740,[128] and in Sept. 1742 Benjamin White, Esq., and Mr.
Ezra Clapp, Gentleman, both of Middleborough, as attorneys for the Indian
inhabitants and owners of the land known called “Keteticut” or “Teticut” sued
Israel Washburn of Middleborough, housewright, for trespassing on their land
and cutting down 200 trees.[129] On 10 Dec. 1744 Nehemiah Washburn, Gentleman,
Benjamin Washburn, Gentleman, Thomas Hayward (3rd),
Henry Washburn, and Ezra Washburn, cordwainer, all of Bridgewater, and Israel
Washburn, housewright, of Raynham, signed an agreement to build a forge on land
of Nehemiah Washburn in Bridgewater.[130]
On 11 May 1749 Israel Washburn purchased land in Raynham
from Benjamin Hodges and from Benjamin Meastin.[131] Capt. Israel Washburn was a founding member of
the Third Congregational Church in Titicut Parish, North Middleborough, MA, in
1748, and was chosen a Deacon on 31 Mar. 1748 at the same time that Rev. Isaac
Backus was chosen the first Pastor,[132] but Capt. Israel Washburn (Jr.) withdrew his
membership in the North Middleborough Congregational Church on 13 June 1751.[133] After that Israel and Leah Washburn lived in
Raynham, Bristol Co., MA, where he was a housewright and the town clerk.
Capt. Israel Washburn (Jr.) served as a Sergeant in Capt.
John Shaw’s Company, Col. Abiel Mitchell’s Regiment, in 1780 in the
Revolutionary War, and was a Captain of the 4th
Massachusetts Regiment in 1782.[134] He was also a member of the Convention which
wrote the first Constitution of the State of Massachusetts, in 1780.
Leah (Fobes) Washburn died on 9 Dec. 1789 in Raynham, aged
70 years,[135] and Capt. Israel Washburn (Jr.) remarried to
2.) (438) Hannah3 (Keith) (Leach)
Hall, his first cousin, daughter of John2 and (127)
Hannah4
(Washburn) Keith, and widow of (457)
Benjamin4 Leach (Jr.), of
Hannah (Keith) (Leach) (Hall) Washburn died on 4 Jan. 1796 in Raynham,[143] and Capt. Israel Washburn (Jr.), Esq., died
testate on 21 Jan. 1796 in Raynham, aged 78 years.[144] His will was dated 19 Apr. 1792, and was
witnessed by Samuel Gushe, Abraham Gushe and Seth Gushe. He mentioned his sons
Israel Washburn, Nehemiah Washburn, Seth Washburn and Oliver Washburn, and his
daughters Leah, wife of Jason Fobes, and Olive, wife of Reuben Andrews, but he
did not mention his wife, Hannah. He named his sons
Capt. Israel Washburn (Jr.) and Leah Fobes had children:
1233 i
Wealthy Washburn, born on 19 May 1740 in
1234 ii Mary Washburn, born on 19 Mar. 1741/2 in Raynham, died on 16 Aug. 1747 in Raynham.[147]
1235 iii Israel Washburn (3rd), born on 8 June 1744 in Raynham, died on 24 Aug. 1747 in Raynham.[148]
+ 1236 iv Leah6 Washburn, born on 20 Nov. 1749 in
Raynham,[149]
married Jason5 Fobes, son of
Josiah4 and Freelove4 (Edson) Fobes, of
+ 1237 v Olive6 Washburn, born on 8 Aug. 1752 in Raynham,[152] married Reuben Andrews, of Raynham, as his second wife, on 18 Aug. 1780 in Raynham,[153] and they lived in Raynham. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1238 vi Sgt. Israel6 Washburn (3rd), born on 30 Jan. 1755 in Raynham,[154] married Abiah King, daughter of Benjamin and Deliverance (Eddy) King, of Raynham,[155] on 12 June 1783 in Raynham,[156] and they lived in Raynham. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1239 vii Nehemiah6 Washburn, born on 16 June 1759 in Raynham,[157] married Polly Presho on 20 Feb. 1783 in Raynham,[158] and they also lived in Raynham. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1240 viii Dr. Seth6 Washburn, born on 29 Sept. 1761 in Raynham,[159] married Bethiah Shaw, probably daughter of Jonathan and Bethiah (Hall) Shaw (Jr.), of Raynham,[160] on 16 Jan. 1781 in Raynham or Taunton, MA,[161] and they also lived in Raynham. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
+ 1241 ix Oliver6 Washburn, born on 14 May 1764 in Raynham,[162] married Sarah “Sally” Liscomb, of Raynham, on 17 Jan. 1788 in Raynham,[163] and they also lived in Raynham. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)
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[1]
Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes,
[hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 335.
[2]
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. 207.
[7]
“Graduates of Harvard University 1728-1730,” at https://colonialancestors.com/harvard7.htm.
[8]
Paige, Lucius R., History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical
Register, Boston, 1883, [hereinafter Paige, History of Hardwick], p.
407.
[9]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 42, p. 163, from FHL microfilm #0558829,
witnessed by Jabez Field and Ephraim Leonard, but not recorded until 18 Dec.
1753. This was probably land Sarah Washburn had inherited from her father,
Israel Washburn, a son of Sgt. Samuel Washburn.
[10]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 80-81, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
the deed dated 13 Apr. 1741, but acknowledged on 13 Apr. 1740, witnessed by
Seth Leonard and Daniel Johnson, and recorded on 13 Apr. 1741.
[11]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 110-111, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
witnessed by Daniel Johnson and Daniel Johnson Jr., and recorded on 20 Apr.
1741.
[12]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 35, p. 14-15, from FHL microfilm #0558826,
witnessed by Joseph Hiller and Samuel Holbrook, and recorded on 10 Apr. 1742.
[13]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 35, p. 40-41, from FHL microfilm #0558826,
witnessed by William Brett and Nathaniel Brett, and recorded on 21 May 1742.
[14]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 51, p. 234-235, from FHL microfilm #0559118,
witnessed by Josiah Snell Jr. and Ephraim Fobes Jr., but not recorded until 8
Oct. 1766.
[15]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 39, p. 116-117, from FHL microfilm #0558827,
witnessed by David Packard and William Packard, and recorded on 20 Apr. 1748.
[16]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 42, p. 36, from FHL microfilm #0558829,
witnessed by Jno. Cushing and Josiah Edson Jr., and recorded on 10 Feb. 1753.
[17]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 42, p. 37, from FHL microfilm #0558829,
witnessed by Jno. Cushiong and Josiah Edson Jr., and recorded on 10 Feb. 1753.
Jane and Silence Washburn were the two daughters of Capt. Nehemiah Washburn,
and his land had been divided between them on 16 May 1751.
[18]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 43, p. 19-20, from FHL microfilm #0558830,
witnessed by Benjamin White and Israel Washburn, and recorded on 26 Sept. 1754.
[19]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 45, p. 176, from FHL microfilm #0559115,
witnessed by Azariah Thrasher and Ephraim Keith Jr,. and recorded on 22 May
1759.
[20]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 45, p. 176, from FHL microfilm #0559115,
witnessed by Nathan Richmond and Job Richmond, and recorded on 22 May 1759.
[21]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 51, p. 230, from FHL microfilm #0559118,
witnessed by Josiah William Jr., Nathaniel Southworth, Shepard Fisk, Seth Burr,
Phylybert (Philibert) Keith, and Ichabod Keith, and recorded on 29 Oct. 1765.
[22]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 49, p. 32, from FHL microfilm #0559117,
witnessed by Josiah Edson Jr. and Ichabod Keith, and recorded on 4 Apr. 1764.
[23]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 52, p. 161-162, from FHL microfilm #0559119,
witnessed by Josiah Edson Jr. and Abigail Reed, and recorded on 31 Oct. 1765.
[24]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 54, p. 228, from FHL microfilm #0559120,
witnessed by Daniel Perkins and Josiah Edson, and recorded on 12 Apr. 1769.
[25] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 74, p. 71, from FHL microfilm #0559130, witnessed by James Keith and Zephmah Wills or Willes, but the deed was never acknowledged by Ephraim Keith, and was attested to in court on 16 Apr. 1793 by one of the witnesses and another person familiar with the signature of Ephraim Keith, and recorded on 18 Apr. 1793.
[26]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 56, p. 124, from FHL microfilm #0559121,
witnessed by Ephraim Keith Jr. and Daniel Leach, and recorded on 2 Oct. 1771.
[27]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 56, p. 125, from FHL microfilm #0559121,
witnessed by Ephraim Keith Jr. and Daniel Leach, and recorded on 2 Oct. 1771.
[28]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 61, p. 3, from FHL microfilm #0559123,
witnessed by Philibert Keith and Sarah Keith, and recorded on 12 Dec. 1781.
[29]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 59, p. 38-39, from FHL microfilm #0559122,
witnessed by Ephraim Keith Jr. and Luther Hooper, and recorded on 4 July 1777.
[30]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 59, p. 39, from FHL microfilm #0559122,
witnessed by Ephraim Keith Jr. and Giles Leach, and recorded on 4 July 1777.
[31]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 59, p. 39, from FHL microfilm #0559122,
witnessed by Thomas Mayhew and John Morton, and recorded on 4 July 1777.
[32]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 502, from his gravestone in the Keith or South Street
Graveyard in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #43892064, from his gravestone in South Street Cemetery in
Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.
[34]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 506, from her gravestone in the Keith or South
Street Graveyard in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #43892118, from her gravestone in South Street Cemetery in
Bridgewater, MA.
[35]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 89, p. 164-165, from FHL microfilm #0559137,
witnessed by Eleazer Carver and Joshua White, but not recorded until 6 Feb.
1801.
[36]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 208, says they had Silvia 1735,
Philibert 1737, Ephraim 1739, Timothy 1744, William 1746, Solomon 1749, and
Sarah.
[41]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p.57, Taunton Town, Bristol Co.,
the Benjamin Walker household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, and 2 free
white females.
[47]
Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p.
421, marriage of Robert Waterman Jr., of Halifax, and Martha Cushman, of Plympton,
on 8 Apr. 1734 in Plympton.
[48]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 289; Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the
Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts
Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], pp.
31, 62.
[49]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 537, buried in Trinity Church Graveyard,
Bridgewater; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15567.
[54]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 61, p. 93, £98.2, from FHL microfilm
#0559123, recorded on 6 June 1782, and Vol. 64, p. 271 for £20.15.6, p. 271-272
for £8, p. 272-273 for £5.10.3, and p. 273-274 for £46.16.2, from FHL microfilm
#0559125, all recorded on 3 July 1785.
[55]
Bristol County Probate File “Ephraim Keith, Taunton, 1783,” online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.
[56]
Taunton VRs, Vol. 3, p. 116; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #142925598, from her gravestone in Neck O Land Cemetery in Taunton,
Bristol Co., MA.
[60]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 503, buried in the Keith or South Street Graveyard
in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #62480020, from his gravestone in South Street Cemetery in Bridgewater,
MA.
[64]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231, which doesn’t list any of
Deacon Joseph Leach’s daughters; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #12450; Vol. 16,
p. 36, the will of Deacon Joseph Leach mentioned his daughter Eunice, among
others.
[70]
Jones, William, “Robert Carver of
[73]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 285; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New
England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New
England Marriages], p. 626.
[80]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 439, called only “wife of Nathaniel Bolton,” from a
private record of deaths kept by Oliver Alden.
[81]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 429, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev.
Isaac Backus of North Middleborough.
[91]
Her maiden name from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records,
from FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #456387, which gives their marriage
in about 1726.
[92]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 240, marriage intentions recorded 26 Apr. 1777 in
Bridgewater; Raynham VRs, p. 90, marriage intentions recorded 19 Apr. 1777 in
Raynham.
[93]
“First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical &
Genealogical Register, Vol. 53, p. 59; Raynham VRs, p. 8.
[95]
Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts,
General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter
Raynham VRs], p. 155. The name of Abraham Jones’ first wife was not found in
the I.G.I. Marriage Records.
[96]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 50, Raynham Town, Bristol
County, the Abraham Jones household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older and
1 free white female.
[97]
Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849,
Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oakham VRs], p. 82, the
marriage intentions of Joel Jones and Nancy Hunter of New Braintree recorded on
27 July 1800 in Oakham; Vital Records of New Braintree, Massachusetts, To
the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1904,
[hereinafter New Braintree VRs], p. 95, the marriage intentions of Joel Jones
of Oakham and Nancy Hunter recorded on 12 Aug. 1800 in New Braintree; Oakham
VRs, p. 123, the death of Joel Jones, son of Abraham Jones, on 30 Apr. 1842 in
Oakham, aged 75 years.
[98]
1810 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 917, the Joel Jones
household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44
years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 26-44 years,
and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[99]
Oakham VRs, p. 123, which gives both dates; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #149802274, from her gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA, which
gives the date as 13 Sept. 1814.
[100]
Oakham VRs, p. 123, which gives both dates; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #149802290, from his gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA, which
gives the date as 23 Apr. 1818.
[101]
Oakham VRs, p. 123; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #149802212, from his gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA.
[102]
Oakham VRs, p. 123; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #149802197, from her gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA.
[103]
The I.G.I. Birth Records list 3 sons to Abraham and Waitstill Jones, but the
birth dates were all before 1777, so they were probably sons of Abraham Jones
by his first wife.
[104]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 517, from a private record of deaths kept by Rev.
Isaac Backus of North Middleborough.
[105]
There are other Jones burials in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA, but no ages to
ascertain if they could have been children of Waitstill Ripley, and most were
probably children of Joel and Nancy Jones.
[108]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 550, buried in the Keith or South Street Graveyard
in Bridgewater.
[111]
Per Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough,
Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower
Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter
Middleborough VRs], Vol. 2, p. 134, “married at Bridgwater…pr. me Joshua
White;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 56, marriage intentions recorded 15 Nov.
1777 in Bridgewater.
[114]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 230, Oakham Town, Worcester
County, the Nathaniel Bolton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older,
4 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[115]
1800 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 959, the Nathl. Boulton
household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged
16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[116]
1810 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 228, the Nathaniel Bolton
household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.
[117]
Oakham VRs, p. 112; www.findagrave.com,
memorial #149820785, from her gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA.
[118]
Worcester County Probate Case #6146, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.
[123]
Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12:
Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants,
Plymouth, MA, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 253. I’m not sure where his
birth date comes from. His birth was not listed in the Vital Records of
Bridgewater.
[132]
Townsend, Charles D., History of North Congregational Church, United Church
of Christ, North Middleborough, Massachusetts, Aceto Bookmen, 1982,
[hereinafter Townsend, North
Middleborough Congregational Church], p. 28.
[135]
Raynham VRs, p. 157, listed as “Esq. Isrl Washburns wife age 70” in the death
record in the record kept by Rev. Isaac Backus.
[136]
Mitchell, History of
Bridgewater, p. 231, says that Hannah, widow of Benjamin Leach, married
secondly to Israel Washburn and thirdly to Deacon Hall of Raynham, but the
order must have been reversed. The will of John Keith, dated 2 June 1761,
mentioned his daughter Hannah Hall, wife of Philip Hall, while Leah (Fobes)
Washburn was still alive on 14 May 1764 when she gave birth to her last child,
and the marriage record of Israel Washburn and Mrs. Hannah Hall, both of
Raynham, wasn’t until 1790. Therefore, Hannah Keith must have married Deacon
Philip Hall secondly, and Capt. Israel Washburn thirdly.
[137]
Blake, Francis E., “Marriages and Baptisms in Raynham, Mass.,” New
England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 291, married by
Rev. Perez Fobes, of Raynham; Raynham VRs, p. 38.
[141]
Raynham VRs, p. 28, “Philip Hall and Hannah Leach;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p.
211, recorded as “Hannah Keith” in the marriage record, the date recorded as 28
Feb. 1760.
[142]
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year
1790: Massachusetts,
[143]
Raynham VRs, p. 158, listed only as “Esq. Washburns wife” in the death record
in the record kept by Rev. Isaac Backus, immediately preceding that of “Israel
Washburn esq.”
[145]
Bristol County Probate Records, from FHL microfilm #0577879, from the file
titled “Israel Washburn, Raynham, 1796,” his will recorded in Bristol County
Probate Vol. 33, p. 554.
[146]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[147]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[148]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[149]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[151]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389, marriage intentions recorded 25 May 1770 in
[152]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[154]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[155]
Raynham VRs, p. 87, marriage intentions recorded between Benjamin King of
Raynham and Deliverance Eddy of Taunton on 29 Oct. 1757 and 16 Nov. 1757 in
Raynham.
[156]
Blake, Francis E., “Marriages and Baptisms in Raynham, Mass.,” New
England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 290, married by
Rev. Perez Fobes, of Raynham.
[157]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[158]
Blake, Francis E., “Marriages and Baptisms in Raynham, Mass.,” New
England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 290, married by
Rev. Perez Fobes, of Raynham.
[159]
“First Book of Raynham Records,”
[160]
“First Book of Raynham Records,” New England Historical &
Genealogical Register, Vol. 55, p. 44, marriage of Jonathan Shaw, Jr., and
Bethiah Hall on 17 Nov. 1757 in Raynham.
[161]
Raynham VRs, p. 40, married by Apollos Leonard Esqr., “both of Raynham;”
Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 498, she is called “of Raynham.”
[A]
The Will of Ephraim
Keith, Esq., of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1779): *
In the name of God Amen—The
thirteenth day of January Anno Domini One thousand, seven hundred, seventy
nine, I Ephraim Keith Esqr. of Bridgwater in the county of Plymouth,
being of a sound disposing mind & memory do proceed to make this my Last
will & testament, In the First place I Recommend my Soul into the hands of
God who Gave it, trusting in his mercy thro, Jesus Christ For pardon, Grace
& Glory, my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my Executor hereafter named; & with Regard to my worldly
Interests I dispose of it in the Following manner
Imprimis—I Give &
bequeath to my well beloved wife Sarah the improvement of one half of my
dwelling house, Barn & barn house, together with the improvement of one
half of my Farm, with the improvement of my Library, during her natural Life,
& further I Give unto her the whole of my Indoor moveables, excepting what
is hereafter mentioned, also I Give to her my Mare & Chaise to be wholly at
her disposal
Item—I Give to my Son
Ephraim, my watch & Cane & a Gold Ring Given me by the Revd
Mr. Perkins, with the third part of my wearing apparell
Item—I Give to my Son
William my Gun & my Gold Slieve buttons with a third part of my wearing
apparell
Item—I Give to my Son
Solomon my Other Gold Ring & the whole of my Farming tools with a third
part of my wearing apparell
Item—I Give to my three
daughters vizr. Sylvia, Phillibert & Sarah Twenty pounds Lawful
money a piece, to be paid by my Executor within one year after my decease
Item—I Give to my Son
Solomon whom I constitute my Sole Executor, my Little field so called Lying on
the south side of ye road containing about two acres more or Less,
to him his heirs & assigns Forever, also the whole of my Live Stock
Excepting what is above disposed of, he paying my Just Debts & Funeral
Charges in a convenient time after my decease
Item—I Give to my three
Sons viz. Ephraim, William & Solomon their heirs & assigns Forever, the
whole of my Estate both Real & Personal besides what I have before disposed
of, to be equally divided among them—In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand & Seal ye day & year aforesaid
Signed, Sealed,
delivered, Published Ephraim Keith (seal)
pronounced &
declared by the said
Ephraim Keith to be his
Last will
& testament in
presence of us
Jonathan Crane
Elijah Dunbar
Joel Edson
Probated on 5 March
1781, presented by Solomon Keith, the Executor, and proved by Jonathan Crane
and Joel Edson.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from Plymouth Co. Probate Vol. 28, p. 49-50, from FHL microfilm
#0550715.
[B]
The Will of John
Ripley, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1737): *
In the Name of God Amen.
The twenty first Day of February 1736/7. I John Ripley of Bridgewater in the County
of Plymouth in New England Husband man being now eras[?] of Body, tho. of
perfect or a disposing mind and Memory, Thanks be given to ye Great
God Yet calling to Mine ye Mortality of my Body & knowing that
tis appointed for all Men once to dy do make & ordain this my last Will
& Testament That is to Say Principally & first of all I Give &
Recommend my Soul into ye hands of that God who gave it, & my Body I
commend to ye Earth to be buried in a decent Christian Burial at ye
Discretion of my Executrix hereafter Named, Nothing doubting but at ye
General Resurrection I shall receive ye Same by ye mighty
Power of ye Sovereign God and as touching Such Worldly Estate Wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me in the Life, I Give Demise & Dispose of the Same in
the following Manner & form, that is to Say—
Imprimis 1t.
It is my Will that all my Debts & funeral Charges be well & truly paid
in convent. time after my Decease
2 Item 2ly I
Give & Bequeathe to my well beloved Wife Deborah all my Moveables both
within Doors & without & Say ye whole of all my moveables
& of every Sort & Species, Together with the Improvem. of all my real
Estate for the Space of ten Years after my Decease, and all this whether She
Continues a Widow or Enters again into a State of marriage and in Case She
Continues my Widow after ye Expiration of ye ten Years,
then during her Widowhood to have ye Improvemt. of all my
real Estate—
3. Item 3ly
the Whole of my real Estate I Give & bequeath to my Three Daughters Mary
Waitstill & Deborah to be equally Divided among them—
4. Itm 4ly In
Case I should have a Child born to me of her that is now my Wife after my
Decease, as I have reason to Expect if a Son I Give & bequeathe to him the
one full Half of all my real Estate if a Daughter yt. She have an equal
Share of my real Estate among her Sisters and what I thus Give & Bequeath
is to them their Heirs and assigns forever—
5. Itm 5ly
Finally I appoint & Ordain my well beloved Wife Deborah Sole Executrix of
this my last Will & Testament hereby ratifying & holding this & no
other to be my last Will & Testament and disallowing all other Wills before
this time by me made In Witness where of I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal
the Day & Year above Written
John Ripley (seal)
Signed Sealed Published
Pronounced &
Declared by ye
sd John Ripley as his last
Will & Testament In
ye Presence of us
ye
Subscribers—Josiah Hayward
Ephraim Jennings Hezekiah Hayward
Plymo.
May.18.1737 Josiah Hayward Ephraim
Jennings & Hezekiah Hayward appeared & Made oath that they Saw ye
sd John Ripley Sign & Seal, & heard him Declare ye
abovewritten Instrumt. to be his last Will & Testament and that
they in ye Presence of ye Testator Subscribed as
Witnesses at ye Same time, and that according to ye best
of their Judgement & observation he was then of Disposing Mind & Memory
Before Isaac Winslow Judge of Probate
*Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from
[C]
The Will of Israel
Washburn, of Raynham, Massachusetts (1792): *
In the Name of God amen.
April 19th 1792—I Israel Washburn of Raynham in the County of
Bristol being thro mercy in a good Degree of health & of a sound disposing
mind, knowing the certainty of Death, and considering the uncertainty when I
shall be called to my Long home. Do make this my Last Will and Testament— first
I would commend my Soul to God that gave it, for mercy and acceptance Thro
Christ the Lord of life & glory. I commit my boddy to the dust to be buried
in a plain and decent manner hoping to a share in the Resurection of the Just~~
In Respect of my outward
Estate I Dispose of it in the manner following. first to my Son Israel I give
all that part of my Homestead Land on the South Side of the Bay road so call’d.
Excepting one half acre opposite to my house first bound at the Barrs westerly
of the winter apletree that stands there Thence Southeast five rods, thence
northeasterly parralel with the road. Till the half acre is contained and
Israels bounds at the westerly end is to begin in Gushes Land about one rod
East of the watering place (the watering place being for Nehemiahs) thence a
straight line to Nehemiahs yard an spot strikes it about six feet from the line
that was Timoth Jones full four rods from the Bay road thence northeasterly a
paralel line with the road Eight rods, thence a Direct to the road. This
Southside of my Homestead is Israels—
Item I give to my son
Nehemiah what I land Bought of Timothy Jones Bouth House and Land on the north
side of the Bay road. also Eight rod in breadth of the west end of what I
formerly bought of Timothy Jones & Joyns the Nehemiah homestead it runs
from the Bay Rhoad northerly as Nehemiahs Line runs Eight rods in Breadth across
what I formerly bought of Mr. Jones. and Likewise on the South Side of the Bay
road the whole I have not Disposed of being bounded by my son Israels Line~~and
also the half of the Lots of Swamp I bought of Terrcy Jones and the Hodges the
other half is follows. I give to my son Nehemiah and I also give my Son
Nehemiah three acres of wood Land at the north End of my Homestead & begins
at the heap of Stones on Ridgeshill So called and is abounds between Bridgwater
& Raynham, the at Eight Rod is westerly to the Line I now make between my
Swamp & upland, which Line is to be Southerly a Direct Line from this
Corner to the northeast corner of Gushees Swamp. and Nehemiahs three acres is
to Extend on the swamp Line now fixed. & on Bridgewater a like Length so far
as to contain of to make the three acres
Item To my Son Oliver I
give the whole of my Homestead buildings and Land on the north side of the Bay
road Except what is given Nehemiah; and likewise the half acre on the South
side the Bay road, against my home is for Oliver—
I give my Titicut farm
in Bridgwater To my three sons viz Israel Nehemiah & Oliver Equally Between
them my Son Seth is Excluded from having any Land here I having assisted him In
build and purchasing Land where he now Lives—
Item To my Son Seth I
give & bequeath the half of the Corn mill I own viz: all I do own the other
half is Mr. Preshos~~and also four sixteenths viz. one quarter of the furnace
and one quarter of my Sawmill is my Son Seth~~& the other quarter of the
Sawmill is my son Olivers and the other 5.16th of the furnace I own
is for Israel Nehemiah & Oliver Equally Between them—
The Remainder of Land I
own viz. the swamp I had of Capt. Dring[?] Lying in Raynham my meadow in
Bridgwater Call’d the Great Meadow all my wild land Either in Raynham or
Bridgwater which I have not Disposed of allready I give to my four sons viz.
Israel Washburn Jur Nehemiah Washburn Seth Washburn and Oliver Washburn Equally
Between them.
Item To my Two Daughters
viz. Leah the Wife of Jason Fobes & Olive the wife of Reuben Andrews I give
the sum of forty pounds to Each of them to be payed out of my moveable Estate
by my Executors here after name’d Within Twelve months after my Decease. The
Remainder of my moveable Estate after my Just Debts are paid & the Legacies
by my Executors & a cow or the value thereof being allowed to Each of my
sons the whole that remains if any there may be in money or Debts that may be
due, Live Stock, out Door & indoor moveables all That has not been Disposed
of I give to my six children Equally Between them~~
Item my Pew in the
meeting-house I usually Sitt in I give to my Son Israel the rest of the pew I
own I give to my three sons Nehemiah Seth & Oliver Equally between them—and
I constitute & appoint my Two sons viz. Israel & Seth Executors on this
my Last Will and Testament~~
Signd Sealed published
pronounced & Declared to be the Last will & Testament of the said
Israel Washburn the year and day above said and in presence of~~
Samuel Gushe
Abraham Gushe Israel Washburn
Seth Gushe
Probated on 2 Feb. 1796,
proved by Samuel Gushe & Seth Gushe. Israel Washburn, Gentleman, and Seth
Washburn, Esq., gave bond with Samuel Gushe and Seth Gushe, yeomen, all of
Raynham, as sureties, on 2 Feb. 1796.
On 6 Feb. 1796 Reuben
Andrews, Olive Andrews, Jason Fobes, Leah Fobes, Oliver Washburn, and Nehemiah
Washburn all gave receipts to Israel Washburn and Seth Washburn for their
legacys from the estate of Israel Washburn.
* Transcribed by John
A. Maltby from