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Families of the Children of Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.) and Hannah Johnson

 

 

         The families of the children of Joseph Washburn (Jr.) and his wife Hannah Johnson lived mainly in Central Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the lack of vital records and probate records for some of the families makes certain identification difficult. The large family of Joseph and Sarah Carly is likewise uncertain. Identification of the names of the husbands of many of the daughters in these families are unknown to me at this time. Special thanks are in order to Jeanne Doty Cady, of San Diego, CA, and Milly Clough of Redwood City, CA, for help on the Wicker and Clough branches, which were extremely difficult.

 

 

 

 

John2 Washburn (5th)

 

 

Joseph3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth2 Mitchell

 

Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.)

 

 

 

 

 

Robert1 Latham

 

 

Hannah2 Latham

 

 

 

 

Susanna2 Winslow

Joseph5 Washburn (3rd)

 

 

 

Phebe5 Washburn

 

 

 

Elijah5 Washburn

 

 

 

Col. Seth5 Washburn

 

 

 

Mary5 Washburn

 

 

 

Abiel5 Washburn

 

 

 

Sarah5 Washburn

 

 

 

Lt. Ebenezer5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Capt. Isaac Johnson

 

 

Hannah Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

Deacon John Leavitt

 

 

Abiah Leavitt

 

 

 

 

Sarah Gilman

 

 

(469.) Joseph5 Washburn (3rd), eldest son of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, in ca. 1718, MA, married Lucia “Lucy” Boardman, daughter of Moses and Silence (Cornwall) Boardman, of Middletown,[1] Hartford Co., CT, on 24 Dec. 1741 in Middletown,[2] and they settled in Middletown, which is now in Middlesex Co., CT. She was born on 14 Aug. 1725 in Middletown, CT,[3] a granddaughter of Samuel and Mehitabel (Cadwell) Boardman/Bordman and Thomas and Sarah (Clark) Cornwall.[4]

         Moses Boardman died in Middletown on 16 Dec. 1737.[5] The inventory of the estate of Moses Boardman, of Middletown, CT, was dated 24 Jan. 1737/8, and administration was granted to his widow, Silence Boardman, on 7 Mar. 1737/8. On 2 Dec. 1746 Joseph Washburn, in right of his wife, Lucy Boardman, alias Washburn, daughter of Moses Boardman, asked the court for a distribution of the moveable estate of Moses Boardman. The estate was distributed to the heirs of Moses Boardman, namely Silence Boardman, his widow, Samuel Boardman, the eldest son, Moses Boardman and Lucy Washburn.[6]

         Joseph Washburn (3rd) died on 26 Sept. 1750 in Middletown,[7] and Lucia (Boardman) Washburn remarried to Nathaniel Montgomery on 12 Aug. 1752 in Middletown.[8] He died on 6 May 1762 in Middletown.[9]

         Joseph Washburn (3rd) and Lucy Boardman had at least four, and possibly six children:

        1453     i   Lucia Washburn, born on 8 Oct. 1742 in Middletown, CT,[10] marriage not found.

+      1454    ii   Joseph6 Washburn (4th), born on 4 May 1744 in Middletown, CT,[11] married 1.) Ruth Wetmore, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Allyn) Wetmore,[12] on 21 Sept. 1763 in Middletown, CT,[13] and 2.) Patience Chipman, daughter of Ebenezer and Mehitabel (Wilcox) Chipman,[14] by 1800. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1455   iii   Silence6 Washburn, born on 19 Sept. 1746 in Middletown, CT,[15] possibly married Elijah Lee, of Killingly, CT.[16] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1455a  iv   Susanna Washburn, born on 6 Nov. 1748 in Middletown, died on 21 Apr. 1751 in Middletown, CT.[17]

        1456    v   (Supposedly) Persis6 Washburn, possibly married a John Turner.[18] Children not found. A John Turner was a head of household in Middletown, CT, in the 1790 federal census,[19] however there was no marriage record of Persis Washburn and John Turner in Middletown, nor were any children recorded to John and Persis Turner in Middletown.

        1457   vi   (Supposedly) Abigail Washburn,[20] marriage not found.

         Lucia Boardman also had three more children by Nathaniel Montgomery:

      1457a  vii   Nathaniel Montgomery (Jr.), born on 5 Oct. 1755 in Middletown, CT,[21] married Bathsheba Lewis, daughter of George and Bathsheba (Swift) Lewis, on 19 July 1780 in Chatham, CT.[22] She was born on 25 Jan. 1756 in Barnstable, MA.[23] He served in the Revolutionary War as a fifer in the 8th Connecticut Regiment in Huntington’s 9th Company, and later as a Sergeant in Sherburne’s Regiment.[24] She died on 16 Feb. 1801 in Portland, CT, and he died in 1803 in Chatham, CT.[25]

      1457b viii   Susannah Montgomery, born on 14 July 1759 in Middletown, CT,[26] married Jonathan C. Sexton of Windsor, CT, on 23 Oct. 1776 in Middletown, CT.[27] He was living in Middletown, CT, in the 1800 federal census.[28]

      1457c   ix   Amelia Montgomery, born on 14 Feb. 1761 in Middletown, CT,[29] married Stephen Burroughs, son of Jonathan and Judith (Webb) Burroughs, on 21 Jan. 1778.[30] He was born on 3 Jan. 1755 in Windsor, CT.[31]

 

 

(470.) Phebe5 Washburn, eldest daughter of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, in ca. 1718,[32] married 1.) Samuel4 Kingman (Jr.), son of Samuel3 and Mary3 (Mitchell) Kingman, of Bridgewater,[33] on 3 Feb. 1736/7 in Bridgewater.[34] He was born on 13 May 1710 in Bridgewater,[35] a grandson of John2 and Elizabeth Kingman, and of Jacob2 and Susanna (Pope) Mitchell.[36] They moved from Bridgewater to Lebanon, Windham Co., CT, in ca. 1743, possibly with her uncle, Edward Washburn, then probably to Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, after 1748. Samuel Kingman (Jr.) died by 1751, probably in Middletown, CT, and Phebe (Washburn) Kingman remarried to 2.) Jonathan Tryon, as his second wife, supposedly son of David and Hannah (Wadhams) Tryon,[37] on 28 Nov. 1751 in Middletown, CT.[38] He was widower of Sarah Tryon, who had died on 17 Oct. 1750 in Middletown, CT.[39]

         Phebe (Washburn) (Kingman) Tryon died on 6 Dec. 1754 in Middletown, CT,[40] and Jonathan Tryon was buried supposedly on 19 Jan. 1766 in Middletown, CT.[41]

         Phebe Washburn had six children by Samuel Kingman (Jr.), and one more daughter by Jonathan Tryon:

+      1458     i   Eunice5 Kingman, born on 29 Dec. 1737 in Bridgewater, MA,[42] married Giles Hamlin,[43] son of Edward and Phebe (Butler) Hamlin,[44] on 20 May 1762 in Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT,[45] or on 21 May 1762 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.[46] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1459    ii   Hannah5 Kingman, born on 22 Oct. 1740 in Bridgewater, MA,[47] supposedly married 1.) Charles Richardson of Bridgewater, MA, in Dec. 1773 in Braintree, MA.[48] Children not found. He died intestate in early 1777 in Bridgewater. Hannah Richardson, widow of Charles Richardson, late of Bridgewater, being “left with a young child and not capable to manage the selling of my husband’s estate,” requested that Jonathan Cary be appointed as administrator of his estate on 25 Feb. 1777. Jonathan Cary, of Bridgewater, yeoman, was granted administration of the estate of Charles Richardson, late of Bridgewater, yeoman, on 7 Apr. 1777, with David Kingman, Gentleman, and John Whitman, junr., both of Bridgewater, as sureties.[49] The Inventory of his estate was appraised on 14 Apr. 1777 by Seth Harris, Adam Howard, and Moses Cary, and totaled £88.2.11, including his house and land valued at £72.[50] She possibly remarried to Nathaniel Thayer on 11 May 1777 in Abington, MA.[51] He may have been the Nathl Thayer who was a head of household in Bridgewater in the 1790 federal census,[52] but no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.

+      1460   iii   Phebe5 Kingman, born on 5 Aug. 1742 in Bridgewater, MA,[53] probably married Increase Pendleton, of Guilford, CT, son of Joshua and Dorothea (Ward) Pendleton,[54] on 25 Dec. 1764 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT.[55] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1461   iv   Mitchell5 Kingman, born on 3 Nov. 1744 in Lebanon, CT,[56] married Katurah Lattimer, daughter of John and Anna (Grimes) Lattimer,[57] in 1770 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT,[58] and moved to Canaan, CT, in 1789, then to Addison Co., VT, in 1795, then to Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., NY. (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1462    v   Samuel5 Kingman (3rd), born on 16 Sept. 1746 in Lebanon, CT,[59] possibly married Sarah (___), and moved to Virgil, Cortland Co., NY. He was not listed as a head of household in Cortland Co., NY, in the 1810 federal census, but he died intestate in 1816, and his widow Sarah Kingman was granted administration of his estate on 11 Sept. 1816.[60] On 18 Dec. 1817 Sarah Kingman, of Virgil, administrator of the estate of Samuel Kingman, late of Virgil, sold to John Morse, of Virgil, 100 acres of land in lot No. 10 in Virgil for $250.[61] Children not found.

+      1463   vi   Joseph5 Kingman, born on 1 May 1748 in Lebanon, CT,[62] married Sarah Lawrence on 15 Sept. 1774 in Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.[63] (Continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1464  vii   Hannah Tryon, born on 2 July 1753 in Middletown, CT,[64] marriage not found.

 

 

(471.) Elijah5 Washburn, second son of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, in ca. 1720, married Hannah Taylor on 23 Dec. 1746 in Leicester, MA.[65]

         Elijah and Hannah Washburn probably lived in Worcester Co., MA, in the area near Leicester, but no births for their children were found in the vital records of Leicester. Elijah and Hannah moved to Natick, Middlesex Co., MA, before 1773. Elijah Washburn died intestate in 1773 in Natick, MA. Hannah Washburn, widow of Elijah Washburn, was granted administration of his estate on 12 Oct. 1773,[66] and his inventory was appraised on 30 Sept. 1773 by Thomas Russell and Benjamin Kendall, of Sherborn, and Samuel Morse, of Natick.[67]

         Elijah Washburn and Hannah Taylor supposedly had children, order uncertain:

        1465     i   Hannah6 Washburn, born ca. 1747, marriage not found. She was possibly the Hannah Washburn who died on 2 July 1828 in Natick, Middlesex Co., MA, aged 81 years.[68]

        1466    ii   Mary6 Washburn, born ca. 1751, married Samuel Woodcock, of Needham, MA, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Woodcock,[69] on 7 Aug. 1777 in Natick, MA.[70] He was born ca. 1746,[71] and died on 13 Jan. 1828 in Needham, Norfolk Co., MA, aged 81 years.[72] They had children:

a. Mary Woodcock, born on 27 Dec. 1777 in Needham, MA,[73] married Ezra Fuller, of Needham, son of Jonas and Jerusha (Coller) Fuller,[74] on 27 Nov. 1803 in Needham, MA.[75] He was born on 17 Apr. 1776 in Needham, MA.[76] She died on 23 June 1846 in Needham, aged 68 years,[77] and he died on 17 Feb. 1870 in Needham,[78] and they were both buried in Needham Cemetery in Needham, Norfolk Co., MA.

b. Hannah Woodcock, born on 16 Nov. 1779 in Needham,[79] never married. She died on 11 Oct. 1858 in Boston, MA, aged 79 years,[80] and was buried in Needham Cemetery in Needham, MA.

c. Elijah Woodcock, born on 11 Jan. 1782 in Needham,[81] was a laborer living with Reuben and Sarah Hurd in Needham, MA, in the 1850 federal census,[82] died a widower on 13 Apr. 1872 in Needham, MA, aged 93 [sic] years, 3 months, 2 days, of “old age.”[83]

d. Isaiah Woodcock, born on 21 June 1786 in Needham.[84]

e. William Woodcock, born on 1 July 1788 in Needham,[85] died on 2 Aug. 1839 in Needham, aged 51 years.[86]

f. Timothy Woodcock, born on 23 Feb. 1794 in Needham, Norfolk Co., MA,[87] served as a Private in Capt. Stephen Tolman’s Company in South Boston in 1814 during the War of 1812,[88] and married Adeline Newell, of Needham, on 2 Dec. 1824 in Needham.[89] She was living in Needham, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, with Joseph and Sally Newell, presumably her parents,[90] while he was living in Westbrook, Cumberland Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, in a camp with other paper makers.[91] He died on 10 Apr. 1852 in Needham, MA, aged 58 years, 1 month, 17 days, of “dropsey.”[92]

g. Sarah Woodcock, born on 16 Nov. 1799 in Needham,[93] married William Bigelow, of Needham, on 28 Oct. 1821 in Needham, MA.[94]

+      1467   iii   Samuel6 Washburn, born ca. 1753,[95] married Hannah Haven, probably daughter of Jedediah and Sarah (Gould) Haven, of Hopkinton, MA,[96] on 30 Sept. 1779 in Hopkinton,[97] and they settled in Natick, Middlesex Co., MA. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1467a  iv   Joseph Washburn, born in 1754, apparently died young.

+      1468    v   Elijah6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 8 Oct. 1758,[98] supposedly in Leicester, MA, married Elizabeth Watson, daughter of John and Mary (Merrit) Watson, of Leicester,[99] MA, in 1781.[100] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1469   vi   Sarah6 Washburn, born in 1760, married Jason Ware, of Needham, MA, in 1785,[101] and they moved to Hancock, Hillsborough Co., NH. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1470  vii   Joseph6 Washburn, born on 30 Jan. 1763, married Sarah Gay on 26 Nov. 1786 in Natick, Middlesex Co., MA,[102] and they settled in Hancock, NH. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

 

 

(472.) Col. Seth5 Washburn, Esq., third son of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 19 May 1723,[103] married 1.) Mary Harwood, daughter of Nathaniel Harwood, on 12 Apr. 1750 in Leicester, MA.[104] She was born on 19 Dec. 1728 in Lunenburg, MA, and they settled in Leicester, MA.

         Seth Washburn served in the French & Indian Wars, and remained in the Continental Army, and fought in the Revolutionary War, in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was a Lieutenant in 1770, Captain of Companies in Col. Artemas Ward’s Regiment and Col. Jonathan Ward’s Regiment in 1775 and 1776, Major in Col. Samuel Denney’s Regiment in 1778, Superintendent for Worcester County in 1781,[105] and was promoted to Colonel in 1781. He represented the town of Leicester to the Massachusetts General Court from 1776 to 1779, was part of the committee to draft the Massachusetts State Constitution in 1777, and the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1779, and he was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate from about 1780 to 1787.[106]

         Mary (Harwood) Washburn died on 16 Sept. 1787 in Leicester, MA, aged 58 years,[107] and Seth Washburn remarried to and 2.) Sarah (Denny) Sargeant, daughter of Daniel and Rebeckah (Jones) Denny,[108] and widow of Thomas Sargeant, of Leicester,[109] on 30 Apr. 1788 in Leicester.[110] She was born on 5 May 1733 in Leicester,[111] and was a sister of Col. Samuel Denny, of Leicester. They were living in Leicester, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[112]

         Col. Seth Washburn, Esq., died testate on 12 Feb. 1794 in Leicester, aged 70 years.[113] His will was dated 9 Dec. 1790, witnessed by Matthew Jackson, Joseph Wicker, and Ebenezer Washburn, and was probated on 4 Mar. 1794. He named his son Joseph Washburn as executor of his estate, and mentioned his wife Sarah, and the goods and interests she brought from her first husband’s estate; sons Joseph and Asa Washburn; grandson Seth Washburn, son of deceased son Seth; and daughters Marah, Hannah, Sarah, Amittai, and Lucia.[114] Receipts were signed by his widow Sarah Washburn, and heirs Asa Washburn, John Hodgkins, Samuel Sargent, Josiah Woodard, and Hannah Washburn in 1795.[115] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.)

         Sarah (Denny) (Sargeant) Washburn died intestate in Sept. 1801 in Leicester, and Samuel Denny was appointed as administrator of her estate on 6 Oct. 1801.[116]

         Col. Seth Washburn had children, all by Mary Harwood:

+      1471     i   Seth6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 1 Feb. 1750/1 in Leicester,[117] married Susanna Rood, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Gould?) Rood, of Sturbridge, MA,[118] in 1772.[119] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1472    ii   Lt. Joseph6 Washburn, born on 18 May 1755 in Leicester,[120] married Ruth Davis, daughter of Ebenezer, Esq., and Deborah (Davis) Davis, of Charlton, Worcester Co., MA,[121] on 6 May 1787 in Charlton.[122] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1473   iii   Asa6 Washburn, born on 25 July 1757 in Leicester,[123] married 1.) Sarah “Sally” Upham, daughter of Jacob and Zerviah (___) (Smith) Upham,[124] of Spencer, MA, on 16 Nov. 1780 in Spencer,[125] and 2.) Persis Boutell, of Leominster, MA, on 26 Sept. 1805 in Leominster.[126] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1474   iv   Mary6 Washburn, born on 16 June 1759 in Leicester,[127] married Samuel Sargeant, son of Nathan and Mary (Denny) Sargeant, of Leicester,[128] on 11 Oct. 1781 in Leicester.[129] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1475    v   Hannah6 Washburn, born on 5 June 1762 in Leicester,[130] supposedly married Nathaniel Phippen,[131] but it was after 1795, because she gave her receipt to her brother Joseph Washburn for her share of her father’s estate in 1795 as “Hannah Washburn.” Children not found. She supposedly died in 1850, but no death records were found for either of them in Leicester, MA, and no probate records were found for him in Worcester County. Nathaniel Phippen was not a head of household in Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, and neither of them were found in Worcester Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census.

+      1476   vi   Sarah6 “Sary” Washburn, born on 22 Oct. 1764 in Leicester,[132] married John Hodgkins, of Fitchburg, MA, on 26 Nov. 1789 in Leicester.[133] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1477  vii   Amity6 Washburn, born on 17 Apr. 1767 in Leicester,[134] married John Hayward, son of Simeon and Sarah (Hosmer) Hayward,[135] of Sutton, MA, on 15 Dec. 1793 in Leicester.[136] He was baptized on 7 July 1765 in Sutton.[137] She died, however, on 22 June 1794 in Sutton, aged 27 years,[138] presumably childless, and he remarried to Anna Sargeant, possibly daughter of Nathan and Mary Sargeant, of Leicester, on 1 July 1795 in Leicester.[139] She was born on 29 May 1767 in Leicester.[140] John Hayward was not a head of household in either Leicester or Sutton, MA, in the 1790 federal census.

+      1478 viii   Lucy6 Washburn, born on 11 Nov. 1769 in Leicester,[141] married Josiah Woodward, son of Jonas and Rachel (Holmes) Woodward,[142] of Sutton, MA, on 25 June 1794 in Leicester.[143] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1478a  ix   Elizabeth Washburn, born on 12 Oct. 1774 in Leicester,[144] died supposedly on 30 June 1777 in Leicester. She was not mentioned in her father’s will in 1790.

 

 

(473.) Mary5 Washburn, second daughter of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, in ca. 1725, married Timothy4 Clough, of Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, on 27 Oct. 1743 in Middletown, CT,[145] and they lived in Middletown and Stafford, CT. He was born on 21 Feb. 1720 in Salisbury, MA, the son of Jonathan3 and Hannah (Gile) Clough, and grandson of John2 and Mercy (Page) Clough (Jr.)[146]

         Timothy Clough was admitted a freeman in Stafford, CT, on 19 Sept. 1758.[147] He took the oath of fidelity in Stafford, CT, on 19 Oct. 1778, and again on 8 Apr. 1782.[148] He was probably the Timothy “Clust” [sic, Cluff] living in Stafford, CT, in the 1790 federal census,[149] and he may have died in West Springfield, MA.[150]

         Timothy Clough and Mary Washburn had children:

+      1479     i   Jonathan Clough, born on 30 July 1744 in Middletown, CT,[151] probably married Keziah Abigail Walker on 28 May 1767 in Stafford, CT.[152] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1480    ii   Ithamer Clough, born say ca. 1748, married Bettie Heath on 8 Nov. 1774 in Stafford, CT.[153] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1481   iii   (Unnamed son, possibly Mordica Clough), born on 26 Sept. 1757 in Stafford, CT.[154] Mordica, son of Timothy and Mary Clough, died on 19 or 24 Dec. 1775 in Stafford, CT.[155]

        1482   iv   Josiah Clough, born on 26 Sept. 1758 in Stafford,[156] marriage not found.

        1483   iv   Elijah Clough, born on 24 Aug. 1759 in Stafford,[157] died on 17 or 26 Jan. 1776 in Stafford, CT.[158]

        1484    v   (Possibly others)[159]

 

 

(474.) Abiel5 Washburn, third daughter of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); baptized in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 6 Mar. 1725/6,[160] married Jacob Wicker, son of William and Rebecca Wicker,[161] on 15 Jan. 1745/6 in Leicester, MA.[162] He was born on 5 Jan. 1723 in Leicester.[163]

         Jacob Wicker died intestate on 9 Mar. 1789 in Leicester.[164] His widow, Abiel Wicker, of Leicester, refused administration of her husband's estate on 30 Mar. 1789, and asked that her son James Wicker, innholder of Paxton, be granted administration of the estate of her husband. His inventory was taken by Jonathan Knight, Ebenezer Whitmore, and Christopher Wheating, all of Leicester. His estate was declared insolvent on 23 Apr. 1789, and was settled in Apr. 1790.[165]

         On 8 Sept. 1788 Jacob Wicker, of Leicester, sold land partly in Paxton and Leicester, to his son, William Wicker, of Hardwick, “it being the farm whereon I now live,” witnessed by Seth Washburn and Sarah Washburn.[166] On 29 Jan. 1791 William Wicker, of Hardwick, sold the farm partly in Paxton and Leicester to his brother, Joseph Wicker.[167] On 26 Oct. 1791 Abiel Wicker and Joseph Wicker, of Leicester, and William Wicker, of Hardwick, sold land in Paxton to Jonathan Knight, witnessed by Christopher Wheaton and Seth Washburn.[168] Abiel (Washburn) Wicker was living in Leicester, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[169] and she died on 30 June 1812 in Hardwick, MA, aged 86 years.[170]

         Abiel Washburn and Jacob Wicker had children,[171] order uncertain:

+      1485     i   William Wicker, probably the eldest son, born say 1747, married Susanna Parker, of Paxton, MA, on 4 June 1772 in Westminster, MA.[172] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1486    ii   James Wicker, born ca. 1750, married Martha Earle in ca. 1772, and was administrator of his father’s estate in 1789. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1486a  iii   Susanna Wicker, born ca. 1755, died in 1756.[173]

        1486b iv   Reuben Wicker, born ca. 1756, died in 1756.[174]

+      1487    v   Rev. Luther Wicker, born ca. 1758, married Catharine Johnson, possibly daughter of Seth and Keziah (Cooley) Johnson, of Hardwick, in 1780 in Hardwick.[175] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1488   vi   Dr. Lemuel Wicker, born ca. 1761, married Lucy Pendleton in ca. 1782, and they probably also lived in VT. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1489  vii   Lucy Wicker, born ca. 1762, probably married David Henderson, “a tranchant person,” on 4 Jan. 1781 in Leicester.[176] Children not found. He was not listed as a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, or as a head of household in Vermont in the 1791 federal census.

+      1490 viii   Frederick Wicker, born ca. 1764, married Susanna Newton, daughter of Silas and Mercy (Freeman) Newton, of Hardwick, on 24 June 1784 in Hardwick.[177] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1491   ix   Eunice Wicker, born ca. 1766,[178] married Abel Green, son of Jabez and Mary Green, of Leicester, on 25 Mar. 1788 in Paxton.[179] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1492    x   Joseph Wicker, born ca. 31 July 1769,[180] married Dorothy Knapp in ca. 1792, and they lived in Leicester. He was a witness to the will of his uncle, Seth Washburn, Esq., of Leicester, in 1790. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

 

 

(476.) Sarah5 Washburn, youngest daughter of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); baptized in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 26 Oct. 1729,[181] married Joseph Cerly/Carly/Carley, of Leicester, MA, supposedly son of Peter Carly,[182] on 7 Feb. 1749/50 in Leicester.[183] They lived in Leicester, Spencer, and apparently Warren, MA, and moved to Whitingham, VT, later in life. They were not found in Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, and they may have been living in Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, in the 1791 federal census, with their eldest son, Joseph, when he was called “Joseph Carley Junr.” in the census record, and they were probably living in Whitingham, Windham Co., VT, in the 1800 federal census with their son, Jonathan Carley.

         Joseph Carly died on 10 Mar. 1810 in Whitingham, Windham Co., VT, and Sarah (Washburn) Carly died on 6 Jan. 1816 in Whitingham, VT.[184]

         Sarah Washburn and Joseph Carly had children:

        1493     i   Joseph Cerly, born on 7 Dec. 1751 in Leicester, MA,[185] baptized on 27 Apr. 1755 in Spencer, MA,[186] supposedly married Sally Gilbert.[187] He may have been the Joseph Carley who enlisted as a Private in Capt. Joseph Hooker’s Company at Greenwich in 1777.[188] He was living in Pownal, Bennington Co., VT, in the 1791 federal census,[189] but he was not found in the 1800 federal census in Vermont, and he may have been the Joseph Carley living in Albany Co., NY, in the 1800 federal census.[190]

        1494    ii   Hannah Cerly, born on 26 May 1753 in Leicester,[191] baptized on 27 Apr. 1755 in Spencer,[192] supposedly married Ebenezer Gilbert.[193] He was not found in Worcester Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, or in Vermont in the 1791 federal census.

        1495   iii   Sarah Cerly, born on 3 Apr. 1754 in Leicester,[194] baptized on 27 Apr. 1755 in Spencer,[195] supposedly married Amos Stowe.[196] He may have been the Amos Stow living in Springfield, Windsor Co., VT, in the 1791,[197] 1800,[198] 1810,[199] and 1820 federal censuses,[200] in which case Sarah (Cerly) Stow probably died before the 1820 census.

+      1496   iv   Peter Carly, born on 11 Feb. 1756 in Spencer, MA,[201] supposedly married Rebecca Dana, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Dean) Dana, on 9 July 1778 in Natick, Middlesex Co., MA,[202] and enlisted as a Private in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Joshua Fisk’s Company from Natick in 1780.[203] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1497    v   Cyrus/Silas Carly, born on 7 Nov. 1757 in Spencer, MA, baptized as “Silas” Carly on 12 Feb. 1758 in Spencer,[204] probably married Mary Wheeler on 2 Sept. 1788 in Bolton, MA.[205] Children not found. He may have been the Silas Carley living in Danby, Rutland Co., VT, in the 1810 federal census.[206]

+      1498   vi   Jonathan Carly, born on 16 Mar. 1760 in Spencer,[207] supposedly married Elizabeth Kentfield, daughter of William and Sarah (Green) Kentfield, of Belchertown, MA, on 10 Nov. 1785.[208] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1499  vii   Phebe Carly, born on 17 Apr. 1762 in Spencer,[209] supposedly married Asaph Kentfield, son of William and Sarah (Green) Kentfield, of Belchertown, MA,[210] on 7 Oct. 1784.[211] He was born on 7 Aug. 1759 in Belchertown, and died on 19 Mar. 1785.[212] Children not found.

+      1500 viii   (Supposedly) Mary “Polly” Carly,[213] born on 23 May 1764 in Warren, MA,[214] married Paul Atwood[215] in ca. 1788.[216] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1501   ix   (Supposedly) Ebenezer Carly,[217] born on 12 Feb. 1767 in Warren, MA,[218] marriage not found.

+      1502    x   (Supposedly) Elijah Carly, born on 21 May 1771 in Spencer, MA,[219] supposedly married Agnes Grimes/Graham on 3 Sept. 1795 in Leicester, MA,[220] and moved to Hillsborough Co., NH. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

 

 

(477.) Lt. Ebenezer5 Washburn, youngest son of (131) Joseph4 Washburn (Jr.), (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); baptized in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 1 Sept. 1734,[221] married Dorothy Newhall, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Converse) Newhall, of Leicester, MA,[222] on 25 July 1757 in Spencer, MA,[223] and they settled in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA. She was born on 8 Apr. 1740 in Leicester.[224]

         Lt. Ebenezer Washburn was a school teacher in Leicester and Hardwick, MA, a poet, and a Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the Revolutionary War, responding to the Lexington Alarm in 1775.[225] He served as Lieutenant in Capt. Simeon Hazeltine’s Company from Hardwick in 1775, and was Commissioned by Congress in 1775, as Quarter Master in Col. David Brewer’s 9th Regiment in 1775, and as Lieutenant in Capt. Timothy Paige’s Company in 1777.[226] They were living in Hardwick, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[227] and he was a witness to the will of his brother, Seth Washburn, Esq., of Leicester, in 1790, and appeared in court to prove the will in 1794.

         Lt. Ebenezer Washburn died on 24 Jan. 1795 in Hardwick, MA, aged 60 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 1 day,[228] and Dorothy (Newhall) Washburn died a widow on 29 Oct. 1807 in Hardwick, aged 67 years,[229] but no probate records were filed for either of their estates in Worcester Co., MA.

         Lt. Ebenezer Washburn and Dorothy Newhall had children, order uncertain:

        1503     i   Susanna Washburn, born on 9 Apr. 1759 in Spencer, MA,[230] died on 12 Aug. 1771 in Hardwick.[231]

+      1504    ii   (Possibly) Lydia6 Washburn, born ca. 1765,[232] married Isaac Cummings (Jr.), probably son of Isaac and Susanna Cummings,[233] as his second wife, in ca. 1785 in Hardwick.[234] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1505   iii   Artemas6 Washburn, born on 16 Oct. 1767, died on 23 Sept. 1792 in Lancaster, MA, of small pox, while a student at Harvard University.[235] He was not a head of household in 1790 in Massachusetts.

        1506   iv   Dolley6 Washburn, born on 31 Jan. 1770 in Hardwick, MA,[236] never married, died on 28 Apr. 1835 in Hardwick, aged 65 years,[237] but no probate records were found for her.

+      1507   vi   Rev. Ebenezer6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 25 Oct. 1772 in Hardwick,[238] married Elizabeth Cone in 1796. (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1508  vii   Dr. Cyrus6 Washburn, born on 5 Nov. 1774 in Hardwick,[239] married 1.) Electa Stratton, of Hinsdale, VT, on 29 Jan. 1800 in Hinsdale, VT,[240] and 2.) Rhoda Field on 19 Aug. 1806 in Northfield, MA, and 3.) Lucy Hathaway, daughter of Timothy and Rhoda (Clark) Hathaway, of Hardwick, in 1827.[241] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+      1509 viii   Clarissa6 Washburn, born on 26 May 1777 in Hardwick,[242] married Capt. Thomas Egery, son of Capt. Daniel and Mary (Perry) Egery,[243] of Dartmouth MA, on 28 Apr. 1796 in Hardwick.[244] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

        1509a  ix   Hannah Washburn, born on 30 Oct. 1779 in Hardwick,[245] died on 15 Dec. 1781 in Hardwick.[246]

 

 

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    [1] Crossley, Marie Schlumbrecht, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Middletown, 1651-1854, 2 Parts (Volumes), Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs], Pt. 1, p. 66, the marriage of Moses Boardman and Silence Cornwell on 20 Nov. 1724, taken from Vol. 1, p. 17, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [2] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 16, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [3] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 1, p. 66, taken from Vol. 1, p. 17, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [4] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by William LeRoy Bradley, of New Bedford, MA.

    [5] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 1, p. 66, taken from Vol. 1, p. 17, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [6] Manwaring, Charles William, A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, Vol. III, Hartford, CT, 1906, pp. 231-232.

    [7] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 16, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [8] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 75, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [9] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 70, taken from Vol. 2, p. 75, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [10] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 16, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [11] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 16, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [12] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #50330462; Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 305, the marriage of Nathaniell Wetmore and Ruth Allyn on 17 Dec. 1741, taken from Vol. 1, p. 126, of the Middletown Town Records. Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families, Baltimore, MD, 1978, p. 38, gives her parents as Daniel and Dorothy (Hale) Wetmore, and her birthdate as 11 Aug. 1737 in Middletown, CT, but that doesn’t match her age at death on her gravestone. Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 305, the death of Nathaniell Westmore was on 29 Nov. 1747, from Vol. 1, p. 126, of the Middletown Town Records, and the distribution of the estate of Nathaniel Wetmore, on 7 Jan. 1755, mentioned only his widow, and Ruth Wetmore, the only child of the deceased, so daughter Ruth was still living and unmarried in 1755.

    [13] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 306, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [14] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [15] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 16, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [16] Per the D.A.R. file of Mrs. Anna E. Bell, #58396.

    [17] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 16, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [18] Washburne, Brenton, The Washburn Family In America, 1983, n.p., #A2C4 A2, which gives no documentation.

    [19] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 88, Middletown town, Middlesex Co., the John Turner household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, and 1 free white female.

    [20] Washburne, Brenton, The Washburn Family In America, 1983, n.p., #A2C4 A3, which gives no documentation.

    [21] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 70, taken from Vol. 2, p. 75, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [22] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [23] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [24] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [25] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [26] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 70, taken from Vol. 2, p. 75, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [27] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [28] 1800 Federal Census, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, p. 473, the Jonathan C. Sexton household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [29] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 70, taken from Vol. 2, p. 75, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [30] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [31] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 20 Oct. 2004 by Richard Montgomery.

    [32] Estimated from the date of her marriage.

    [33] 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. 217.

    [34] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 390.

    [35] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 198.

    [36] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 216, 242.

    [37] His parents from the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 23 Jan. 2005 by Alice Raven, from research done by Wes M. Tryon.

    [38] Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph4 and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 3 [July 2000], p. 216; Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Part 2, p. 9, taken from Vol. 2, p. 12, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [39] Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph4 and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 3 [July 2000], p. 216.

    [40] Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph4 and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 3 [July 2000], p. 216, citing the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, taken from Middletown Vital Records, Part 2, p. 12.

    [41] Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 23 Jan. 2005 by Alice Raven, taken from research done by Wes M. Tryon.

    [42] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 198.

    [43] Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph4 and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 3 [July 2000], p. 217.

    [44] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, p. 249, the marriage of Edward Hamlin and Phebe Butler on 18 Dec. 1734, taken from Vol. 1, p. 75, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [45] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Canaan, 1739-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1996, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Canaan VRs], p. 55, taken from Vol. A, p. 9, of the Canaan Town Records.

    [46] Bailey, Rev. Frederick, Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol. 4, Farmington, p. 4, but the marriage was not listed in the Barbour Index to Farmington town records.

    [47] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 196.

    [48] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree files submitted on 1 Nov. 2001 by Janis Mohat, and on 28 Dec. 2005 by Frank Dyer, taken from Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1940-1850, marriage intentions filed 2 Dec. 1773 in Braintree; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 222, which gives the marriage date as 2 Dec. 1773 in Braintree, but marriage intentions as 4 Dec. 1774; Bates, Samuel A., Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Randolph, MA, 1886, [hereinafter Bates, Braintree Records,] p. 878, marriage intentions recorded 2 Dec. 1773 in Braintree between Charles Richardson of Bridgwater and Hannah Kingman “of this Town,” however I’m not convinced that this is the Hannah Kingman who married Charles Richardson.

    [49] Plymouth County Probate Docket #16815, Vol. 23, p. 157, his death was not recorded in the Bridgewater vital records.

    [50] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 25, p. 6.

    [51] Abington VRs, p. 182; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 322. No death record was found for Hannah Thayer to calculate from her age at death if this could possibly be the Hannah Kingman born in 1740, however Nathaniel Thayer of Bridgewater served in the Revolutionary War in 1780, and at his enlistment he was described as age 26 yrs., so being much younger than Hannah Kingman, the widow Hannah Richardson to whom he married in 1777 was possibly a different person.

    [52] Heads of Household at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 167, the Nathl Thayer household had 1 free white male aged 16 or over, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [53] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 198.

    [54] Talcott, Alvan, Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 983.

    [55] Moore, Wilma J. Sandifer, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Guilford, 1639-1850, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1999, [hereinafter Moore, Barbour Index of Guilford VRs], p. 200, taken from Vol. 2, p. 183, of the Guilford Town Records.

    [56] Schott, Nancy E., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Lebanon, Vols. 1&2, 1700-1854, Lebanon, Vol. 3, 1700-1854, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1999, [hereinafter Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs], p. 122, taken from Vol. 1, p. 166, of the Lebanon Town Records.

    [57] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 1 Nov. 2001 by Janis Mohat; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #31069949; Wilmes, Debra R., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Wethersfield, 1639-1868, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2002, [hereinafter Wilmes, Barbour Index of Wethersfield VRs], p. 196, the marriage of John Latimer and Anna Grimes on 23 Feb. 1737/8 in Wethersfield, from Vol. 2, p. 21a, of the Wethersfield Town Records.

    [58] Connecticut Church Records, Wethersfield First Congregational Church, 1694-1835, Connecticut State Library, 1962, p. 150, Mitchel Kingsman and Keturah Lattimar, from Vol. JL, p. 50, only the year recorded.

    [59] Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 122, taken from Vol. 1, p. 166, of the Lebanon Town Records.

    [60] Cortland County Probate Wills and Administrations, Vol. 1, p. 139-140, from FHL microfilm #0843883.

    [61] Cortland County Land Records, Vol. H, p. 77-79, from FHL microfilm #0841245, witnessed by Asa Gloyd, acknowledged on 28 Aug. 1818, and recorded on 15 July 1819.

    [62] Schott, Barbour Index of Lebanon VRs, p. 122, taken from Vol. 1, p. 166, of the Lebanon Town Records.

    [64] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Part 2, p. 269, taken from Vol. 2, p. 12, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [65] Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Leicester VRs], p. 226.

    [66] Middlesex County Probate Docket #23896, from FHL microfilm #0432074. Samuel Morse and Abel Perry, both of Natick, were sureties on her bond as administrator.

    [67] Middlesex County Probate Docket #23896, from FHL microfilm #0432074. The inventory amounted to £133.62.8, which included some livestock, but no real estate. There was no distribution or accounting filed in the docket folder.

    [68] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910, [hereinafter Natick VRs], p. 247, from her gravestone.

    [69] His parents’ names from his death record.

    [70] Natick VRs, p. 193.

    [71] Calculated from his age at death.

    [72] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, his parents Jeremiah and Elizabeth Woodcock.

    [73] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of Samuel and Mary Woodcock, but her www.findagrave.com memorial #162618084 gives the date as 28 Dec. 1777 in Needham.

    [74] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #162618010.

    [75] Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, both of Needham.

    [76] Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, both of Needham.

    [77] www.findagrave.com, memorial #162618084, from her gravestone in Needham Cemetery in Needham, Norfolk Co., MA.

    [78] www.findagrave.com, memorial #162618010, from his gravestone in Needham Cemetery in Needham, MA.

    [79] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of Samuel and Mary Woodcock.

    [80] Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, single, her birth place Needham, and her father Samuel Woodcock; www.findagrave.com, memorial #162618141, from her gravestone in Needham Cemetery in Needham, MA.

    [81] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Samuel and Mary Woodcock.

    [82] 1850 Federal Census, Needham, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 284, dwelling #20, family #21:

            Reuben Hurd, 45, male, farmer, $5000, born NH

            Sarah Hurd, 42, female, born MA

            Sarah A. Hurd, 16, female, born MA, attending school

            William E. Hurd, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Elijah Woodcock, 66, male, laborer, born MA

            John Hurd, 60, male, farmer, born NH

    [83] Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, his birth place Needham, his occupation a laborer, and his parents Samuel and Mary Woodcock, of Needham.

    [84] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Samuel and Mary Woodcock.

    [85] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Samuel and Mary Woodcock.

    [86] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, his parents’ names not recorded.

    [87] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, son of Samuel and Mary Woodcock.

    [88] Pearson, 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-’14, Boston, 1913, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, pp. 42-43, 88-89.

    [89] Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, both of Needham.

    [90] 1850 Federal Census, Needham, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 301, dwelling #270, family #295:

            Joseph Newell, 76, male, farmer, $2128, born MA

            Sally Newell, 72, female, born MA

            Adeline Woodcock, 45, female, born MA

            Edward Brickly, 12, male, born Ireland

    [91] 1850 Federal Census, Westbrook, Cumberland Co., ME, p. 325, line #8:

            Timothy Woodcock, 55, male, paper maker, born MA

    [92] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 67, p. 211, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a papermaker, his birth place Needham, and his father Samuel Woodcock.

    [93] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, daughter of Samuel and Mary Woodcock.

    [94] Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, both of Needham.

    [95] Calculated from his age at death.

    [96] Vital Records of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Hopkinton VRs], p. 291; marriage of Jedediah Haven and Sarah Gould on 24 Aug. 1749 in Hopkinton.

    [97] Hopkinton VRs, p. 383, under “Washbourn;” Natick VRs, p. 193, marriage intentions recorded 6 June 1779 in Natick, she was called “of Hopkinton.”

    [98] His date of birth from the I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, from FHL microfilm #s 453857 and 457874, both of which give his birth place as Leicester, MA, but his birth was not recorded in the vital records of Leicester.

    [99] Leicester VRs, p. 227, marriage of John Watson and Mary Merrit on 15 Apr. 1759 in Leicester.

    [100] Leicester VRs, p. 238, under “Wosbourn,” marriage intentions recorded 30 May 1781 in Leicester.

    [101] Natick VRs, p. 193, marriage intentions recorded 23 Jan. 1785 in Natick.

    [102] Natick VRs, p. 193.

    [103] Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph4 and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 3 [July 2000], p. 222, his birth not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater.

    [104] Leicester VRs, p. 226.

    [105] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Boston, Vol. XVI, p. 673-674.

    [106] Washburn, Emory, Historical Sketches of the Town of Leicester, 1860, p. 252; Washburn, Mabel Thatcher Rosemary, Washburn Family Foundations in Normandy, England and America, 1953, p. 70.

    [107] Leicester VRs, p. 280.

    [108] Leicester VRs, p. 142, marriage intentions of Daniel Denney and Rebakah Jones recorded 10 Nov. 1722 in Leicester.

    [109] Leicester VRs, p. 143, marriage intentions of Sarah Denny and Thomas Sargeant recorded on 17 Jan. 1778 in Leicester.

    [110] Leicester VRs, p. 226.

    [111] Leicester VRs, p. 29.

    [112] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 225, Leicester Town, Worcester County, the Seth Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [113] Leicester VRs, p. 280; Worcester Co. Probate Docket #62346.

    [114] Worcester County Probate Docket #62346, Vol. 25, p. 422-424.

    [115] Worcester County Probate, Vol. 26, pp. 185, 191-192, Vol. 27, p. 383.

    [116] Worcester County Probate Docket #62344, Vol. 123, p. 316, Vol. 184, p. 502. Thomas Denny 2d and Samuel Jameson were sureties on the bond of Samuel Denny as administrator.

    [117] Leicester VRs, p. 100, under “Watchburn.”

    [118] Vital Records of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Sturbridge VRs], p. 260, marriage intentions filed between Solomon Rood and Sarah Gould, of Sunderland, on 20 Jan. 1759? in Sturbridge.

    [119] Leicester VRs, p. 226, marriage intentions recorded 2 Apr. 1772 in Leicester, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Sturbridge.

    [120] Leicester VRs, p. 99.

    [121] Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oxford VRs], p. 153, marriage of Ebenezer Davis and Deborah Davis on 20 Apr. 1758 in Oxford, MA.

    [122] Vital Records of Charlton, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Charlton VRs], p. 226; Leicester VRs, p. 226, marriage intentions recorded 10 Mar. 1787 in Leicester.

    [123] Leicester VRs, p. 99.

    [124] Leicester VRs, p. 221, marriage intentions recorded for Jacob Upham and Zerviah Smith of Worcester on 5 Mar. 1758 in Leicester; Rice, Franklin P., Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths, Worcester Society of Antiquity, Worcester, MA, 1894, [hereinafter Worcester VRs], p. 435, marriage of Jacob Upham of Leicester and Zerviah Smith on 22 Mar. 1758 in Worcester; “Upham Genealogy,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 23 [Apr. 1869], p. 130, which says that Jacob Upham, of Spencer, married secondly to Zeruiah Smith, widow of James Smith, in Apr. 1758.

    [125] Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1909, [hereinafter Spencer VRs], p. 212; Leicester VRs, p. 225, marriage intentions recorded in Oct. 1780 in Leicester.

    [126] Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, To the end of the Year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1911, [hereinafter Leominster VRs], p. 270.

    [127] Leicester VRs, p. 99, her name spelled “Marah” in her father’s will.

    [128] Leicester VRs, p. 202, marriage Nathan Sargent and Mary Denny on 12 Feb. 1750/1 in Leicester.

    [129] Leicester VRs, p. 226.

    [130] Leicester VRs, p. 99.

    [131] Washburne, Brenton, The Washburn Family in America, 1983, n.p. #A2C4 B5, which gives no documentation, and I have found no supporting records to substantiate this. The only Nathaniel Phippen listed as a head of household in Massachusetts in 1790 was living in Salem, MA.

    [132] Leicester VRs, p. 99.

    [133] Leicester VRs, p. 226.

    [134] Leicester VRs, p. 99, but her name was spelled “Amittai” in her father’s will.

    [135] Her maiden name from the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Christine W. Hendricks, of Magna, UT, taken from the Concord VRs, p. 161, Simeon Hayward and Sarah Hosmer, both of Concord, were married on 13 Mar. 1744 in Concord. (Concord, Massachusetts, Birth, Marriages, Deaths, 1635-1850, Beacon Press, Boston.)

    [136] Leicester VRs, p. 225. He is called “John Howard” in the Leicester marriage record; Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1907, [hereinafter Sutton VRs], p. 378, also called “John Howard” in the Sutton marriage record.

    [137] Sutton VRs, p. 86.

    [138] Sutton VRs, p. 429, from her gravestone in Sutton; Leicester VRs, p. 260.

    [139] Leicester VRs, p. 163; Sutton VRs, p. 279.

    [140] Leicester VRs, p. 80, under “Serjeant.”

    [141] Leicester VRs, p. 99, her name spelled “Lucia” in her father’s will.

    [142] The maiden name of Rachel is from the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Paul Cleaver Jones, of Provo, UT, taken from the marriage record in Worcester, MA, of Jonas Woodward and Rachel Holmes on 16 Jan. 1759 in Worcester.

    [143] Leicester VRs, p. 226; Sutton VRs, p. 378.

    [144] Leicester VRs, p. 99.

    [145] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 2, p. 293, taken from Vol. 2, p. 41, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [146] Per email letter of Millie Clough, of Redwood City, CA, of 19 Nov. 2002.

    [147] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 106, from p. 176 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [148] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, pp. 104, 118, from pp. 173, 178 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712, from lists of freemen of Stafford taking the oath of fidelity dated 19 Oct. 1778 and 8 Apr. 1782.

    [149] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 137, Stafford Town, Tolland County, the Timo “Clust” household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [150] Vital Records of West Springfield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1944, [hereinafter West Springfield VRs], Vol. 2, p. 209, a Timothy Clough died in Nov., but the year is not listed.

    [151] Crossley, Barbour Index of Middletown VRs, Pt. 1, p. 126, taken from Vol. 2, p. 41, of the Middletown Town Records.

    [152] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 128, from p. 142 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Jan, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stafford 1719-1850, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2002, [hereinafter Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs], p. 33, taken from Vol. 2, p. 128, of the Stafford Town Records.

    [153] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 130, from p. 145 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 33, taken from Vol. 2, p. 130, of the Stafford Town Records.

    [154] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 8, from p. 43 of the transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712.

    [155] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 176, from p. 165 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712. His death is recorded twice, once as “Mandica” on 24 Dec. 1775, then again as “Mordica” on 19 Dec. 1775; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 33, taken from Vol. 2, p. 176, of the Stafford Town Records.

    [156] Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 33, taken from Vol. 2, p. 8, of the Stafford Town Records.

    [157] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 11, from p. 47 of transcripts from FHL microfilm #1319712; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 33, taken from Vol. 2, p. 11, of the Stafford Town Records.

    [158] Stafford Town Records, Vol. A, p. 176, from p. 165 of the transcriptions from FHL microfilm #1319712. His death is recorded twice, once on 17 Jan. 1776, then again on 26 Jan. 1776; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 33, taken from Vol. 2, p. 176, of the Stafford Town Records, except that Tilton lists the first death record as a birth.

    [159] They appear to have had at least one daughter by 1790.

    [160] Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter East Bridgewater VRs], p. 135.

    [161] Per letter of Jeanne Doty Cady, of San Diego, CA.

    [162] Leicester VRs, p. 226.

    [163] Leicester VRs, p. 107.

    [164] Leicester VRs, p. 282.

    [165] Worce­ster County Probate Docket #65384; Vol. 22, pp. 232‑233, 358, Vol. 119, p. 263, Vol. 186, p. 479, Vol. 466, p. 450, Vol. 616, p. 239, all abstracted by Jeanne Doty Cady, of San Diego, CA.

    [166] Worces­ter County Land Records, Vol. 105, p. 229.

    [167] Worcester County Land Records, Vol. 112, p. 359.

    [168] Worcester County Land Records, Vol. 113, p. 411.

    [169] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 225, Leicester Town, Worcester County, the Abial Wicker household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.

    [170] Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter Hardwick VRs], p. 335.

    [171] Per letter of Jeanne Doty Cady, of San Diego, CA.

    [172] Bailey, Frederic W., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, 1979, Westminster, Worcester Co., p. 86; Hardwick VRs, p. 266, marriage intentions recorded 23 Feb. 1772 in Hardwick.

    [173] Per letter of Jeanne Doty Cady, of San Diego, CA, not in the Leicester or Hardwick vital records.

    [174] Per letter of Jeanne Doty Cady, of San Diego, CA, not in the Leicester or Hardwick vital records.

    [175] Hardwick VRs, p. 266, marriage intentions recorded on 19 June 1780 in Hardwick.

    [176] Leicester VRs, p. 233.

    [177] Hardwick VRs, p. 266.

    [178] Calculated from her age at death.

    [179] Membrino, Marcia L., and Paul A. Russell, Paxton, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1748-1850, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1996, [hereinafter Paxton VRs], p. 46; Leicester VRs, p. 233, marriage intentions recorded 3 Mar. 1788 in Leicester.

    [180] Calculated from his age at death.

    [181] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 137.

    [182] Per the FHL Ancestry File of Joseph Carley and Sarah Washburn, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ.

    [183] Leicester VRs, p. 226, her name spelled “Watchburn.”

    [184] Their death records from the FHL Ancestry File, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ.

    [185] Leicester VRs, p. 22.

    [186] Spencer VRs, p. 30.

    [187] Per the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #195842 submitted by aopfer @ aol.com.

    [188] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Boston, Vol. III, p. 96.

    [189] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, [actually taken in 1791], Bountiful, Utah, 1993, Pownal Town, Bennington County, p. 19, the Joseph Carley Junr. household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 3 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females, which may have included his parents.

    [190] 1800 Federal Census, Albany County, NY, p. 4, the Joseph Carley household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [191] Leicester VRs, p. 21.

    [192] Spencer VRs, p. 30.

    [193] Per the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #195842 submitted by aopfer @ aol.com.

    [194] Leicester VRs, p. 22.

    [195] Spencer VRs, p. 30.

    [196] Per the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #195842 submitted by aopfer @ aol.com.

    [197] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, [actually taken in 1791], Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 65, Springfield Town, Windsor County, the Amos Stow household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [198] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Montpelier, 1938, reprint, Baltimore, 1972, p. 176, Springfield, Windsor County, the Amos Stow household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [199] 1810 Federal Census, Springfield, Windsor Co., VT, p. 454, the Amos Stow household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [200] 1820 Federal Census, Springfield, Windsor Co., VT, p. 200, the Amos Stow household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and there were 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [201] Spencer VRs, p. 30.

    [202] Per the FHL Ancestry File of Joseph Carley and Sarah Washburn, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ, and the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #195842 submitted by aopfer @ aol.com.

    [203] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Boston, Vol. III, p. 96.

    [204] Spencer VRs, p. 30.

    [205] Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1910, [hereinafter Bolton VRs], p. 117.

    [206] 1810 Federal Census, Danby, Rutland Co., VT, p. 7, the Silas Carley household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over, however his age is wrong in the census.

    [207] Spencer VRs, p. 30.

    [208] Per the FHL Ancestral File of Joseph Carley and Sarah Washburn submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ.

    [209] Spencer VRs, p. 30, her name misprinted as “Ahebe” Carly.

    [210] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #1761103, and from the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ.

    [211] Per FHL Ancestry File of Asaph Kentfield and Phebe Carley, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ.

    [212] Per FHL Ancestry File of Asaph Kentfield and Phebe Carley, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ.

    [213] Her name from the FHL Ancestry File of Joseph Carley and Sarah Washburn, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ, and the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #195842 submitted by aopfer @ aol.com, which gave her name as “Polly.”

    [214] Vital Records of Warren, (formerly Western), Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1910, [hereinafter Warren VRs], p. 23, the last digit of the year and the name of the daughter missing, calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [215] Per the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #195842 submitted by aopfer @ aol.com.

    [216] Calculated from the birth of their first child on 10 Aug. 1789.

    [217] His name from the FHL Ancestry File of Joseph Carley and Sarah Washburn, submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ, and the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #195842 submitted by aopfer @ aol.com.

    [218] Warren VRs, p. 23, no name listed in the birth record.

    [219] Per the I.G.I. birth records, from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #s 449770 and 455504; FHL Ancestry File of Joseph Carley and Sarah Washburn submitted by Quinton B. Hurst, of Tempe, AZ, but his birth was not recorded in the vital records of Leicester, Spencer, or Warren, MA; Richard S. Cooke of Bedford, MA, gave a birth date of 8 Oct. 1758, which appears to conflict with earlier born children.

    [220] I.G.I. marriage records, from LDS temple records, from FHL microfilm #1761142, but the marriage was not recorded in the vital records of Leicester or Spencer, MA.

    [221] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.

    [222] Leicester VRs, p. 188, marriage intentions recorded between Jonathan Newhall and Hannah Convers on 17 Oct. 1731 in Leicester.

    [223] 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.”

    [224] Leicester VRs, p. 66.

    [225] Paige, Lucius R., History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register, Boston, 1883, [hereinafter Paige, History of Hardwick], p. 527.

    [226] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Boston, Vol. XVI, p. 660.

    [227] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 221, Hardwick Town, Worcester County, there were two Ebenezer Washburns in Hardwick in 1790, this one with 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

    [228] Hardwick VRs, p. 332.

    [229] Hardwick VRs, p. 331.

    [230] Spencer VRs, p. 108.

    [231] Hardwick VRs, p. 332.

    [232] Calculated from her age at death and the date of her marriage.

    [233] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 356.

    [234] Hardwick VRs, p. 260, marriage intentions recorded 4 Sept. 1785 in Hardwick.

    [235] Paige, History of Hardwick, p. 527.

    [236] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [237] Hardwick VRs, p. 331.

    [238] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [239] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [240] Hunter, Joan A., “Vernon, Vt., Marriages, 1797-1849,” Vermont Genealogy, Vol. 9, No. 2, Apr. 2004, p. 86, taken from p. 734 of the Vernon Town Records, the marriage performed in Hindsdale, Windham Co., VT, by John Bridgeman, Judge.

    [241] Hardwick VRs, p. 260, marriage intentions recorded 24 Sept. 1827 in Hardwick.

    [242] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [243] 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. 30.

    [244] Hardwick VRs, p. 259.

    [245] Hardwick VRs, p. 118.

    [246] Hardwick VRs, p. 332.


[A] The Will of Seth Washburn of Leicester, Massachusetts (1790): *

                                                                                                                                In the name of God Amen  —  I Seth Washburn

        of Leicester in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esqr being at this time in a low state of Health but through the goodness of God of a sound disposing mind and memory and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament and first and principally I give and bequeath my precious and immortal Soul into the hand of God who gave it me (when ever it shall please him to call), And my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buried in a decent manner at the discression of my Executor herein hereafter named nothing doubting but at the general Ressurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God. And as touching the worldly goods & Estate wherewith it has pleased God by his Blessing upon my Industry to endow me, I give bequeath & Devise as follows

Imprimis. To Sarah my beloved Wife I give and bequeath all the Household furniture which she had when we married and three cows, and a Horse to ride, a pair of Oxen and the Cart and wheels and a hoe & Draft chain, an Ox & plow—the tools and Creatures during her natural Life but at her decease the said Creatures & tools or the value of them to revert to my Heirs, and I give my said Wife the Indentures of John & Polly Terry, if my Decease should happen, before they are out and the income of the place that was hers During her life time agreeable to her first Husbands will reference thereto being had— I give and devise to my Grandson Seth Washburn son of my deceased son Seth Sixty Acres of Land in Callis in the State of Vermont to him his Heirs and assigns forever which with what I gave to his deceased Father is one full share of my Estate, provided nevertheless if that he should die childless the said Land to revert back to my Surviving Heirs—

Item, I give my weareing apparel to my two sons—Joseph and Asa—

Item, I give and bequeath to my unmarried Daughters the use of the North Chamber in the in the House which I own in the North part of Leicester together with a priviledge in the Kitchen, Cellar and Well and Liberty to bake in the oven in the North room and to get Wood on the farm so long as they shall remain Single—

Item—To my sons Joseph & Asa, I give bequeath and devise to them their Heirs and assigns forever the whole of my lands in Callis not above disposed of to be equally divided between them. Furthermore it is my will that my Real Estate not disposed of should be sold & that my Just debts and funeral charges be paid out of the proceeds thereof, or of my personal Estate as shall be most convenient—And I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Joseph Washburn Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby authorizing him to sell and dispose of all my Real and personal Estate excepting the indoor moveables which I give and bequeath to my Daughters to be devided as will be hereafter mentioned—And the whole amount of my Interest after my Just debts and funeral charges are paid to be Equally devided between my Children, Viz., Joseph, Asa, Marah, Hannah, Sarah Amittai & Lucia with this proviso that the two sons are to have no reference in this devission to what they have recived of my Estate but those of the Daughters who have recived no part of their portion are to be made Equal to those who have, before the general devission takes place and as they are all of age, I see no need of an appraisement—

Item. The Blacksmith Tools, and the farming tools not given to my wife I give to my two sons any thing above written notwithstanding—And I do hereby utterly disannul and revoke all former or other wills or Instruments by me made and I do ratify and Confirm this to be my last Will and Testament— In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my Seal the Ninth day of December in the year of our Lord 1790—

Signed, Sealed, published & declared in

presence of us—  Matthew Jackson

                                Joseph Wicker                      }                                                             Seth Washburn                                 (seal)

                                Ebenr. Washburn

We the subscribers hereby freely fully and absolutely Relinquish that part of the Legacy and bequest made to us by our late Hond Father deceased in the within written Instrument which relates to our using and improving the dwelling House and firewood on the farm in the North part of the Town of Leicester— In Testamony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this fourth day of March A.D. 1794                                                                                                                             Hannah Washburn

Test        Ebenr Washburn                                                                                                  Lucy Washburn

                Matthw Washburn  [sic—Jackson?]

 

Worcester Ss. To all people who shall see these presents Joseph Dorr Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills & in aforsaid County within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts—                                                                                            Sendeth Greeting

        Know ye that on the fourth day of March A.D. 1794. The Instrument hereunto annexed purporting the last Will and Testament of Seth Washburn late of Leicester in said County Esqr. deceased—was presented for Probate by Joseph Washburn the Executor therein named, then present Matthw Jackson & Ebenezer Washburn two of the witnesses thereto subscribed, who made Oath that they saw the said Testator sign Seal and heard him declare the said Instrument to be his last Will and Testament, and that they with Joseph Wicker, subscribed, their names together as Witnesses to the Execution there of in the said Testators presence & that he was then to the best of their Judgement of a sound, disposeing mind, I do prove approve and allow of the said Instrument as the last Will & Testament of said Deceased, and do commit the Administration thereof in all Matters of the same concerning, & of his Estate whereof he died seized and possessed in said Commonwealth unto the before named Executor well & Faithfully to Execute said Will & to administer the Estate of said deceased according thereto, who accepts of his said trust, & he hath given bonds for the faithfull discharge of said trusts, & shall render an account of his proceedings where thereto Lawfully required—

        In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this day and year abovesaid.   Jas Dorr  J Prob

 

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Worcester County Probate Vol. 25, p. 422-424, from FHL microfilm #0856314.