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Fourth Generation in
Families of the Children
of Samuel3 Washburn and Deborah Packard
The grandchildren of Samuel Washburn and
Deborah Packard represent one of the larger branches of the Washburn family,
and contain perhaps the most famous descendants, with a disproportionately
large share of lawyers, congressmen, diplomats and governors that descend from
son Israel Washburn. The children of son Benjamin are very much still under
research and may have to be changed in the future, while the other
grandchildren appear to be pretty well established.
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(122.)
Samuel4 Washburn (Jr.), eldest son of (58) Samuel3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in
On 30 Jan.
1722/3 Samuel Washburn, Nehemiah Washburn, and Benjamin Washburn, “brethren,”
all of
Samuel
Washburn (Jr.) lived in
Samuel
Washburn (Jr.) died on 2 Sept. 1752 in
Samuel Washburn (Jr.) had children by Abigail Leonard:[16]
+ 405 i David5 Washburn, born on 30 Apr. 1704 in
+ 406 ii Deliverance5 Washburn, born on 7 Oct. 1706 in Bridgewater,[20] married Joseph Bolton, son of John and Sarah (Chesebrough) Bolton, of Bridgewater,[21] on 6 Feb. 1739/40 in Bridgewater,[22] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 407 iii Solomon5 Washburn, born on 1 Oct. 1708 in
+ 408 iv Samuel5 Washburn (3rd), born on 2 June 1710 in Bridgewater,[26] married Mary (___) in ca. 1745,[27] and moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, and then to Ashfield, in western Massachusetts. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 409 v Abigail5 Washburn, born on 3 Mar. 1712 in
+ 410 vi Susanna5 Washburn, born on 13 Mar. 1714? in
410a vii Tabitha5 Washburn, born on 28
Aug. 1716 in Bridgewater,[34]
married Solomon4 Leach, son of
John3 and Alice Leach,[35]
on 14 Apr. 1736 in Bridgewater,[36]
but she died on 1 May 1736 in Bridgewater,[37]
and he remarried to Jerusha3 Bryant, daughter of Benjamin2 and Hannah4 (Eaton) Bryant, of
Plympton,[38]
on 19 Apr. 1739 in Bridgewater.[39]
She also died, on 25 Apr. 1743 in Bridgewater,[40]
and he remarried again to (463)
Hannah4 Leach, daughter of
Benjamin3 and (129) Hephzibah4 (Washburn) Leach,[41]
in 1743.[42]
On 6 Mar. 1745/6 Solomon Leach, of
410b viii Jacob5 Washburn, born ca. 1720,[46]
probably in
+ 411 ix Seth5 Washburn, born ca. 1724,[51] probably in Bridgewater, MA, married Elizabeth (___) before 1767,[52] and they moved to Springfield, MA, in 1777.[53] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
(123.)
Noah4 Washburn, second son of (58)
Samuel3
Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, on 11 July 1682,[54]
married Elisabeth4
Shaw, daughter of Joseph3
and Judith (Whitmarsh) Shaw,[55]
on 25 Jan. 1709/10 in
Joseph Shaw
died intestate on 14 Sept. 1718 in
Noah
Washbourne died intestate on 17 Oct. 1716 in
As a teenager, in 1701, Isaac Harris Junr had been involved with Jonathan Washbourne “Junr” in the incident of uncivil behavior toward Elizabeth Canaday where Washbourne stuck a skunk up under Canaday’s clothes, and Harris was fined 50 shillings for his part as an “accessory to the great uncivillity and abuse done by said Washbourne unto Elizabeth Canaday.”[68]
On 9 May 1717 Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Yeoman, deeded to his grandsons Eleazer Washburn and Noah Washburn, sons of his son Noah Washburn, late of Bridgewater, deceased, for love, good will and natural affection, two tracts of land in the southerly part of Bridgewater, equally to be divided between them when they come of age, one of them being part of a hundred acre lot purchased of Josiah Leonard,[69] and on the same day Samuel Washburn of Bridgewater, Yeoman, deeded to his granddaughter Hannah Washburn, daughter of his son Noah Washburn, late of Bridgewater, deceased, for love, good will and affection, a 10-acre tract of land in the southerly part of Bridgewater, being part of the lands whereon his son Israel Washburn of late did dwell.[70] On 3 Oct. 1734 Isaac Harris and Elizabeth Harris, his wife, Daniel Alden and Abigail Alden, his wife, and Eleazar Alden and Martha Alden, his wife, all of Bridgewater, sold to David Dunbar, of Bridgewater, all their right and interest in 3/11th parts of half a 20 acre lot of land in Bridgewater for £6,[71] and on 1 Feb. 1735/6 Daniel Alden and Abigail Alden, his wife, Eleazer Alden and Martha Alden, his wife, the widow Hannah Snow, Ebenezer Shaw, John Shaw, Eleazer Washburn, and Noah Washburn, all of Bridgewater, and Hannah Whitmarsh, of Weymouth, in the County of Suffolk, sold to Zachardiah Shaw, of Bridgewater, all their right, title and interest in the reversion of land in Bridgewater of Joseph Shaw, deceased, which was set off to his widow Judith Shaw as her dowry in his estate.[72]
Mr. Isaac
Harris (Jr.) died intestate in 1738 in Bridgewater, and his son Arthur Harris
of Bridgewater was granted administration of his estate on 30 Oct. 1738.[73]
Elisabeth (Shaw) (Washburn) Harris died after 20 May 1740, when her widow’s
thirds were set aside to her out of the estate of Isaac Harris, deceased.[74]
On 20 May 1740 the estate of Isaac Harris, of Bridgewater, was divided among
his heirs, Arthur Harris, Abner Harris, John Holman Jr., and wife Ann, all of
Noah Washburn and Elisabeth Shaw had children:[76]
+ 412 i Hannah5 Washburn, born on 13 July 1711 in Bridgewater,[77] married Zechariah “Zachary” Whitmarsh, of Weymouth, MA,[78] son of Ezra and Bathsheba (Richards) Whitmarsh,[79] on 28 Jan. 1729/30 in Bridgewater.[80] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 413 ii Eleazer5 Washburn, born on 8 Feb. 1713 in
+ 414 iii Noah5 Washburn (Jr.), born on 18 July 1716 in Bridgewater,[84] married Mary Staples on 18 Jan. 1738/9 in West Bridgewater,[85] and they also lived in East Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
415 iv Ebenezer Washburn, born probably in early 1717 in Bridgewater, posthumously, probably died about the middle of Oct. 1719. In March 1724/5 Nehemiah Washburn of Bridgewater, yeoman, brother of Noah Washburn, sued Isaac Harris of Bridgewater, yeoman, and his wife Elizabeth, for “Dieting, Cloathing, and Schooling of Ebenezer Washburn, a Child of said Elizabeth from about the middle of October 1717 to the middle of October 1719,” but the Jury found for the defendants.[86]
Elizabeth (Shaw) Washburn had a son also by Isaac Harris (Jr.):
416 v Isaac Harris (3rd), born on 22 July 1720 in Bridgewater,[87] apparently died young, before the 1740 division of the estate of his father.[88]
(124.)
Israel4 Washburn, third son of (58)
Samuel3
Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, on 24 Feb. 1683/4,[89]
married Waitstill Sumner, probably daughter of Samuel and Experience (Blake)
Sumner, of Milton, MA,[90]
on 3 Nov. 1708 in Bridgewater.[91]
She was a granddaughter supposedly of Roger and Mary (Joslin/Josselyn) Sumner,
of Milton, and of William and Anna Blake, of Dorchester.[92]
They also lived in
Israel
Washburn died intestate in 1720 in
On 7 May
1722 Seth Sumner was appointed as guardian of
Waitstill
(Sumner) Washburn remarried to Ebenezer Pratt, of
Israel Washburn and Waitstill Sumner had children:[98]
+ 417 i Sarah5 Washburn, born on 14 Aug. 1709 in Bridgewater;[99] Eleazer Carver was appointed as her guardian on 7 May 1722,[100] and she married Ephraim3 Keith, Esq., son of Joseph2 and Elisabeth3 (Fobes) Keith, of Bridgewater,[101] on 21 Sept. 1732 in Bridgewater,[102] and they lived in Hardwick, MA, for about a year, then returned to Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
418 ii (Unnamed son), born on 6 Jan. 1710/11,[103]
died on 22 Jan. 1710/11 in
+ 419 iii Deborah5 Washburn, born on 1 June 1712 in
420 iv Seth Washburn, born on 11 July 1714 in Bridgewater,[110] Seth Sumner was appointed as his guardian on 22 May 1722,[111] but he died before the division of his father's estate on 5 June 1729.
+ 421 v Capt. Israel5 Washburn (Jr.), Esq., born on about 11
Aug. 1718 in
(125.)
Capt. Nehemiah4 Washburn, fourth son of (58)
Samuel3
Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in
Jane
(Howard) Washburn died on 26 Jan. 1715 in
Capt.
Nehemiah Washburn lived between
Capt. Nehemiah Washburn died intestate on 17 Dec. 1748 in West Bridgewater, aged 62 years,[139] and his two sons‑in‑law, Dr. Abiel Howard, of Bridgewater, physician, and Josiah Dean, of Raynham, were granted administration of his estate on 24 Mar. 1748, with David Alden as surety. His estate was divided on 24 May 1751 into two equal parts by an agreement by his daughters Silence Haward and Jane Dean and their husbands, Dr. Abiel Haward and Josiah Dean. [140] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of the Indenture.)
Capt. Nehemiah Washburn had two daughters by Jane Howard:[141]
+ 422 i Silence5 Washburn, born on 26 July 1713 in Bridgewater,[142] married Dr. Abiel3 Howard, son of Maj. Jonathan2 and Sarah (Dean) Howard, of Bridgewater,[143] on 26 Apr. 1738 in West Bridgewater,[144] and they probably lived in West Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 423 ii Jane5 Washburn, born on 6 Jan. 1715 in Bridgewater,[145] married Josiah Dean, son of Thomas and Mary (Kinsley) Dean, of Raynham, MA,[146] on 18 Aug. 1737 in West Bridgewater or Raynham,[147] and they lived in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
(126.)
Capt. Benjamin4 Washburn, fifth son of (58)
Samuel3
Washburn, (43) John2 (5th),
(28) John1 (4th);
born in
Capt.
Benjamin Washburn was referred to as Benjamin Washburn “Jr.,” until his cousin,
Benjamin4 Washburn, son of
Jonathan3
Washburn, died in 1740, then as Benjamin Washburn, “Gentleman,” in
On 5 Sept.
1720 Benjamin Washburn, cordwainer, deeded to his brother, Nehemiah Washburn,
of
Bethiah (Kingman)
Washburn supposedly died on 6 Dec. 1774 in
Benjamin Washburn and Bethiah Kingman had children, order uncertain:[167]
424 i Isaac5 Washburn, born say 1715, supposedly went to Dartmouth, MA, and was a tanner, and served in the French & Indian War under General Winslow in 1755.[168] No marriage, death, or probate records were found for him, and he was not listed as a head of household in Dartmouth, MA, in the 1790 census, and had probably died or moved away by then.
+ 425 ii Ezra5 Washburn, born say ca. 1717, married (462) Susanna Leach, daughter of Benjamin3, Esq., and (129) Hephzibah4 (Washburn) Leach,[169] on 20 July 1742 in Bridgewater,[170] and they lived in Bridgewater, then in Middleborough, then moved to Oakham, Worcester Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 426 iii Benjamin5 Washburn (Jr.), born in Dec. 1718,[171]
married 1.) Susanna Battles, daughter of Edward and Experience (Pratt) Battles,[172]
of
+ 427 iv Henry5 Washburn, born ca. 1720,[176] married Sarah Battles, daughter of Edward and Experience (Pratt) Battles,[177] on 11 June 1740 in Hingham, MA,[178] and they moved to Mendon, Worcester Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 428 v Bethiah5 Washburn, born ca. 1722,[179] married Nehemiah4 Bryant, son of William3 and Ruth (Stetson) Bryant,[180] on 24 Feb. 1740 in Bridgewater,[181] and they lived in Middleborough. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 429 vi Keziah5 Washburn, born in Feb. 1723/4,[182]
married 1.) Joseph Harvey “Jr.,” of
+ 430 vii (Possibly) Sarah5 Washburn, born say ca. 1726, married Henry5 Richmond (Jr.), son of Henry4 and Mehitabel (Caswell) Richmond, of Middleborough, on 14 May 1748,[188] and they lived in Middleborough, then in Plymouth, then moved to Hebron, ME. [Sarah is placed in the family of Capt. Benjamin and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn because Henry’s brother, Job Richmond, married Jane Washburn, who was identified as a daughter of Capt. Benjamin and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn in The Richmond Family by Joshua B. Richmond, and because Henry and Sarah Richmond named a son Ezra Richmond, probably after Ezra Washburn, who would be the brother of Sarah (Washburn) Richmond.] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 431 viii Jonathan5 Washburn, born ca. 1728,[189]
married Judith/Judah Wood, daughter of Elnathan and Mary4 (Billington) Wood,
of
+ 432 ix (Possibly) Nehemiah5 Washburn, born say ca. 1731,
moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, and married 1.) Relief “Lefe” Joy,[192]
who died on 1 May 1754 in
+ 433 x (Possibly) Reliance5 Washburn, born ca. 1735,[195]
married Nathan5 Richmond, son
of Henry4 and Mehitable
(Caswell) Richmond, of Middleborough,[196]
on 2 May 1754 in Bridgewater,[197]
and lived in Middleborough. [Reliance is placed in the family of Capt.
Benjamin Washburn for the same reason as Sarah, above, because her husband was
a brother of Henry Richmond and Job
+ 434 ix (Supposedly) Jane5 “Jenny” Washburn, born say ca. 1736, married Job5 Richmond, son of Henry4 and Mehitable (Caswell) Richmond, of Middleborough,[198] on 11 Feb. 1762 in Middleborough,[199] and they also lived in Middleborough. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
(127.) Hannah4 Washburn, only daughter of (58) Samuel3 Washburn, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, in ca. 1689,[200] married Ensign John2 Keith, son of Rev. James1 and Susanna2 (Edson) Keith, of Bridgewater,[201] on 18 Apr. 1711 in Bridgewater.[202] He was born ca. 1689,[203] a grandson of Deacon Samuel1 and Susanna (Orcutt) Edson.[204]
On 30 Jan. 1722/3
John Keith purchased from Samuel Washburn, Nehemiah Washburn, and Benjamin
Washburn, “brethren,” three quarters of five acres of undivided land in
Ensign John Keith was appointed as administrator of the estate of his son, John Keith, Jr., in 1747.
Ensign John
Keith, Gentleman, died testate on 11 June 1761 in
Hannah Washburn and John Keith had children:[213]
+ 435 i John3 Keith (Jr.), born on 1 Aug. 1712 in Bridgewater,[214]
married Abigail4 Willis,
daughter of Jonathan3 and
Abigail (Stoughton) Willis,[215]
on 8 Jan. 1734/5 in
+ 436 ii James3 Keith, born on 16 June 1716 in
+ 437 iii Israel3 Keith, born on 9 Jan. 1719/20 in Bridgewater,[222] married Betty Chandler, daughter of Jonathan Chandler, on 17 Feb. 1740/1 in Bridgewater,[223] and they also lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 438 iv Hannah3 Keith, born on 7 Apr. 1721 in
439 v Keziah3 Keith, born on 25 Aug. 1723 in
+ 440 vi Daniel3 Keith, born on 2 May 1725 in
+ 441 vii Susanna3 Keith, born on 27 May 1727 in Bridgewater,[244] married Rev. Ebenezer Hinds in ca. 1744,[245] and lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 442 viii Zephaniah3 Keith, born on 8 Mar. 1730/1 in Bridgewater,[246] married Mary Hooper, daughter of Nathaniel and Elisabeth (Tinkham) Hooper,[247] on 23 May 1750 in Bridgewater,[248] and they lived in Easton, MA, then moved to Vermont. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 443 ix Capt. Joseph3 Keith, born ca. 1736 in Bridgewater, married (1400) Chloe4 Packard, daughter of Samuel3 and (452) Anne (Leach) Packard,[249] on 31 May 1759 in Bridgewater,[250] and they lived in Bridgewater and Middleborough, MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
+ 444 x Mary3 Keith, born, say 1738 in Bridgewater, supposedly married Solomon Pratt (Jr.), son of Deacon Solomon and Sarah (Johnson) Pratt,[251] of Bridgewater, on 3 Dec. 1761 in Bridgewater,[252] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)
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[1]
Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Bridgewater
VRs], Vol. 1, p. 325, “first born child of Samuel Washbourn.”
[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. 235; Sherman,
Robert Moody, and Vincent, Verle Delano, Mayflower Families Through Five
Generations, Volume Two: James Chilton of the Mayflower, General Society of
Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1978, [hereinafter MF5G: Chilton], p. 24,
her mother was “possibly the daughter of William and Hannah Ames, born in
Braintree on 12 mo. 6th 1653.”
[6]
Vital Records of Weymouth, MA, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Weymouth VRs], Vol.
1, p. 166, under “Leneson;” MF5G: Chilton, p. 22.
[7]
MF5G: Chilton, p. 22, for the parents of Susanna King; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New
England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,
1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 439.
[12]
Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five
Generations, published as Volume 12 of “Mayflower Families Through Five
Generations,” Picton Press, Rockport, ME, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p.
251; Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 2, witnessed by Jonathan Rood
and David Washburn, acknowledged on 8 Apr. 1835, and recorded on 23 Dec. 1740.
[14]
White, Lorraine Cook, and Tilton, Jan, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut
Town Vital Records: Stafford, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Stafford
VRs], p. 164, taken from Vol. 1, p. 46, and from Vol. 2, p. 168, of the
Stafford Town Records; Stafford Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 39, from a
transcription of “Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, Births, Marriages, Deaths, Tax
Lists,” from FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #1319712, p. 31.
[15]
MF5G: Chilton, p. 56, her death record not found in the Barbour index to
Stafford Town Vital Records.
[16]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 325, says they had David 1704,
Deliverance 1706, Solomon 1708, Samuel 1710, Abigail 1712, Susanna 1714, and
Tabitha 1716.
[18]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel
Washburn of
[19]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel
Washburn of
[24]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 376, marriage of William “Urrohart” and Hannah
Smith on 21 Sept. 1698 in Bridgewater.
[27]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel
Washburn of
[33]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of
[38]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231; Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and
Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume
Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants,
1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Eaton], pp. 32, 103.
[39]
[45]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 231, says he had, by wife Jerusha
Bryant, Abisha 1739, and by Hannah Leach, Jerusha 1746, Solomon 1750,
[46]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of
[47]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of
[48]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,”
The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221; Hampden
County Land Records, Vol. 5, p. 438-439, from FHL microfilm #0845692, witnessed
by Timothy Lewis and Joseph Dimock, and recorded on 21 July 1764.
[49]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,”
The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221, from
Hampden County Deeds, Vol. 8, p. 377, from FHL microfilm #845694.
[50]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Stafford, Connecticut, and His Descendants,”
The Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 43, No. 3, [Dec. 2010], p. 221,
referencing Pruitt, Betty Hobbs, The Massachusetts Tax Valuation List of
1771, Boston, 1978.
[51]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of
[52]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of
[53]
Bingler, Susan L., CG, “Samuel Washburn
of
[58]
Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, reprint,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1994, originally published as Part II
of Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Boston, 1899, [hereinafter Davis, Genealogical
Register of Plymouth Families], p. 235; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater,
p. 290; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 664, 665.
[61]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 136, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
recorded on 13 June 1741.
[63]
Plymouth County Probate Docket #22069; Vol. 4, pp. 19, 70-71; Vol. 5, p. 105.
The personal estate of Noah Washbourne late of Bridgwater, was all settled upon
Elisabeth Harris “who was ye widdow of Noah Washbourne now ye
wife of Isaac Harris of Bridgwater aforesd to & for ye
bringing up of ye children of ye sd Noah
Washbourne deceased.”
[66]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 172, says he had Arthur 1708, Abner
1710, Anne 1712, Elizabeth 1714, and Jane 1716.
[68]
Konig, David Thomas, ed., Plymouth Court Records 1686-1859, 16 Volumes,
Pilgrim Society, May 1978, republished on a CD-ROM, New England Historic
Genealogical Society, Boston, 2002, [hereinafter Plymouth Co. Court Records],
Vol. 1, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 6, p. 179.
[69]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 12, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0558816,
witnessed by Benjamin Allen and Moses Leonard, and recorded on 18 June 1717.
[70]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 12, p. 186, from FHL microfilm #0558816,
witnessed also by Benjamin Allen and Moses Leonard, and recorded on 18 June
1717.
[71]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 36, p. 12, from FHL microfilm #0558826,
witnessed by Saml. Pooll, Mary Bicknel, and Abner Harris, and recorded on 18
May 1743. Evidently this must have been land from the estate of Joseph Shaw.
[72]
Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 136, from FHL microfilm #0558825,
recorded on 13 June 1741.
[79]
Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 809, Ezra Whitmarsh and Bathsheba
Richards were married on 20 Jan. 1693 in
[80]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 386; Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts,
To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1910,
2 Volumes, [hereinafter Weymouth VRs], Vol. 2, p. 207, marriage intentions
recorded 28 Dec. 1729 in Weymouth; Roser,
Mayflower Marriages, p. 122.
[82]
Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower
Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden,
General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999, [hereinafter MF5G: Alden, pt.
1], p. 331-332.
[85]
Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West
Bridgewater VRs], p. 175.
[86]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 252; Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 5, Court of Common Pleas,
Session 2, case #29, p. 40.
[92]
Her grandparents per email letter of David Sylvester to the Washburn Rootsweb
Discussion List of 28 Sept. 1996, his source being Appleton, William Sumner, Descendants
of William Sumner of Dorcester, Mass., 1636, who listed Experience Blake’s
parents as William and Hannah Blake, however Torrey, New England Marriages,
p. 76, shows that the first wife of William Blake was Ann or Anna __?__, and
his second wife, whom he married in 1693, was Hannah (Tulman) Lyon, widow of
George Lyon. Since Samuel Sumner married Experience Blake on 15 Mar. 1683, and
she was born in 1665, as per Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 721, she
must have been a daughter of William and Anna Blake, rather than William and
Hannah Blake.
[98]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 325, says they had Sarah 1709,
Deborah 1712, Seth 1714, and
[112]
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.
[116]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 208, 231, except that Mitchell has
the order of her husbands confused.
[117]
Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts,
General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter
Raynham VRs], p. 38.
[122]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 254; Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 1, General Sessions of
the Peace, Session 6, p. 227.
[125]
Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough,
Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower
Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter
Middleborough VRs], Vol. 1, p. 25.
[126]
Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #7333; Vol. 12, p. 318-321. See Miscellaneous
Wills for a transcription of Rodulphus Elmes’ will.
[127]
Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #10886, Vol. 5, p. 375. Jeremiah Howell’s widow,
[139] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 219; Latham, Williams, Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1882, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1986, [hereinafter Latham, Epitaphs], p. 22, buried in the Old Grave Yard in West Bridgewater.
[145]
[147]
West Bridgewater VRs, p. 175, from records of the First Church of West
Bridgewater; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387; “First Book of Raynham Records,”
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 51, p. 440; Vol.
55, p. 45; Raynham VRs, pp. 4, 26, married by Rev. Daniel Perkins, their
marriage recorded twice in the vital records of Raynham.
[148]
Bowman, George Ernest, “Benjamin Washburns of Bridgewater,” Pilgrim
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, No. 1, [Jan. 1917], [hereinafter Bowman, “Benjamin
Washburns of Bridgewater”], p. 2, which corrects the confusion in Mitchell,
History of Bridgewater, p. 325, and identifies which Benjamin Washburn
married which Kingman sister.
[165]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 237, from Washburn, Mabel T. M., Washburn Family Foundations
in
[166]
MF5G: Cooke, p. 237, from Washburn, Mabel T. M., Washburn Family Foundations
in
[167]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 325, confuses him with his cousin
Benjamin, son of Jonathan Washburn, and says they had Isaac, Jonathan, Henry,
Benjamin, Ezra, and perhaps others. Because the birth records for none of the
children of Capt. Benjamin Washburn were recorded in the
[171]
Pilgrim Notes & Queries,
Vol. 2, p. 76, from a Bible record owned by Olive Washburn, of Bridgewater.
[172]
I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #456440,
give the marriage date of Edward Battles and Experience Pratt as 13 Mar. 1706/7
in
[173]
Per Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384, married “in
[174]
Plympton VRs, p. 302, marriage of Moses Cushman and Mary Jackson on 22 Aug.
1721 in Plympton; Cushman, Henry Wyles, Cushman Genealogy, pp. 129,
140-141; Cushman, Joseph Augustine, Cushman Family in New England, pp.
28, 61.
[175]
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], p. 34, married by Thomas
Croade, Justice of the Peace in Halifax; Bowman, “Benjamin Washburns of
Bridgewater,” Pilgrim Notes and Queries, Vol. 5, No. 1, [Jan. 1917],
p. 2.
[177]
I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #456440,
give the marriage date of Edward Battles and Experience Pratt as 13 Mar. 1706/7
in
[178]
FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Susan Whipple, of Logandale, NV, and Ted D.
Merrill, of Chaparral, NM.
[180]
Scituate VRs, Vol. 2, p. 48, marriage of William Bryant of Pembroke and Ruth
Stetson on 7 May 1712 in
[187]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 214, intentions call her “Kezia Keith, widow”;
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 112, marriage intentions recorded 7 Dec. 1788 in
Middleborough between Mr. Moses Eddy of Middleborough and Miss [sic] Keziah
Keith of Bridgewater.
[188]
[190]
Hodge, Harriet W., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Five,
John Billington of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants,
1991, [hereinafter MF5G: Billington], p. 63.
[193]
White, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 145, from 2:168;
[194]
White, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 146;
[197]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 390, under “Patience” Washburn; Middleborough VRs,
Vol. 2, p. 52, marriage intentions recorded 30 Mar. 1754, he was “of
Middleborough,” and she was “of Bridgewater,” Richmond, Joshua B., The
Richmond Family, 1594-1896, 1897, p. 44; Mitchell, History of
Bridgewater, p. 332, also calls her “Patience” Washburn, but the
Bridgewater marriage intentions recorded her name as “Reliance.”
[199]
Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 147, Vol. 2, p. 57, she was called “of
Middleborough” in her marriage record; 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. 92, where she
was called “Jenney Washburn.”
[213]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 208, says they had John 1712, James
1716,
[221]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 220, marriage intentions between James Keith and
Lydia Perkins recorded 6 Oct. 1744 in
[227]
Raynham VRs, p. 28, “Philip Hall and Hannah Leach;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p.
211, recorded as 28 Feb. 1760, her name was written as Hannah Keith in the
Bridgewater marriage record; 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.
[228]
Mitchell, History of
Bridgewater, p. 231, which says that she married secondly to Israel
Washburn and thirdly to Deacon Hall of Raynham, but it the order must have been
reversed.
[229]
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.
[234]
Plympton VRs, p. 346, marriage of Samuel Lucas and Elizebeth Shaw on 29 Dec.
1720 in Plympton.
[236]
Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England
Historic Genealogical Society,
[239]
Mitchell, History of
[241]
Bristol County Probates, Vol. 10, p. 317-319, the will of Thomas Manley, of
[242]
Seth Keyzer died on 7 Sept. 1751 in Easton, (“Easton, Massachusetts, Bristol
County, Births, Deaths and Marriages by Families, 1697-1847,” from FHL
microfilm #1059951, a transcription of the entire town vital records from the
incorporation of the town of Easton to about 1843 made in 1880 by Geo. G.
Withington, Easton town clerk, [hereinafter Easton VRs], p. 8), and on 11 Sept.
1751 Lydia Keyzer, widow, & George Keyzer, Mason, both of Easton, were
appointed as administrators of the estate of Seth Keyzer of Easton, deceased,
which was found insolvent by 1752. (Bristol Co. Probate Vol. 12, p. 623; Vol.
13, pp. 277-279.)
[247]
Roser, Mayflower Marriages, p. 90, marriage of Elizabeth Tinkham and
Nathaniel Hooper on 28 Mar. 1728 in Middleborough.
[A] The Division of the Estate of Capt. Nehemiah
Washburn of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts
Bay (1751): *
This Indenture made and
Concluded the Sixteenth day of May in the 24th Year of his Majestys
Reign Anno Dom. 1751 By & between Abiel Haward of Bridgwater in the County
of Plimouth in New England practitioner of physick & Silence his Wife on
the one parte & Josiah Dean of Raynham in the County of Bristol Yeoman &
Jean his Wife On the Other part Witnesseth—
That Whereas Capt. Nehemiah
Washburne late of said Bridgwater deceasd Died Seized of the Several peaces or
parcels of land hereafter Mentioned & Discribed Viz./ the Homstead
Inclusive of Several Small pieces of Land in Abizers Edson possession & his
Interest in the Furnace Standing thereon Also the thirty one Acres & an
halfe which he bout. of Daniel Howel also alot in the Little Ceder
Swamp So Called also a Lott in the Great Meadows so Called all Lying &
being in the Township of said Bridgwater also Twenty Acres of Land which he bot.
of James Keith also twenty nine acres he bot of Benjamin White Esqr.
also a third part of thirty five acres which James Thomas Indian man by the
Authority of the General Court Quitted his Claims to, unto the heirs of the
said Nehemiah Washburn To Israel Washburne & James Boice & also Twelve
Acres which he bot. of the said Jams. Thomas by the River
a Little below the Bridge the foure piece of Land last mentioned all lye within
the Township of Middleboro in said County of Plimouth the More particular
Bounds & Description of all & Every piece of said Lands may more fully
Appear on Record reference thereto being had; & Whereas the sd
Silence & Jean are the one ly heirs of the sd. Capt. Nehemiah
Washburne Estate as above Expressed with ye Appurtenance & have
an Equal Right & Share therein To all & Every part & Parcel thereof
holding the Same as yet in Common & undivided & the parties being
Desiourus to Know have hold possess & improve Each one their respective
parts & proportions in Severalty Do agree to Divide all the Aforementioned
premises in Two Equal partes or Moieties According to Quantity & Quality in
the Folowing Mannor /Viz/ That the said Abiel Haward & Silance for their
half part or Moiety Shall have the said Homstead Including as Aforesaid
Excepting thirty Acres of from the Easterly end thereof the said thirty acres
bounded as Followeth beginning at a pine Tree Standing by the River which is a
Corner bounds of said Homstead & also the Corner Bounds of Amos Keiths Land
from thence Runing by the River Down Stream So far till a North Line from the
River will Complehend the sd thirty acres. also to have the
Northerly half of said Lot of Ceder Swamp & the Northerly half of said Lott
of Meddow to them the said Abial & Silence there heirs Execrs.
admrs. & assigns To have hold possess Enjoy & improve for
their intire use benefit & behoof forever And that the Said Josiah Dean
& Jean his Wife for their half part or Moiety Shall have the said thirty
acres as Exceptd. of From the Homstead Also the said thirty one
Acres & an half bot. of Daniel Howel Also the Southerly half of
said Lott of Cedar Swamp & Meadow To gether with the four parcels of Land
as Mentioned Lying in said Middleborough To them the said Josiah & Jean To
there heirs Execrs. Admrs. & assigns To have hold
possess Enjoy & Improve for their intire use Benefit & behoof forever
& the Parties Aforesaid Do Ratifye & Confirm the foregoing Division
have hereunto Set their hands & Seals the Day & year Afore Mentioned /
Memorandum these words Inclusive of Several Small pieces of land in Abiezer
Edsons possession/ & these Words Including as aforesaid were interlined
before Signing & Sealing
Signed Sealed & Delivered
in the
presents of Abiel
Haward (seal)
John Cushing Silance
Haward (seal)
Josiah Edson jun. Josiah
Dean (seal)
Jane
Dean (seal)
Plimouth Sc May the 16th
1752
The above named Abiel Howard
Silance Howard Josiah Dean & Jane Dean personally Appeard before Me &
Acknowledged the afore written partition to be their act & Deed—
Wherefore I do hereby Ratifie
& Confirm the Same
John
Cushing Judge of Probate
* Transcribed by John A.
Maltby from
[B]
The Will of John
Keith, of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts
Bay (1761): *
In the Name of God Amen
The Second Day of June Anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred & Sixty one I
John Keth of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth Gentelman being of a Sound
and Disposing minde and memory Thanks be to God for it I Do make and ordain
this my Last will and Testament
In the first Place I
give & Recommend my Soule into the hands of God who gave it Trusting in
Jesus Crist the glorious mediator for Pardon grace & glory and my bodely I
commit To the Dust To be Decently buried at the Decrection of My Executor hereafter
named and my worldly Estate I Dispose of in the following manner viz. my will
is that all my Just Debts be Paid in a Conveneint Time after my Decease by my
Executor
Item I give &
bequeth unto my Grandson Azel Son of my Son John Deceased Eight pence also
Eight Pence To the heirs of my Son Israel Dec’d Also Eight Pence To the heirs
of my Daughter Susannah Hinds Dec’d beside what I gave to there Parents
Item I Give &
bequeth unto my Daughter Hannah wife of Phillip Hall Eight Pence besides what I
have heretofore given her
Item I give &
bequeth unto my Daughter Mary one Cow & also all the houshold goods which I
have given my said wife the Improvement of (after her Deces. Besides what I
have already given her
Item I give and bequeth
unto my well beloved wife Hannah the use & Improvement of one third Part of
my homestead also the use of one Cow and all my house hold goods During her
natural Life and also fire wood Provided for her at the Door by my Executor
hereafter named but if this Should be Insufficent for her Support my will is
that my Executor Provide for her Comfortable & honorable Support
Item I give &
bequeth unto my grandson David Son To my Son John Deceased (whome I make
Executor of this my Last will & Testament to him his heirs and assigns
forever all my Real Estate also the Cow that I have given my wife the
Improvement also all my other Personal Estate not before Disposed of which I
shall Die Seazed of
Item I give unto my said
Son James Daniel Zepheniah & Joseph all my wearing apparrel to be Equally
Divided between them witnis my had & Seal
Sign’d Sealed published pronounced & Declared by the John Keth (seal)
Said John Keeth as his
Last will & Testament
In Presence of
Josiah Edson Jur
Amos Howard
Robert Howard
Probated on 3 Aug. 1761,
presented for probate by David Keth of Bridgwater, the Executor, and proved by
Josiah Edson Jr., Esq., and Robert Howard.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from