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Families of the Children of Ebenezer⁴ Washburn and Lydia Faunce

Ebenezer Washburn and Lydia Faunce lived in Kingston, but he died at the age of only 29, leaving only three children, the youngest of whom apparently never married, so only two of their children left descendants. Only two of the sons of Ebenezer’s daughter Lydia married, but Ebenezer’s son Capt. Ebenezer Washburn (Jr.) had a large family of descendants. I will add to this from time to time as new information is uncovered.

			Philip^2 Washburn
		Deacon John^3 Washburn
			Elizabeth^2 Irish
	Ebenezer^4 Washburn
			Isaac^3 Billington
		Lydia^4 Billington
			Hannah Glass
Lydia^5 Washburn
Capt. Ebenezer^5 Washburn (Jr.)
Simeon^5 Washburn
			Joseph^2 Faunce
		John^3 Faunce
			Judith^3 Rickard
	Lydia^4 Faunce
			Jacob^3 Cooke (Jr.)
		Lydia^4 Cooke
			Lydia Miller

(796.) Lydia⁵ Washburn, eldest daughter of (201) Ebenezer⁴ Washburn, (68) Deacon John³, (45) Philip², (28) John¹ (4th); born in Kingston, MA, on 1 Oct. 1733,[1] married Capt. Nicholas Davis (Jr.), son of Nicholas and Grace (Brock) Davis, of Kingston,[2] on 8 Oct. 1751 in Kingston.[3] He was born on 12 Mar. 1728/9 in Kingston,[4] and they lived in Kingston.

Lydia (Washburn) Davis died on 5 June 1760 in Kingston, aged 26 years, 7 months, 23 days,[5] and Capt. Nicholas Davis remarried to Lois⁵ Fuller, daughter of Ebenezer⁴ and Joanna (Gray) Fuller,[6] on 2 May 1764 in Kingston.[7] She was born on 16 Nov. 1733 in Kingston,[8] a granddaughter of Samuel³ and Mercy³ (Eaton) Fuller (Jr.), and of John and Joanna³ (Morton) Gray.[9] She died on 25 Feb. 1790 in Kingston, of “consumption,”[10] and he was living in Kingston, MA, in the 1790 federal census.[11] Capt. Nicholas Davis (Jr.) died of old age on 3 May 1818 in Kingston, aged 89 years,[12] but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

Lydia Washburn and Capt. Nicholas Davis (Jr.) had children:

+ 2120 i Deacon Nicholas Davis (3rd), born on 5 Jan. 1752 in Kingston,[13] married Martha⁶ Morton, of Plymouth, daughter of Silas⁵ and Martha⁵ (Morton) Morton, of Plymouth,[14] on 7 May 1775 in Plymouth.[15] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 2121 ii John Davis, born on 25 Nov. 1754 in Kingston,[16] supposedly married Martha Walker of Rehoboth, MA, on 3 Feb. 1780 in Rehoboth.[17] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

2122 iii Zenas Davis, born on 12 Jan. 1758 in Kingston,[18] marriage not found. He was not a head of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 or 1800 federal censuses, and no death or probate records were found for him in Plymouth County.

2123 iv Lydia Davis, born on 19 Apr. 1760,[19] died on 2 July 1760 in Kingston, aged 2 months, 13 days.[20]

(797.) Capt. Ebenezer⁵ Washburn (Jr.), Esq., eldest son of (201) Ebenezer⁴ Washburn, (68) Deacon John³, (45) Philip², (28) John¹ (4th); born in Kingston, MA, on 14 Sept. 1735,[21] married Sarah Waterman, daughter of Anthony and Hannah (Vaughan) Waterman, of Halifax, MA,[22] on 8 Nov. 1757 in Halifax.[23] She was born on 24 Sept. 1738 in Halifax,[24] a granddaughter of John and Lydia⁴ (Cushman) Waterman (Jr), of Plympton.[25]

The will of Anthony Waterman, of Halifax, dated 28 Oct. 1769, mentioned his daughter, Sarah Washburn,[26] among others. The will of Hannah Waterman, of Halifax, dated 26 Sept. 1782, and probated on 1 Oct. 1798, also mentions her daughter, Sarah Washburn,[27] and Ebenezer Washburne, Esq., was a surety on the bond of Zebadiah Tomson, of Halifax, who was appointed as administrator de bonis non with will annexed of the estate of Hannah Waterman on 1 Oct. 1798.[28]

Capt. Ebenezer Washburn (Jr.), Esq., lived in Kingston, MA, where he was a housewright. Ebenezer Washburn was named as guardian of the 3 youngest children of Ezra Fuller, of Kingston, in 1771, namely Consider, James and Molly Fuller, and he joined Benjamin Cook and Josiah Holmes in inventorying the estate of Ezra Fuller.[29] Capt. Ebenezer Washburn was named as the administrator of his uncle Ephraim Washburn’s estate in 1775, and of his cousin Jabez Washburn, Jr.’s estate also in 1775. They were living in Kingston, MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to his cousin, Ezekiel Washburn,[30] and in the 1800 federal census.[31] Ebenezer Washburn and Robert Cook were sureties for John Faunce, of Kingston, as administrator of the estate of Zenas Cook, late of Kingston, on 13 Aug. 1794.[32] On 2 Feb. 1803 Ebenezer Washburne, Esq., and John Faunce, yeoman, were appointed as guardian of Benjamin Faunce, of Kingston, yeoman, who is non compos mentis, and incapable of taking care of himself, his family, and estate.[33]

Ebenezer Washburn was Captain of the 6th Company from Kingston, in Col. Gamaliel Bradford’s 1st Plymouth County Regiment in 1776 during the Revolutionary War, and later served under Col. John Cushing, Col. Eleazer Brooks, and Col. Theophilus Cotton.[34] He died intestate on 26 Jan. 1810 in Kingston, aged 74 years, of “apoplexy.”[35] His son, Jehiel Washburn, was granted administration of his estate on 13 Mar. 1810, his inventory was appraised by John Faunce, Ebenezer Cushman, and John Prince, all of Kingston, on 13 Mar. 1810, and presented on 3 Apr. 1810. They set off a third of his real estate to his widow, Sarah Washburn, as her dower, on 6 May 1811, and it was finally settled in 1813.[36] Sarah (Waterman) Washburn died intestate on 25 Jan. 1826 in Kingston, aged 87 years,[37] and her son, Jehiel Washburn, was also granted administration of her estate on 20 Feb. 1826 in Kingston. Her inventory was presented on 20 Mar. 1826.[38]

Capt. Ebenezer Washburn (Jr.) and Sarah Waterman had children:

+ 2124 i Sarah⁶ Washburn, born on 2 Aug. 1758 in Kingston,[39] married Jeremiah⁵ Sampson, of Middleborough, son of Philemon⁴ and Rachel⁵ (Standish) Sampson,[40] on 24 Apr. 1780 in Kingston.[41] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

2125 ii James Washburn, born on 15 Dec. 1760 in Kingston,[42] died on 27 Dec. 1769 in Kingston, aged 9 months [sic], 12 days.[43]

+ 2126 iii Ebenezer⁶ Washburn (3rd), born on 30 Jan. 1762 in Kingston,[44] married Lucy Chase, daughter of Consider and Eunice⁵ (Tilson) Chase, of Plympton,[45] on 22 Nov. 1787 in Plympton.[46] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

2127 iv Jehiel⁶ Washburn, born on 9 Oct. 1763 in Kingston,[47] married (2145) Betsey⁵ Adams, daughter of (800) Francis⁴ and Rebeckah⁵ (Cooke) Adams,[48] on 15 Dec. 1796 in Kingston.[49] She was born on 14 Sept. 1767 in Kingston,[50] a granddaughter of John³ and (202) Thankful⁴ (Washburn) Adams, and of Lt. Caleb⁴ and Hannah (Shurtleff) Cooke.[51] They probably had no children. They were living in Kingston, MA, in the 1800,[52] 1810,[53] and 1820 federal censuses,[54] where he was a farmer, but he was not listed as a head of household in the 1830 federal census.

Jehiel Washburn was granted administration of his brother Simeon’s estate in 1806, his father’s estate in 1810, and of his mother’s estate in 1826. Jehiel Washburn was declared insane in 1836, and Daniel Adams was appointed as his guardian on 16 Jan. 1837 in Kingston.[55] Betsey (Adams) Washburn died on 20 July 1837 in Kingston, aged 70 years,[56] and Jehiel Washburn died intestate on 10 Aug. 1837 in Kingston, aged 74 years, 10 months, of “derangement.”[57] Reuben Thompson, Jr., of Plympton, husband of his niece, Sally⁷ (Washburn) Thompson, petitioned for, and was granted administration his estate on 3 Oct. 1837, with Martin Hayward and Jabez P. Thompson as the sureties on his bond. His inventory was appraised by Martin Hayward, Thomas Bradford, and Martin Cook on 7 Oct. 1837, his real estate was appraised at $524.00, and his personal estate totaled $2277.44, including notes of hand against Rufus B. Bradford, Daniel Bisbee, Jonah Willis, Nathaniel Adams, Charles E. Faunce, George Adams, Oliver Sampson, Nahum Baily, Thomas Bradford, Jedediah Holmes, and Daniel Adams, and his estate settled on 25 Feb. 1839.[58]

2128 v Simeon Washburn, born on 24 Oct. 1765 in Kingston,[59] died on 11 Aug. 1766 in Kingston.[60]

2129 vi Lydia Washburn, born on 21 July 1767 in Kingston,[61] marriage not found. She may have been one of the two females aged 26-44 years living in her father’s household in the 1800 federal census.

+ 2130 vii Deborah⁶ Washburn, born on 31 July 1769 in Kingston,[62] married James Cushing, son of Col. Seth and Lydia (Everson) Cushing (Jr.), of Plympton,[63] on 15 Feb. 1799 in Kingston.[64] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

+ 2131 viii Simeon⁶ Washburn, born on 1 Mar. 1771 in Kingston,[65] married Hannah⁶ Morton, daughter of Silas⁵ and Martha⁵ (Morton) Morton,[66] on 3 Nov. 1795 in Hanover, MA.[67] (To be continued in Washburn Sixth Generation.)

2132 ix Hannah⁶ Washburn, born on 7 Apr. 1773 in Kingston,[68] married Benjamin Fuller, possibly son of Seth and Deborah (Ford) Fuller, of Pembroke, on 13 Dec. 1812 in Kingston.[69] He was born on 6 Apr. 1772 in Pembroke.[70] They apparently had no children. She “fell in fire and burn to death” on 14 Jan. 1826 in Kingston, aged 52 years,[71] and he died testate on 6 Nov. 1839 in Kingston, of “consumption,” supposedly aged 55 years,[72] his will dated 22 Oct. 1839, and probated on the 2 Dec. 1839, was witnessed by Zenas Bryant, Thomas Lanman, and Alden S. Bradford, and he mentioned his “brother” Edward Stranger,[73] Seth F. Stranger, son of Edward Stranger, Charles H. Stranger, son of Edward Stranger, and Harriet M. Stranger, and he named Peleg Bradford, of Kingston, as executor of his estate.[74] (See Appendix [A] for a full transcription of his will.)

2133 x James⁶ Washburn, born on 2 Sept. 1776 in Kingston,[75] was probably the male aged 16-25 years of age in his father’s household in the 1800 federal census, died on 30 Oct. 1805 in Kingston, aged 29 years, 1 month, 28 days, of “putrid fever,”[76] presumably unmarried, but no probate records were filed for his estate in Plymouth County.

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[1] Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Kingston VRs], p. 153.

[2] Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas, and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nine, Family of Francis Eaton, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Eaton], p. 69.

[3] Kingston VRs, p. 298.

[4] Kingston VRs, p. 58.

[5] Kingston VRs, p. 338, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[6] MF5G: Eaton, p. 23.

[7] Kingston VRs, p. 206.

[8] Kingston VRs, p. 79, under “Fuler.”

[9] MF5G: Eaton, pp. 10, 23.

[10] Kingston VRs, p. 338, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[11] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 170, Kingston Town, Plymouth County, the Nicholas Davis household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

[12] Kingston VRs, p. 338.

[13] Kingston VRs, p. 58.

[14] 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. 191; Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], pp. 155, 158, marriage of Silas Morton and Martha Morton, both of Plymouth, on 3 Nov. 1748 in Plymouth.

[15] Plymouth VRs, pp. 263, 361, married by Rev. Chandler Robbins in Plymouth; Kingston VRs, p. 206, marriage intentions recorded 31 Dec. 1774 in Kingston.

[16] Kingston VRs, p. 57.

[17] Per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 28 June 2004 by Gary Silverstein; Arnold, James N., Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896, Providence, RI, 1897, [hereinafter Rehoboth VRs], p. 119, “John Davis of Kingstown and Martha Walker of Rehoboth,” married by Rev. Ephraim Hyde.

[18] Kingston VRs, p. 58.

[19] Kingston VRs, p. 58.

[20] Kingston VRs, p. 338, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[21] Kingston VRs, p. 150.

[22] 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. 32, marriage of Anthony Waterman and Hannah Vaughan on 26 Feb. 1735/6 in Halifax.

[23] Per Kingston VRs, p. 296.

[24] Kingston VRs, p. 155, from a private record of Kingston families compiled by Rev. Z. Willis in 1796.

[25] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 219, the birth of Anthony, son of John and Ledia Waterman, on 23 June 1716 in Plympton; Plympton VRs, p. 421, the marriage of John Watterman and Lidia Cushman on 29 Dec. 1709 in Plympton.

[26] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22126; Vol. 20, p. 348, from Family History Library [hereinafter FHL] microfilm #0550711.

[27] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22143; Vol. 36, p. 425, from FHL microfilm #0550719.

[28] Plymouth County Probate, Vol. 34, p. 347, from FHL microfilm #0550718. William Sturtevant was named as executor in the will of Hannah Waterman, but Sturtevant died before the will went to probate.

[29] Plymouth County Probate Docket #8222; Vol. 21, pp. 20, 53, from FHL microfilm #0550712.

[30] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 170, Kingston Town, Plymouth County, the Ebenezer Washburn household had 2 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.

[31] 1800 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 28, the Ebenezer Washburn household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 2 females aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

[32] Plymouth County Probate Vol. 34, p. 10, from FHL microfilm #0550718.

[33] Plymouth County Probate, Vol. 32, p. 378-379, from FHL microfilm #0550717. Benjamin Faunce was the husband of Saba (Washburn) Faunce, daughter of (776) Ezekiel Washburn, of Kingston.

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

[35] Kingston VRs, p. 388, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[36] Plymouth County Probate Docket #21950; Vol. 39, p. 245, from FHL microfilm #0550720, with Jeremiah Sampson and Ebenezer Washburn as sureties; Vol. 43, pp. 149‑150, 507‑508, from FHL microfilm #0550902.

[37] Kingston VRs, p. 391, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[38] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22088; Vol. 52, p. 430, from FHL microfilm #0550907; Vol. 60, p. 175, from FHL microfilm #0550911

[39] Kingston VRs, p. 155.

[40] Plympton VRs, p. 383, the marriage of Philemon Samson, son of Benjamin, and Rachel Standish, daughter of Moses, on 12 May 1742 in Plympton.

[41] Kingston VRs, p. 299.

[42] Kingston VRs, p. 151.

[43] Kingston VRs, p. 389, should be 9 years, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[44] Kingston VRs, p. 150.

[45] Plympton VRs, p. 276, the marriage of Consider Chace and Eunes Tilson on 7 June 1759 in Plympton.

[46] Kingston VRs, p. 294, marriage intentions recorded 11 Aug. 1787 in Kingston.

[47] Kingston VRs, p. 152.

[48] Kingston VRs, p. 165, the marriage of Francis Adams and Rebeckah Cooke on 13 Dec. 1764 in Kingston.

[49] Kingston VRs, p. 297.

[50] Kingston VRs, p. 11.

[51] Kingston VRs, p. 12, the birth of Francis, son of John and Thankful Adams, on 14 Dec. 1741 in Kingston; Kingston VRs, p. 166, the marriage intentions of John Adams and Thankful Washburn recorded on 1 Mar. 1739/40 in Kingston; Kingston VRs, p. 50, the birth of Rebeckah, daughter of Caleb and Hannah Cooke, on 5 Feb. 1741/2 in Kingston; Plympton VRs, p. 294, the marriage of Caleb Cook and Hanah Shurtlef on 4 Mar. 1724/5 in Plympton; Wood, Ralph V. Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower The First Five Generations, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1996, pp. 171-172, 436.

[52] 1800 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 28, the Jehiel Washburn household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years. The young male aged 10-15 years in their household obviously wasn’t their son, since they were only married in 1796.

[53] 1810 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 133, the Jehiel Washburn household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

[54] 1820 Federal Census, Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 430, the Jahial Washburne household had 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and 1 person engaged in agriculture.

[55] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22010; Vol. 8L, p. 376, from FHL microfilm #0551532.

[56] Kingston VRs, p. 388, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[57] Kingston VRs, p. 389.

[58] Plymouth County Probate Docket #22011, Vol. 10A, p. 118, from FHL microfilm #0551535; Vol. 81, p. 79, from FHL microfilm #0555266.

[59] Kingston VRs, p. 155.

[60] Kingston VRs, p. 391.

[61] Kingston VRs, p. 153.

[62] Kingston VRs, p. 149.

[63] Kingston VRs, p. 202, marriage of Seth Cushing Jr., of Plympton, and Lydia Everson, of Kingston, on 5 Jan. 1758 in Kingston.

[64] Kingston VRs, p. 296, from records of the First Church of Kingston.

[65] Kingston VRs, p. 155.

[66] Plymouth VRs, pp. 155, 158, marriage of Silas Morton and Martha Morton, both of Plymouth, on 3 Nov. 1748 in Plymouth; Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 191.

[67] Per Kingston VRs, p. 299.

[68] Kingston VRs, p. 151.

[69] Kingston VRs, p. 297.

[70] Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 93.

[71] Kingston VRs, p. 352, buried in the Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

[72] Kingston VRs, p. 351.

[73] Edward Stranger was married to Betsey Ring on 1 Aug. 1814 in Kingston, and Betsey Ring was the daughter of Andrew Ring and Elizabeth Perkins, so Edward Stranger was apparently not actually a brother or brother-in-law of Benjamin Fuller.

[74] Plymouth County Probate Docket #8196, Vol. 81, p. 597-599, from FHL microfilm #0555266, except that p. 597 is missing from the microfilm.

[75] Kingston VRs, p. 151.

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

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[A] The Will of Benjamin Fuller of Kingston, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1839): *

In the name of God Amen.

I Benjamin Fuller of Kingston and County of Plymouth and Commonwealth Massachusetts, being weak in body, but of sound and perfect mind, and memory, do make and publish this as my last will and Testament in a manner and form following.

First, After all my just debts and funeral charges are paid I give and bequeath unto Seth F Stranger son of Edward Stranger of Kingston About twenty eight Acres of wood land lying in Kingston and what is call’d the Thomas land.

Also I give and bequeath unto the said Seth F Stranger ten Acres of Jones river meadow lying in said Kingston,

Also I give and bequeath unto Charles H. Stranger son of Edward Stranger a piece of Cedar swamp in Dotys Cedar Swamp in Carver.

Also I give and bequeath unto Harriet M. Stranger one Feather bed bedstead an bedding to furnish said bed.

Also to my Brother Edward Stranger as to all the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate, goods and chattels, of what kind or nature soever,

Also I hereby appoint Peleg Bradford of Kingston in said Commonwealth sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament; and hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty second day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty nine.

Signed, Sealed, published and declared by the above

named Benjamin Fuller to be his last will and testament

in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names

as witnesses, in the presence of the testator,

Interlined before Sign’d.

Zenas Bryant Benjamin Fuller (seal)

Thomas Lanman

Alden S Bradford

Probated on 2 Dec. 1839, with Zenas Bryant and Thomas Lanman as sureties for Peleg Bradford.

* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Docket #8196, the will recorded in Plymouth County Probate Vol. 81, p. 597-599, on FHL microfilm #0555266, but page 597 is missing on the microfilm.