~~ Connecticut Colony and Hempstead, Long Island ~~

--- First Generation in America ---

William Washburn, the immigrant ancestor to Connecticut Colony, and later Hempstead, Long Island, did not join his brother John Washburn in Plymouth Colony. He remained in England, where he raised a large family, and finally sailed with his in-laws to Connecticut, eventually purchasing land and moving out to Long Island.

(30.) William¹ Washburn, third son of (10) John^A Washborne (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^C; born in Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, in 1601,[1] married Jane² Nicholls, daughter of Francis¹ and Frances (Wimarke) Nicholls, of Sedgeberrow,[2] Worcestershire, in ca. 1625, probably in Bengeworth, Worcestershire.[3] She was baptized on 14 Nov. 1603 in Sedgeberrow,[4] a granddaughter of John^A Nicholls, of Sedgeberrow.[5] They sailed to New England and settled first in Stratford, Connecticut Colony, with the Nicholses.[6] On 5 Dec. 1679 John Washburn, of “Corberry upon Long Island,” eldest son of William and Jane Washburn, gave a receipt to his uncle, Isaac Nicols, of Stratford, for £22 1s 8d “which was the whole amount sent over to me in the year sixteen hundred and seventy seven I do acknowledge by these presents that I have received the sum and I do forever requit discharge exonerate my said uncle and all his executors administrators of the said sums or any demans upon that amount from me or my heirs executors or assigns…”[7] proving that there was some kinship between the family of Isaac Nichols and John Washburn.

In about 1645 William and Jane Washburn moved to Hempstead, Long Island, supposedly with “Rev. Mr. Leverich.”[8] The earliest record of William Washburn in Hempstead is in 1646 when “William Wasbandt” testified in court that he had sold a sow to a Mr. Stickley, the defendant, in a lawsuit brought by Tonis Nyssen, which was settled on 18 Oct. 1646 at Ft. Amsterdam in the New Amsterdam Colony.[9]

As one of the first purchasers in Hempstead, William Washburn was chosen as a deputy from Hempstead, along with John Seaman, Robert Coe, and John Hicks, to appeal to the British about the Dutch government from the Colony of New Netherlands, assuming jurisdiction over Long Island, and Washburn carried a remonstrance to the Dutch Governor, Peter Stuyvesant, in New Amsterdam, in 1653, regarding the English colonists’ concerns.[10]

In 1653 William Washburn and his son, John Washburn, both purchased land at Oyster Bay, Long Island, from the Indians, as joint purchasers along with Anthony Wright, Robert Williams, Thos. Armitage, Dan. Whitehead, Ric. Holbrooke, William Leverich, and Samuell Mayo. The deed was recorded 27 Mar. 1667 in New York.[11] Also in 1653 William Washburn was a witness to an Indian Deed in Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1654 he was called “of Hempstead” in a New Haven Colony court record, and in 1654-1655 he was a member of the Assembly at Hempstead.[12]

William Washburn he died testate in 1659 in Hempstead, Long Island. His will was dated 29 Sept. 1657, and was presented for probate by his widow, Jane Washborne, on 11 June 1659. He mentioned his sons Hope and John, daughters Patience, Hester, and Phebe, who were as yet unmarried, son-in-law Robert Williams’ children, son-in-law Edward Titus, Sara the daughter of Robert Jackson, and son-in-law Richard Willets. (See Appendix J for a full transcription of his will.) His wife had died sometime before him.

William Washburn and Jane Nicholls had children, order uncertain:

+ 46 i Sarah² Washburn, baptized on 26 Mar. 1626 in Bengeworth,[13] Worcestershire, England, married Robert¹ Williams,[14] of Oyster Bay and Hempstead, Long Island, in ca. 1645.[15] (Continued.)

+ 47 ii (___)² Washburn,[16] born about 1627 or 1628 in Bengeworth,[17] Worcestershire, England, married Robert Jackson, probably as his second wife, in ca. 1652,[18] presumably in Hempstead, Long Island. (Continued.)

+ 48 iii Mary² Washburn, born about 1628 or 1629 in Bengeworth,[19] Worcestershire, England, married Richard¹ Willets, of Hempstead, in ca. 1649.[20] (Continued.)

+ 49 iv John² Washburn, born about 1630 or 1631 in Bengeworth,[21] Worcestershire, married Mary² Butler, daughter of Richard¹ Butler, on 7 June 1655 in Stratford, CT.[22] (Continued.)

50 v Martha Washburn, probably born around 1633 or 1634 in Bengeworth, Worcestershire, buried on 14 Feb. 1636 in Bengeworth.[23]

+ 51 vi Hope² Washburn, a son, born about 1634 or 1635 in Bengeworth,[24] Worcestershire, married Mary² Stiles, daughter of Francis¹ and Sarah Stiles, in ca. 1660 in Stratford, CT.[25] (Continued.)

+ 52 vii Martha² Washburn, baptized on 18 Dec. 1637 in Bengeworth,[26] Worcestershire, married Edmund² Titus, son of Robert¹ and Hannah Titus, of Rehoboth, MA, and Huntington, Long Island,[27] in ca. 1657.[28] (Continued.)

53 viii Phebe² Washburn, supposedly born in 1641 in Stratford, CT, married John Ashman, of Long Island, in ca. 1661.[29] (Continued.)

54 ix Patience Washburn, named in her father’s will, was still unmarried in 1657, marriage not found. It is presumed that she died unmarried.

55 x Hester Washburn, named in her father’s will, was still unmarried in 1657, and died in 1659.

--- Second Generation in America ---

By the second generation the children of William Washburn were beginning to separate. Eldest son John Washburn’s only son remained on Long Island, but his descendants moved across the sound into Westchester Co., New York. Second son Hope Washburn moved back to Stratford, Connecticut, eventually settling in the town of Derby in New Haven Co., Connecticut. Most of the daughters of William Washburn married and had children that also spread out from Long Island into the New York Colony.

My research on the families of William Washburn’s daughters has not been nearly as extensive as that of the Plymouth Colony side, so this section is subject to constant revision as new information is uncovered.

			John^B Washborne (Jr.)
		John^A Washborne (3rd)
			Jone^B Bushell
	William^1 Washburn
		Martha^A Timbrell
Sarah^2 Washburn
(___)^2 Washburn
Mary^2 Washburn
John^2 Washburn
Hope^2 Washburn
Martha^2 Washburn
Phebe^2 Washburn
			John^A Nicholls
		Francis^1 Nicholls
	Jane^2 Nicholls
		Frances^1 Wimarke

(46.) Sarah² Washburn, probably the eldest daughter of (30) William¹ Washburn, (10) John^A (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^C; baptized in Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, on 26 Mar. 1626,[30] married Robert¹ Williams,[31] of Oyster Bay and Hempstead, Long Island, in ca. 1645.[32] He was supposedly born in Wales, and he was also an early proprietor of Hempstead, L.I.[33]

Robert Williams joined with his father-in-law, William Washburn, in the purchase of lands at Oyster Bay, Long Island, from the Indians in 1653.[34] In his 1657 will, William Washburn mentioned his “son” Robert Williams’ children.[35] In 1667 Robert Williams sold part of his property in Oyster Bay to his wife’s widowed sister, Mary Willets,[36] and was a patentee of “Dosoris,” Oyster Bay, in 1668.[37]

Robert Williams died in 1684,[38] probably in Hempstead, and Sarah (Washburn) Williams died in 1695[39] in Jericho, Long Island.[40]

Sarah Washburn and Robert Williams had children, order uncertain:

+ 71 i John² Williams, born, say ca. 1648, probably in Hempstead, married Leah Townsend, son of Richard and Deliverance (Cole) Townsend, of Warwick, RI, and Oyster Bay, Long Island,[41] in ca. 1676.[42] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 72 ii Hope² Williams, born, say ca. 1650, probably in Hempstead, married Mary (___).[43] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 73 iii Sarah² Williams, born, say ca. 1652,[44] probably in Hempstead, married John² Champion, of Jericho, Long Island, son of Thomas¹ and Frances Champion, of Hempstead,[45] in ca. 1672,[46] and they lived in Hempstead. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 74 iv Patience² Williams, born, say ca. 1654, married Samuel Barnes, son of Joshua Barnes, of Southampton, Long Island,[47] on 9 Nov. 1676 in Southampton,[48] and they lived in Southampton. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 75 v Mary² Williams, born, say ca. 1656, married 1.) Thomas Jessup on 23 Nov. 1683 in Southampton, Long Island,[49] and 2.) John Cole or Dole,[50] and supposedly moved to Gloucester Co., NJ. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 76 vi Hester/Esther² Williams, born, say ca. 1658,[51] married Thomas Cock, son of James and Sarah (Clark[?]) Cock, of Oyster Bay, Long Island,[52] in ca. 1680,[53] and they lived in Hempstead. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 77 vii Phebe² Williams, born, say ca. 1660,[54] married John Townsend, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Weeks/Wicks) Townsend, of Warwick, RI, and Oyster Bay, Long Island,[55] in ca. 1682,[56] and they lived in Oyster Bay and Jericho, Long Island, and Cape May, NJ.[57] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

(47.) (___)² Washburn, possibly the second daughter of (30) William¹ Washburn, (10) John^A (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^C; born about 1627 in Bengeworth,[58] Worcestershire, England, married Robert Jackson, probably as his second wife, in, say 1652,[59] presumably in Hempstead, Long Island. He was born in 1620, and the name of his first wife is unknown. He was originally of Stamford, CT, in 1641-2, in 1656 was a applicant for Jamaica, Long Island, and was living in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, by 1658, where he was a member of the Assembly at Hempstead in 1665, and was appointed as the Town Constable in 1672.[60]

(___) (Washburn) Jackson presumably died before 1657,[61] since she was not named in her father’s will, and Robert Jackson remarried to Agnes (___) Puddington, widow of Robert Puddington, in ca. 1660.[62] “Sara, daughter of Robert Jackson” was named in the 1657 will of William Washburn, to whom he gave “one yearling heyfer.” Jackson protested the will of his father-in-law, William Washburn, before probate in 1659, because Washburn had named only one of the two daughters of his late wife, in his will.[63] Robert Jackson died testate in about 1683.[64] His will was dated 25 May 1683, and probated on 13 Oct. 1685.[65]

Robert Jackson had probably 4 children by his unknown first wife, and 2 daughters by (___) Washburn, order uncertain:

78 i Mary Jackson, born say 1642, probably in England, married John Ferris, of Westchester Co., NY, in ca. 1661. He was born ca. 1639.[66] She died in 1704, and he remarried to Grace (___).[67] He died testate in 1715 in Westchester Co., NY, his will dated 9 May 1715.[68]

79 ii John Jackson, born say 1644,[69] probably in England, married Elisabeth² Seaman, daughter of Capt. John¹ and Elisabeth (Strickland) Seaman, of Hempstead,[70] in ca. 1668 in Hempstead.[71] She was born in 1647. He died in 1725.[72] They had children, order uncertain:[73]

a. John Jackson (Jr.), married Elisabeth Hallet, daughter of Samuel Hallet.[74]

b. Samuel Jackson, born in 1684, married 1.) Ruth Smith,[75] daughter of (___) Smith, and 2.) Abigail³ Seaman, his first cousin, daughter of Thomas² and Mary Seaman, of Hempstead. She was a granddaughter of Capt. John¹ Seaman.[76]

c. James Jackson, married Rebecca Hallet, daughter of Capt. William and Sarah (Woolsey) Hallet (Jr.), in 1730. She died in 1735.[77]

d. Martha Jackson, married (105) Peter³ Titus, son of Edmond² and (52) Martha² (Washburn) Titus, in ca. 1700. He was born in Aug. 1674. He died on 23 Oct. 1753, and she died on 10 Dec. 1753.[78]

e. Elisabeth Jackson, probably the eldest child, born ca. 1668 in Flushing, Queens Co., Long Island, married Charles³ Doughty, son of Elias² and Sarah Doughty, in ca. 1690 in Flushing. He was born in 1667 in Flushing, a grandson of Rev. Francis¹ and Bridget Doughty, and they lived in Rocky Hill, Queens Co., Long Island. He died testate in 1735, and she died in Jan. 1758, aged almost 90 years.[79]

f. Hannah Jackson, married Richard Seaman, her first cousin, son of Thomas and Mary Seaman, of Hempstead. He was a grandson of Capt. John Seaman.[80]

e. Mary Jackson, married Jeremiah Scott.[81]

f. Sarah Jackson, married (229) Joshua Barnes, son of Samuel and (74) Patience² (Williams) Barnes, of Southampton, Long Island, in ca. 1705.[82] He was born on 8 Apr. 1683 in Southampton,[83] a grandson of Joshua Barnes, of Southampton, and of Robert¹ and (46) Sarah² (Washburn) Williams, of Hempstead.

80 iii Samuel Jackson, born in, say 1646,[84] was married and had children by 1683.[85]

81 iv Martha Jackson, born ca. 1649,[86] married Nathaniel Coles, of Oyster Bay, Long Island, son of Robert and Mary (Hawxhurst) Coles,[87] on 30 Aug. 1667 in Warwick, RI,[88] but she died in 1668, and he remarried to Deborah Wright in ca. 1669.[89] He was born in 1640, and died in ca. 1712.[90] Martha (Jackson) Coles had one son:

a. Nathaniel Coles (Jr.), named in the will of his grandfather, Robert Jackson, in 1683.[91]

+ 82 v Sarah Jackson, born, say 1653 in Hempstead, named in the will of her grandfather, William Washburn, in 1657, married Nathaniel Moore, son of Thomas and Martha (Youngs) Moore,[92] in ca. 1675,[93] probably in Hempstead. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

83 vi (Unnamed daughter), born say 1655 in Hempstead, as indicated by the wording in the lawsuit that Robert Jackson filed against the estate of William Washburn on behalf of his two daughters, probably died unmarried before 1683 when Robert Jackson wrote his will.[94]

(48.) Mary² Washburn, probably third daughter of (30) William¹ Washburn, (10) John^A (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^C; born in Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, in about 1628 or 1629,[95] married Richard¹ Willets, of Hempstead, in ca. 1649.[96] He was born ca. 1612,[97] and they lived in Hempstead.

In 1658 Richard Willets was an assistant Magistrate at the Hempstead Court.[98] He was named in the will of his father-in-law, William Washburn, in 1657, and was also a witness to the will.[99]

Richard Willets died in 1664/5,[100] probably in Hempstead, and Mary moved to Jericho, Oyster Bay, Long Island, in 1667, and joined the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and became a minister.[101] On 24 Mar. 1666/7 Mary Willets, widow, lately of Hempstead, now of Oyster Bay, sold her home lot and house to Joseph Williams, of Hempstead, and she purchased part of her brother-in-law, Robert Williams’ land at Oyster Bay in Jericho.[102] She died on 17 Feb. 1713/14 in Jericho, Long Island.[103]

Mary Washburn and Richard Willets had children:[104]

+ 84 i Thomas² Willets, born in May 1650 in Hempstead,[105] married Dinah Townsend, daughter of Richard and Deliverance (Coles) Townsend,[106] in ca. 1670,[107] and they lived in Jericho, Oyster Bay, Long Island, and Secatague (Islip), Long Island.[108] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 85 ii Hope² Willets, born in Sept. 1652 in Hempstead,[109] married Mercy Langdon, daughter of Thomas Langdon, of Hempstead,[110] in ca. 1676,[111] and they lived in Jerusalem, Long Island, where he had a grist mill.[112]. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

86 iii John² Willets, born in July 1655 in Hempstead,[113] possibly never married. He was a witness in 1703.[114]

+ 87 iv Richard² Willets (Jr.), born in Dec. 1660 in Hempstead,[115] married 1.) Abigail³ Bowne, daughter of John² and Hannah (Feake) Bowne,[116] on 25 Mar. 1686/7 in Flushing, Long Island,[117] and 2.) Abigail Powell, daughter of Thomas Abigail (Woods) Powell,[118] on 15 May 1690 in Huntington, Long Island.[119] He lived in Jericho, Oyster Bay, Long Island. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

88 v Mary² Willets, born in Apr. 1663 in Hempstead,[120] married John Fry on 7 Mar. 1686/7 in Jericho, Long Island,[121] but she died in 1688,[122] and he probably remarried. Mary (Willets) Fry supposedly had one son:

a. John Fry (Jr.), born in 1687 in NJ, died on 19 Oct. 1711,[123] presumably unmarried.

(49.) John² Washburn, eldest son of (30) William¹ Washburn, (10) John^A (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^C; born in Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, in about 1630 or 1631,[124] married Mary² Butler, daughter of Richard¹ Butler, on 7 June 1655 in Stratford, CT.[125] John Washburn was named in the 1657 will of his father, William Washburn, and was a witness to his father’s will.[126]

John Washburn died however, testate, on 30 Aug. 1658 in Hempstead, Long Island, New Amsterdam. In his will, he mentioned his “loving uncle, Isac Nichols of Straatford, New England,” and it also provided that the “orphant John Nichols, (son of John Nichols and nephew of Isaac Nichols,) was bequeathed to the keeping of him unto his wife and his father-in-law,” (Richard Butler.)[127]

Mary (Butler) Washburn remarried to Thomas Hicks, son of John and Herodias (Long) Hicks, by 1660.[128] On 19 Feb. 1660 Thomas Hicks, on behalf of his wife Mary, late wife of John Washburn, deceased, demanded certain legacies bequeathed by William Washburn to his son John Washburn, which included one third of Mr. Washburn’s meadow, two sows, one yearling, one pestle and mortar, two ox pastures, and five gates in the Neck.[129] She died by 1677, and Thomas Hicks remarried to Mary Doughty, daughter of Elias and Sarah Doughty, in 1677 in Flushing, Long Island.[130]

John Washburn had only one son who survived:

+ 89 i John³ Washburn (Jr.), born on 20 Nov. 1657 in Stratford, CT,[131] married Sarah³ Cornell, daughter of Richard² and Elizabeth (Jessup[?]) Cornell, of Rockaway, Long Island,[132] in ca. 1679.[133] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

90 ii (Possibly) William Washburn, supposedly born in 1658 in Stratford, CT,[134] died young.

(51.) Hope² Washburn, second son of (30) William¹ Washburn, (10) John^C (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^A; born in Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, in about 1635,[135] married Mary² Stiles, daughter of Francis¹ and Sarah Stiles, of Windsor, Connecticut Colony,[136] in ca. 1660 in Stratford, CT.[137]

Hope Washburn settled first in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT, until 1685, when they moved to Derby, New Haven Co., CT. His name was on the list of inhabitants in Stratford dated 28 Mar. 1668, as one of the “outlivers,” and his cousins Isaak Nickolls and Caleb Nickolls, and brother-in-law, Ephraim Styles, were also listed as inhabitants of Stratford in 1668, without being designated as “outlivers.”[138] He was a freeman in Stratford in 1669,[139] and he was the main heir of the estate of his father, William Washburn.[140]

Hope Washburn died in 1696 in Derby, CT, and Mary (Stiles) Washburn died a widow on 11 Jan. 1712 in Derby.[141]

Hope Washburn and Mary Stiles had children:

91 i Sarah³ Washburn, born on 16 Dec. 1661 in Stratford, CT,[142] married Ensign Samuel Riggs, probably as his second wife, on 6 May 1713 in Derby, CT,[143] and but they had no children. He was probably widower of Sarah (Baldwin) Riggs,[144] who died on 14 May 1712 in Derby.[145] Samuel Riggs died in 1734,[146] presumably in Derby, CT.

92 ii John Washburn, born in May 1666 in Stratford, CT,[147] marriage not found.

+ 93 iii William³ Washburn, born on 16 Mar. 1668/9 in Stratford, CT,[148] married Hannah² Wooster, daughter of Edward¹ and Tabitha (Tomlinson) Wooster, of Derby, CT,[149] on 20 Aug. 1696 in Derby,[150] and they also lived in Derby. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 94 iv Samuel³ Washburn, born on 15 Mar. 1670/1 in Stratford, CT,[151] married Susanna (___) Wooster, widow of Sylvester Wooster, of Derby, CT,[152] on 30 Nov. 1714 in Derby,[153] and they also lived in Derby. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

95 v Ephraim³ Washburn, born on 31 Aug. 1673 in Stratford, CT,[154] married Sarah Partridge, and they settled in Medfield, CT, but he died in 1696,[155] and she may have remarried. He probably had no children.

+ 96 vi Mary³ Washburn, supposedly born in July 1675 in Stratford, CT,[156] married John Johnson, of Derby, CT, son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Hotchkiss) Johnson,[157] on 24 Sept. 1694 in Derby,[158] and they also lived in Derby. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

97 vii Jane Washburn, supposedly born on 6 Aug. 1678 in Stratford, CT,[159] marriage not found.[160]

(52.) Martha² Washburn, probably fourth surviving daughter of (30) William¹ Washburn, (10) John^A (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^C; born in Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, in 1637,[161] married Edmund² Titus, son of Robert¹ and Hannah Titus, of Rehoboth, MA, and Huntington, Long Island,[162] in ca. 1657.[163] He was born in 1630 in England, and had come to Plymouth Colony with his parents in 1635 aboard the “Hopewell” from London.[164] “Edward” Titus was named in the 1657 will of his father-in-law, William Washburn.[165]

Edmond Titus moved to Hempstead as a young man in 1650, and after marriage they settled in Westbury, Long Island, where they were Quakers. He died testate on 7 Apr. 1715, aged almost 85 years,[166] but his will was apparently never probated in New York. His will was dated 25 Nov. 1706, and he mentioned his eldest son Samuel Titus, son John Titus, son Peter Titus, son Silas Titus, wife Martha Titus, and six daughters Phebe Field, Martha Seaman, Mary Willis, Hannah Titus, Jane Denton, and Patience Haight. His daughter Hannah was still unmarried, and he appointed his two sons-in-law Robert Field and William Willis as executors of his estate. Witnesses were Richard Townsend, Ezekiel Smith, and William Willis Jr.[167] Martha (Washburn) Titus died on 17 Oct. 1727, aged about 90 years.[168]

Martha Washburn and Edmond Titus had children:[169]

+ 98 i Samuel³ Titus, born in Aug. 1658 in Westbury,[170] married 1.) Elisabeth Powell, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Woods) Powell,[171] on 6 Nov. 1691 in Bethpage, Long Island,[172] and 2.) Elizabeth (Bowne) Prior, daughter of John Bowne, of Flushing, and widow of John Prior, of Mantinecock, Long Island.[173] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

99 ii Phebe³ Titus, born in Mar. 1660 in Westbury,[174] married 1.) Samuel³ Scudder, son of John² and Joanna (Betts) Scudder, of Newtown, Long Island,[175] in ca. 1680.[176] He died in 1688/9,[177] and she remarried to 2.) Robert Field on 24 Feb. 1689/90 in Westbury, Long Island.[178] He died in 1735, and she died in 1742.[179] Children not found.

+ 100 iii Martha³ Titus, born in Mar. 1663 in Westbury,[180] married Benjamin² Seaman, son of Capt. John¹ and Elisabeth (Strickland) Seaman,[181] in ca. 1684,[182] and they lived in Jerusalem, Long Island. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 101 iv Mary³ Titus, born in July 1665 in Westbury,[183] married William³ Willis, son of Henry² and Mary (Peace) Willis (Jr.),[184] on 10 Aug. 1687 in Westbury, Long Island.[185] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

102 v Hannah³ Titus, born in Nov. 1667 in Westbury,[186] was still unmarried in 1706 when her father wrote his will.[187]

+ 103 vi Jane³ Titus, born in Apr. 1670 in Westbury,[188] married James³ Denton,[189] son of Samuel² and Mary² (Smith) Denton, of Hempstead,[190] in ca. 1691,[191] and they probably lived in Hempstead. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 104 vii John³ Titus, born on 29 Apr. 1672 in Westbury,[192] married 1.) Sarah³ Willis, daughter of Henry² and Mary (Peace) Willis (Jr.),[193] on 9 Oct. 1695 in Westbury, Long Island,[194] and 2.) Mary (___) Smith, widow of a John Smith, on 7 Mar. 1732/3,[195] and they lived in northern Westbury, Long Island.[196] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 105 viii Peter³ Titus, born in Aug. 1674 in Westbury,[197] married Martha Jackson,[198] daughter of (79) John and Elisabeth (Seaman) Jackson,[199] of Jerusalem, Long Island,[200] in, say 1700. (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 106 ix Silas³ Titus, born on 3 Nov. 1676 in Westbury,[201] married Sarah Haight, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Noble) Haight, of Flushing, Long Island,[202] on 8 Dec. 1704.[203] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

+ 107 x Patience³ Titus, born on 4 Feb. 1678/9 in Westbury,[204] married Nicholas Haight,[205] son of Samuel and Sarah (Noble) Haight, of Flushing,[206] supposedly on 5 July 1704 in Westbury, NY.[207] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

108 xi Temperance³ Titus, born on 1 May 1681 in Westbury, died on 15 Jan. 1704/5, unmarried.[208]

(53.) Phebe² Washburn, fifth surviving daughter of (30) William¹ Washburn, (10) John^A (3rd), (2) John^B (Jr.), (1) John^C; born in Stratford, Connecticut Colony, supposedly in 1641, married John Ashman, of Long Island, in ca. 1661, but she died in 1665.[209] Daughter Phebe Washburn was named in the 1657 will of her father, William Washburn, who left her 3 cows or steers to be paid to her at the day of her marriage.[210]

Phebe Washburn and John Ashman had one daughter:

+ 109 i Phebe Ashman, born ca. 1662, married Waite Smith, of Jamaica, Long Island, as his second wife, in ca. 1683.[211] (Continued in Hempstead Generation 3.)

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[1] Baptized on 9 Nov. 1601 in St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth.

[2] Sedgeberrow Parish Registers, from FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #0905307, the marriage of Francis Nichols and Frances Wimarke was recorded on 24 Jan. 1599[/1600] in Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire.

[3] Thompson, Neil D., “The English Origin of Sergeant Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 4 [Oct. 2000], pp. 269-270. The parish registers and bishop’s transcripts for 1625 are missing for both Bengeworth and Sedgeberrow.

[4] Sedgeberrow Parish Registers, from FHL microfilm #0905307.

[5] Sedgeberrow Parish Registers, from FHL microfilm #0905307, the baptism of Francis Nicholls, son of John Nicholls, on 21 May 1575 in Sedgeberrow. The marriage of John Nicholls before 1575 was not found in the Sedgeberrow Parish Registers.

[6] Francis Nichols and sons John and Isaac Nichols settled early in Stratford, CT. John Nicholls, son of Francis Nicholls, was baptized in Sedgeberrow on 16 May 1602, and Isaack Nicholls, son of Francis Nicholls, was baptized in Sedgeberrow on 27 Dec. 1617, as well as other children. Isaac Nichols was called “uncle” by John Washburn, eldest son of William Washburn, in 1679.

[7] Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT, Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 512, from FHL microfilm #002096, part 1, per email letter of Elaine Olney of 14 Sept. 2000.

[8] Moore, Charles B., “The Early History of Hempstead, L.I.,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 10, [Jan. 1879], p. 13. His name was among a list of proprietors of Hempstead in 1647. Also listed by Moore as early proprietors of Hempstead in 1647 were Washburn’s sons-in-law Robert Jackson and Robert Williams.

[9] Olney, Elaine Washburn, Our Washburn Heritage, 1986, [hereinafter Olney, Washburn], p. 2; and per email letter of Marilyn W. Powell of 18 Sept. 1996, taken from New York Historical Manuscripts, Vol. 4 of the Council of Minutes, 1638-1649.

[10] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[11] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[12] Moore, Charles B., “The Early History of Hempstead, L.I.,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 10, [Jan. 1879], p. 13.

[13] Bishop’s Transcripts from St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, from FHL Microfilm #0246641.

[14] Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1976, [hereinafter Bunker, Long Island], p. 328; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 821.

[15] Calculated from the birth of their eldest child in about 1646.

[16] There is no proof that her name was Agnes. See Macy, Harry, Jr., “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 131, No. 1 [Jan. 2000], pp. 3-10.

[17] The Bishop’s Transcripts for St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for the years 1627 and 1628. Her birth year is estimated from her marriage of about 1652.

[18] Macy, Harry, Jr., “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 131, No. 1 [Jan. 2000], [hereinafter Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”], p. 10.

[19] The Bishop’s Transcripts of St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for the years 1628 and 1629. Her birth year was estimated from her marriage in about 1649.

[20] Calculated from the birth of their eldest son, Thomas, in 1650, and from Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p.818.

[21] The Bishop’s Transcripts for St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for 1630 and 1631. His birth year was estimated from the date of his marriage in 1655.

[22] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Index of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stratford 1639-1840, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs], p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 484; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783, which has the date as 17 June 1655.

[23] Davenport, Rev. James, The Washbourne Family of Little Washbourne and Wichenford in the County of Worcester, Methuen & Co., London, England, 1907, [hereinafter Davenport, Washbourne Family], p. 49. I did not find this burial entry in the Bishop’s Transcripts from St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, which were very hard to read for 1636.

[24] The Bishop’s Transcripts for St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for 1634 and 1635. His birth year was calculated from the date of his marriage in 1660.

[25] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783.

[26] Bishop’s Transcripts from St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, from FHL Microfilm #0246641.

[27] Bunker, Long Island, p. 103.

[28] Calculated from the birth of their eldest child in 1658.

[29] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 23.

[30] Bishop’s Transcripts from St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, from FHL Microfilm #0246641.

[31] Bunker, Long Island, p. 328; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 821.

[32] Calculated from the birth of their eldest child in about 1646.

[33] Moore, Charles B., “The Early History of Hempstead, L.I.,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 10, [Jan. 1879], p. 13.

[34] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[35] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[36] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 73, 328.

[37] Moore, Charles B., “The Early History of Hempstead, L.I.,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 10, [Jan. 1879], p. 13.

[38] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 821.

[39] Bunker, Long Island, p. 328; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 821.

[40] Olney, Washburn, p. 2.

[41] Bunker, Long Island, p. 74; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 750; Wardwell, Arthur S., “The Willets Family of Hempstead and Jericho, Long Island,” Genealogies of Long Island Families From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, p. 694: Thomas Willets married Dinah Townsend, sister of Leah Townsend.

[42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 820.

[43] His wife’s name is given as Mary in the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by John D. Stemmons, of So. Jordan, UT, and a long list of other people, but his marriage was not listed in Torrey, New England Marriages.

[44] Calculated from her marriage in ca. 1672.

[45] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 143, for the parents of John Champion.

[46] Calculated from the birth of their first child in ca. 1672; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 143.

[47] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Barnes Family of Eastern Long Island and Branford, Conn.,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, [hereinafter Jacobus, “Barnes Family,”], p. 89.

[48] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 44.

[49] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 419.

[50] Bunker, Long Island, p. 329, which gives his name as John Cole; FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Nick Thomas, of Amsterdam, Netherlands, who listed her second husband as John Dole.

[51] Calculated from her marriage in ca. 1680.

[52] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 188.

[53] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 188; Bunker, Long Island, p. 188.

[54] Calculated from her marriage in about 1682, which may not be correct?

[55] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 123-124, 328; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 750.

[56] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 750, which also gives a marriage year of ca. 1690. The FHL Ancestral File submitted by Kay R. Downs Brown, of Newport Beach, CA, gives a marriage year of ca. 1682, which may be a more accurate date.

[57] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 750, which is confusing.

[58] The Bishop’s Transcripts for St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for the years 1623 and 1624. Her birth year is estimated from her marriage of about 1645.

[59] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children,” p. 10.

[60] Moore, Charles B., “The Early History of Hempstead, L.I.,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 10, [Jan. 1879], p. 11; Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children,” pp. 3-4.

[61] Olney, Washburn, p. 2; Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, p. 5.

[62] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, p. 5.

[63] Olney, Washburn, p. 3, which states that “Jackson received satisfaction but what is not stated;” Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, pp. 6-7.

[64] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, p. 4, he was not listed on the Hempstead assessment roll of 11 Oct. 1683.

[65] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, p. 4, from Queens Co. Deeds Liber A, p. 11.

[66] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, pp. 7, 10.

[67] Davis, Norman, Westchester Patriarchs, A Genealogical Dictionary of Westchester County, New York, Families Prior to 1755, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1988, [hereinafter Davis, Westchester Patriarchs], p. 82.

[68] Davis, Westchester Patriarchs, p. 82.

[69] Estimated from the marriage of John Jackson to Elisabeth Seaman, in about 1668. Their eldest child, Elisabeth (Jackson) Doughty, died in Jan. 1758, “aged almost 90,” therefore born about 1668-1669. Since John Jackson was not named in the will of William Washburn there is the possibility that John could have been the child of Robert Jackson by an earlier wife than Agnes.

[70] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 134, 220.

[71] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 413.

[72] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 413. Bunker, Long Island, p. 220, has his death year as 1722.

[73] These children were not assigned numbers because they are not Washburn descendants. They are listed here because of their connection to the Titus and Barnes families who were Washburn descendants.

[74] Bunker, Long Island, p. 220.

[75] Bunker, Long Island, p. 220.

[76] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 134, 146, 220.

[77] Bunker, Long Island, p. 220.

[78] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 104, 220.

[79] Doty, Ethan Allen, “The Doughty Family of Long Island,” Genealogies of Long Island Families from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, p. 345.

[80] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 134, 146, 220.

[81] Bunker, Long Island, p. 220.

[82] Jacobus, “Barnes Family,” p. 89.

[83] Jacobus, “Barnes Family,” p. 89.

[84] He was most likely born before 1648, and was listed as a legal inhabitant of the town of Hempstead in the Dutch administration’s list of 1673, when he was presumably at least 25.

[85] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, p. 8; Bunker, Long Island, p. 220, assumed from the wording in his father’s will.

[86] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, p. 9, calculated from her marriage in 1667. Their marriage intentions were published before their marriage, so she must have been at least age 18.

[87] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 170.

[88] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 170.

[89] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 170.

[90] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 170.

[91] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, p. 9.

[92] Bunker, Long Island, p. 220.

[93] Calculated from the birth of their first child in ca. 1676. Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 516, shows the wife of Nathaniel Moore, of Southold, as being Sarah Vail. Proof that Sarah, the wife of Nathaniel Moore was a daughter of Robert Jackson is found in Jackson’s will, probated in 1685, in which he mentioned “my daughter Sarah the wife of Nathaniell Moor.”

[94] Macy, “Robert Jackson’s Wives and Children”, pp. 6, 10.

[95] The Bishop’s Transcripts of St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for the years 1628 and 1629. Her birth year was calculated from her marriage in about 1649.

[96] Calculated from the birth of their eldest son, Thomas, in 1650, and from Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 818.

[97] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 818.

[98] Bunker, Long Island, p. 72.

[99] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[100] Wardwell, Arthur S., “The Willets Family of Hempstead and Jericho, Long Island,” Genealogies of Long Island Families From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. II, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Wardwell, “Willets Family”], p. 694; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 818.

[101] Bunker, Long Island, p. 73.

[102] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 72, 73.

[103] Olney, Washburn, p. 2 (17 of 11 mo. 1713.)

[104] Wardwell, “Willets Family”, pp. 693-696; Bunker, Long Island, p. 73.

[105] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694; Bunker, Long Island, p. 73, apparently from Quaker Records; “3 month, 1650.”

[106] Bunker, Long Island, p. 74.

[107] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 818; calculated from the birth of their first child in 1671.

[108] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694.

[109] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694; Bunker, Long Island, p. 73, apparently from Quaker Records; “7 month, 1652.”

[110] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 695.

[111] Calculated from the birth of their first child in 1677.

[112] Bunker, Long Island, p. 86.

[113] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694; Bunker, Long Island, p. 73, apparently from Quaker Records; “5 month, 1655.”

[114] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694.

[115] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694; Bunker, Long Island, p. 73, apparently from Quaker Records; “12 month, 1660.”

[116] McCracken, George E., “The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America,” Genealogies of Long Island Families from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, p. 416.

[117] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 695; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 818.

[118] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 598, for the first wife of Thomas Powell.

[119] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 695; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 818.

[120] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694; Bunker, Long Island, p. 73, apparently from Quaker Records; “2 month, 1663.”

[121] Wardwell, “Willets Family,” p. 694; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 287.

[122] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 287; Bunker, Long Island, p. 73.

[123] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Earl Jay Nielson, of Farmington, UT.

[124] The Bishop’s Transcripts for St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for 1630 and 1631. His birth year was calculated from the date of his marriage in 1655.

[125] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stratford 1639-1840, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs], p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 484; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783, which has the date as 17 June 1655; Olney, Washburn, p. 2, Davis, Westchester Patriarchs, p. 259.

[126] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[127] Death date of John Washburn and information about his will from Richard Bucknum, which he indicates is from the North Hempstead Town Clerk’s office.

[128] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 368.

[129] Haight, Ada C., The Richard Washburn Family Genealogy, Ossining, NY, 1937, p. 10.

[130] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 368, the marriage license issued in July 1677.

[131] White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs, p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 47.

[132] Cornell, Rev. John, Genealogy of the Cornell Family, New York, 1902, p. 143. The argument that the wife of Richard Cornell may have been a sister of Edward Jessup is in the footnote on p. 143.

[133] Calculated from the birth of their first child in 1680.

[134] Not in the Stratford Vital Records, and I have found no indication that a son named William was born.

[135] The Bishop’s Transcripts for St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, are missing for 1634 and 1635. His birth year was calculated from the date of his marriage in 1660.

[136] Torrey, New England Marriages, p.710: Francis Stiles.

[137] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783; Olney, Washburn, p. 2.

[138] “Early Settlers of Stratford, Conn.,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 27 [Jan. 1873], p. 63.

[139] Colonial Connecticut Records, Vol. 2, p. 522, the list of freeman dated 8th month 7th day ’69. Also appearing as freemen of Stratford were Isaac Nicholes, Caleb Nicholes, Samuell Stilles and Ephrim Stilles.

[140] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[141] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Derby 1655-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs], p. 310.

[142] White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs, p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 51, which has the month only. The date is from Olney, Washburn, p. 2.

[143] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, pp. 284, 311.

[144] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 625, Samuel Riggs married first to Sarah Baldwin on 14 June 1667, presumably in Milford, CT. The marriage was also recorded in White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 284, as “Samuel Riggs m. [ ] Baldwin, June 14, [ ].”

[145] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 284.

[146] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 625.

[147] White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs, p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 51.

[148] White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs, p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 55.

[149] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 590; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 841.

[150] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 311; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 783.

[151] White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs, p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 55.

[152] Jacobus, Donald Lines, “Edward Wooster of Derby, CT., and Some of His Descendants,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 594.

[153] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, p. 311.

[154] White, Barbour Index of Stratford VRs, p. 242, taken from Stratford Land Records, Vol. 1, p. 57, which has the date as “Aug. last day, 1673.”

[155] Olney, Washburn, p. 2.

[156] Not in the Stratford Vital Records.

[157] Abbot, Susan Woodruff, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1979, [hereinafter Abbott, Families of Early Milford], p. 386.

[158] White, Barbour Index of Derby VRs, pp. 254, 310, she was called “Mary Washbone” in the marriage record; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 422.

[159] Not in the Stratford Vital Records.

[160] No marriage record was found for a Jane Washburn in Derby, CT.

[161] Bishop’s Transcripts from St. Peter’s Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, from FHL Microfilm #0246641; baptized on 18 Dec. 1637 in Bengeworth.

[162] Bunker, Long Island, p. 103.

[163] Calculated from the birth of their eldest child in 1658.

[164] Bunker, Long Island, p. 103; Titus, Rev. Anson, Jr., “The Titus Family In America,” Genealogies of Long Island Families from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume II, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Titus, “Titus Family”], p. 344.

[165] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[166] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347; Olney, Washburn, p. 2, gives his death as 17 Apr. 1727.

[167] Maehrlein, Lauren, “The Unrecorded Will of Edmund Titus, 1706,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 133, No. 3, [July 2002], p. 182-184.

[168] Olney, Washburn, p. 2 (17 of 8 mo. 1727).

[169] Birth records are all from the Quaker Meeting Records, from Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[170] Titus, “Titus Family,” pp. 347, 349.

[171] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 598, for the wife of Thomas Powell.

[172] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 745; Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349.

[173] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349, however Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 605, says that Elizabeth married secondly to Samuel Peters, not Titus.

[174] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[175] Torrey, New England Families, p. 658.

[176] Bunker, Long Island, p. 288; Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 658.

[177] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 658.

[178] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 264; Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[179] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 264.

[180] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[181] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 134, 141; Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[182] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 658.

[183] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[184] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 823.

[185] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 824; Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[186] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[187] Maehrlein, Lauren, “The Unrecorded Will of Edmund Titus, 1706,” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 133, No. 3, [July 2002], p. 184, Edmund Titus specified “my Daughter hannah Titus shall have the use of my east lower roome to dwell in as long as she Lives single or unmarried.”

[188] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[189] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 216; Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[190] Eardeley, William A.D., and George D. A. Combes, Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, L.I., pp. 16-17.

[191] Calculated from the birth of their first child, in ca. 1692.

[192] Titus, “Titus Family,” pp. 347, 349.

[193] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 823.

[194] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 745; Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349.

[195] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349.

[196] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349.

[197] Titus, “Titus Family,” pp. 347, 349.

[198] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 745.

[199] Bunker, Long Island, pp. 104, 220; Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 413.

[200] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349.

[201] Titus, “Titus Family,” pp. 347, 349.

[202] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 332, Samuel Haight; his wife’s maiden name from the FHL Ancestral File of Samuel Haight, submitted by Christopher C. Aaron, of Provo, UT, and others.

[203] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 349.

[204] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[205] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[206] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 332, Samuel Haight; his wife’s maiden name from the FHL Ancestral File of Samuel Haight, submitted by Christopher C. Aaron, of Provo, UT, and others.

[207] The marriage date from the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Donna Lee Pettit, of Grand Forks, ND, John D. Stemmons, of So. Jordan, UT, Christopher C. Aaron, of Provo, UT, and many others, but the marriage date was not in Titus, “Titus Family.”

[208] Titus, “Titus Family,” p. 347.

[209] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 23; Olney, Washburn, p. 2.

[210] Olney, Washburn, p. 3.

[211] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 690.

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J APPENDIX J: The will of William Washburn, of Hempstead (1657): *

I William Washborne doe appoint my well beloved friends and faithfull to be my Overseeres of this my Will and testament I give to my Sonn Hope my six oxen and fower cowes and one horse one mare, and all my Land and devisens with the meadowes belonging thereto, and Barne and home-lott with all instruments of husbandry except one third part of a meadow that my Son John please to have, then he shall paying costs for ye same: Allsoe I give him two sowes, allsoe I give to my daughter Patience three cowes or steeres alsoe I give to my daughter Hester three cowes or steeres and one mare between them bothe. Allsoe I give to my daughter Phebe three kowes or three steeres, these to be paid at their day of marriage yf they carry to the likeing of these my overseeres (yet not to be at theire disposeing). Allsoe I give to my Sonn Robert Williams children the like and to Edward Titus the like, Allsoe I give to Sara the daughter of Robert Jackson one yearling heyfer I give to my Sonn John Washborne one yearling and my morter & pestell at my death, or my wives I give to my beloved wife all the rest or remainder of my Cattle, wth my house and household goods to be at her disposeing, wth this Condition that yf shee remaine unmarried, But yf shee marry, then this is my will that these things shall be at my overseeres disposeing then this is my will, that she shall have fower Cowes, these Cowes to be wintered and summered free but not the increase to remaine to her Item I doe give her one mare & foale, and this howse or another built, Allsoe her firewood cut and brought home, fit for the fire free chardge. I give her ??? bushels of corne, fifteene of wheate, and fifteen of Indian and halfe an Accre of flax sowne and brought home, this to be donn yearly as long as she doth live, Allsoe she shall have all the householde goods at her disposeing, this gift to my Sonn Hope as yf he carry well & to the Likeing of my overseeres My overseeres that I appoint in this bueseines of wright is Mr Leverege, my Loveing wife, My sonn Robert Williams, Richard Willets my Sonnes-in law, I hope you will all of you accept of it, And be Careful yf God take mee Away by death: yf Hope accept of this gift from me he must be carefull (crossed out) be bound to Mannag the things for his mother. I give to my son John twoe ox pasture in the pasture, with five gates in the neck: This is my will and is not to stand in force till they heare of my death, this I acknowledge to be my owne will & testament.

Witnessed by Michaell Chadderton, Richard Willets, John Washborne.

* Transcribed by Mabel Thacher Rosemary Washburn, and printed by Elaine Washburn Olney in Our Washburn Heritage, 1986, p. 3.