~~ Massachusetts Colony ~~

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Families of the Children of Noah4 Washburn and Elisabeth Shaw

 

 

         The children of Noah Washburn and Elisabeth Shaw lived in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, but their grandchildren spread out to Connecticut, New Hampshire, western Massachusetts, and New Jersey. A few of the grandchildren are still untraced, and this file will be revised as new information is uncovered.

 

 

 

 

John2 Washburn (5th)

 

 

Samuel3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth2 Mitchell

 

Noah4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel1 Packard

 

 

Deborah2 Packard

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth

Hannah5 Washburn

 

 

 

Eleazer5 Washburn

 

 

 

Noah5 Washburn (Jr.)

 

 

 

Ebenezer Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

John2 Shaw

 

 

Joseph3 Shaw

 

 

 

 

Alice

 

Elisabeth4 Shaw

 

 

 

 

Judith Whitmarsh

 

 

(412.) Hannah5 Washburn, eldest daughter of (123) Noah4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 13 July 1711,[1] married Nathan4 Bassett, son of William3 and Sarah (Sweetland) Bassett,[2] of West Bridgewater, on 15 Mar. 1733 in Bridgewater.[3] He was born on 5 Sept. 1702 in Bridgewater,[4] a grandson of Joseph2 and Mary (Lapham) Bassett.[5]

         Hannah (Washburn) Bassett died in 1756 in Bridgewater,[6] but no death or probate records have been found for Nathan Bassett in Plymouth County.

         Nathan Bassett and Hannah Washburn had children:[7]

+      1180     i   John5 Bassett, born on 29 Aug. 1734 in Bridgewater,[8] married Sarah6 Cushman, daughter of Jabez5 and Sarah (Paddleford) Cushman, of Middleborough,[9] supposedly on 25 Jan. 1757,[10] or in 1764,[11] and they moved to Scituate, RI, then to Killingly, CT. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1181     ii   Nathan Bassett (Jr.), born on 4 Sept. 1737 in Bridgewater,[12] died in 1756 in Bridgewater,[13] unmarried.

        1182    iii   Ruth Bassett, born on 11 May 1740 in Bridgewater,[14] marriage not found.

        1183    iv   David Bassett, born on 27 Feb. 1742/3 in Bridgewater,[15] died in 1756 in Bridgewater.[16]

        1184     v   Hannah Bassett, born on 5 May 1745 in Bridgewater,[17] marriage not found.

+      1185   vi   Joseph5 Bassett, Esq., born on 27 Oct. 1747 in Bridgewater,[18] married Hannah Lathrop, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Church) Lathrop,[19] on 6 June 1776 in West Bridgewater.[20] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1186   vii   Jonathan5 Bassett, born on 25 May 1750 in Bridgewater,[21] supposedly moved to Killingly, CT,[22] but Jonathan Bassett was not listed as a head of household in Connecticut in the 1790 federal census, and no marriage or children were recorded to Jonathan Bassett in the Killingly town records.[23]

 

 

(413.) Eleazer5 Washburn, eldest son of (123) Noah4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 8 Feb. 1713,[24] married Anna5 Alden, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer4 and Anna3 (Keith) Alden,[25] on 22 Nov. 1738 in Bridgewater.[26] She was born on 19 Feb. 1717/18 in Bridgewater,[27] a granddaughter of Isaac3 and Mehitabel (Allen) Alden,[28] and of Joseph2 and Elizabeth3 (Fobes) Keith.[29] They lived in East Bridgewater. On 1 Feb. 1735/6 Eleazer Washburn and his brother Noah Washburn joined other heirs of their grandfather, Joseph Shaw, of Bridgewater, in selling to Zacheus Shaw their right in the estate of their grandparents.[30]

            Eleazer Washburn died intestate on 24 Feb. 1762 in East Bridgewater, aged 49 years.[31] Administration of his estate was granted to his father‑in‑law, Ebenezer Alden, on 5 Apr. 1762, with Josiah Edson and Ebenezer Keith, both of Bridgewater, as sureties. His inventory, dated 8 Apr. 1762, was appraised by Thomas Whitman, John Orcutt, and Nathan Allen, and his estate was divided on 10 Nov. 1764 by Capt. Edward Mitchell, Ephraim Cary, and John Orcutt, to his heirs, namely his widow Anna Washburn, Eleazer Washburn, Susanna Byram, Asa Washburn, Anna Washburn, Levi Washburn, Oliver Washburn, Alden Washburn, and Isaac Washburn.[32] Some of the probate records for Eleazer Washburn call him “Ebenezer” Washburn. In April 1763 Ebenezer Alden of Bridgwater, Gentleman, administrator of the estate of Ebenezer Washburn, late of Bridgwater, housewright, sued Isaac Peterson of Pembrooke, housewright, for an unpaid note of £5.10s dated 18 June 1762.[33]

            On 4 Oct. 1764 Asa, Anna and Eleazer Washburn, minors of Ebenezer Washburn over the age of 14, asked to have their mother, Anna Washburn, appointed as their guardian.[34] On 8 Oct. 1764 Anna Washburn, widow, was appointed as guardian of Eleazer, Anna, Asa, Isaac, Alden, Oliver, and Levi Washburn, minor children of Eleazer Washburn, with Ebenezer Alden, Gentleman, of Bridgewater, and Ebenezer Whitmarsh, of Abington, as sureties.[35] In 1769 Anna Washburn requested for a new guardian for the children, she being in poor health, and Ephraim Cary, of Bridgewater, was appointed guardian on 6 Mar. 1769 of Oliver Washburn and Levi Washburn, minors over 14, with Hugh Orr and Benjamin Whitman, of Bridgewater, as sureties, and Ephraim Whitman was appointed as guardian of Isaac Washburn and Alden Washburn, minors under 14, with Hugh Orr and Ephraim Cary as sureties.[36] Anna (Alden) Washburn died a widow on 13 Feb. 1788 in East Bridgewater, aged almost 70 years, of a “quick fever.”[37]

         Eleazer Washburn and Anna Alden had children:

+      1187     i   Susanna6 Washburn, born on 27 Apr. 1740 in Bridgewater,[38] baptized on 21 Sept. 1740 in East Bridgewater,[39] married Jepthah Byram, of Mendham, NJ, son of Maj. Ebenezer and Hannah (Hayward) Byram, of East Bridgewater, MA, and Windham, Morris Co., NJ,[40] on 19 Feb. 1761 in East Bridgewater.[41] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1188     ii   Zenas Washburn, born on 1 July 1741 in Bridgewater,[42] baptized on 2 Aug. 1741 in East Bridgewater,[43] died young.

        1189    iii   Anna Washburn, born on 5 Sept. 1742,[44] died on 1 Mar. 1743 in Bridgewater.[45]

+      1190   iv   Anna6 Washburn, born on 17 Oct. 1743 in Bridgewater,[46] baptized on 23 Oct. 1743 in East Bridgewater,[47] married Amos Whitman, son of Thomas and Jemima4 (Alden) Whitman,[48] on 22 Nov. 1764 in East Bridgewater.[49] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

+      1191    v   Eleazer6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 17 Apr. 1746 in Bridgewater,[50] baptized on 20 Apr. 1746 in East Bridgewater,[51] married 1.) Huldah (___), who died in 1768, and 2.) Huldah Woods, daughter of Jonathan and Betty (Thomas) Woods, on 23 Feb. 1769 in Bridgewater,[52] and 3.) Sarah Southworth, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Southworth, of Middleborough, on 9 May 1771 in Middleborough.[53] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1192    vi   Asa6 Washburn, born on 7 May 1749 in Bridgewater,[54] supposedly moved to New York,[55] marriage not found. He was not a head of household in New York in the 1790 or 1800 federal censuses.

+      1193  vii   Capt. Levi6 Washburn, born on 9 Sept. 1752 in Bridgewater,[56] baptized on 17 Nov. 1751 [sic] in East Bridgewater.[57] Ephraim Cary, of Bridgewater, was appointed as his guardian on 6 Mar. 1769,[58] and he married 1.) Mary “Molly” Allen, daughter of Isaac and Joanna4 (Packard) Allen,[59] on 22 Nov. 1774 in East Bridgewater,[60] and 2.) Mary (Hatch) Howland, daughter of John and Deborah (Allen) Hatch, and widow of Ichabod Howland, of Pembroke,[61] in 1801.[62] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1194   viii   Oliver6 Washburn, born on 22 Sept. 1755 in Bridgewater,[63] baptized on 3 Nov. 1754 [sic] in East Bridgewater.[64] Ephraim Cary, of Bridgewater, was appointed as his guardian on 6 Mar. 1769,[65] and he married Hannah Gannett, daughter of Seth and Susanna (Allen) Gannett, of Bridgewater,[66] and Tamworth, Strafford Co., NH,[67] on 1 Mar. 1781 in East Bridgewater,[68] and they eventually moved to Strafford Co., New Hampshire, probably before 1790. She was baptized on 31 Oct. 1756 in East Bridgewater.[69] He was not a head of household in Massachusetts or New Hampshire in the 1790 federal census, nor in the 1800 federal census. He was living in Tamworth, Strafford (now Carroll) Co., NH, in the 1810 federal census,[70] but he was not a head of household in Strafford Co., NH, in the 1820 federal census. He served as a private in the Revolutionary War, probably in Capt. Abram Washburn’s Company from Bridgewater.[71] They possibly had a daughter and two sons, as indicated by the household of Oliver Washburn in the 1810 federal census, but the names of their children have not been found.

+      1195   ix   Alden6 Washburn, born on 28 Oct. 1758 in Bridgewater,[72] baptized on 11 Mar. 1759 in East Bridgewater.[73] Benjamin Whitman, of Bridgewater, was appointed as his guardian on 6 Mar. 1769,[74] and he married Sarah “Sally” Harden Gannett, daughter of Seth and Susanna (Allen) Gannett, of Bridgewater,[75] in ca. 1782, and they also moved to Tamworth, Strafford (now Carroll) Co., NH. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

+      1196    x   Isaac6 Washburn, born on 30 Mar. 1760 in Bridgewater,[76] baptized on 1 June 1760 in East Bridgewater.[77] Benjamin Whitman, of Bridgewater, was appointed as his guardian on 6 Mar. 1769,[78] and he married Huldah Allen, daughter of Isaac and Joanna4 (Packard) Allen,[79] on 6 Feb. 1781 in East Bridgewater.[80] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

 

 

(414.) Noah5 Washburn (Jr.), second son of (123) Noah4 Washburn, (58) Samuel3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Colony, on 18 July 1716,[81] married Mary Staples on 18 Jan. 1738/9 in West Bridgewater,[82] and they also settled in East Bridgewater, MA. On 1 Feb. 1735/6 Noah Washburn and his brother Eleazer Washburn joined other heirs of their grandfather, Joseph Shaw, of Bridgewater, in selling to Zacheus Shaw their right in the estate of their grandparents.[83]

         No death or probate records were found for either Noah or Mary Washburn (Jr.) in Plymouth County, and they may have been living in Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to their son, Stephen Washburn.[84]

         Noah Washburn (Jr.) and Mary Staples had children:

        1197     i   Elisabeth6 “Betty” Washburn, born on 3 Oct. 1739 in Bridgewater,[85] married Samuel Staples, of Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA, on 9 Dec. 1765 in East Bridgewater.[86] He may have been the Samuel Staples, of Hanover, who served as a private in Capt. William Turner’s Company from Dec. 10, 1775 to Jan. 9, 1776 in the Revolutionary War.[87] No death or probate records were found for either of them in Plymouth County, and he was not a head of household in Plymouth Co., MA, in the 1790 or 1800 federal censuses. They had at least one daughter:

a. Molly Staples, baptized on 19 Apr. 1767 in East Bridgewater.[88]

b. (Unnamed child, possibly Molly above, who died between 1767 or 1769 in East Bridgewater.[89])

c. (Possibly others)

+      1198    ii   Noah6 Washburn (3rd), born on 9 Sept. 1741 in Bridgewater,[90] baptized on 1 Nov. 1741 in East Bridgewater,[91] moved to Hartford, CT, and married Bathsheba Sexton on 14 Nov. 1765 in Hartford.[92] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1199    iii   Nehemiah6 Washburn, born on 1 Jan. 1743 in Bridgewater,[93] baptized on 8 Jan. 1743/4 in East Bridgewater,[94] married Ruth Egerton, daughter of John and Abigail (Snow) Egerton,[95] on 29 Mar. 1770 in East Bridgewater,[96] and they moved to Williamsburg, then probably to Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. She was baptized on 8 Nov. 1747 in East Bridgewater.[97] Children not found.[98] He was not a head of household in Hampshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, but they were probably living in Northampton, MA, in the 1810,[99] and 1820 federal censuses, where he was a farmer.[100]

+      1200   iv   Stephen6 Washburn, born on 26 May 1748 in Bridgewater,[101] baptized on 3 July 1748 in East Bridgewater,[102] married Sarah Faxon, daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Allen) Faxon,[103] of Pembroke, MA, on 20 Nov. 1770 in East Bridgewater.[104] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1201     v   Huldah Washburn, born on 6 July 1750 in Bridgewater,[105] baptized on 8 July 1750 in East Bridgewater,[106] marriage not found.

        1202    vi   Mary6 Washburn, born on 6 Jan. 1756 in Bridgewater,[107] married Benjamin Munro/Monroe, of Halifax, MA, as his second wife, on 6 Dec. 1787 in Bridgewater.[108] He was possibly the son of Henry and Hannah (Joselyn) Munro,[109] of Pembroke, born on 13 Dec. 1751 in Pembroke,[110] and he had married first to Abigail Munro, of Hanover, MA, in 1776.[111] Benjamin Monroe was living in Halifax, MA, in the 1790 federal census,[112] but he was not a head of household in Halifax in the 1800 or the 1810 federal censuses. Mary (Washburn) Monroe apparently died by 1805, and he remarried again to Abigail Fullington, of Duxbury, in 1805.[113] He may have been the Benjamin Monroe living in Halifax, MA, in the 1820 federal census, a farmer,[114] but he was apparently also enumerated as living in Hanson, MA, in the 1820 federal census, next door to his two sons.[115] He probably died intestate in 1824 in Halifax.[116] Benjamin Monroe had 2 children by Abigail Munro, but no children were found by Mary Washburn:

a. Benjamin Monroe (Jr.), born on 22 Nov. 1776 in Halifax,[117] married Thirza Curtis, of Halifax, in 1812.[118] They were living in Hanson, MA, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[119]

b. Cyrus Monroe, born on 13 Nov. 1779 in Halifax,[120] married Chrissa Wadsworth Phillips, of Pembroke, on 8 Dec. 1812 in Pembroke.[121] They were also living in Hanson, MA, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer.[122]

 

 

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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. 329.

    [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. 112-113; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 51.

    [3] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 382; Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Marriages From the Files of George Ernest Bowman At the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1990, [hereinafter Roser, Mayflower Marriages], p. 122.

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

    [5] Torrey, New England Marriages, pp. 50, 51: the first wife of Joseph Bassett was Mary Lapham, who died in 1676 at the age of 35 years. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 111, says Joseph married Martha, daughter of Edmund Hobart, of Hingham, in 1677, but this was Joseph’s second marriage, and son William, born ca. 1667, was by Joseph’s first wife, Mary Lapham.

    [6] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 434, taken from a private record of burials in the Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [7] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112, says they had John 1734, Nathan 1737, Ruth 1740, David 1743, Hannah 1745, Joseph 1747, and Jonathan 1750.

    [8] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 43.

    [9] Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, Bridgewater, MA, 1964, pp. 38, 98; 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. 104.

    [10] The marriage date per the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 24 Feb. 2004 by Dave Robison, but this date may not be correct, because their marriage intentions, recorded in Middleborough, MA, were not recorded until 30 June 1764.

    [11] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, p. 60, marriage intentions recorded between John Bassett of Bridgewater and Sarah Cushman of Middleborough on 30 June 1764.

    [12] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 44.

    [13] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 435, from a record of burials in Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [14] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 44.

    [15] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 43.

    [16] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 434, from a record of burials in Scotland Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [17] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 43.

    [18] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 43.

    [19] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 225.

    [20] Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West Bridgewater VRs], p. 122.

    [21] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 43.

    [22] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 112.

    [23] Per the Barbour Index of Killingly town vital records.

    [24] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328, under “Eliezer Washburn.”

    [25] 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.

    [26] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385.

    [27] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 26.

    [28] MF5G: Alden, pt. 1, pp. 97-99; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 85-86.

    [29] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 207.

    [30] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 126.

    [31] Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1917, [hereinafter East Bridgewater VRs], p. 397, from his gravestone in the Old Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater.

    [32] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21955; Vol. 16, p. 300; Vol. 17, p. 72; Vol. 19, pp. 115, 280, 550.

    [33] Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 8, Court of Common Pleas, Session 12, p. 332.

    [34] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21956; Vol. 18, pp. 194-196.

    [35] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21956; Vol. 18, pp. 199-203.

    [36] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21956; Vol. 20, pp. 184, 190.

    [37] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 397, also buried in the Old Central Cemetery in East Bridgewater.

    [38] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 336.

    [39] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 137.

    [40] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 127.

    [41] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 315. He was called “of Mendham, N.J.” in the marriage record.

    [42] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 337.

    [43] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 137.

    [44] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326.

    [45] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 569.

    [46] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326.

    [47] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 135.

    [48] MF5G: Alden, pt. 1, p. 335.

    [49] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 312, married in the First Church of East Bridgewater.

    [50] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [51] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.

    [52] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385.

    [53] 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. 186. He was called “of Brookfield” in the marriage record.

    [54] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326, baptized the same day according to East Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.

    [55] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 327.

    [56] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 331.

    [57] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.

    [58] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21956, Vol. 20, p. 184.

    [59] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 96.

    [60] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 314, married in the First Church of East Bridgewater.

    [61] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 175; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 163, the marriage of Mary Hatch and Ichabod Howland, of Pembroke, on 17 Feb. 1780 in Bridgewater.

    [62] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 329, but their marriage record was not in the vital records of Pembroke, Bridgewater or East Bridgewater.

    [63] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334.

    [64] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 137.

    [65] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21956, Vol. 20, p. 184.

    [66] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 167.

    [67] Towle, Glenn C., New Hampshire Genealogical Digest, 1623-1900, Vol. 1, p. 99, Hannah, daughter of Seth Gannett, married Oliver Washburn.

    [68] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 390; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 314, married in the First Church of East Bridgewater.

    [69] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 55.

    [70] 1810 Federal Census, Tamworth, Strafford Co., NH, p. 724, the Oliver Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [71] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. XVI, p. 671, served for 22 days, from Mar. 10, 1781 to Apr. 1, 1781.

    [72] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 326.

    [73] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 135.

    [74] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21956, Vol. 20, p. 190.

    [75] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 167.

    [76] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

    [77] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.

    [78] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #21956, Vol. 20, p. 190.

    [79] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 96.

    [80] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 387; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 313, married in the First Church of East Bridgewater.

    [81] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334.

    [82] West Bridgewater VRs, p. 175.

    [83] Plymouth County Land Records, Vol. 34, p. 126.

    [84] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 132, Williamsburgh Town, Hampshire County, the Noah Washburn household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 2 free white females.

    [85] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 328.

    [86] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 384; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 312, married in the First Church of East Bridgewater; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 309, which does not identify the parents of Samuel Staples.

    [87] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Vol. XIV, p. 849.

    [88] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 126.

    [89] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 391, from records of the First Church of East Bridgewater.

    [90] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334.

    [91] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 137.

    [92] Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1977, [hereinafter Barbour, Families of Early Hartford], p. 635.

    [93] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 334.

    [94] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.

    [95] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 202, marriage of John Egerton and Abigail Snow on 27 Nov. 1746 in East Bridgewater.

    [96] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 314, married in the First Church of East Bridgewater.

    [97] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 50.

    [98] No vital records have been published yet for either Northampton or Williamsburg, MA.

    [99] 1810 Federal Census, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 97, the Nehemiah Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or older, and 1 female aged 45 or older.

    [100] 1820 Federal Census, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, p. 105, the Nehemiah Washburn household had 1 male aged 45 or older, 1 female aged 45 or older, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [101] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 336.

    [102] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 137.

    [103] Faxon, George L., The History of the Faxon Family, Springfield, MA, 1880, p. 97.

    [104] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 315, married in the First Church of East Bridgewater.

    [105] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 330.

    [106] East Bridgewater VRs, p. 136.

    [107] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 333.

    [108] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 389; 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. 12, marriage intentions recorded 3 Dec. 1787 in Halifax.

    [109] Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Pembroke VRs], p. 321, marriage of Henry Munroe of Swanzey and Hannah Josselyn Jr. on 16 Nov. 1738 in Pembroke.

    [110] Pembroke VRs, p. 154.

    [111] Halifax VRs, p. 8, marriage intentions recorded between Benjamin Munro of Hallifax and Abigail Munro of Hanover on 29 Jan. 1776 in Halifax.

    [112] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 169, Halifax Town, Plymouth County, the Benja. Munroe household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [113] Halifax VRs, p. 69, marriage intentions recorded between Benjamin Munroe of Halifax and Abigail Fullington of Duxbury on 4 Feb. 1805 in Halifax.

    [114] 1820 Federal Census, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 431, the Benjamin Monroe household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 2 females aged 45 or over, and 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [115] 1820 Federal Census, Hanson, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 229, the Benjamin Monroe household had 2 males aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 26-44 years, 1 female aged 45 or over, and 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [116] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #14383.

    [117] Halifax VRs, p. 28.

    [118] Halifax VRs, p. 73, marriage intentions recorded 27 Apr. 1812 in Halifax.

    [119] 1820 Federal Census, Hanson, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 229, the Benjamin Monroe Jr. household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [120] Halifax VRs, p. 28.

    [121] Pembroke VRs, p. 320; Halifax VRs, p. 73, marriage intentions recorded 19 Oct. 1812 in Halifax.

    [122] 1820 Federal Census, Hanson, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 229, the Cyrus Monroe household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and 1 person engaged in agriculture.