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Families of the Children of Ebenezer4 Washburn and Patience Miles

 

 

         The families of the children of Ebenezer and Patience Washburn are still very tentative, and they may not be entirely correct as given here. More research is undergoing on the Connecticut branches, and there will probably be other grandchildren of Ebenezer and Patience Washburn who will need to be added later. The families of son Joseph Washburn and daughter Rebeckah Washburn are very uncertain, and I have not been able to trace the families of Jonathan, Ebenezer Jr., or David Washburn at all. The surname of Martha, wife of Stephen Washburn, is thought to have been Tabor, because they named a son Tabor Washburn, but I have not found the marriage record to verify it. Mary Washburn, wife of Jacob Bull, of Kent, CT, appears to have been the daughter of Ebenezer and Patience Washburn, but I have no proof of it yet.

 

 

 

 

John2 Washburn (5th)

 

 

Joseph3 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth2 Mitchell

 

Ebenezer4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Robert1 Latham

 

 

Hannah2 Latham

 

 

 

 

Susanna2 Winslow

Patience5 Washburn

 

 

 

Susanna5 Washburn

 

 

 

Joseph5 Washburn

 

 

 

Eunice Washburn

 

 

 

Miles5 Washburn

 

 

 

Jonathan5 Washburn

 

 

 

Stephen5 Washburn

 

 

 

Rebeckah5 Washburn

 

 

 

Mary5 Washburn

 

 

 

Hepsibah Washburn

 

 

 

Ebenezer5 Washburn (Jr.)

 

 

 

Anna Washburn

 

 

 

David5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel Miles

 

 

Stephen Miles

 

 

 

 

Hannah Wilmot

 

Patience Miles

 

 

 

 

Patience Wheeler

 

 

(485.) Susanna5 Washburn, second daughter of (133) Ebenezer4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in New Milford, CT, on 9 May 1725,[1] married William Drinkwater, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Haskell) Drinkwater, of Taunton, MA,[2] as his second wife, on 14 Mar. 1751 in New Milford.[3] He was born in 1701, probably in Middleborough, MA, a grandson of John and Patience2 (Soule) Haskell,[4] and he had married first to Elizabeth Benedict, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Platt) Benedict,[5] on 18 Dec. 1728 in Ridgefield, CT.[6] Elizabeth (Benedict) Drinkwater died 20 July 1749 in New Milford, aged 44 years.[7]

         William Drinkwater sold his one ninth share of the estate of Thomas Drinkwater on 17 Nov. 1722 to James Rayment, at which time he was of Newport, RI.[8] He died in 1757/8 in New Milford, Litchfield Co., CT.[9]

         Susanna Washburn and William Drinkwater had children:

+      1528     i   Ebenezer Drinkwater, born on 25 Dec. 1751 in New Milford, CT,[10] married Elizabeth Kimball in Oct. 1782 in Westchester, New London Co., CT.[11] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1529     ii   Joanna Drinkwater, born on 26 July 1753 in New Milford,[12] marriage not found.

        1530    iii   Thomas Drinkwater, born on 13 Jan. 1756 in New Milford,[13] marriage not found.[14]

        1531    iv   Ann Drinkwater, born posthumously on 17 May 1758 in New Milford,[15] marriage not found.

 

 

(486.) Joseph5 Washburn, eldest son of (133) Ebenezer4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in New Milford, CT, on 16 May 1727,[16] possibly married (397) Mary5 Washburn, daughter of (120) Timothy4 and Hannah Washburn, of Coventry, CT, on 14 May 1752 in Sharon, Litchfield Co., CT.[17] She was born on 15 Oct. 1725 in Bridgewater, MA,[18] a granddaughter of (57) Thomas3 and Deliverance2 (Packard) Washburn, of Bridgewater, and they supposedly settled in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT. He was not a head of household in Litchfield Co., CT, in the 1790 federal census.

         Joseph Washburn and Mary Washburn probably had at least one son:

        1532     i   Joseph6 Washburn (Jr.), born say 1752, possibly in Kent, CT, probably the Joseph Washburn who married Elizabeth Waller,[19] in say ca. 1775,[20] and also lived in Kent, CT. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1533     ii   (Possibly others)

 

 

(488.) Miles5 Washburn, second son of (133) Ebenezer4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in New Milford, CT, on 10 Jan. 1730/1,[21] married Sarah Lyon, daughter of Moses and Rachel (Jackson) Lyon,[22] on 12 Oct. 1752 in Kent, CT.[23] She was born on 10 Jan. 1730.[24]

         Miles Washburn lived in Kent, CT, until 1769. On 7 June 1769 he purchased a tract of land in “Murrayfield,” Hampshire Co., MA, of 100 acres from James Taggard,[25] and they moved there.[26] He was one of the founders of the town of Norwich, [now Huntington], MA, when it was separated from Murrayfield in 1773,[27] and was appointed as constable in Norwich in 1773.[28] On 23 Nov. 1778 “Miels” Washburn of Norwich, County of Hampshire, Blacksmith, sold to Jonathan Bascom of Norwich, Yeoman, the 100-acre tract of land in Norwich which Washburn had purchased from Mr. James Taggart.[29] He was still living in Norwich, MA, in 1781, when he signed a petition for incorporation of the Prescott Grant land,[30] but they moved to Saratoga, Albany Co., NY, by 1790,[31] and finally to Exeter, Otsego Co., NY. In the 1790 federal census he was living in Saratoga, Albany Co., NY,[32] but he was not found in New York in the 1800 federal census. He supposedly died in Exeter, Otsego Co., NY, in ca. 1833 or 1834, “over 103 years old,”[33] but no probate records were found for him in Otsego Co., NY.

         Miles Washburn and Sarah Lyon had children:[34]

+      1534     i   Capt. Abraham6 Washburn, born on 20 Dec. 1752 or 1753 in Kent, CT,[35] married 1.) Mary Northrup, of Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA, on 21 June 1787 in Lenox, MA, and 2.) Mrs. Irena (___) Leland, a widow, on 16 Mar. 1802 in Middlefield, MA,[36] and 3.) Olive Wright, daughter of Rev. Eliphalet and Hannah (Marsh) Wright, of South Killingly, CT,[37] in Apr. 1806.[38] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1535    ii   Hannah6 Washburn, born on 15 Mar. 1756 in Kent, CT,[39] married Joseph Witter (Jr.), of Washington, Berkshire Co., MA,[40] supposedly son of Joseph and Hannah (Davidson) Witter,[41] on 5 Mar. 1783 in Washington, MA.[42] He was born on 7 Apr. 1762.[43] Joseph Witter, aged 17, enlisted from Murrayfield, Hampshire Co., MA, to serve in the Continental Army for 9 months in 1779.[44] They were living in Partridgefield, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1790 federal census, next door to the family of her brother, Abraham Washburn,[45] and in the 1800 federal census,[46] and in Hinsdale, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1810 federal census,[47] but they were not found in Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1820 or 1850 federal censuses. They supposedly had children:[48]

a. Hannah Witter, born on 22 Aug. 1785.

b. Lucy Witter, born on 3 July 1787.

c. Joseph Witter (3rd), born on 28 July 1790.

d. Miles Witter, born on 7 Aug. 1792.

e. Abraham Witter, born on 20 July 1794, married Laura Nickerson on 9 Nov. 1816 in Hinsdale, MA.[49]

f. Dolly Witter, born on 8 Oct. 1797.

        1536    iii   Rachel Washburn, born on 30 June 1758 in Kent, CT,[50] marriage not found.

+      1537   iv   Isaac6 Washburn, born on 11 Mar. 1760 in Kent, CT,[51] married Sarah Egglestone in ca. 1788, and they lived in Luzerne, NY. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

+      1538    v   Jacob6 Washburn, born on 11 Oct. 1762 in Kent, CT,[52] married Phebe Northrup, daughter of Samuel and Phebe (Beecher) Northrup,[53] on 12 Apr. 1786 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA,[54] and they lived in Lenox. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1539    vi   Ozias6 Washburn, born in 1765 in Kent, CT,[55] marriage not found. He was probably the Ozias Washburn living in Greenfield, Saratoga Co., NY, in the 1800 federal census.[56]

        1540   vii   Sarah Washburn, born on 13 July 1767 in Kent, CT,[57] married Peter Tubbs in ca. 1790 in New York.[58] Children -?

+      1541  viii   Miles6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 14 Mar. 1771 in Murrayfield, Hampshire Co., MA,[59] married Polly Ann Weirs, and settled in West Exeter, NY. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1542   ix   Patience6 Washburn, born on 10 Dec. 1775 in Hampshire Co., MA,[60] supposedly married 1.) (1292)  Rufus6 Washburn, son of (432) Nehemiah5 and Abigail (White) Washburn, Stafford, CT, and Exeter, NY,[61] in 1793 in Exeter, Otsego Co., NY. He was born on 9 Sept. 1765, probably in Franklin Co., MA, a grandson possibly of (126) Capt. Benjamin4 and Bethiah (Kingman) Washburn, and he died on 28 Apr. 1817 in Macomb, St. Lawrence Co., NY. She remarried to 2.) (___) Fuller. She died on 11 July 1852 in Pierce Corners, St. Lawrence Co., NY.[62] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6 under the family of Rufus Washburn.)

 

 

(490.) Stephen5 Washburn, fourth son of (133) Ebenezer4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in New Milford, CT, on 19 Feb. 1734/5,[63] married Martha Tabor? in ca. 1759,[64] and they moved to Manchester, Bennington Co., VT, in ca. 1760. She was born, say ca. 1739, and they were living in Manchester, VT, in the 1790 federal census.[65] He supposedly died in 1794 in Manchester, VT.

         Stephen Washburn and Martha Tabor? had children, order uncertain:

+      1543     i   Tabor6 Washburn, born ca. 1760 in Bennington Co., VT,[66] married Sarah (___), and they lived in Dorsett and Manchester, Bennington Co., VT. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1544     ii   Aaron Washburn, born say 1762 in Bennington Co., VT, marriage not found.

+      1545   iii    (Possibly) Patience6 Washburn, born, say 1764 in VT, married William Parish, son of Asa and Mindwell (Fuller) Parish, on 1 or 25 Nov. 1784 in Man­ches­ter, Bennington Co., VT.[67] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

+      1546   iv    Rebekah6 Washburn, born on 8 Mar. 1766,[68] presumably in VT, married Daniel Hilyard/Hilliard, son of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Hilyard, on 17 Aug. 1786 in Manchester, Bennington Co., VT.[69] (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

+      1547    v   Stephen6 Washburn (Jr.), born on 8 Feb. 1770 in Manchester, Ben­nington Co., VT, married supposedly 1.) Martha Bull in ca. 1791, and 2.) Patty Emmons, daughter of Solomon and Mary (Marsh) Emmons, in 1801 in Hartland, VT, and 3.) Arsenath Sexton, daughter of William and Dorothy (Curtis) Sexton, of Athens, Leeds Co., Ontario, in ca. 1803 in Leeds Co., Ontario. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1548    vi   Martha Washburn, born in 1776 in Manchester, VT, marriage not found.

        1549   vii   Polly Washburn, born on 10 Sept. 1778 in Manchester, VT, marriage not found.

        1550   viii   Ebenezer Washburn, born on 6 Dec. 1780 in Manchester, VT, marriage not found.

 

 

(491.) Rebeckah5 Washburn, fourth daughter of (133) Ebenezer4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in New Milford, CT, on 5 Mar. 1736/7,[70] supposedly married Timothy Carver,[71] son of Eleazer and Katharine (Elmes) Carver (Jr.), of Middleborough, MA,[72] in ca. 1752.[73] He was born on 21 Sept. 1720 in Middleborough, MA,[74] and died before 1776.[75]

         Rebeckah Washburn and Timothy Carver had at least one son:

+      1551     i   Timothy Carver (Jr.), born on 30 Oct. 1753,[76] married Phebe Baldwin,[77] daughter of James and Hannah (Golden) Baldwin,[78] in 1776, and they lived in Putnam Co., NY. (To be continued in Washburn Generation 6.)

        1552     ii   (Probably others)

 

 

(494.) Mary5 Washburn, sixth daughter of (133) Ebenezer4 Washburn, (59) Joseph3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); baptized in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT, on 11 July 1742,[79] possibly the Mary Washburn who married Jacob Bull, son of Isaac and Rebecca (Browning) Bull,[80] on 17 Nov. 1762 in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT.[81] He was born on 6 Mar. 1734/5 in Dover, Dutchess Co., NY.[82]

         Jacob Bull was living in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT, in the 1790,[83] 1800[84] and 1810 federal censuses.[85] He died on 19 July 1811, and she supposedly died on 8 Apr. 1816.[86]

         Mary Washburn and Jacob Bull had children:

        1553     i   Ruth Bull, born on 18 Feb. 1763 in Kent, CT,[87] married Aaron Case on 27 Mar. 1783 in Kent,[88] and they apparently moved to New York. They supposedly had children,[89] order uncertain:

a. Mary “Polly” Case, born on 15 May 1784 in CT, married 1.) Solomon Freer, son of Jacob Solomon and Alida (Tack) Freer, on 5 Dec. 1801 in Marbletown, Ulster Co., NY. He died on 9 May 1846, and she remarried to 2.) James Lewis Whitney. She died on 26 Feb. 1868 in Watkins, Schuyler Co., NY.[90]

b. Sally Case, born ca. 1785 in CT, married Milo Hurd.

c. Josiah Case, born on 26 Sept. 1786 in CT, married Eunice French. He died in ca. 1826.[91]

d. Moses Case, born on 6 Mar. 1789 in Litchfield Co., CT, married Elizabeth E. Mott in ca. 1815 in Caroline, Tompkins Co., NY. He died on 19 Feb. 1856 in Watkins, Schuyler Co., NY.[92]

e. Jane Case, born ca. 1791 in Litchfield Co., CT.

f. Aaron Case (Jr.), born ca. 1795 in Kent, CT, married Anna French. She was born in ca. Jan. 1796 in Otsego Co., NY, and died on 18 Feb. 1860 in Tioga Co., NY. He died after 1860 in Yuba, CA.[93]

g. Maria Case, born ca. 1797 in Litchfield Co., CT.

h. John Case, born ca. 1800 in NY, married Susan (___).

        1554     ii   (Unnamed child), born on 23 Apr. 1765 in Kent, CT, died the same day.[94]

        1555    iii   (Unnamed child), born on 26 Apr. 1766 in Kent, CT, died the same day.[95]

        1556    iv   Jemima Bull, born in Mar. 1767 in Kent, CT,[96] marriage not found.

        1557    v   Betsey Bull, born on 20 Nov. 1768 in Kent, CT,[97] possibly the Betsey Bull who married Daniel Howland, son of Israel and Drusilla (Wood) Howland,[98] in ca. 1787 in Kent, CT.[99] He died before 1799.[100] They supposedly had 2 sons:[101]

a. Benjamin Howland, married 1.) Abigail Williams, who died on 1 Oct. 1836 in Kent, CT, and 2.) Eliza Ellwyn, who was born on 15 Oct. 1801 in Kingston, NY, and died on 28 Dec. 1874. He died in Apr. 1848.

b. Jacob Wood Howland, married 1.) Charity Treadwell on 24 Dec. 1809. She was born on 4 Dec. 1792, and died on 17 Nov. 1816. He remarried to 2.) Lucy Gregory on 4 May 1817. He died on 17 Apr. 1842, and she died on 15 Dec. 1845.

        1558    vi   (Unnamed child), born on 2 Feb. 1769 in Kent, CT, died the same day.[102]

        1559   vii   (Unnamed child), born ca. 5 Dec. 1769 in Kent, CT, died the same day.[103]

        1560   viii   Isaac Bull, born on 28 Nov. 1771 in Kent, CT,[104] marriage not found. He living in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT, in the 1800[105] and 1810 federal censuses,[106] but was not found in the 1820 or 1850 federal censuses in Litchfield Co., CT.

        1561    ix   Jacob Bull (Jr.), born on 13 June 1772 in Kent, CT,[107] marriage not found.

        1562     x   (Unnamed child), born on 3 Aug. 1773 in Kent, CT, died the same day.[108]

 

 

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        [1] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: New Milford, 1712-1860, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs], p. 221, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 20, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [2] His parents per the FHL [Family History Library] Ancestral File, submitted by Mrs. V. Leroy Oaks, of Orem, UT, Eva C. Smith, of Phoenix, AZ, Littleton Strong, of Las Vegas, NV, and several others.

        [3] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from Vol. LR6, p. 7, of the New Milford Town Records, married by Samuel Canfield, J.P.

        [4] 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. 272.

        [5] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted to Mrs. V. Leroy Oaks, of Orem, UT, Eva C. Smith, of Phoenix, AZ, W. Lagene Allred, of Nederland, TX, and others.

        [6] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted to Mrs. V. Leroy Oaks, of Orem, UT, Eva C. Smith, of Phoenix, AZ, W. Lagene Allred, of Nederland, TX, and others.

        [7] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 76, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 1, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [8] Plymouth County Deeds Vol. 17, p. 30.

        [9] The birth record of daughter Ann Drinkwater calls her daughter of William Drinkwater, deceased, and his wife Susannah.

        [10] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 76, recorded twice, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 26, and Vol. LR6, p. 7, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [11] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an FHL patron family group sheet, from microfilm #1395739.

        [12] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 76, recorded twice, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 26, and Vol. LR6, p. 7, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [13] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 76, taken from Vol. LR6, p. 7, of the New Milford Town Records. He was evidently named after his half-brother, Thomas Drinkwater, born in New Milford on 3 Nov. 1729, who died at the camp at Fort Edward on 3 Nov. 1755, per the New Milford VRs, p. 76.

        [14] He was not the Thomas Drinkwater who married Nancy Kilborne on 17 Oct. 1810 and lived in Wethersfield, CT. That Thomas Drinkwater was a much younger man—he was still under the age of 45 in the 1820 federal census.

        [15] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 75, taken from Vol. LR7, p. 3, of the New Milford Town Records, “daughter of William, decd. & Susannah.”

        [16] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, from Vol. LR4, p. 20, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [17] Schott, Nancy E., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Sharon 1739-1865, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2000, [hereinafter Schott, Barbour Index of Sharon VRs], p. 336, taken from Sharon Land Records, Vol. 3, p. 261, married by John Williams.

        [18] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 333.

        [19] As suggested by email letter of Mary Schrick of 28 July 2000.

        [20] Assuming that Elizabeth Waller was the mother of Joseph, Waller and Ebenezer Washburn who all settled in Susquehanna Co., PA.

        [21] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 20, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [22] Her parents from the FHL Ancestry File, submitted by Margaret W. Mikkelsen, of Davis, CA, and Ronald J. Riley, of Muskegon, MI.

        [23] Bailey, Frederic W., Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, New Haven, CT, [hereinafter Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages], Kent, p. 20, but not listed in the Barbour Index of Kent VRs.

        [24] Per the FHL Ancestry File, submitted by Margaret W. Mikkelsen, of Davis, CA, and Ronald J. Riley, of Muskegon, MI.

        [25] Hampshire County Land Records, Vol. 10, p. 468, witnessed by John Moseley and John Phelps, and recorded on 30 Aug. 1771.

        [26] Copeland, Alfred M., A History of the Town of Murrayfield, earlier known as Township No. 9, Springfield, MA, 1892, p. 63 shows him on the Murrayfield Valuation List of 1769, and p. 75 shows him signing a petition dated 24 June 1772, and p. 80 shows him as a taxpayer in the first valuation of Norwich taken 1 Sept. 1773. “Murrayfield” is comprised of the present towns of Chester and Huntington, the northen part of Montgomery, and the southeast corner of Middlefield.

        [27] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640; Copeland, Alfred M., A History of the Town of Murrayfield, earlier known as Township No. 9, Springfield, MA, 1892, p. 79-80.

        [28] Gay, W. B., Gazetteer of Hampshire County, Mass., 1654-1887, Syracuse, NY, p. 319.

        [29] Hampshire County Land Deeds, Vol. 15, p. 426, witnessed by Samll Mathews and Timothy Smith, acknowledged by Miels Washburn on 4 Dec. 1778, and recorded on 23 Apr. 1779, from FHL microfilm #0845698.

        [30] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 356.

        [31] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, pp. 47, 357, mention a lawsuit between Miles Washburn and John Spencer over land in Norwich, that was apparently decided in Spencer’s favor, forcing Washburn to move.

        [32] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: New York, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 41, Saratoga Town, Albany County, the Miles Washburn household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older and 3 free white females; Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [33] Per loose papers of Dr. H.C. Burleigh, deposited at the Queens University Archives, Kingston, Ontario, containing his research on Washburns, some of which are numbered, photocopies which were sent to me by Diane L. Rice, of Michigan, [hereinafter Burleigh Papers], p. 18.

        [34] The birth dates are all from the Burleigh Papers, p. 18, and from the FHL Ancestral File.

        [35] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640; Wright, Rev. Stephen, “Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, Mass.,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, p. 617, which gives only his date of birth.

        [36] Vital Records of Middlefield, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1907, [hereinafter Middlefield VRs], p. 104, he was of Partridgefield, and she was a widow; Vital Records of Peru, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1902, [hereinafter Peru VRs], p. 91, marriage intentions recorded 1 Mar. 1802 in Peru, MA, she was called “Irene Leland, of Middlefield.”

        [37] Wright, Rev. Stephen, “Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, Mass.,” Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983, pp. 616-617.

        [38] Vital Records of Hinsdale, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1902, [hereinafter Hinsdale VRs], p. 65, the date not given, but the marriage occurred before 27 July 1806.

        [39] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [40] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [41] Washburn, Georgia Cooper, and Mabel Thacher Rosemary Washburn, Witter Genealogy, Descendants of William Witer of Swampscott, Massachusetts, 1639-1659, National Historical Company, New York, 1929, [hereinafter Washburn, Witter Genealogy], p. 57-58.

        [42] Vital Records of Washington, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1904, [hereinafter Washington VRs], p. 47; Middlefield VRs, p. 63.

        [43] Washburn, Witter Genealogy, p. 57-58.

        [44] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 Volumes, Boston, Vol. XVII, p. 698-699.

        [45] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 32, Partridgefield Town, Berkshire County, the Joseph Witter household had 4 free white males aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 5 free white females.

        [46] 1800 Federal Census, Partridgefield, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 190, the Joseph Witter Junr household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 2 females aged 26-44 years.

        [47] 1810 Federal Census, Hinsdale, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 223, the Joseph Witter Jr. household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 16-25 years, 2 males aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over. Abraham Washburn was enumerated next to Joseph Witter, but the names had been alphabetized, so they may not have been neighbors.

        [48] All from Washburn, Witter Genealogy, p. 57-58, except as noted.

        [49] Hinsdale VRs, p. 68.

        [50] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [51] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [52] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [53] Her parents from her death record in Lenox, MA.

        [54] Lenox Town Records, First Book p. 356, from the Holbrook Collection of Massachusetts Town Records, microfiche #M37 L58.

        [55] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [56] 1800 Federal Census, Greenfield, Saratoga Co., NY, p. 55, the Ozias Washburn household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

        [57] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [58] Per Burleigh Papers, p. 18; Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [59] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [60] Smith, Edward Church, and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 640.

        [61] Per the FHL Ancestry File, Nehemiah Washburn was born in Stafford, CT, in 1730, and his wife Abigail White was born in Norton, Bristol Co., MA, on 9 Nov. 1734, the daughter of William White and Patience Eddy, who were married in 1724.

        [62] FHL Ancestry Files of Margaret W. Mikkelsen of Davis, CA, and Ronald J. Riley, of Muskegon, MI.

        [63] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 20, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [64] Her maiden name from the I.G.I. Marriage Records, presumably from LDS temple records, but her surname may be a guess because of the naming of a son “Tabor” Washburn, the date calculated from the approximate birth year of Tabor Washburn in circa 1760.

        [65] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 18, Manchester Town, Bennington County, the Stephen Washburn household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.

        [66] Per the I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #s 170562, 183566, 184133, and 184755, probably calculated from the birth of his daughter Lorry Washburn in 1780.

        [67] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken an FHL patron submittal from microfilm #1396213; FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File submitted by Wayne Chandler, of Gibsonville, NC.

        [68] Per email letter of Rikki Fowler of 5 Feb. 2001.

        [69] Ibid.

        [70] White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 20, of the New Milford Town Records.

        [71] Per email letter of Jackie D. of 21 June 2000.

        [72] Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 1, p. 25, marriage of Eleazer Carver and Katherine Elmes, both of Middleborough, on 2 Dec. 1719 in Middleborough; 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. 129.

        [73] Estimated from the birth of their first child on 30 Oct. 1753, and from the birth of Rebeckah Washburn in 1737, she would have been only 15 years old at her marriage.

        [74] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 20; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 129, which says he was born in 1728.

        [75] FHL Ancestral File.

        [76] His birth date from the International Genealogical Index, which says that he was born in Bridgewater, MA, but his birth was not recorded in the vital records of Bridgewater, and it seems unlikely.

        [77] Per email letter of Jackie D. of 21 June 2000.

        [78] Per Ancestry.com World Tree file of Maplesde@Hiwaay.net.

        [79] Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, Picton Press, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 261.

        [80] His parents per Ancestry.com World Family Tree of Joyce A. King.

        [81] White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Kent 1739-1852, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1999, [hereinafter White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs], p. 151. Hers was the only Washburn marriage recorded in Kent according to the Barbour index.

        [82] Per Ancestry.com World Family Trees of Joyce A. King, Brent Schlottman, and others.

        [83] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Connecticut, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 58, Kent Town, Litchfield County, the Jacob Bull household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 6 free white females.

        [84] 1800 Federal Census, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 94, the Jacob Bull household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 2 males aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

        [85] 1810 Federal Census, Kent, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 208, the Jacob Bull household had 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 2 females aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

        [86] Per Ancestry.com World Family Tree of Joyce A. King.

        [87] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52.

        [88] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52.

        [89] All from the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Errol C. Yungkurth, of Ocala, FL, and others, however Ruth Bull is listed as a daughter of Abraham and Abigail (Payne) Bull, of Dover, Dutchess Co., NY.

        [90] Her birth date and marriages per the FHL Ancestral File submitted by Edward J. Shewfelt, of Salt Lake City, UT, Errol C. Yungkurth, of Ocala, FL, and Gene A. Griswold, of Mosier, OR.

        [91] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Errol C. Yungkurth, of Ocala, FL, and Gene A. Griswold, of Mosier, OR.

        [92] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Errol C. Yungkurth, of Ocala, FL, and Gene A. Griswold, of Mosier, OR.

        [93] Per the FHL Ancestral File, submitted by Errol C. Yungkurth, of Ocala, FL, and Gene A. Griswold, of Mosier, OR.

        [94] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52, called “2nd child.”

        [95] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52, called “3rd child.”

        [96] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52.

        [97] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52.

        [98] His parents per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Alan M. Streit, of Albany, CA.

        [99] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from LDS temple records, FHL microfilm #1985646.

        [100] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Alan M. Streit, of Albany, CA.

        [101] Per the FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, submitted by Alan M. Streit, of Albany, CA.

        [102] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52, called “6th child.”

        [103] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52, called “7th child.”

        [104] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52.

        [105] 1800 Federal Census, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 94, the Isaac Bull household had 1 male aged 26-44 years, 3 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

        [106] 1810 Federal Census, Kent, Litchfield Co., CT, p. 208, the Isaac Bull household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 female under 10, 2 females aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

        [107] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52.

        [108] White, Barbour Index to Kent VRs, p. 52, called “10th child.”