Dea. John Washburn

John Washburn

• Birth: 1670 at Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, New England
• Death: Jun. 17, 1750 at Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Burial: Old Burying Ground, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Plot: Washburn

John was the only son of Phillip Washburn and Elizabeth Irish.

From Kingston Town Hall Records:

Washburn John (Deac.), Jun 17, 1750, 79th yr

Family

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39985119/john-washburn

Parents:

• Philip Washborne (1624 - ____)
• Elizabeth Irish Washborne (1644 - ____)

Spouses:

1. Lydia Billington Washburn (1677 - 1716)*
2. Wilborah Bumpus Washburn (1671 - 1743)*
3. Mehitable Barrow Washburn (1666 - 1754)*

Children, all with 1st wife:

1. John Washburn (1699 - 1768)*
2. Ichabod Washburn (1700 - 1769)*
3. Mercy Washburn Fuller (1702 - 1796)*
4. Elisha Washburn (1703 - 1734)*
5. Ephraim Washburn (1705 - 1775)*
6. Barnabas Washburn (1706 - 1770)*
7. Jabez Washburn (1708 - 1794)*
8. Ebenezer Washburn (1709 - 1738)*
9. Thankful Washburn Adams (1714 - 1805)*

• Calculated relationship

Inscription:

IN MEMORY OF / DEACon JOHN / WASHBURN WHO / DIED JUNE 17th / 1 7 5 0 / IN Ye 79th YEAR / OF HIS AGE

Notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Washburn-340

In September 1704 John Washborne, of Plymouth, Joseph Emmory and wife Elizabeth, of Little Compton, Josiah Leonard and wife Margory, of Bridgwater, and Mary Washborne, of Plymouth, sued Israel Dilleno, of Duxboro, for trespass and ejectment from land that was “settled on plaintiffs in right of their mother Elizabeth Washborne and won the case.[15]

Lydia (Billington) Washburn’s brother Seth Billington, of Middleborough, died unmarried and intestate in 1718, and his estate was settled upon Samuel Warren, who had married his sister, Eleanor Billington, with Samuel Warren to pay the other heirs of Seth Billington for their shares of the estate, namely Isaac Billington, Desire Bonney, the children of Lydia Washburn, deceased, and Mary Wood.

On 22 Sept. 1721 Francis Adams, of Plymouth, clothier, was appointed as guardian of the 7 children of John and Lydia (Billington) Washburn, namely Ichabod, Elisha, Ephraim, Barnabas, Jabez, Ebenezer, and Thankfull Washburn, with John Washburn, of Plymouth, as surety, in order to receive their inheritance in Seth Billington’s estate from Samuel Warren.[17]

Deacon John Washburn was still living as proven by the several deeds of land in Kingston he made to his sons Ephraim and Barnabas. They, in turn, agreed to lease the homestead back to their father for his natural life.

In 1721 John Washburn and Jacob Mitchell, of Plymouth, petitioned that a road by laid out “to the mills and Meeting at Jones River.” The court ordered the road be surveyed, but in Dec. 1721 and in Mar. 1722 Washburn and Mitchell were in court complaining that no committee had been appointed to do the work, and so a committee was duly appointed and presumably the work was done in late 1722.[18]

Deacon John Washburn died probably on 17 June 1750 in Kingston, aged 78 years,[19] but no probate records were filed for his estate. Mehitabel (Barrow) (Wright) Washburn died intestate in 1754 in Kingston, and her son, Samuel Wright was granted administration of her estate.[20]