Josiah Washburn

Not the same as Josiah Washburn, Sr.

Biography

History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County ... By Nahum Mitchell.  Page 340.  WASHBURN.  

11. Josiah (s. of John 4) and his w. Mercy had

• Joanna 1703,
• Joseph 1705,
• Lydia 1707,
• Jemima 1710,
• Rebeckah 1712,
• Josiah 1716,
• Mercy 1718.

He had a 2d w. and a

• s. Nathan

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• Joanna m. Ebenezer Leach 1734.—
• Jemima m. Josiah Leonard, Jr., 1740,
• m. Samuel Alden 1752.—Mercy m. Pelatiah Phinney 1738.—
• Lydia m. Samuel West 1737.

notes

From Families of the Children of John3 Washburn and Rebecca Lapham

The grandchildren of John Washburn and Rebecca Lapham have been pretty well established through vital records, deeds, and wills. The second wife of son Josiah Washburn remains a mystery, however.

Mercy (Tilson) Washburn died in ca. 1719 or 1720, and Josiah Washburn remarried to 2.) (_____) in ca. 1724.[6] Josiah deeded his homestead land in Bridgewater to his son, Joseph Washburn, on 25 Nov. 1731, which Joseph acknowledged as his share of his father’s estate on 3 Dec. 1731.[7] Josiah deeded land to his son Josiah Washburn, Jr., in 1746,[8] son Joseph Washburn in 1746,[9] and he deeded a 39-acre parcel of land in Bridgewater to his son Nathan Washburn on 12 Mar. 1746.[10] He deeded two more parcels of land to his sons Joseph Washburn and Nathan Washburn on 13 Dec. 1750.[11]

Josiah Washburn died intestate on 27 Feb. 1751 in Bridgewater,[12] and his sons Josiah (Jr.) and Nathan Washburn were granted administration of his estate on 1 Apr. 1751. His inventory was appraised by Josiah Edson Jr., Solomon Leonard, and Benjamin Willis Jr., on 5 Apr. 1751, and presented in probate court on 29 Apr. 1751.[13] Josiah Washburn’s second wife’s name is not mentioned in his probate records, and she may have died before 1751.

Josiah Washburn had 8 children by Mercy Tilson, and probably 1 more son by his unknown second wife:[14]

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